Spoor & Fisher

Patent Electrical

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.

B.Eng (Electronic) (Cum Laude) – University of Pretoria – 2007

LLB – University of South Africa – 2011

Registered Patent Attorney – 2012

Partner at Spoor & Fisher since 2015

Professional Activities

Co-author of the South African chapter of Unfair Trading Practices (Kluwer Law International), 2016.

Lecturer on patenting software and business methods: Stellenbosch University, 2015-present.

Lecturer on patents and know-how: WIPO Summer School, 2015-present.

English, Afrikaans

Fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL). Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC).

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

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