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Position: Partner

Profession: Trade Mark Attorney

Nationality: South African

Experience: 19 years

Academic

BLC - University of Pretoria (1984)
LLB - University of Pretoria (1986)

Qualifications

Admitted attorney (1989)
Qualified trade mark practitioner (1991)

Specialisations

All aspects of trade mark litigation, including trade name infringement, passing off and unlawful competition, as well as company and close corporation name objections
Copyright and litigation
Domain name registrations and objections

Involvement

South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - President (2007); Past convenor of the Trade Mark Law Committee
International Trademark Association (INTA) - Director of the Board of INTA (2008)
Licensing Executives Society (LES) - member
Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope - away member
Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member
Natal Law Society - non-practising member
INTA - Chairperson (2002-2003) of Legislative Analysis sub-committee
(Africa and Middle East)
INTA - Vice Chairperson (2004-2005) of External Relations Committee and PDA Council member
Internet Society (ISOC) - member SA chapter
Business Women’s Association (BWA) - member
Association of Pretoria Attorneys - member
Corporate Lawyers of South Africa (CLASA) - member
SA Government’s Standing Advisory Committee on Patents, Copyright, Trade Marks and Designs - member (1996-1997)