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Office	Pretoria

Position	Senior Associate
Profession	Trade Mark Attorney
Nationality	South African
Post Qualification Experience	4 1/2 years

Academic	LLB

Qualifications	Admitted Attorney (2009) Trade Mark Attorney

Specialisations	Trade mark filings, searches and prosecutions Trade marks (Africa and international) Trade mark portfolio management High Court and other litigation in the following fields: Trade marks Unlawful competition Copyright Domain name disputes Advertising disputes Counterfeit goods

Involvement	Law Society Northern Provinces - member South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - Fellow International Bar Association International Bar Association’s Young Lawyers' Committee.

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The way GM PATEL FOODS CC's cookie crumbled
Adams & Adams' client succeeds with trade mark infringement and passing-off action
In June 2008, National Brands Ltd instituted action in the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria against GM Patel Foods CC in respect of its use of the following get-up in relation to its Tanee biscuit product:

National Brands Ltd sought an interdict restraining GM Patel Foods CC from infringing its registered rights in terms of Section 34 (1)(a) of the Trade Marks Act no. 194 of 1993, and from passing off.

The details of National Brands Ltd’s said trade mark registration are:

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