B Proc (UP), Trade Mark Practitioner
Quentin is head of the Anti-Counterfeiting
Department, representing multi-national
companies in their bid to prevent the
counterfeiting and piracy of their products
in South Africa. Quentin has to date had
phenomenal success, and the department
is considered by many as one of the best
anti-counterfeit operations in Southern
Africa.
+27 11 669-9649
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B Comm LLB (UP), Trade Mark Practitioner
Mike is head of the firm’s Trade Mark
Litigation Section. He specialises in trade
mark and copyright litigation, including
unlawful competition and passing-off. He
has specialist knowledge and expertise in
Advertising Standards Authority disputes.
Mike is a senior adjudicator on the domain
name dispute panel of the South African
Institute of Intellectual Property Law.
+27 11 669-9651
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B.Com LLB Trade Mark Practitioner
(SAIIPL), Attorney of High Court of SA,
Solicitor (England and Wales), European
Trade Mark Attorney.
Darren Olivier manages brand portfolios
for all clients from startups to large
multinational companies. He advises on all
issues relating to brands, including strategic
brand management, brand licensing and
acquisitions as well as enforcement matters,
such as counterfeit goods strategies,
litigation and oppositions . Prior to joining
Bowman Gilfillan, Darren was a partner at
a leading London City firm and spent
several years as Head of Intellectual
Property to Dunlop Slazenger Group
Limited.
Darren is on the official panel of experts
to World Trademark Law Report and wrote
the Chapter on UK Trademark law in the
World Trademark Law Report Yearbook
2006 and 2007. He is chairman of the Brands
Committee and director of the Licensing
Executives Society (UK and Ireland). He is
a dual qualified solicitor/attorney (UK and
South Africa), and a qualified trade mark
practitioner. He is a frequent speaker and
writer on legal brand issues. He is cofounder
of AFRO-IP, a social networking
site and blog aimed at developing and
promoting IP interests in Africa.
Darren Olivier's Specialties:
Advisor to some of the world's largest
Trademark Portfolios; Cost Effective
Trademark portfolio management
strategies; Trademark auditing,
planning and implementation; Trademark
enforcement; Worldwide Trademark
Licensing; Trademark deal making; Brand
clearance, registration, renewal,
enforcement; contentious Registry actions;
Counterfeit goods clearance; related
intellectual property work.
+27 11 669-9666
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B Iur LLB (OFS) LLM LLD(UNISA)
Wim specialises in trade mark related
litigation. Wim acts on behalf of clients in
the High Court and before the Registrar
of Companies and the Registrar of Trade
Marks. He has expertise in disputes
involving the Code of the Advertising
Standards Authority, as well as the
interface between competition law and
intellectual property. Wim has published
articles on various aspects of intellectual
property law in local and international
law journals. He is also a senior adjudicator
on the domain name dispute panel of
the South African Institute of Intellectual
Property Law.
+27 11 669-9648
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