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Mr Reinard Krüger

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Work Department

Trade Mark Enforcement

Position

Reinard is a partner at Spoor & Fisher. He specializes in the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including trade mark infringement and prosecution; passing-off and unlawful competition matters; trade mark oppositions; copyright opinions and litigation; company name objections; domain name disputes; foodstuff and cosmetic labeling complaints; and the enforcement of anti-counterfeiting, with a focus on anti-counterfeiting in Africa.

Career

Professional Activities

Interpol brand identification training across Africa, 2014-2019.

IP training at the Johannesburg Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 2019.

Guest lecturer on IP law: Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, 2019.

Guest speaker on IP Law: Tshwane University of Technology, 2016.

Keynote speaker: National Small Business Chamber, 2019.

Author of article on New Industrial Property Code in Mozambique, in MIP – Africa, 2016.

TV interviews: NSBC, Business Day, CNBC Africa, 2019.

Author of various articles for World Trademark Review, 2017-2018.

Author of Trade Marks, Trade Names and Unfair Competition, in World Law and Practice: Release 62 (Lesotho), 2017.

Author of updated chapter on ‘World Intellectual Property Rights and Remedies’, for Centre for International Legal Studies, 2016

Languages

English, Afrikaans

Memberships

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

Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC).

Education

LLB, LLM (cum laude). Notary Public. Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.