Mr Paul Ramara > Spoor & Fisher > Pretoria, South Africa > Lawyer Profile

Mr Paul Ramara

+27 12 676 1212 p.ramara@spoor.com

Work Department

Trade mark Enforcement

Position

Paul Ramara is a Trade Mark Practitioner and has a BProc and HDip Cyberlaw, from the University of Pretoria. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Paul has over two decades specialising in trade mark and anti-counterfeiting litigation. He has handled big cases relating to anti-counterfeiting in Southern Africa and East Africa, and successfully represented clients in a number of litigation cases in Kenya and Zambia.

Career

Professional activities

Co-author of an article on Anti-Counterfeiting from a Southern African Perspective.

Paul represented Puma in the ground breaking Supreme Court of Appeal case against Rampar Trading.

Writer of articles published in Mondaq.

Lecturer on IP: Stellenbosch University.

Market Recognition

• Ranked – Legal 500 EMEA, 2018 and 2021
• Listed – Euromoney’s Expert Guides: Trade Marks, 2016
• ACA award 2024
• Ranked- IP Stars 2024

Languages

English

Memberships

• Member – South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL)
• Member – International Trademark Association (INTA)
• Member – Black Lawyers’ Association (BLA)
• Member – American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)
• Member – Legal Practice Council (LPC)

Education

BProc, HDip Cyberlaw. Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Leisure

Reading, playing golf, and spending time with family.