| Telephone |
+27 (0) 12 432 6000 |
| Fax |
+27 (0) 12 432 6547 |
| Email |
Email me |
| Office |
Pretoria |
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| Position |
Chairman - Partner |
| Profession |
Patent Attorney |
| Nationality |
South African / Italian |
| Post Qualification Experience |
25 years |
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| Academic |
BSc (Chem & Maths) - University of Pretoria (1981)
BProc - University of South Africa (1987) |
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| Qualifications |
Admitted attorney (1988)
Qualified Patent agent (1986)
Registered Patent attorney (1988) |
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| Specialisations |
Patents
Industrial designs
High Court litigation in above areas |
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| 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 |
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| Accolades |
PLC Cross-Border IP in Business Tranactions – 9th edition
PLC Cross−border IP Handbook-recommended IP Lawyer
Intellectual Asset Management Magazine Patent Litigation 250
Lawyer Monthly Magazine Leading Lawyer 100 - 2011
Lawyer Monthly Magazine Leading Lawyer 100 Asia Pacific 2011
Managing Intellectual Property Magazine Expert Guides-Patent Law Practitioners 2010
The International Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers 2010
The International Who’s Who of Life Sciences Lawyers 2011 |
The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.
