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Mr Craig Kahn

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Work Department

Africa Patents and Designs

Position

Craig is a partner at Spoor & Fisher. He has extensive experience in the filing and prosecution of patent, utility model and design applications as well as plant breeders’ rights throughout Africa, including ARIPO and OAPI. He has experience in the drafting of patent specifications for biotechnology, genetic engineering and pharmaceutical products and has experience in patent and design enforcement in Africa.

Career

Studied at University of the Witwatersrand and University of South Africa

Admitted as attorney in 1995

Qualified as Patent attorney in 1997

Previously a partner at Adams & Adams and moved to Spoor & Fisher as a partner in 2007

Market Recognition

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

Listed as one of the Word’s Leading Practioners in Euromoney’s Expert Guides – Patents 2017 – 2020. 

Languages

English, Afrikaans

Memberships

Fellow of the South African Institute SA Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL)

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)

Education

BSc (Hons) Microbiology, BProc. Patent Attorney, Attorney of the High Court of South Africa