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Tel: +27 (0) 12 844 1000
Fax: +27(0)12 844 1001
Alternative Fax: +27 (0) 86 619 0493
E-mail: enquiries@svw.co.za |
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PO Box 111
Innovation Hub
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BEng (Hons), BProc
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Wessel is a qualified electronic engineer, an Attorney of the High Court, and a registered patent attorney. Wessel specializes in patents in the fields of information systems, telecommunications, and computer-based inventions, and has more than a decade's worth of experience in the weapons industry, both in programming and in a managerial capacity.
Previously, Wessel was in charge of procuring, negotiating, and settling of international contracts for a division of a large weapons manufacturer in South Africa. Wessel is a director of Smit & Van Wyk, Inc. |
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LLB, LLM
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Esmari heads up the SVW trade mark and copyright portfolio. Esmari holds BProc and LLB degrees and is a dynamic intellectual property attorney with several years of experience in trade mark, copyright, and franchising matters. She started her career in intellectual property law at a large IP firm, and has built up a successful practice due to her enthusiasm, professionalism, and dedication to her clients.
Esmari also gives frequent talks on franchising, branding and copyright issues. We are sure that you will find that Esmari Jonker will add significant value to your intellectual property portfolio, especially in the challenging fields of franchising and branding. |
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BEng (Electronic), MEng (Computer)
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Stefan graduated from the University of Pretoria with a Master's degree in Computer Engineering (data security) in 2001 and started his career in intellectual property in the patent department of a large South African intellectual property firm.
In 2005 Stefan accepted an offer to study towards a PhD at the Vienna University of Technology, and was subsequently invited to continue his studies of Complex Network Control Systems under supervision of the Canada Research Chair in Information Technology. His recent publications include peer-reviewed keynote papers in both Europe and North America. |
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Corrie Hall is our formalities and foreign portfolio manager. She has nearly two decades of experience in patent administration and is one of the most valuable members of our team. She is a first point of contact for most local and foreign clients and ensures that our processes are streamlined and dependable. Corrie has experience in all aspects of IP administration and follows a meticulous approach in each case we handle. |
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MSc, LLB
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Carel holds a Master's degree in the bio-sciences, is an Attorney of the High Court, and a registered patent attorney. He specializes in patents in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals and takes a particular interest in academic research in these fields in South Africa.
Carel often works closely with academic researchers, para-statal institutions and biotech start-ups in identifying potentially valuable inventions, as intervention is sometimes required to highlight potentially valuable intellectual property which resides in such institutions. Carel relocated to Australia in 2008, where he is practicing with Wrays, through which he is still available to Smit & Van Wyk, Inc. on a consultancy basis. |
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