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Office	Cape Town

Position	Partner
Profession	Patent Attorney
Nationality	South African
Post Qualification Experience	21 years

Academic	BSc (Mech Eng) - University of Cape Town (1987) BProc - University of South Africa (1994)

Qualifications	Admitted attorney (1995) Qualified Patent Attorney (1997)

Specialisations	Drafting and prosecuting patent applications Licensing, technology transfer agreements Industrial designs Copyright Intellectual Property litigation

Involvement	SA Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) – fellow International Federation of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) - member International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI) – member Licensing Executives Society (LES) – member Cape Law Society - member Law Society of the Northern Provinces – member Natal Law Society - non-practising member Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Cape Town

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