Work Department

Patent Electrical

Position

Danie Pienaar is a Patent Attorney and has a BEng (Elec) cum laude and an LLB. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Danie has a decade of experience in drafting patent specifications, particularly in the fields of electronic and computer related inventions. He assists with filing and prosecuting local and foreign patent applications and industrial designs and specialises in drafting commercial agreements relating to intellectual property.

Danie advises on competition law issues, specifically in relation to horizontal and vertical agreements, as well as the interface between competition law and intellectual property.

Education

BEng (Electronic) (Cum Laude), LLB, Competition Law Certificate Course (WITS), Patent Attorney, Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.