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Nicky Garnett
About
Nicky Garnett is the Head of the Africa Patents Section of the Patent Department, a position she has held since 2008. Nicky is originally from Zimbabwe and moved to South Africa in 2008. She obtained her law degree from the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg) in 1997 and in 1998 she began working with a leading law firm in Zimbabwe specialising in Intellectual Property.
- African patent and design filings and prosecution
Academic Record
- LLB – University of Natal | 1997
- BA – University of Natal | 1995
Qualifications
- Admitted Attorney (Zimbabwe) |1999
- Registered Trade Mark Attorney
Credentials
- Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
- South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) – Fellow
- Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Institute – Council Member
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