Amina Suliman
About
Amina is a partner at Adams & Adams, with over 14 years’ experience. She is an admitted attorney, notary public and conveyancer as well as a qualified trade mark practitioner. She is a member of the Legal Practice Council and a fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law.
Amina specialises in intellectual property law, particularly trade mark and copyright law.
- Trade Mark Prosecution
- Trade Mark Commercialisation
- Trade Mark Litigation
- Copyright Prosecution
- Copyright Commercialisation
- Copyright Litigation
Academic Record
- LLM (Business Law) – University of Kwazulu-Natal | 2011
- LLB Summa Cum Laude – University of Kwazulu-Natal | 2009
- BSocSc (Honours) (Political Science) Summa Cum Laude – University of Kwazulu-Natal | 2007
- BSocSc (Political Science and Legal Studies) Cum Laude – University of Kwazulu-Natal | 2006
Qualifications
- Admitted Notary Public | 2013
- Admitted Conveyancer | 2013
- Registered Trade Mark Practitioner | 2011
- Admitted Attorney | 2011
Credentials
- The Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
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