Von Seidels‘ intellectual property practice has a solid track record in representing clients from the pharmaceuticals, engineering, life sciences, biotechnology, software and oil and gas industries in patents, trade mark and copyright matters. Erik Van Der Vyver leads the firm’s patents team, while Claire Smedley oversees the trade marks group. Ralph van Niekerk is a key name for patent litigation and technology licensing work, and assists software and electronics companies with patent portfolio management. Simonne Moodie specialises in trade mark matters, and also advises on domain name registrations and copyright licensing. Llewellyn du Toit handles medical and pharmaceutical patents matters, and has niche expertise in plant breeders’ rights. Rowan Joseph, Gunther Roland, and Cronje Jackson are key practitioners in the department.
Key clients
- University of the Free State
- Stellenbosch University
Work highlights
- Advised the University of the Free State on patent protection matters and the filing of an international PCT patent application for multinuclear metal complexes.
- Assisted Stellenbosch University with filing patent applications for polymers used in antimicrobial coatings and polymers used for nanodisc formation to facilitate membrane protein studies.