The Team

Wessel van Wyk
Patent Attorney
BEng (Hons) (Electronics)
BProc

Patents - Patent prosecution, patent applications, patent searches, patent drafting, agreements, infringement, disputes & litigation.
Registered Designs- Designs applications, design searches, agreements, infringement, disputes & litigation.

Lizette Abbott
Patent Attorney
BSc Eng (Mechanical)
LLB

Research & Development Tax Incentives - Assistance to identify and assess R&D activities and expenditure, claim registration and prosecution, technical and financial reviews, legal compliance, opinions.
Patents - IP audits & assessments, patent searches, patent application and prosecution, agreements, infringement, litigation.
Registered Designs - Designs searches, design applications and prosecution, opinions, agreements, infringement, litigation.

Anu Idicula
Patent Attorney
PhD & M.Sc (Biochemistry)
B.Sc (Special) (Biochemistry & Chemistry)
LLB

Patents - Patent prosecution, patent searches, novelty opinion, freedom to operate searches and opinion.
Intellectual Property - IP, technology and legal due diligences, pre-investment deal structuring, IP management, contract management and licensing, term sheet negotiations, investment management for IP commercialization.

Corrie Hall
Foreign Patent Administration

Foreign Patents - International enquiries, international patent & PCT applications.
Foreign Registered Designs - International enquiries, international design applications.
Patents - Amendments, renewals, reminders, notices, dispatching registration certificates.
Registered Designs- Amendments, renewals, reminders, notices, dispatching registration certificates.

Stefan Grobbelaar
Candidate Patent Attorney
BEng (Electronic)
MEng (Computer)
LLB

Patents - Patent applications, patent searches, patent drafting, agreements, infringement, disputes & litigation.
Registered Designs - Designs applications, design searches, agreements, infringement, disputes & litigation.

Chantal (Smith) Hoffelner
Candidate Patent Attorney
B.Sc (Biochemistry & Microbiology)
M.Sc (Microbiology)
LLB

Patents - Patent applications, patent searches, patent drafting, agreements, infringement, disputes & litigation.
Registered Designs - Designs applications, design searches, agreements, infringement, disputes & litigation.

Allan John Rabie
Candidate Patent Attorney
B.Sc (Industrial Chemistry)
Hons (Polymer Science)

M.Sc (Polymer Science)

Esmari Jonker
Attorney
LLB
LLM

Trademarks - Unlawful competition, contracts, trademark agreements, disputes, domain name disputes, trademark litigation.
Copyright - Copyright agreements, disputes, copyright litigation.
Franchising - Franchise agreements, disputes.

Salomé le Roux
Attorney
LLB

Trademarks - Unlawful competition, contracts, trademark agreements, disputes, domain name disputes, trademark litigation.
Copyright - Copyright agreements, disputes, copyright litigation.