Patent attorney
Patent Attorney – Paulo Lopes
Paulo Lopes is a registered South African Patent Attorney with a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Paulo with son Joshua
Qualifications:
- BSc (Mechanical) Engineering (University of the Witwatersrand), 2000
- MSc (Mechanical) Engineering (University of the Witwatersrand), 2003
- LLB (UNISA), 2005
- Admitted as an attorney, 2006
- SAIIPL Patent Attorney exams, 2006
- Registered Patent Attorney, 2006
- HDip (Tax law) (University of the Witwatersrand), 2008
Prior to joining Sibanda & Zantwijk (S&Z) / IdeaNav, Paulo spent four years at Spoor & Fisher Patent Attorneys.
Paulo has been a patent partner since 2009, focussing on filing and prosecuting patents and designs within South Africa and internationally.
Our clients include:
- GlobalIPCo (the creator of the Vicennial SANi combination patent / trademark)
- Large companies, including Anglo American and Sasol
- Universities, such as Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Start-ups, such as Iluba Preserved Flowers and EyeSlices
- Companies within the NGO sector, such as Hippo Water Roller and Sugar Milling Research Institute
- Regulators, such as the South African Revenue Services and the South African Reserve Bank
- Individual inventors – a bedrock of our patent practice
If you have an idea, feel free to call Paulo and bounce the idea off him.