Pretoria intellectual property firm handling patents, trade marks, designs and franchising, and filing for clients across Africa through ARIPO and OAPI.
Lynnwood, Gauteng
+27 (0) 12 349 7800 Docex: 111 Persequor ParkSmit & Van Wyk works only in intellectual property law. It was co-founded by Wessel van Wyk, an electronic engineer and patent attorney, and has been practising for about 20 years. Its directors are Wessel van Wyk and Chantal Hoffelner, both patent attorneys, and Rogan Bruce, a trade mark attorney. Esmari Jonker heads the franchising practice, and the wider team includes associate patent and trade mark attorneys, a candidate patent attorney and portfolio managers. The firm's contact page now gives its address as the Attlynn Corner Building, 1st Floor, 379 Lynnwood Road, Menlo Park, Pretoria, following an office move.
Patent work runs from drafting and filing, including PCT applications, through to enforcement, across mechanical, electrical, electronic and software engineering, chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and life sciences. The trade mark side handles searches, registration, filing programmes and disputes. The firm also covers registered designs, copyright, plant breeders' rights, domain name disputes and franchise documents.
Much of its work is cross border. It acts as patent and trade mark agent across Africa, including regional filings at ARIPO and OAPI and the Madrid system, using a network of local agents built up over the past decade. It files for South African clients abroad and for foreign firms seeking protection in Africa. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 08:00 to 16:30.
South African inventors and businesses, and foreign IP firms and multinational companies that need protection in South Africa and the rest of Africa.
Smit & Van Wyk appears at, or handles correspondent work for, the following:
If you are contacting Smit & Van Wyk about a business & commercial matter, having these ready will make the first consultation quicker and more useful:
Smit & Van Wyk works from Attlynn Corner Building, 1st Floor, 379 Lynnwood Road, Menlo Park, Pretoria.
Its main areas are patents, trade marks, filing across africa, franchising and designs, copyright and plant breeders' rights. It lists 4 practice areas in total on our directory.
Yes. Business & Commercial is one of the practice areas Smit & Van Wyk lists. Call the firm to check that it can take on your specific matter and to ask how it charges.
Yes. It covers Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, ARIPO, OAPI.
You can call +27 (0) 12 349 7800 Docex: 111 Persequor Park or email enquiries@svw.co.za.
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