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Tshepo Shabangu

Tshepo Shabangu is a Trade Mark Practitioner, with BProc and LLB degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and an LLM (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Bonn, Germany. She is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public. Tshepo has over two decades of experience in the local and international selection, clearance, prosecution and registration of trade marks. She also has expertise in trade mark audits, IP portfolio management and due diligence investigations, as well as drafting IP related agreements and policies. She has extensive knowledge in corporate governance, having sat on boards of various trusts and companies. Tshepo speaks eight languages, including German. · Spoor & Fisher

South AfricaIntellectual Property, Trade MarksEnglish, German
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Trade Mark Practitioner at Spoor & Fisher with over two decades of experience in the local and international selection, clearance, prosecution and registration of trade marks. Holds a BProc and LLB from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and an LLM (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Bonn; admitted as an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyTrade MarksIP TransactionsCorporate Governance

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South Africa

Spoor & Fisher · Tshepo Shabangu is a Trade Mark Practitioner, with BProc and LLB degrees from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and an LLM (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Bonn, Germany. She is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public. Tshepo has over two decades of experience in the local and international selection, clearance, prosecution and registration of trade marks. She also has expertise in trade mark audits, IP portfolio management and due diligence investigations, as well as drafting IP related agreements and policies. She has extensive knowledge in corporate governance, having sat on boards of various trusts and companies. Tshepo speaks eight languages, including German.

South Africa

Expertise

Trade mark selection, clearance, prosecution and registrationTrade mark auditsIP portfolio managementDue diligence investigationsDrafting IP-related agreements and policiesCorporate governanceTraditional knowledge and cultural expressions (publications and policy engagement)

Education

  • BProc, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • LLB, University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • LLM, University of Bonn (Magna Cum Laude)

Admissions

  • Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
  • Notary Public

Languages

EnglishGerman