John Foster

John Foster is a Trade Mark Attorney with BCom (Law) and LLB degrees. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. John specialises in domestic and foreign trade mark prosecution and trade mark, copyright and unlawful competition litigation. This includes trade mark oppositions, trade mark and copyright infringement claims, domain name disputes and company name objections. John has a keen interest in advertising law and has been involved in numerous litigious matters before various advertising regulatory bodies, in South Africa and various African countries. He regularly provides advertising pre-clearance advice to a number of multinational companies. John also deals with commercial IP transactions, licensing arrangements and due diligence investigations. · Spoor & Fisher

South AfricaIntellectual Property, Trade MarksEnglish, Afrikaans

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John Foster is a Partner at Spoor & Fisher and a Trade Mark Attorney who specialises in domestic and foreign trade mark prosecution, trade mark, copyright and unlawful competition litigation. He also advises on advertising law, domain name disputes, commercial IP transactions, licensing and due diligence, and is admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyTrade MarksCopyrightLitigationAdvertising & MarketingLicensingDomain Names

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South Africa

Spoor & Fisher · John Foster is a Trade Mark Attorney with BCom (Law) and LLB degrees. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. John specialises in domestic and foreign trade mark prosecution and trade mark, copyright and unlawful competition litigation. This includes trade mark oppositions, trade mark and copyright infringement claims, domain name disputes and company name objections. John has a keen interest in advertising law and has been involved in numerous litigious matters before various advertising regulatory bodies, in South Africa and various African countries. He regularly provides advertising pre-clearance advice to a number of multinational companies. John also deals with commercial IP transactions, licensing arrangements and due diligence investigations.

South Africa

Expertise

Trade mark prosecutionTrade mark enforcement and oppositionsCopyright litigationUnlawful competitionAdvertising law and pre-clearance adviceDomain name disputesCommercial IP transactions and licensing

Education

BCom (Law), University of Stellenbosch
LLB, University of Stellenbosch

Admissions

Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (admitted 2013)
Qualified Trade Mark Practitioner

Languages

EnglishAfrikaans