Michelle Lee

Michelle Lee is a Shareholder at GLMR, an independent Australian intellectual property firm, which has been recognised at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026 as Patent Law Firm of the Year in Australia. The award celebrates practices whose expertise in securing and protecting patent rights sets a standard in their market.

About GLMR

According to its website, GLMR is an independent intellectual property firm based in Australia, with experience across Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia and further afield. The firm advises from two offices:

• Sydney — Suite 604, Level 6, 46 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000
• Brisbane — Level 18, 324 Queen Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

GLMR’s stated services span the core disciplines of intellectual property protection: patents, registered designs and trademarks. On patents, the firm states that its patent attorneys are able to file and prosecute patent applications in Australia and abroad. Its registered design practice focuses on protecting the appearance of products, with global design strategies, while its trademark practice protects brands and logos for goods and services. As an IP boutique, the firm concentrates specifically on the specialist skills that intellectual property work demands.

Patent law in Australia

Recognition as Patent Law Firm of the Year in Australia places Michelle Lee and GLMR within a technically exacting and internationally connected field. Patents grant inventors time-limited exclusive rights over new, inventive and useful inventions, and securing them requires a distinctive combination of legal and technical skill. Australian patent attorneys are qualified professionals who draft and prosecute patent applications, advise on patentability, freedom to operate and infringement, and help clients build and manage patent portfolios.

Patent practice is inherently global. Inventions rarely respect borders, and businesses typically seek protection in multiple jurisdictions through mechanisms such as the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which provides an international route to filing before national and regional patent offices. GLMR’s stated ability to file and prosecute applications in Australia and abroad, together with its experience across New Zealand and South East Asia, reflects the cross-border nature of the work — helping Australian innovators protect their inventions overseas and assisting foreign applicants seeking protection in Australia.

Protecting innovation

Effective patent work is about more than obtaining a grant; it is about securing protection that is commercially meaningful and durable. That requires careful claim drafting to capture the true scope of an invention, a strategic view of which markets matter, and an understanding of how a patent will function if it is ever challenged or enforced. As a specialist firm, GLMR is positioned to bring that focused expertise to inventors, businesses and research organisations across a range of technologies.

The firm’s complementary strengths in registered designs and trademarks allow it to offer rounded intellectual property protection, so that the technical innovation captured in a patent can sit alongside protection for a product’s appearance and the brand under which it is sold. This integrated IP capability is valuable to clients whose competitive advantage rests on protecting their innovation from several angles.

It is against this background that the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2026 recognition of GLMR as Patent Law Firm of the Year in Australia, with Shareholder Michelle Lee among its practitioners, should be read: an endorsement of specialist, internationally minded patent expertise delivered from an independent Australian IP firm with offices in Sydney and Brisbane. Innovators and businesses seeking to protect their inventions in Australia and abroad will find in GLMR a practice built specifically around the demands of intellectual property.

For inventors, businesses and research organisations, the value of the award lies in the assurance it offers when choosing advisers to protect valuable innovation. Patent work is technically exacting and internationally connected, and the quality of drafting and strategy can determine whether protection proves commercially meaningful. Independent recognition of a specialist firm helps clients identify practices genuinely equipped for the task, and this award reflects the standing that GLMR, with Shareholder Michelle Lee among its practitioners, has established in Australian and cross-border patent practice from its Sydney and Brisbane offices.