Mr Carl van Rooyen > Spoor & Fisher > Pretoria, South Africa > Lawyer Profile
Spoor & Fisher Offices
11 BYLS BRIDGE BOULEVARD, BUILDING NO.14
HIGHVELD EXT 73, CENTURION
PRETORIA, 0157
South Africa
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Mr Carl van Rooyen
Work Department
Trade mark Enforcement
Position
Carl is a partner at Spoor & Fisher and specialises in litigation relating to trade marks, copyright and unlawful competition.
Career
Market Recognition
Listed in the WTR 1000 as one of the World’s Leading Trade Mark Professionals in 2014 – 2020.
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers rates Carl in Intellectual Property Band 2 2011 – 2020.
Legal 500 EMEA ranks Carl as one of South Africa’s Intellectual Property Law experts 2011 and 2019 – 2020.
Best Lawyers listed Carl as a ‘Best Lawyer’ in Intellectual Property Law in South Africa 2015 – 2021.
Carl is listed as one of the World’s Leading Practitioners in Euromoney’s Expert Guides – Trade Marks 2016 – 2020.
Listed in the elite “Leading individuals” list – Legal 500, 2020.
Listed in Who’s Who Legal Trademark edition, 2020.
Languages
English, Afrikaans
Memberships
Fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL).
Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC).
Education
Bluris, LLB. Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and Notary Public.
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Intellectual property
(Hall of Fame)Spoor & Fisher is well known for its specialist expertise in intellectual property law. The firm fields experience across all areas of IP, advising on patents, copyright, trade marks, commercial IP, litigation, domain names and registered designs, to name a few areas. Dirk Hanekom oversees the patents team, Mohamed Khader leads the anti-counterfeiting team, and Marco van der Merwe heads the trade marks team. IP litigation expert Eben van Wyk is well versed in handling trade mark disputes, and Dina Biagio is very experienced in advising on patent work. Tyron Grant specialises in biotech patent matters, while John Foster advises on copyright and unlawful competition claims. Charles Webster
and Carl van Rooyen are highly regarded practitioners in the IP space. Zama Buthelezi, Chyreene Truluck and Merlene Engelbrecht are also singled out for their contributions. Hugh Moubray has retired from practice.