Steven Yeates
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22nd Floor, 2 Long Street, cnr Long St & Hans Strijdom Ave, Cape Town, South Africa

Steven Yeates

About

Steven Yeates is a Cape Town-based partner in the Trade Mark Department.

Steven advises clients on all issues relating to trade mark selection, searching, registration and enforcement. He is actively involved in creating, implementing and managing trade mark portfolios, enforcement programmes and management strategies, on behalf of our international and local clients in a number of African countries. He regularly advises clients in relation to copyright disputes and has a vast amount of experience relating to anti-counterfeiting operations...

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  • Trade Mark Searching, Filing and Prosecution
  • Trade Mark Portfolio Management
  • Trade Mark Litigation
  • Copyright Litigation
  • Advertising Regulatory Board Complaints and labelling Advise
  • Domain Names Disputes
  • Intellectual Property related aspects of E-commerce and Information

Academic Record

  • LLB – Rand Afrikaans University | 2000
  • BCom – Rand Afrikaans University | 1998

Qualifications

  • Qualified Trade Mark Practitioner (SAIIPL)| 2003
  • Admitted Attorney | 2002

Credentials

  • Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
  • South African Institute of Intellectual Property (SAIIPL) – Past member of Anti-counterfeiting committee and Trade Mark Law committee |2010 – 2016
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Adams & Adams welcomes first female chairperson and further members of the management committee

As we commemorated International Women’s Day on 8 March celebrating the social, economic and cultural achievements of women, Adams & Adams is pleased to announce that Kelly Thompson has been nam...

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WHAT ROLE DO IP RIGHTS HAVE IN DISCOURAGING CULTURAL APPROPRIATION?

What role, if any, do intellectual property rights have in discouraging cultural appropriation? Cultural appropriation may loosely be defined as the borrowing of elements from a culture without the co...

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