Our aim is to provide a straight-forward, personal experience for our clients to support their IP needs. We work with you to develop your assets and help you build the platform you need for your business to grow.

Their deep understanding of the patent process and attention to detail have resulted in successful outcomes for many of our innovations.

Dr Sean Mackay Senior Commercialisation Manager at Massey University

We have had the pleasure of working with Jo Shaw and Jon Ashen of Blue Penguin IP on dozens of patent applications and we have been consistently impressed by their professionalism and expertise. Their deep understanding of the patent process and attention to detail have resulted in successful outcomes for many of our innovations. We appreciate their prompt responses to questions and concerns, and their ability to clearly explain complex legal concepts in a way that is understandable. We highly recommend Jo and Jon to anyone seeking quality patent services.

 

Dr Sean Mackay

Senior Commercialisation Manager at Massey University

…an amazing ability to understand the complexities and intricacies of our science and place this in the context of the world of IP protection.

Dr David Hume Senior Scientist at AgResearch Ltd

Jon is extremely easy to get on with. His knowledge of biological science is excellent and very importantly he is up to date with the latest developments. He has an amazing ability to understand the complexities and intricacies of our science and place this in the context of the world of IP protection. He has great energy and enthusiasm and is a joy to deal with. I would unreservedly recommend him.

 

Dr David Hume

Senior Scientist at AgResearch Ltd

 

Their advice has been invaluable. And like our research team, they have the interests of their clients at heart in the way they approach their client relationships.

Professor Richard H Furneaux Director
The Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington

Through the drafting and prosecution of over 40 licensed international patent families, I have been privileged to work with a small number of exceptionally talented, PhD qualified, patent attorneys. I count Drs Jo Shaw and Jon Ashen among their number. In recent times I have worked with Jo on patents supporting Avalia Immunotherapies Ltd, developing our synthetic vaccine technology, and with Jon on the foundation patents for our synthetic biology technology. Their advice has been invaluable. And like our research team, they have the interests of their clients at heart in the way they approach their client relationships.

 

Professor Richard H Furneaux

Director, The Ferrier Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington

Jon has provided insightful, well reasoned and timely advice around some very niche areas of immunology that have been invaluable to our commercial planning.

Dr Mike Zablocki General Manager at Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Jon has provided insightful, well reasoned and timely advice around some very niche areas of immunology that have been invaluable to our commercial planning.

As a small research organisation, without much of a team to handle IP and commercialisation, we have relied heavily on external partners. Jon has provided insightful, well reasoned and timely advice around some very niche areas of immunology that have been invaluable to our commercial planning. Beyond this he is friendly, engaging and has gone out of his way to help some of our own staff upskill in this area. Can’t recommend highly enough!

 

Dr Mike Zablocki

General Manager at Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Put simply, Jo always manages to cut through the issues and provide her advice in a concise and clear manner. She has been invaluable in helping us on more than one occasion to push projects through with our clients.

Dr Jarrod Ward Director at Ahurei Pty Ltd.

Put simply, Jo always manages to cut through the issues and provide her advice in a concise and clear manner. She is incredibly personable and has no hesitation to get involved in complex and delicate projects. She has been invaluable in helping us on more than one occasion to push projects through with our clients.

 

Dr Jarrod Ward

Director at Ahurei Pty Ltd.

I also value Jo’s advice on broader issues around the strategic use of IP and its development and integration with a projects strategy.

Dr Stephen Lorimar GM Development at Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research

I have engaged Jo on a number of projects and have always found her responsive and decisive in both her advice and delivery. I also value Jo’s advice on broader issues around the strategic use of IP and its development and integration with a projects strategy.

 

Dr Stephen Lorimar

GM Development at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research

He has a wealth of knowledge and provides good strategic advice throughout the various stages of a project. Jon has good commercial awareness and provides pragmatic and practical options for us to consider.

Sue Muggleston Intellectual Property Manager at Plant & Food Research

We have worked with Jon for nearly 10 years and thoroughly enjoy working with him. He has a wealth of knowledge and provides good strategic advice throughout the various stages of a project. Jon has good commercial awareness and provides pragmatic and practical options for us to consider. He interacts well with the researchers as well as commercial and IP staff, and has also shown willingness to work collaboratively with our clients. Jon is always responsive and provides excellent summaries from meetings and discussions so that everyone is clear what is expected.

 

Sue Muggleston

Intellectual Property Manager at Plant & Food Research

He is straight forward, knowledgeable, responsive and has our best interests at heart. We rate his work delivery very highly and regularly take his advice on IP issues we are confronting.

John Caradus CEO of Grassland Technology Ltd.

At Grasslanz Technology we have worked with Jon for many years. We like working with Jon. He is straight forward, knowledgeable, responsive and has our best interests at heart. We rate his work delivery very highly and regularly take his advice on IP issues we are confronting. Grasslanz Technology’s role is to create and manage IP and so having someone of Jon’s ability as part of our IP team is important for us and the value we can create for our licensees. One of Jon’s principal roles is to assist with writing new patents and we value his organised way of managing this technically difficult task.

 

John Caradus

CEO of Grassland Technology Ltd.

It’s rare that you come across a patent attorney with such a depth of scientific and IP knowledge, along with strong commercial acumen like Jo.

Marcella Gleeson Business Development Analyst at Massey University

It’s rare that you come across a patent attorney with such a depth of scientific and IP knowledge, along with strong commercial acumen like Jo. I have had the pleasure of working with Jo for seven years over which time she has demonstrated an unsurpassed ability to entwine a strong IP protection strategy with sound commercialisation advice to leverage the most value out of early stage technologies within tight budget constraints.

 

Marcella Gleeson

Business Development Analyst at Massey University

Jo’s ability to understand the science and build a rapport with the scientists is great.

Dr Ryan Graves Senior Commercialisation Manager at Viclink (Victoria University of Wellington)

Jo is excellent to work with. Jo’s ability to understand the science and build a rapport with the scientists is great. This can certainly help a patent process, and keep the process efficient. Jo is very well organised, and delivers even when there are hard deadlines. This reliability is fantastic.

 

Dr Ryan Graves

Senior Commercialisation Manager at Viclink (Victoria University of Wellington)

Jon & Jo are a dream team. As an early-stage company with many unknowns, they have been a guiding force from very early on, and this has been instrumental as we’ve built value for our shareholders.

Veronica Harwood-Stevenson CEO of HumbleBee Ltd

Jon & Jo are a dream team. As an early-stage company with many unknowns, they have been a guiding force from very early on, and this has been instrumental as we’ve built value for our shareholders. Their questions and advice are always exceptionally well-considered, and it is clear they come from a place of deep experience and a concerted effort to understand the specific needs of our business. I’m grateful to work with them and look forward to a long and productive relationship with Blue Penguin IP.

 

Veronica Harwood-Stevenson

CEO of HumbleBee Ltd

…they listen carefully to understand their clients needs so the advice they provide is exactly what we require.

Elizabeth Hopkins Director of Research and Innovation at University of Canterbury

What I appreciate most about Blue Penguin is they listen carefully to understand their clients needs so the advice they provide is exactly what we require.  Its informed, timely and on point. It’s never too much or too little and always does the job we ask – representing great value for money.

 

Elizabeth Hopkins

Director of Research and Innovation at University of Canterbury

He is always responsive and gives straightforward, no-nonsense advice. And his technical expertise is outstanding.

Charlotte Tumilson IP and Commercial Manager at Grasslanz Technology Ltd

I have been working with Jon for almost 5 years now, but he has been managing our IP portfolio for over double that time. Jon is one of my favourite patent attorneys to work with – he is friendly, enthusiastic and cares about the success of our company. He is always responsive and gives straightforward, no-nonsense advice. And his technical expertise is outstanding. I would highly recommend him.

 

Charlotte Tumilson

IP and Commercial Manager at Grasslanz Technology Ltd