Craig Forbes

Position: Partner

Profession: Patent Attorney

Nationality: South African

Experience: 17 years

Academic

PhD - University of Port Elizabeth (1973)
Post-Doctoral research - Imperial College, London (1973 - 1974)
LLB - UNISA (1989)

Qualifications

Admitted attorney (1992)
Qualified Patent attorney (1994)

Specialisations

Drafting of patent specifications and prosecuting patent applications in the fields of chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, plastics and polymer technology.
Patent assignments, amendments, renewals and restorations.

Involvement

SA Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow
Pretoria Attorneys’ Association - member
International Federation of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) - member
International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI) - member
Licensing Executives Society of SA (LES) - member
SA Chemical Institute (SACI) - member
Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member
Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope - away member
Natal Law Society - non-practising member