Spoor & Fisher

Trade mark Enforcement

Carl van Rooyen is a Trade Mark Practitioner with Bluris and LLB degrees. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public.

Carl has over three decades of experience, specialising in litigation relating to trade marks, copyright and unlawful competition.

Market Recognition

Listed in the WTR 1000 as one of the World’s Leading Trade Mark Professionals in 2014 - 2020.

Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers rates Carl in Intellectual Property Band 2 2011 - 2020.

Legal 500 EMEA ranks Carl as one of South Africa's Intellectual Property Law experts 2011 and 2019 - 2020.

Best Lawyers listed Carl as a 'Best Lawyer' in Intellectual Property Law in South Africa 2015 - 2021.

Carl is listed as one of the World’s Leading Practitioners in Euromoney's Expert Guides - Trade Marks 2016 - 2020. Listed in the elite "Leading individuals" list – Legal 500, 2020.

Listed in Who’s Who Legal Trademark edition, 2020.

English, Afrikaans  

Fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL).

Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC).

Bluris, LLB. Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and Notary Public.