Your (un)fair advantage

Suzaan Laing

Telephone

+27 (0) 21 418 8560
Fax

+27 (0) 21 419 5729
Email

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Office

Cape Town

Position

Partner
Profession

Trade Mark Attorney
Nationality

South African
Post Qualification Experience 16 years

Academic

BA - University of Stellenbosch (1992)
LLB - University of Stellenbosch (1994)
Qualifications

Admitted attorney (1997)
Notary (1997)
Trade Mark practitioner (1997)
Specialisations

Trade Mark filings, searches and prosecutions
Trade Mark assignments and registered users
Litigation (trade marks, copyright, passing-off and unlawful competition)
Agreements, licensing and franchising
Anti-Counterfeit work and seizures
International trade law aspects of intellectual property rights and geographical indications
Involvement

South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow
Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope - member
Law Society of the Northern Provinces (LSNP) - member
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac) - associate

Publications

"Comparative Brand Advertising" - Juta's Business Law - 1997 Vol 5 Part 2
"More Port Anyone? - The effect of protection of geographical indications on South Africa" - De Rebus, July 2003
"Geographical Indications: Quo Vadis? - Journal of Law and Economics in International Trade" - Vol 1,
No. 1, January 2004 - Authors: Suzaan Laing and Gerhard Erasmus
"Whats in a Brand? - The Evolution of the Well-Known Brand" - Juta's Business Law - 2005 Vol 3 Part 1
  Related articles
Adams & Adams achieves top-billing
Adams & Adams has been mentioned in the 2009 edition of the influential publication The Legal 500 as first choice for international referrals in intellectual property law as it boasts a distinguished track record on the most complex and high profile disputes in South African courts.

The publication names chairman Chris Job a top IP litigator and partner Suzaan Laing as having a good name for trade mark matters.

 


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