Whitney Lee Govender-Williams
About
Whitney is a Senior Associate attorney and trade mark practitioner Litigation department in Pretoria. She served her articles of clerkship at Adams & Adams after attaining her LLB degree with distinction at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2017. In 2020, Whitney was admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa. She assists in a broad range litigious intellectual property matters in South Africa, and throughout Africa.
- Domain Name Disputes
- Company and Close Corporation Name Objections
- Trade Mark Litigation: Oppositions, Cancellations and Infringement as well as Passing-off
- Advertising and Regulatory Issues
- Copyright Litigation
- Commercial IP Transactions
Academic Record
- LLB (Cum Laude) – University of KwaZulu-Natal | 2017
Qualifications
- Registered Trade Mark Practitioner | 2021
- Admitted Attorney | 2020
Credentials
- Legal Practice Council (LPC) – Member
- Pretoria Attorneys Association (PAA) – Member
- South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) – Fellow
- South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) – Trainee Adjudicator