Ms Dina Biagio > Spoor & Fisher > Pretoria, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Spoor & Fisher Offices
11 BYLS BRIDGE BOULEVARD, BUILDING NO.14
HIGHVELD EXT 73, CENTURION
PRETORIA, 0157
South Africa
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Ms Dina Biagio
Work Department
Patents commercial
Position
Dina is a Patent Attorney with BSc (Physics), BSc (Elec Eng) and LLB degrees. She is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
Qualified in 2002, Dina has two decades of experience, primarily in commercial transactions relating to intellectual property, including licensing, manufacturing, supply and distribution, technology transfer and collaboration agreements, transaction and investment structuring and related agreements, public-private transactions, ventures and collaborations, IP audits, due diligence and valuation. Dina has a special interest in the exhaustion of intellectual property rights and in arrangements involving open source and cloud-based software.
She is also proficient in domestic and international patent and design matters, specifically patent specification drafting and the prosecution of patent applications.
Career
Dina started her career as an electro-optics engineer with De Beers Diamond Research Laboratory while completing her law degree, part time. She commenced articles with Kisch IP in 1998 and was admitted as an attorney and registered as a patent attorney in 2002. She joined Spoor & Fisher in 2007 and became a partner of the firm in 2009.
Professional activities
- Author of chapter on Commercial Considerations, Dean & Dyer: Intellectual Property Law in South Africa (Oxford University Press), 2014
- Contributor to Thomson Reuters IP in Business Transactions Global Guide, 2017-present
- Author of Patents and Franchising, Getting the Deal Through, 2018-present
- Lecturer and examiner on International Treaties and Conventions: Patent Examination Board, 2015-present
- Director of the Licensing Executive Society of South Africa, 2013-2018
- Regular speaker on the commercialisation of IP, particularly through licensing, leveraging IP value, and the implications of legislation on publicly-financed IP
Market Recognition
- Chambers Global – Intellectual Property: South Africa, 2022
- The Legal 500 – Intellectual Property: South Africa, 2023
- Best Lawyers – Intellectual Property: South Africa, 2022 and 2023
- World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 – Transactions, 2022 and 2023
- Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars – Patent, 2015-present
- IAM Patent 1000, 2012-present
- DSI/SARIMA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Innovation Management, 2020
- Top 250 Women in IP – Managing Intellectual Property, 2017
- Ranked- IP stars 2024
Languages
English, Afrikaans
Memberships
- Member – South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL)
- Member – International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Member – Licensing Executive Society (LES) and a certified trainer for LES South Africa
- Member – Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA)
- Member – Legal Practice Council (LPC)
Education
BSc (Physics), BSc (Elec Eng), LLB. Patent Attorney, Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Intellectual property
Spoor & Fisher is well known for its specialist expertise in intellectual property law. The firm fields experience across all areas of IP, advising on patents, copyright, trade marks, commercial IP, litigation, domain names and registered designs, to name a few areas. Dirk Hanekom oversees the patents team, Mohamed Khader leads the anti-counterfeiting team, and Marco van der Merwe heads the trade marks team. IP litigation expert Eben van Wyk is well versed in handling trade mark disputes, and Dina Biagio is very experienced in advising on patent work. Tyron Grant specialises in biotech patent matters, while John Foster advises on copyright and unlawful competition claims. Charles Webster
and Carl van Rooyen are highly regarded practitioners in the IP space. Zama Buthelezi, Chyreene Truluck and Merlene Engelbrecht are also singled out for their contributions. Hugh Moubray has retired from practice.