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Ms Ilse du Plessis
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Director
Career
Ilse du Plessis is an Executive in ENSafrica’s Intellectual Property (“IP”) department. She specialises in trade marks, copyright, and other IP matters.
She has acted for local and international clients from various sectors, including automotive, communication, financial services, food and beverages, insurance, media, retail and sport.
Ilse’s experience includes all matters concerned with trade mark portfolio management, including trade mark searches, filings, maintenance and audits, with particular emphasis on foreign and African trade marks. She also specialises in transactional IP matters, including due diligence investigations, licensing and transfers, as well as plant breeders’ rights and copyright matters.
Ilse is recognised as a leading/recommended lawyer by:
- The Legal 500 EMEA 2019, 2017, 2016 – Intellectual Property (South Africa)
- Managing IP: IP Stars Handbooks 2019, 2016 – Trade marks (South Africa)
- World Trade Mark Review 2019 – Prosecution and strategy (South Africa)
Ilse is a member of the following IP associations:
- LES – Licensing Executives Society
- INTA – International Trademarks Association – Publications Committee (2012 – 2014), Bulletin Committee (2011)
- SAIIPL–South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law – associate member
- PTMG – The Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group
Memberships
Ilse is a member of the following IP associations: LES – Licensing Executives Society; INTA – International Trademarks Association – Publications Committee (2012 – 2014), Bulletin Committee (2011); SAIIPL – South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law – associate member
Education
BA (cum laude) (University of Stellenbosch) LLB (cum laude) (University of Stellenbosch) Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Intellectual property
ENSafrica‘s intellectual property practice ‘provides a world-class service‘ and ‘an unparalleled level of efficiency in navigating through the complex and ever-evolving world of intellectual property‘, and the team garners praise for its ‘in-depth knowledge of patent laws and regulations‘. Practice head Gaelyn Scott has a strong reputation for her expertise in advising on strategic portfolio and brand management, the enforcement of intellectual property rights and IP disputes. Waldo Steyn leads the commercial IP group, and counts licensing and franchising as core strengths. Joanne van Harmelen specialises in pharmaceutical, life sciences and biotechnology patents matters. Rowan Forster focuses on assisting agrochemical sector clients with trade mark and patent issues; he co-leads the trade mark prosecution team with the ‘detail-oriented and extremely professional‘ Ilse du Plessis. Liézal Mostert and Tevin Jones are also singled out for their contributions.
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