What differentiates us is our holistic approach
integrating strategy, creativity and law; our deep understanding
and experience in building brands, and our
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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
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