About us
Aim
IdeaNav helps inventors protect their ideas via online systems – Iptica and GlobalIPCo.
Who we are
IdeaNav was formed in 2007 and includes:
Patent Attorneys / Directors:
Anthony van Zantwijk (BSc(Civ)Eng, LLB, LLM(Tax)),
McLean Sibanda (MSc(Met)Eng, LLB, LLM-Commercial, PhD)
Paulo Lopes (MSc(Mech)Eng, LLB, HDip(Tax))
Trademark Attorney:
Taya Lombard (LLB)
Assistant: Lesley Mackell.
The company was spun out of Sibanda & Zantwijk Patent Attorneys (a firm specialising in intellectual property commercialisation).
Why S&Z?
- In 2019 and 2020, S&Z was the #2 filer of South African provisional patents. And, in September 2021, S&Z became the #1 filer of South African patents.
- S&Z is the exclusive agent for GlobalIPCo in South Africa.
- The South African component of SANi combination patents are filed by S&Z.
- S&Z patent attorneys used to work at one of South Africa’s biggest patent firms, Spoor and Fisher.
Pricing
We support the GlobalIPCo and Iptica online systems, which offer affordable online patent, design and trademark services.
Software
We embrace online systems that reduce the cost to file and prosecute patents, trademarks and designs to grant. In this regard, we work closely with GlobalIPCo – a software company that develops: IP management systems (that we use to file and report on applications); and online filing systems (for which we are the exclusive South African agent).
Our online patent, trademark and design renewal system is also popular among multinational companies to reduce their cost of holding patents.