Dario Tanziani

Telephone

+27 (12) 432 6000

Fax

+27 (12) 432 6547

Email

Email me 
vCard download vCard download

Office

Pretoria


Position

Partner

Profession

Patent Attorney

Nationality

South African / Italian

Post Qualification Experience 25 years

Academic

BSc (Chem & Maths) - University of Pretoria (1981)
BProc - University of South Africa (1987)

Qualifications

Admitted attorney (1988)
Qualified Patent agent (1986)
Registered Patent attorney (1988)

Practice Areas

Patents
Industrial designs
Patent and Design litigation
Searches and assignments
High Court litigation in above areas

Involvement

SA Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow
- Patent Law Committee
- Competition Law Committee
Law Society of the Northern Provinces
- Competition Law Committee
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI) - member
Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member
Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope - member
Natal Law Society - non-practising member
South African Country Correspondent for EIPR
Black Lawyers Association - member
Listed in IAM Patent 1000 – World’s Leading Patent Practioners (2013)

Accolades

PLC Cross-Border IP in Business Tranactions – 9th edition
PLC Cross−border IP Handbook-recommended IP Lawyer
Managing Intellectual Property Magazine Expert Guides-Patent Law Practitioners 2010
The International Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers 2010
Lawyer Monthly Magazine Leading Lawyer 100 - 2011
Lawyer Monthly Magazine Leading Lawyer 100 Asia Pacific 2011
The International Who’s Who of Life Sciences Lawyers 2011
Intellectual Asset Management Magazine Patent Litigation 250 (2012)
The International Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers 2013
Listed in IAM Patent 1000 – World’s Leading Patent Practioners (2013)
The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers 2014






The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.