Jonathan Whittaker
Jonathan Whittaker is a Patent Attorney with a BSc (Civil Eng), BProc, LLB and PGDip OL. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa. Jonathan has spent almost three decades in intellectual property litigation and opinion work. His areas of expertise include patents, designs, technical copyright, unlawful competition and plant breeders’ rights. Jonathan has extensive litigation experience in a broad spectrum of fields including the mechanical, mining, metallurgical, construction, electrical, electronics, telecommunications, medical, chemical and pharmaceutical fields. · Spoor & Fisher
About
Jonathan Whittaker is a Patent Attorney at Spoor & Fisher with nearly three decades of experience in intellectual property litigation and opinion work. His expertise includes patents, designs, technical copyright, unlawful competition and plant breeders' rights, and he has extensive litigation experience across mechanical, mining, metallurgical, construction, electrical, electronics, telecommunications, medical, chemical and pharmaceutical fields.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- BSc (Civil Engineering), University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) (1991)
- BProc, University of South Africa (UNISA) (1996)
- LLB, University of South Africa (UNISA) (1997)
- PGDip OL
Admissions
- Attorney of the High Court of South Africa (admitted 1997)
- Patent Attorney (qualified 1997)