Stephen Krouzecky

BAppSc (Elec Tech), FIPTA
Patent & Trade Marks Attorney
FICPI Member of Honour
Past President FICPI Australia
Principal, Krouzer IP

Stephen Krouzecky is an experienced Australian patent and trade marks attorney and the founding principal of Krouzer IP, with offices in Sydney and Perth. He is also Managing Director of KPI Synergies Pty Ltd, a consulting business specialising in IP strategy and commercialisation.

After 24 years as an originating principal and three decades with Wrays, where he headed the Electrical, Electronic and Computing Technology group, Stephen relocated to the east coast. He became a principal and head of patents at Hodgkinson McInnes Patents before joining Watermark in 2010, where he helped grow its Sydney and Perth client base. In 2012, following Watermark’s move to join a broader network of publicly owned firms, Stephen established Krouzer IP. After an initial consulting period, he returned to independent practice at Krouzer IP in 2014, applying his experience to help businesses build and leverage IP portfolios in Australia and internationally.

Stephen works across electronic, computer and systems inventions (hardware and software), as well as mechanical, medical, mining and business‑related technologies. He also practices widely in trade marks and designs. Drawing on deep commercial experience, he is frequently engaged for dispute resolution, litigation support, technology transfer negotiations, licensing, and broader IP strategy.

His experience spans technologies including gaming, microscopy, fintech, communications, big data, and medical and diagnostic systems. He has acted for leading international companies, including as principal external patent counsel from 2005 to 2010 for Australia, Macau and China for IGT, the largest gaming machine manufacturer in the world at the time.

In 2009 Stephen was elected to national and international executive positions within the International Federation of IP Attorneys (FICPI). He is a Member of Honour and a former International President of FICPI’s Training and Education Commission. He is also a Past President of FICPI Australia and represented Australia on FICPI’s Executive Committee (as alternate and principal delegate) from 2003 to 2021. He remains active within FICPI International as a member of CET Group 6 (special technologies) and the Practice Management Commission.

More recently, Stephen helped establish and continues to steer the Trans‑Tasman Informal Small Firm Network of IP practitioners, a highly active forum for small‑firm practice issues and a channel for raising those issues with the formal professional bodies.

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