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Position	Partner
Profession	Trade Mark Attorney
Nationality	South African
Post Qualification Experience	13 years

Academic	BProc (Cum Laude) - University of Pretoria (1994) LLB (Cum Laude) - University of Pretoria (1996)

Qualifications	Admitted attorney (1999) Qualified Trade Mark Practitioner (2001)

Specialisations	Litigation relating to Trade Marks, Passing-off, Unlawful Competition, Copyright, Close Corporation and Company Name Objections, Anti-Counterfeiting and Advertising Disputes

Involvement	South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow SAIIPL Copyright Committee - member SAIIPL Anti-Counterfeiting Committee - member Law Society of the Northern Provinces (LSNP) - member

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