South African Intellectual Property Attorneys

May 21, 2008
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

South African Intellectual Property attorneys specialize in the laws governing protection of trademarks, designs, copy right and patents, and can advise you on their protection, consequently making them valuable assets.

South African Patent attorneys normally have an engineering or science qualification as well as their law degree, and have passed examinations in Intellectual Property Law, which includes copy right, thus qualifying them as a Patent Attorney.

There are many attorneys who do not have a science or engineering qualification, but who are members of the Institute of Intellectual Property. Those attorneys that are of the latter group and who specialize in intellectual property other than patents are known as trademark attorneys.

Both groups of attorneys can advise you on the laws governing South African copy right, and are bound by a code of ethics that is laid down by the Institute.

Trademark attorneys can also advise you on the protection of your trademarks, designs, logos as well as the laws regulating any intellectual property.