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Office	Pretoria

Position	Partner
Profession	Trade Mark Attorney
Nationality	South African
Post Qualification Experience	16 years

Academic	BA - University of Stellenbosch (1988) LLB - University of Cape Town (1991)

Qualifications	Admitted Attorney (1994) SAIIPL Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs, Patent and Comparative Trade Mark Law Examinations (2002) Qualified Trade Mark Practitioner (2004)

Specialisations	General commercial litigation Trade Mark litigation Domain name registration and securing domains from cybersquatters Litigation relating to copyright, passing-off, unlawful competition, close corporation and company name objections and related issues

Involvement	South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member SAIIPL Public Affairs Committee - committee member Business Women's Association (BWA) - member Licensing Executive Society - member Chamber of Commerce and Industry - French

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