De Kock Attorneys is a South African law firm which
specialises in all aspects of Intellectual Property Law
and related aspects, including trade marks, copyright,
domain names, patents, designs, companies, IT and
related commercial law matters.
Meet our professional team below:
Emmie de Kock:
De Kock Attorneys is owned and operated by Emmie de Kock.
She is a qualified attorney of the High Court of South
Africa and specialises in Intellectual Property Law,
with special reference to trade marks, copyright and
domain names. In this regard, she has experience
managing intellectual property portfolios of businesses
in a variety of industries, including pharmaceutical,
cosmetic, financial, IT, publishing, training, travel,
foodstuffs, cleaning, mining, and engineering. She also
specialises in Information Technology law matters, in
particular relating to software and internet agreements.
She obtained the degrees BLC (cum laude) and LLB (cum
laude) from the University of Pretoria. During her law
studies, she also completed a post-graduate course in
Publishing which included subjects such as Design &
Production, Information Technology and Publishing
Management. While studying, she joined Spoor & Fisher
and later served her articles of clerkship at the same
firm.
Her trade mark practice is spilt between trade mark
prosecution and litigation.
Samantha Gregory:
Dr Samantha Gregory is the firmā€™s senior associate and
patent attorney. She is the attorney responsible for all
design and patent matters. She holds the degrees of
MBChB and LLB. She is an admitted attorney of the High
Court of South Africa, a registered medical practitioner
and a qualified patent attorney.
She served articles at the firm of Hahn & Hahn in
Pretoria before consulting to the Innovation Fund and
general legal firms on IP matters. She deals with
inventions in all technology fields and has a special
interest in medical and related innovation.
She is a member of LES (Licensing Executives Society of
South Africa) and has a keen interest in the
commercialisation of South African Intellectual Property
and has attended various workshops on the subject. She
also has an interest in the management of intellectual
property in health research and development and is a
member of SARIMA.
Bronwyn Morris:
Bronwyn is a trade mark candidate attorney. She has
years of experience as a trade mark searcher and is
currently completing her LLB degree. She specialises in
trade mark searches, filings and prosecution. She also
deals with film, domain name and company registrations.
She also assists with patent and design administration
and has a keen interest in entertainment law.
Evert van As:
Evert is a trade mark candidate attorney. Before joining
our team, he served articles at Coleman Attorneys where
he mostly dealt with civil litigation matters. He is
currently completing his LLB. His main areas of focus
include trade mark litigation, drafting of agreements
and foreign trade mark work.
Our team is committed to providing quality service and
expert advice to our clients. As law firms are often
rated on the quality of their advice, the time they take
to respond and their charges, we aim to be competitive
on all these levels.
We look forward to hearing from you. |
