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Collison & Co - Patent & Trademark Attorneys
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The firm of Collison & Co started as Conigrave & Collison in 1877. This was the same year that the progressive state of South Australia legislated to recognise and license Patent Attorneys, the first in the world as far as we can establish.
The first Patent Application filed by Conigrave & Collison was for a seed sower for Benjamin Mellor and probably the first Patent Application filed on behalf of an overseas client was for Alexander Graham Bell for a telephone in 1880.
In 1901 the firm expanded into Melbourne in the State of Victoria and continued with the two branches, one in South Australia and the other in Victoria. In 1927 Mr. Leslie Davies purchased the goodwill of the Melbourne branch and commenced the business of Davies & Collison. Collison & Co have since continued in Adelaide as a separate firm.
