Patent attorneys behind IdeaNav

Patent attorneys:

Anthony van Zantwijk

Patent Attorney and Registered Tax Practitioner

Qualifications:
BSc(Civil)Eng (Wits); LLB cum laude (Wits); LLM(Tax) (Wits), FSAIIPL

Previous positions:
Patent Attorney at Spoor & Fisher; IP Specialist at SARS

Focus areas:
IP Commercialisation, Tax, Exchange Controls, Valuations and Structured Finance

Interests:
History (Roman and Turkish), Russian authors, Philosophy, skiing and wife Candace

In his spare time, Anthony enjoys going on a frolic about grassy plains, smelling flowers and rolling down hills

Paulo Lopes

Patent Attorney

Previous position:
Patent Attorney at Spoor & Fisher

Qualifications:
BSc(Mech)Eng (Wits); MSc(Mech)Eng (Wits), LLB (UNISA); HDip(Tax) (Wits)

Focus areas:
Filing and Prosecuting Patents and Designs

Interests:
Golf, scuba diving and Mom’s Portuguese prawn rissoles

Trademark attorney:

Taya Lombard

Trademark Attorney

Qualifications:
LLB (UNISA)

Previous / current position:
Senior Associate, Berdou Attorneys

Focus areas:
Trademark searches, filing and prosecution

Interests:

Assistant:

Lesley Mackell

Assistant

Focus areas:
Processing patents, designs and renewals