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Mr Paul Ramara

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Work Department

Trade mark Enforcement

Position

Paul is a partner at Spoor & Fisher. He specialises in litigation, in particular Trade Mark Litigation and Anti-Counterfeiting. Paul has handled big cases relating to Anti-Counterfeiting in Southern Africa and East Africa. Paul has successfully represented clients in a number of litigation cases in Kenya and Zambia respectively.

Career

Professional activities

Co-author of an article on Anti-Counterfeiting from a Southern African Perspective.

Paul represented Puma in the ground breaking Supreme Court of Appeal case against Rampar Trading.

Writer of articles published in Mondaq.

Lecturer on IP: Stellenbosch University.

Market Recognition

Paul is listed as one of the World’s Leading Practitioners in Euromoney’s Expert Guides – Trade Mark 2016.

Legal 500 EMEA ranks Paul as one of South Africa’s Intellectual Property Law experts 2018.

Languages

English

Memberships

Member of the International Trade Mark Association (INTA).

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

Intellectual Property (IP) Committee Member of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA).

Member of the Black Lawyers’ Association (BLA).

Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC).

Education

BProc, HDip Cyberlaw. Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Leisure

Reading, playing golf, and spending time with family.