Chris Job

Position: Chairman and Partner

Profession: Patent and Trade Mark Attorney

Nationality: South African

Experience: 34 years

Academic

BSc - University of Natal (1973)
BProc - University of South Africa (1978)

Qualifications

Patent Agent (South Africa) (1976)
Patent Agent (Namibia) (1977)
Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (1978)
Attorney of the High Court of Lesotho (1979)

Specialisations

High Court and other litigation in the following fields
Trade Marks
Unlawful competition
Copyright
Designs
Advertising disputes

Involvement

Statutory Advisory Committee on Copyright, Trade Marks, Patents and Designs (until 1999)
SA Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - Fellow, Councillor and Past President (1996)
International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI) - member
Licensing Executives Society of SA (LES) - member
International Federation of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) - member
Association of Pretoria Attorneys - member
Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member
Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope - away member
Natal Law Society - non-practising member
Adams & Adams:  Chairman (1996 -2006)