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Introductions
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Head
Office
Tel: (27)(12) 342 1774/5/6
Fax: (27)(12) 342 3027/4307637
222 Richard Street, Hatfield, 0028, South Africa
P.O.Box 13575 Hatfield 0028
Republic of South Africa
Docex 219 Pretoria
hahn@hahn.co.za
Cape
Town Branch Office
Tel: (021) 788 7938
E-mail:neilip@telkomsa.net
Kwazulu-Natal
Clients - Serving Durban and Pietermaritzburg area
c/o Stowell & Co
Attention: P Firman
295 Pietermaritz Street , Pietermaritzburg , 3201
hahn@hahn.co.za
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Our
Staff
The firm's
attorneys and patent agents have academic and practical backgrounds
in most major technical disciplines.
Dr Hans Hahn
- M.Sc. Dr. Rer. Nat FSAIIPL hahn@hahn.co.za
Alan Dunlop- B.Sc.Eng (Mech) B.Proc. Pr.Eng. FSAIIPL
alan@hahn.co.za
Victor
Williams - B.Sc. Eng (Mech) B.Proc. FSAIIPL victor@hahn.co.za
Janusz Luterek - B.Eng (Chem) B.Proc Pr. Eng.
MAIChE FICPI janusz@hahn.co.za
Clyde Michael - B.Eng (Electronic) B.Proc. clyde@hahn.co.za
Pieter Venter - B.Sc. (Chem) M.Sc.(Org. Chem)
LLB pieter@hahn.co.za
Youngmi
Ra - B.Sc.(Biol) M.Sc.(Biol) Korean Patent Attorney youngmi@hahn.co.za
Vanessa Lawrance - B.Com LLB H.Dip (Corporate
law)vanessa@hahn.co.za
Claudia Berndt - B.Eng (Chem)claudia@hahn.co.za
Jabulani Mthombeni B AppSc (Biochem) Msc (Bioinformatics).
jabulani@hahn.co.za
Rachel Sekotlong - B.A. (H.E.D.) Patent Administration
rachel@hahn.co.za
Dorothy
Imrie - Local Trade
Marks Manager dorothy@hahn.co.za
Taryn
Degenaar - Foreign Trade Marks Manager
taryn@hahn.co.za
Marina
Brewis -
Translator marina@hahn.co.za
Elke Harck - Patent Administrator elke@hahn.co.za
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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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Victor
Williams
e-mail
Victor has mechanical
engineering and law degrees, is an admitted attorney and registered
patent attorney. He is the president of the South African Institute
of Intellectual Property Law. Victor moved to Hahn & Hahn Inc
from Adams & Adams and is the head of our Trade Marks department.
He is also involved in litigation and valuations in all areas
of intellectual property. Victor is an IP consultant to Eversheds
and is a senior adjudicator of the Institutes' alternate dispute
resolution provider for settling domain name disputes. Lastly,
Victor is the Financial Director of Hahn & Hahn Inc.
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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 Inc 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 Eversheds. He serves on
the EXCO of AIPPI South Africa.
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
e-mail
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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Youngmi
Ra
e-mail
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 diplomas
in Corporate Law and Drafting and Interpretation of Contracts.
Vanessa moved from Adams & Adams to join Hahn & Hahn Inc in 2002.
Vanessa is a Trade Mark Practitioner and is primarily involved
with Trade Mark litigation, Copyright and Internet matters. She
is a qualified Notary and also an accredited Assessor and Mediator.
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Claudia Berndt
e-mail
Claudia
joined Hahn & Hahn Inc 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 carrying
out patent equivalent searches and providing opinions on novelty
and infringement of patents with an emphasis on pharmaceuticals
and petrochemicals. She also drafts and prosecutes local and
foreign patent applications and has some litigation experience.
In addition, Claudia heads our local Design filing department.
She is fluent in English, Afrikaans and German.
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Jabulani
Mthombeni
e-mail
Jabulani joined Hahn
& Hahn Inc in April 2006 and has B AppSc (Biochem) and Msc (Bioinformatics)
LLB. Prior to joining Hahn and Hahn in 2006, Jabulani worked in
Academia as researcher as well as a Microbiologist for a SABMiller
International . He has completed his LLB degree and the Patent
Board exams. Jabulani's practice includes patent drafting, filing
and prosecution throughout Africa.
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Rachel Sekotlong
e-mail
Rachel
joined Hahn & Hahn Inc in June 1990 and holds a BA (H.E.D.)
as well as LLB. Rachel heads up our local patent department
and is involved in all aspects of patent administration, including
renewals. She is fluent in English, Tswana, Zulu and Afrikaans
and is currently enrolled to write the first year exams offered
by the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law.
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Marina Brewis
e-mail
Marina
is fluent in German, English, French and Afrikaans and was admitted
to the High Court of South Africa in September 1996 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 Eversheds
which position Elke has held for 23 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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Dorothy
Imrie
e-mail
Dorothy joined Hahn
& Hahn Inc in 2002 and holds the position of Local Trade Marks
Manager. In particular, Dorothy oversees trade mark filings, searches
and prosecution in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and
Swaziland
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Taryn Degenaar
e-mail
Taryn
joined Hahn & Hahn Inc in 2005 and holds the position of Foreign
Trade Marks Manager. In particular, Taryn oversees African and
International trade mark filings, searches and prosecution
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