Suzaan Laing

Position: Partner

Profession: Trade Mark Attorney

Nationality: South African

Experience: 12 years

Academic

BA - University of Stellenbosch (1992)
LLB - University of Stellenbosch (1994)

Qualifications

Admitted attorney (1997)
Notary (1997)
Trade Mark practitioner (1997)

Specialisations

Trade Mark filings, searches and prosecutions
Trade Mark assignments and registered users
Litigation (trade marks, copyright, passing-off and unlawful competition)
Agreements, licensing and franchising
Anti-Counterfeit work and seizures
International trade law aspects of intellectual property rights and geographical indications

Involvement

South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) - fellow
Law Society of the Cape of Good Hope - member
Law Society of the Northern Provinces (LSNP) - member
Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa (tralac) - associate

Publications

“Comparative Brand Advertising” - Juta’s Business Law - 1997 Vol 5 Part 2
“More Port Anyone? - The effect of protection of geographical indications on South Africa” - De Rebus, July 2003
“Geographical Indications:  Quo Vadis? - Journal of Law and Economics in International Trade” - Vol 1,
No. 1, January 2004 - Authors:  Suzaan Laing and Gerhard Erasmus
“Whats in a Brand? - The Evolution of the Well-Known Brand” - Juta’s Business Law - 2005 Vol 3 Part 1