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Office	Pretoria

Position	Senior Associate
Profession	Attorney
Nationality	South African
Post Qualification Experience	4 years

Academic	Bcom (Law) LLB LLM (International Business Law)

Qualifications	Admitted Attorney (2010) Qualified Trade Mark Practitioner (2010)

Specialisations	Trade mark prosecution: trade mark office availability searches and filing

Involvement	Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow

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In the recent case between Rafael Vergara Hermosilla and The Cola-Cola Company, The Coca-Cola Company was accused of infringing copyright in a translation of a song used in promotions for the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that it had a perfect defence because the copyright had been assigned to it as the result of an ordinary exchange of e-mails. Will the position be the same in South Africa?

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