Herman Blignaut

Herman Blignaut is a Trade Mark Practitioner with an LLB (cum laude). He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public. Herman has 18 years of experience in trade mark, copyright and unlawful competition litigation, including trade mark oppositions, trade mark and copyright infringement, domain names, company and close corporation name objections, trade mark searches and prosecution. · Spoor & Fisher

South AfricaIntellectual Property, Trade MarksEnglish, Afrikaans

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Partner and Trade Mark Practitioner at Spoor & Fisher with an LLB (cum laude), admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public. He has 18 years' experience focusing on contentious trade mark, copyright and unlawful competition litigation, including oppositions, infringement, domain-name and company-name objections, prosecution and related regulatory and advertising matters.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyTrade MarksCopyrightUnfair CompetitionDomain Name DisputesLitigationRegulatoryAdvertising

Office

South Africa

Spoor & Fisher · Herman Blignaut is a Trade Mark Practitioner with an LLB (cum laude). He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public. Herman has 18 years of experience in trade mark, copyright and unlawful competition litigation, including trade mark oppositions, trade mark and copyright infringement, domain names, company and close corporation name objections, trade mark searches and prosecution.

South Africa

Expertise

Trade Mark Oppositions & ProsecutionTrade Mark and Copyright Infringement LitigationDomain Name DisputesCompany and Close Corporation Name ObjectionsUnlawful/Unfair Competition LitigationCopyright Licensing & LitigationAmbush Marketing / Sports MarketingRegulatory and Advertising Law

Education

LLB, University of Pretoria (Cum Laude), 2001

Admissions

Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (admitted 2005)
Notary Public (admitted 2005)

Languages

EnglishAfrikaans