Godfrey Budeli
Location
4 Daventry Road, Pretoria, South Africa

Godfrey Budeli

About

Godfrey Budeli is a partner in the firm’s trade mark and copyright litigation section, and head of the anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy team. He holds an LLB degree from the University of Pretoria and an LLM degree from the University of Cape Town. His area of speciality includes Customs Recordals and training of law enforcement officials, border and in-market enforcement, in-market survey and in-depth investigations, parallel or grey goods and online enforcement, civil High Court litigation and supporting criminal prosecution, watching...

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Trade Marks

  • Enforcement
  • Piracy & Counterfeiting

Copyright

  • Enforcement

Academic Record

  • LLM (Commercial Law) – University of Cape Town | 2003
  • LLB – University of Pretoria | 2002

Qualifications

  • Admitted Attorney | 2006
  • Registered Trade Mark Attorney

Memberships

  • American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa – Honorary Member
  • Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
  • International Trademark Association (INTA) – Member and part of Anti-Counterfeiting Committee | 2020 – 2021
  • Pretoria Attorney Association (PAA) – Member
  • South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) – Fellow
  • SAIIPL: Anti-Counterfeit Committee Member
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Brands in Africa: the dos and the don’ts

Africa is a vast continent and is often underestimated, both from a business but also from a brand protection perspective. Africa’s land mass exceeds that of India, China, the United States and Euro...

Godfrey BudeliIntellectual PropertyMariëtte du PlessisMohamed Jameel HamidNicole SmalbergerTrade Marks
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KENYA – Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) Mandatory Recordal System – Implementation Deadline of 1st January 2023 looming

Adams & Adams Partner and Head of our Anti-Counterfeiting Department, Godfrey Budeli, recently met with Dr Robi Mbugua Njoroge, the current CEO of the Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA), together wi...

Africa Ip updatesGodfrey BudeliKenyaNicky GarnettNthabisheng Phaswana
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DEADLINE FOR MANDATORY RECORDAL OF IP RIGHTS IN KENYA EXTENDED TO 1ST JANUARY 2023

Dear Clients and Colleagues, On the 26th of April 2022, the Kenyan Anti-Counterfeit Authority (“ACA”) published Public Notice, No. 1/2022, in which it announced a deadline for the recordal on ...

Anti-CounterfeitingGodfrey BudeliIntellectual PropertyMichael Lamont