Ramon Pereira
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4 Daventry Road, Pretoria, South Africa

Ramon Pereira

About

I am a senior associate and qualified patent attorney in the Patent Department of Adams & Adams. I hold an MSc in Molecular and Cell Biology and an LLB from the University of Cape Town, which has fostered my keen interest in the intersection between commerce and technology.

I specialise in patent and registered design litigation concerning a broad range of technologies. My expertise spans life sciences, chemistry, mechanical engineering, mining-related technologies, and tech/software-related innovations. Most of my clients comprise a...

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Filing and prosecution of South African patent and design applications for foreign clients.

Academic Record

  • LLB – University of Cape Town | 2009
  • MSc (Molecular and Cell Biology) – University of Cape Town | 2008
  • BSc Hons. (Molecular and Cell Biology) – University of Cape Town | 2004
  • BSc – University of Cape Town | 2003

Qualifications

  • Registered Patent Attorney | 2018
  • Admitted Attorney of the High Court | 2014

Credentials

  • Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
  • The South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) – Fellow
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President to Puff, Puff, Pass Cannabis Bill into Law

In September 2018, the Constitutional Court of South Africa unanimously ruled that the personal and private use of Cannabis, by adults, would be decriminalised. This meant that the ban on private poss...

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Bell tolls for Dabus Machine in the UK

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom handed down its judgment on whether a machine (Dabus) powered by artificial intelligence (AI) may be an inventor in terms of the UK Patents Act. The Court was a...

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Curbing Enthusiasm for Junk Patents in South Africa

According to WIPO’s international patent filing statistics, the number of patent applications filed in South Africa in 2022 jumped by 63.9% compared to 2021. The South African Patent Office records ...

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