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*Alan
J.S. Dunlop
e-mail
Alan holds mechanical
engineering and law degrees. He is a registered professional engineer,
a registered patent lawyer in South Africa, Canada and Malawi,
and was the President of the South African Institute of Intellectual
Property Law.
Alan's current activities encompass all aspects of intellectual
property, from drafting patent specifications and design applications
to copyright, trade mark and unlawful competition advice and licensing
contracts.
A major part of his
practice is conducting patent litigation in the Patent Court and
on appeal in the Supreme Court of Appeal. His special interest
is design law, he is the Reporter on the FICPI CET2 committee,
Chairs the S.A. Design Law committee, and was a national Council
member of Design South Africa. Alan is chairman of the Judges
Panel of the annual Design Prototype Awards of the Design institute
of the SABS and SAIIPL. Alan is the author of numerous papers
on intellectual property law and related topics, worked in the
Statutory Advisory Committee in drafting amendments to the Copyright
Act, the Designs Act and was chairman of the drafting committee
of the Petty Patents Act.
Alan has worked in
the steel industry, gaining valuable experience relating to steel
manufacturing technologies and general engineering and computer
technology.
* Alan Dunlop has retired
from practice but is still of Counsel from time to time. Please
contact Hahn & Hahn on our central e-mail for any enquiries
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Vani
Moodley
e-mail
Vani Moodley is a Patent
Attorney admitted to practice before both the South African and
USA Patent Offices, as well being an Attorney of the High Court
of South Africa and of the Supreme Court of California. Vani qualified
as a South African Patent Attorney at Adams & Adams before relocating
to the USA. Vani has written patent applications for many high
profile clients such the Intel Corporation of Santa Clara, California.
He has particular expertise in the computer, electronic and mechanical
arts. Currently his practice includes writing and prosecuting
patents in multiple patent jurisdictions with emphasis on South
Africa, PCT and the United States, drafting novelty and patent
infringement opinions, drafting patent licensing agreements, and
providing intellectual property litigation counsel.
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Victor
Williams
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Victor has mechanical
engineering and law degrees, is an admitted attorney and registered
patent attorney. He is a fellow of the South African Institute
of Intellectual Property Law. Victor moved to Hahn & Hahn from
Adams & Adams and is the head of our Trade Marks department. He
is involved mainly with litigation and valuations in all areas
of intellectual property. Victor is also acts as an IP consultant
to Routledge Modise Moss Morris intellectual property group.
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Janusz
Luterek
e-mail
Janusz's qualifications
include a B.Eng (Chemical) and a B.Proc. He is an admitted attorney
of the High Court of South Africa, a patent attorney and a registered
professional engineer. Janusz is also a member of several professional,
industrial and legal societies. Janusz moved from Adams & Adams
to join Hahn & Hahn in 1997. In 2001 Janusz passed the Australian
Institute of Patent and Trademark Attorneys patent drafting examination.
Before joining the
profession, Janusz worked in the chemical, food and beverage,
and pharmaceutical industries for a number of years. Janusz's
current activities include patent drafting, litigation, searching,
providing opinions on novelty and infringement of patents and
designs, and prosecuting local and foreign patent and design applications.
Janusz is fluent in English, Afrikaans and Polish and reads Czech.
Janusz also acts as an IP consultant to Routeledge Modise Moss
Morris. He serves on the EXCO of AIPPI South Africa and is the
convenor of the South African Institute of intellectual Property
Law Public Affairs committee.
Janusz’s technical
fields of specialization include petrochemical engineering, food
and beverage engineering, pharmaceuticals, catalysis, IT and business
method related patents while also handling some mechanical and
electrical patent applications.
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Clyde
Michael
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Clyde holds degrees
in electronic engineering and law. He is a qualified attorney
and patent attorney. He moved from Adams & Adams to join Hahn
& Hahn in 2000.Clyde has been involved in patent and design searching,
providing opinions on novelty and infringement of patents and
designs and drafting and prosecuting local and foreign patent
and design applications since the beginning of 1997.
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Pieter
Venter
e-mail
Pieter holds B.Sc.,
B.Sc.(Hons), M.Sc. degrees in chemistry and an LLB degree. He
is a qualified attorney and patent attorney. He moved from Adams
& Adams to join Hahn & Hahn in 2001. Pieter is interested in all
aspects of intellectual property law and is involved in patent
litigation and the drafting and prosecution of local and foreign
patent applications.
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Devasena
Reddy
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Devasena Reddy is an
Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and of the Supreme
Court of California. She is an experienced litigator, having successfully
litigated many high profile cases before the Pretoria High Court,
in which she acted for some of South Africa's leading companies.
In addition, Ms Reddy has expertise in corporate law and is a
skilled negotiator.
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Youngmi
Ra
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Youngmi graduated
with a B.Sc. (Biol) and an M.Sc. (Microbiology) in South Korea.
Later Youngmi qualified as a Korean patent attorney and practised
for 13 years at three of the largest patent and law offices in
Korea before moving to Hahn & Hahn Inc in South Africa. Youngmi
specialises in filing and prosecution of patent applications worldwide
and has extensive international litigation experience in the chemical,
pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields.
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Vanessa
Lawrance
e-mail
Vanessa holds B.Comm
and LLB degrees; the final semester of the latter degree was completed
at the University of Leiden, Netherlands. She also holds a diploma
in Corporate Law.
Vanessa moved from Adams & Adams to join Hahn & Hahn in 2002.
Vanessa is a Trade Mark Practitioner and is primarily involved
with Trade Mark litigation, Copyright and Internet matters.
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Claudia Berndt
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Claudia
joined Hahn & Hahn at the beginning of 1999 after completing
a degree in chemical engineering. She is now a qualified attorney
and patent attorney. Claudia's current activities include patent
and design searching, providing opinions on novelty and infringement
of patents and designs, and drafting and prosecuting local and
foreign patent and design applications. Claudia is fluent in
English and German, and also has a reading knowledge of French.
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Jabulani
Mthombeni
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Jabulani joined Hahn
& Hahn in April 2006 and has B AppSc (Biochem) and Msc (Bioinformatics).
Prior to joining Hahn and Hahn in 2005, he worked as microbiologist
for a global brewing company and as an intern for a Bioinformatics
institute. He is concurrently studying for an LLB and Patent board
exams. Jabulani's practice includes patent drafting, filing and
prosecution throughout Africa.
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Rachel Sekotlong
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Rachel
has a B.A. (H.E.D.) and is currently completing her LLB. Rachel
is in the patent department and deals with patent law administration
issues and is fluent in English, Tswana, and Afrikaans. Rachel
has been at the firm since 1990.
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Marina Brewis
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Marina
is fluent in German, English, French and Afrikaans and was admitted
to the High Court of South Africa in September 1997 as a sworn
translator for English/German, German/English, French/English
and English/French. Marina joined Hahn & Hahn Inc. in 1989 as
a technical translator and provides translation services to
both local and international clients.
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Elke
Harck
e-mail
Elke Harck is the
Patent Administration Manager for Hahn & Hahn Inc and Routledge-Modise
Inc which position Elke has held for 18 years. Elke lived in Germany
and the USA before coming to South Africa and is fluent in both
German and English.
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Wendy
Levey
e-mail
Wendy Levey joined
Hahn & Hahn Inc at the beginning of 1995 and holds the position
of Trade Marks Manager. In particular, Wendy oversees local and
foreign trade mark filings, searches and prosecutions.
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