2024/2025
"I have formed a personal relationship with the firm and they provide excellent services."
"FB Rice have a high level of commercial acumen and technical ability that sets them apart from others."
"FB Rice’s reliable services have contributed tremendously to our Chinese clients’ success in Australia and New Zealand. Our Chinese clients’ satisfaction and continued use of FB Rice colleagues’ services best endorse their quality services. FB Rice and our firm have been working smoothly in the IP area in our different jurisdictions since 2011. Being a very good partner with FB Rice for more than ten years, we have been impressed by FB Rice colleagues’ outstanding professional skills in handling various complicated IP cases."
"I have been working with Lara Gun at FB Rice extensively in recent years because of the excellent service and advice Lara and her team provide. They are timely, thorough, and practical. They provide thorough assessments, various options and costs, and their recommendations for proceeding – all of which are very helpful in advising our client."
Diana Bogunovic
"She is diligent in following up on deadlines and providing clear analysis."
Lara Gun
"We like her dedication, customer service, experience, skill. She is easy to do business with, client focused."
"Lara’s extensive expertise in complex cases, coupled with her responsiveness, strategic thinking and empathy, makes her the obvious choice for our clients. The clarity of her advice always gives the client a very clear road map, easy to understand and follow. Our clients have described her as giving 'fantastic assistance', 'impeccable' with quality and consistency."
"Analyses trademark issues and communicates her assessment. She is also very strong in dealing with adverse parties and resolving potential conflicts."
"Lara’s extensive expertise in complex cases, coupled with her responsiveness, strategic thinking and empathy, makes her the obvious choice for our clients."
Michael Seifried
"Provides high quality advice."
Declan McKeveney
"Declan is an outstanding patent attorney with an unusual ability to distil what is complex to its essence, and to ensure that the client expectations are met and aligned with business objectives."
2023
"The FB Rice team is very easy to work with. They are proactive and responsive, friendly and helpful. They are very knowledgeable and customer-focused. The advice they give is explained in a manner that non-IP professionals can understand, with an explanation of different options and their recommendation, with reasons. Their ability to draft process, formulation and method of use patent applications directed towards the pharmaceutical industry is excellent. They also have access to numerous representatives and resources in all of the key jurisdictions for patent filing and advice. This enables FB Rice to cover our entire patent portfolio needs."
"We appreciate that they are proactive, responsive and well balanced with regard our overall commercial requirements."
"Their advisers are responsive, knowledgeable and customer-focused."
"Responsiveness, quality, authenticity. FB Rice provides more than a transactional service model, rather, they strive to act as a partner – recognising and providing value-adds such as legal updates and webinars. "
"They have a strong background knowledge in our field of interest and a history of successful outcomes."
"They are a pleasure to work with, really know their stuff and offer great value for money. "
"We value their personable, responsive, expert team."
"We appreciate the client service, timeliness and thoughtfulness in response, which is always aligned to business goals."
"The team are generous with their advice. They provide robust drafted patents for multiple jurisdictions and have good overseas associate connections. They are technically very skilled and collaborative and want to ensure the client's business needs are met."
"We appreciate the prompt and effective advice, which makes it easier for in-house counsel to take decisions."
"FB Rice has been working smoothly in the IP area since 2011. Being a very good partner with FB Rice for more than 10 years, we have been impressed by FB Rice colleagues’ outstanding professional skills in handling various complicated IP cases."
"FB Rice is extremely professional, knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"The team is professional, easy to work with and friendly. They give good attention to detail."
"They seem to value their team members and are able to work collaboratively between departments if the matter requires that."
2022 client testimonials
"We have always received great service and quality work from FB Rice."
"The firm provides excellent professional service."
"Experienced team and great service."
"The firm has the technical skill and domain knowledge and delivers timely and fantastic work."
"Technical competency and good cultural fit with our company."
"The firm has strong values and culture."
"FB Rice has outstanding expertise in IP strategies and transactions, with specific expertise in the medtech/biotech sector."
"Advice is well detailed, clearly justified and cognizant of the unique requirements and contextual influences on IP protection across geographies."
2021 client testimonials
A client says the firm’s practitioners are “professional, responsive and creative”, adding: “They look for ways to help make sure that our IP is structured in the best and most robust possible way.”
Another client uses the firm because of its “high quality work, frank advice and excellent availability”.
2020 client testimonials
One client rates the firm’s “expertise in biotech and chemical prosecution”, adding that it gets “value for each dollar spent” on the services. The client also noted the firm’s “willingness to do an excellent job”.
A software client said: “Their attorneys are very commercially minded and are able to make suggestions. They are easy to deal with and can act without substantive input, which is needed.”
Another client says the firm is “very responsive and always go above and beyond expectations”.
2019 client testimonials
A client said: “They listen carefully and respond to our issues. First-rate, cost effective service.” A university client said: “The firm offered a holistic, consultative service at a competitive price. [You get] easy access to the relevant key staff.” The client noted that the firm is “always understanding and willing to offer relevant value-add” and recommended the firm for its “excellent technical expertise and strong customer service”.
Another client commented: “They provided excellent service from early-stage advice, drafting and through the prosecution process until final grant.”
A client appreciates the firm’s “prompt and professional reply or legal advice”, adding: “It's easy to communicate with them.”
Another satisfied client said: “[FB Rice] is very responsive to calls and emails. Very pleased to date and we see no reason to go elsewhere.”
