Marco van der Merwe

Marco van der Merwe is a Trade Mark Practitioner and head of the Trade Mark Department at Spoor & Fisher. He has a BLC and LLB from the University of Pretoria, a certificate in computer programming as well as a Diploma in Labour Relations. Marco is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. For the past three decades, Marco has specialised in domestic trade mark registration, searches and maintenance, domestic and international copyright, information technology law, and domain name disputes. He is a specialist trade mark attorney with experience in computer-related litigation and information technology. · Spoor & Fisher

South AfricaIntellectual Property, Trade MarksEnglish, Afrikaans

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Specialist trade mark attorney and Head of the Trade Mark Department at Spoor & Fisher with around three decades' experience in trade mark prosecution, copyright, information technology law and domain name disputes.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyTrade MarksCopyrightInformation TechnologyDomain Name DisputesLitigation

Office

South Africa

Spoor & Fisher · Marco van der Merwe is a Trade Mark Practitioner and head of the Trade Mark Department at Spoor & Fisher. He has a BLC and LLB from the University of Pretoria, a certificate in computer programming as well as a Diploma in Labour Relations. Marco is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. For the past three decades, Marco has specialised in domestic trade mark registration, searches and maintenance, domestic and international copyright, information technology law, and domain name disputes. He is a specialist trade mark attorney with experience in computer-related litigation and information technology.

South Africa

Expertise

Trade mark registration, searches and maintenanceDomestic and international copyrightInformation technology lawDomain name disputes (including .co.za adjudication)Computer-related litigation and software infringement investigations

Education

BLC, University of Pretoria
LLB, University of Pretoria
Certificate in Computer Programming (TDF Associates)
Certificate in Labour Relations (SBL)

Admissions

Attorney of the High Court of South Africa

Languages

EnglishAfrikaans