What differentiates us is our holistic approach integrating strategy, creativity and law;
our deep understanding and experience in building brands, and our global-African reach read more.

AN AFRICA-FOCUSED, TURN-KEY AND
BRAND-LED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND
BRAND PROTECTION PRACTICE.

WHAT WE DO

PROTECTING, MANAGING
AND ENFORCING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS IN AFRICA.

Our Intellectual Property practice helps established and emerging businesses, creative community and individuals in Africa and beyond to identify their valuable brand assets, enforce their rights, and protect them against predatory, abusive and illegal abuse; to develop strategies to leverage and maximise those rights, and to develop policies for their acquisition, use and management.

Intellectual Property
Evaluation, Search,
Registration and
Maintenance

Enforcement,
Litigation and
Prosecution

Fair use, infringement,
anti-counterfeiting, grey
market and trans-shipping
advisory

Audits and
Due Diligence

Negotiations

Valuation and Intellectual
Property strategy for
mergers and acquisitions,
licensing or similar
purchases of assets

Defense and appeals of
regulatory and legal
determinations

Portfolio Analysis, Strategy
and Management

IP protection on
the Internet

Intellectual Property
Strategy and Policy

OUR WORK

A selection of established and emerging businesses, organizations, and the creative community in diverse industries across the private and public sectors that AIP has advised in safeguarding their intellectual property rights across the continent independently and/or through its network of partners.

UNISA

Merger re-branding IP strategy for merger on Unisa,
Vista and Technikon SA, and IP Mediation after a
predatory infringment prior to launch.

Cradle of Humankind

Brand and Intellectual Property Audit,
Strategy and Policy

Minet

Trademarks search, register and protection
Secure domain name

Petit Noir

PRASA

Trademarks search, register and protection
post re-naming from SARCC to PRASA and re-brand secure domain name

ubank

Naming strategy and re-naming from Teba Bank to
uBank, identity and domain strategy and
implementation

Transnet

Intellectual Property Audit, Strategy and Policy

Maxhosa

Meat Junction

OUR PEOPLE

Our founding principals, supported
by a diverse pool of experienced
professionals, have deep experience
at the intersection of branding, creativity and law across the continent that has enriched their
appreciation of the intangible assets
that emanate from creative
innovation and the management
of all aspects of the related
rights, reputational interests.

Adv. Phelane Phomane

Managing Partner
LLB. MA

Thebe Ikalafeng

Director, Strategy
BSc. MBA. LLM (Intellectual Property Law). CM (SA).

Shane Moore

Director, Litigation.
B.Proc. LLB (Intellectual Property Law)

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

One competitive advantage I had when I ventured into manufacturing is my brand
'Dangote,' which I diligently built and protected in the course of my trading commodities.

Aliko Dangote, Founder and CEO of the Dangote Group

One competitive advantage I have is my brand 'Dangote,' which I diligently built in the course of my trading commodities,”

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

If this company were to split up, I would give you the property, plant and equipment,
and I would take the brands and the trademarks and I would fare better than you,”

John Stuart, CEO of Quaker Oats (1877–1969)

If this company were to split up, I would give you the property, plant and equipment, and I would take the brands and the trademarks and I would fare better than you,”

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing
what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret.

Colin Hanks, Actor

If this company were to split up, I would give you the property, plant and equipment, and I would take the brands and the trademarks and I would fare better than you,”

NETWORK

AIP and partners are members of the International
Trademark Association (INTA) a global network of
brand owners and professionals dedicated to
supporting trademarks and relatedintellectual property.

AIP was established in 1954 and representing over 140
patent attorneys, agents, trade mark practitioners and
academics in South Africa who specialise in the field of
Intellectual Property Law.

AIP provides clients with Intellectual Property services
for multi-nationals, regional and local organisations and
individuals operating across Africa directly in
each country or collectively through ARIPO and OAPI
within their limitations.

Our wide-reaching network of associates across Africa, strategic partnership
with Moore Attorneys and extensive reach, knowledge and experience of the
various legal systems and structures throughout the continent, enable us to
advance African and foreign clients’ IP interests in the continent and around the world.

Our partners regularly participate in seminars and
training programs around the world and contribute
to thought leadership to keep abreast of the latest
developments and changes in international and
intellectual property laws that can impact the
practice and our clients’ businesses, assuring our
clients the latest local and global thinking and
protection of intellectual property.

NETWORK

AIP and partners are members of the
International Trademark Association (INTA) a global network of
brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and
related intellectual property.

AIP was established in 1954 and representing over 140 patent attorneys,
patent agents, trade mark practitioners and academics in South Africa
who specialise in the field of Intellectual Property Law.

AIP provides clients with Intellectual Property services for multi-nationals,
regional and local organisations and individuals operating across Africa
directly in each country or collectively through ARIPO and OAPI
within their limitations.

Our wide-reaching network of associates across Africa,
strategic partnership with Moore Attorneys and extensive reach,
knowledge and experience of the various legal systems and structures
throughout the continent, enable us to advance African and foreign
clients’ IP interests in the continent and around the world.

Our partners regularly participate in seminars and training programs
around the world and contribute to thought leadership to keep abreast
of the latest developments and changes in international and
intellectual property laws that can impact the practice and
our clients’ businesses, assuring our clients the latest local and
global thinking and protection of intellectual property.

What differentiates us is our holistic approach integrating strategy, creativity and law; our deep understanding and experience in building brands, and our global-African reach read more.

AN AFRICA-FOCUSED, TURN-KEY ANDBRAND-LED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND BRAND PROTECTION PRACTICE.

WHAT WE DO

PROTECTING, MANAGING AND ENFORCING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN AFRICA.

Intellectual Property Evaluation, Search, Registration and Maintenance

Enforcement, Litigation and Prosecution

Fair use, infringement, anti-counterfeiting, grey market and trans-shipping advisory

Audits and Due Diligence

Negotiations

Valuation and Intellectual Property strategy for mergers and acquisitions, licensing or similar purchases of assets

Defense and appeals of regulatory and legal determinations

Portfolio Analysis, Strategy and Management

IP protection on the Internet

Intellectual Property Strategy and Policy

OUR WORK

UNISA

Cradle of Humankind

Minet

Petit Noir

PRASA

ubank

Transnet

Maxhosa

Meat Junction

OUR PEOPLE

Adv. Phelane Phomane

Thebe Ikalafeng

Shane Moore

One competitive advantage I had when I ventured into manufacturing is my brand 'Dangote,' which I diligently built and protected in the course of my trading commodities.

Aliko Dangote, Founder and CEO of the Dangote Group

One competitive advantage I have is my brand 'Dangote,' which I diligently built in the course of my trading commodities,”

If this company were to split up, I would give you the property, plant and equipment, and I would take the brands and the trademarks and I would fare better than you,”

John Stuart, CEO of Quaker Oats (1877–1969)

If this company were to split up, I would give you the property, plant and equipment, and I would take the brands and the trademarks and I would fare better than you,”

I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret.

Colin Hanks, Actor

If this company were to split up, I would give you the property, plant and equipment, and I would take the brands and the trademarks and I would fare better than you,”

AIP and partners are members of the International Trademark Association (INTA) a global network of brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and relatedintellectual property.

AIP was established in 1954 and representing over 140 patent attorneys, agents, trade mark practitioners and academics in South Africa who specialise in the field of Intellectual Property Law.

AIP provides clients with Intellectual Property services for multi-nationals, regional and local organisations and individuals operating across Africa directly in each country or collectively through ARIPO and OAPI within their limitations.

AIP and partners are members of the International Trademark Association (INTA) a global network of brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property.

AIP was established in 1954 and representing over 140 patent attorneys, patent agents, trade mark practitioners and academics in South Africa who specialise in the field of Intellectual Property Law.

AIP provides clients with Intellectual Property services for multi-nationals, regional and local organisations and individuals operating across Africa directly in each country or collectively through ARIPO and OAPI within their limitations.

Contact us to protect, manage and/or enforce your intellectual Property rights in Africa.

What differentiates us is our holistic approach integrating strategy, creativity and law;
our deep understanding and experience in building brands, and our global-African reach read more.

AN AFRICA-FOCUSED, TURN-KEY AND
BRAND-LED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND
BRAND PROTECTION PRACTICE.

PROTECTING, MANAGING
AND ENFORCING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS IN AFRICA.

Intellectual Property
Evaluation, Search,
Registration and
Maintenance

Enforcement,
Litigation and
Prosecution

Fair use, infringement,
anti-counterfeiting, grey
market and trans-shipping
advisory

Audits and
Due Diligence

Valuation and Intellectual
Property strategy for
mergers and acquisitions,
licensing or similar
purchases of assets

Defense and appeals of
regulatory and legal
determinations

Portfolio Analysis, Strategy
and Management

IP protection on
the Internet

Intellectual Property
Strategy and Policy

One competitive advantage I had when I ventured into manufacturing is my brand
'Dangote,' which I diligently built and protected in the course of my trading commodities.

If this company were to split up, I would give you the property, plant and equipment,
and I would take the brands and the trademarks and I would fare better than you,”

I don't need to know how they make Coca-Cola. I think it tastes just fine not knowing
what the ingredients are. I think there are some things that should be kept secret.

AIP and partners are members of the International
Trademark Association (INTA) a global network of
brand owners and professionals dedicated to
supporting trademarks and relatedintellectual property.

AIP was established in 1954 and representing over 140
patent attorneys, agents, trade mark practitioners and
academics in South Africa who specialise in the field of
Intellectual Property Law.

AIP provides clients with Intellectual Property services
for multi-nationals, regional and local organisations and
individuals operating across Africa directly in
each country or collectively through ARIPO and OAPI
within their limitations.

AIP and partners are members of the
International Trademark Association (INTA) a global network of
brand owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and
related intellectual property.

AIP was established in 1954 and representing over 140 patent attorneys,
patent agents, trade mark practitioners and academics in South Africa
who specialise in the field of Intellectual Property Law.

AIP provides clients with Intellectual Property services for multi-nationals,
regional and local organisations and individuals operating across Africa
directly in each country or collectively through ARIPO and OAPI
within their limitations.