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Gérard du Plessis
About
- Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) IP Star | 2016 – 2023
- Best Lawyers: Intellectual Property Law – South Africa | 2017 – 2024
- Who’s Who Legal: The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers – Trademarks | 2013 – 2023
- The International Who’s Who of Trademark Lawyers | 2017, 2018
- Chambers Global Guide Legal Rankings: Eminent Practitioner South Africa | 2016 – 2021 and 2023
Litigation
- Trade Marks
- Copyright
- Designs
- Unlawful Competition
- Domain Names
- Counterfeit Goods
Academic Record
- LLB (Cum Laude) – University of Pretoria | 1994
- BLC (Cum Laude) – University of Pretoria | 1992
Qualifications
- Qualified Trade Marks Practitioner | 1998
- Admitted Attorney | 1995
Credentials
- Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
- Pretoria Attorneys Association (PAA) – Member
- The Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES) – Member
- The International Trade Mark Association (INTA) – Members
- The South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) – Fellow
- SAIIPL: Copyright Law Committee Member
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Adams & Adams named South African IP Law Firm of the Year - Best Lawyers®
Best Lawyers®, a highly respected legal profession peer review publication recently announced their Best Lawyers® list for 2021 acknowledging outstanding global firms and lawyers. In the latest edit...
November 17 2020
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Liberty Group wins against Discovery Vitality and opens the door for Comparative Advertising
Adams & Adams Partner and Chairman, Gérard du Plessis, represented the Liberty Group in the judgment they won in the Johannesburg High Court earlier this month against Discovery Vitality. Not onl...
June 23 2020
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Adams & Adams crowned IP Law Firm of 2020
Adams & Adams has been crowned South Africa’s Intellectual Property (IP) Law Firm of 2020. Africa’s largest IP law practice received top honours at the prestigious Managing Intellectual Property (...
March 05 2020