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.

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

Copyright Infringement

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

Copyright Infringement by global chain

Meet Junction

Copyright Infringement

OUR PEOPLE

Our founding principals, supported by 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 in Intellectual Property

Shane Moore

Director, Litigation.
B.Proc. LLB