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Ms Jean McIvor

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Work Department

Trade mark Prosecution

Position

Jean is a partner at Spoor & Fisher. She specialises in domestic and international trade mark registration and searches, trade mark portfolio management; the registration of copyright in cinematograph films. Jean is a specialist trade mark attorney who acts for various local and international clients.

Career

After qualifying at a general commercial firm, Jean was admitted as an attorney and joined Spoor & Fisher in 1983.  She was made a full partner in 1987 and was, for a stage, the head of the trade marks department and also the first woman partner on the firm’s executive committee.

Professional activities

Examiner in the comparative study of International Trademark Laws and Systems for SAIIPL.

Market Recognition

Listed in the Who’s Who Legal Trademark editions 2011 – 2020.

Listed in the WTR 1000 as one of the World’s Leading Trade Mark Professionals in 2015 – 2020.

Best Lawyers listed Jean as a ‘Best Lawyer’ in Intellectual Property Law in South Africa 2011 – 2021.

Listed in the Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2015 – 2021.

Legal 500 EMEA ranks Jean as one of South Africa’s Intellectual Property Law experts 2017 and 2019.

Listed as one of the World’s Leading Practitioners in Euromoney’s Expert Guides – Trade Marks 2018 – 2019.

Jean is listed as one of the World’s Leading Practitioners in Euromoney’s Expert Guides – Women in Business Law 2018.

Languages

English

Memberships

Associate Member of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL).

Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC).

Education

Qualifications BA (Hons), LLB (KZN) LLM (Cantab). Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and Notary Public