Regardt van der Merwe

Trademark Attorney

A trade mark attorney focusing on trademark and copyright matters.

About Regardt van der Merwe

Regardt specialises in trade mark and copyright litigation. In addition to enforcement matters, Regardt’s practice also extends to local and foreign trade mark searches, -filings and -prosecution. Regardt is an admitted attorney of the South African High Court; qualified trade mark practitioner; and fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL). Regardt holds a LLM in intellectual property law from Stockholm University; as well as a LLM in public international law and LLB from the University of Pretoria.

 

Focus areas

  • Trade Mark prosecution
  • Trade Mark searches
  • Copyright

Education

  • University of Pretoria, LLB (2014)
  • University of Pretoria, LLM (Public International Law) (2017)
  • University of Stockholm, LLM (European Intellectual Property Law) (2019)
  • South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law, Qualified Trade Mark Practitioner (2021)

Affiliations and accolades

  • Attorney of the High Court, South Africa
  • Fellow, South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL)

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.

Coffee Club Event 2022

Thanks Cape Chamber of Commerce and Industry for a great Coffee Club event this morning.

Moving the Goalposts

The football and legal worlds recently met for a clash of the titans in a case regarding the attachment of FIFA’s trade marks to found…

If It Looks Like a Whisky…

…Then It Must Be a Whisky. Hugo Prinsloo and Regardt van der Merwe report on the South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) decision…