Steven Yeates

Position: Partner

Profession: Trade Mark Attorney

Nationality: South African

Experience: 7 years

Academic

BCom - Rand Afrikaans University (1998)
LLB - Rand Afrikaans University (2000)

Qualifications

Admitted attorney - 2002
Qualified Trade Mark Practitioner - 2003

Specialisations

Litigation relating to trade marks, copyright, passing-off, unlawful competition, counterfeit goods and domain names disputes.  Intellectual property related aspects of E-commerce and information technology law

Involvement

Law Society of the Northern Provinces - member
South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow
SAIIPL Public Liaison Committee - committee member
SAIIPL Functions Committee - committee member