Ramon Pereira
Location
4 Daventry Road, Pretoria, South Africa

Ramon Pereira

About

Ramon is a partner and qualified patent attorney in the Patent Department of Adams & Adams. He holds an MSc in Molecular and Cell Biology and an LLB from the University of Cape Town, which has fostered his keen interest in the intersection between commerce and technology.

Ramon specializes in patent and registered design litigation concerning a broad range of technologies. His expertise spans life sciences, chemistry, mechanical engineering, mining-related technologies, and tech/software-related innovations. Most of his clients comprise...

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South African patent and design litigation.

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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Newsflash: First-Ever SEP Judgment in Africa – Moroccan Court Interdicts Transsion Smartphone Sales

The Casablanca Trade Court on 6 July 2026 handed down what appears to be Africa’s first standard essential patent (SEP) ruling, interdicting two Transsion Holdings subsidiaries, Tecno Mobile Lim...

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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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