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Mr Louise Myburgh

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Work Department

Trade Mark Department

Position

Louise is a partner at Spoor & Fisher. She specialises in domestic and international trade mark registration, searches and renewals, domestic and international trade mark litigation, domestic and international copyright, advertising objections, unlawful competition, passing off, company name objections and domain name disputes. Louise is an experienced trade mark attorney who acts for a number of local and international blue-chip companies.

Career

Louise completed her B Econ (Hons) degree at the University of Stellenbosch in 1986 and also holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of South Africa. Louise joined Spoor & Fisher in 1994 and was admitted to the partnership in 2001. Prior to joining Spoor & Fisher, Louise was a registrar to Mr Justice Mynhardt in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Louise is a qualified trade mark practitioner and a Fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law and a member of the Cape Law Society.

Professional activities

Co-author of the SA chapter on International Intellectual Property Law, published by the Centre for International Studies, 2010 – 2014.

Louise has lectured on copyright at the Institute of Intellectual Property Law.

Louise has presented guest lectures for LLM students: Stellenbosch University, 2013-2018.

Co-author on the South African chapter of The Global Legal Post Luxury Law Jurisdictional Comparisons 2016.

Speaker at FICPI conference, 2018-2019.

Market Recognition

Listed in the WTR 1000 as one of the World’s Leading Trade Mark Professionals in 2011 – 2020.

Listed in the Who’s Who Legal Trademark editions 2016 – 2020.

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

Listed in Managing Intellectual Property as one of the Top 250 Women in IP 2018 and 2019.

Languages

English, Afrikaans

Memberships

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

Member of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA).

Member of the MARQUES Copyright and Parallel Trade Team.

Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) data protection.

Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC).

Education

BEcon (Hons), LLB. Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Leisure

Louise’s leisure activities include hiking, running, reading and photography.