Izaan van der Merwe

Patent Attorney and Litigator

A patent attorney specialising in intellectual property litigation and plant breeders’ rights.

About Izaan van der Merwe

Izaan van der Merwe is a registered patent attorney, Notary Public and senior associate at Von Seidels.

She specialises in litigation relating to patents, registered designs, copyright, unlawful competition and plant breeders’ rights in the Court of the Commissioner of Patents, High Court, Supreme Court of Appeal, and the Constitutional Court.

She further specialises in all aspects of plant breeders’ rights, the drafting of legal opinions, drafting and enforcement of licensing and intellectual property-related agreements as well as the commercialisation of intellectual property.

Focus areas

IP enforcement, in the life sciences field in general and pharmaceutical and agrochemical matters in particular
Plant Breeders’ Rights
Copyright
Unlawful competition
Commercial IP agreements

Education

University of Pretoria, BSc in Genetics, cum laude (2011)
University of Pretoria, LLB, cum laude (2014)
South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law, Qualified Patent Attorney (2020)

Affiliations and accolades

Attorney of the High Court, South Africa
Notary Public of the High Court, South Africa
Patent Attorney, South Africa

Featured in

Von Seidels Awarded

“Patent Firm of the Year – South Africa” recognition during Managing Intellectual Property’s awards ceremony held last night in London.

World IP Day 2022

World IP Day today focuses on young people and innovation. At Von Seidels we celebrate young inventors, brand owners, IP professionals and…

Von Seidels is in Tier 1

We are excited to share that our firm has moved up to Tier 1 for trade marks in IP STARS (Managing IP) 2022 firm rankings for South Africa.