Ms Dina Biagio > 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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Ms Dina Biagio
Work Department
Patents commercial
Position
Dina is a patent attorney and partner at Spoor & Fisher. She specialises in commercial transactions relating to intellectual property, including: licensing, manufacturing, supply and distribution, technology transfer and collaboration agreements, investment structuring and related agreements, IP audits and due diligence, and the valuation of intellectual property. Dina also has experience in domestic and international patent and design matters, specifically: patent specification drafting and the prosecution of patent applications.
Career
Dina started her career as an electro-optics engineer with De Beers Diamond Research Laboratory while completing her law degree, part time. She commenced articles with Kisch IP in 1998 and was admitted as an attorney and registered as a patent attorney in 2002. She joined Spoor & Fisher in 2007 and became a partner of the firm in 2009.
Professional activities
Author of the Commercial considerations for transactions involving intellectual property chapter of Dean & Dyer: Intellectual Property Law in South Africa, 2014.
Contributor to the Thomson Reuters IP Global Guide – South Africa, 2017.
Lecturer and examiner for the course “International Treaties and Conventions” for the South African Patent Examination Board 2015 – 2019
Author of Patents and Franchising, Getting the Deal Through
Director of the Licensing Executive Society of South Africa, 2013-2018
Regular speaker on the commercialisation of IP, particularly through licensing, leveraging IP value, and the implications of legislation on publicly-financed IP at public sector events
Market Recognition
Listed in IAM’s World’s Leading Patent Practitioners in 2012 – 2020.
Mentioned in IAM Licensing 250: The World’s Leading Patent and Technology Licensing Practitioners in 2011.
Listed in the Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars 2015 – 2021.
Recognised in Managing Intellectual Property as one of the Top 250 Women in IP 2017.
2020 DSI/SARIMA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Innovation Management.
Languages
English, Afrikaans
Memberships
Member of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL).
Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA).
Member of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA).
Member of the Licensing Executive Society (LES) and a certified trainer for LES South Africa.
Member of the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA).
Member of the Legal Practice Council (LPC)
Education
BSc (Physics), BSc (Elec Eng), LLB. Patent Attorney, Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.
Lawyer Rankings
South Africa > Intellectual property
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.