Von Seidels
Lieze van Wyk is a Candidate Attorney and Trainee Patent Attorney at Von Seidels since January 2018, specializing in the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in South Africa and Africa. Prior experience includes serving as a Postgraduate Student and Laboratory Demonstrator at Stellenbosch University, where responsibilities involved providing laboratory assistance and overseeing assessments, as well as working as a Research Assistant at North West University, focusing on DNA sequence analysis. Lieze holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika, a B.Sc. (Honours) in Microbiology from Stellenbosch University, and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Microbiology and Biochemistry (Cum Laude) from North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit.
Von Seidels
Von Seidels is an intellectual property law firm specialising in protecting and enforcing IP rights in South Africa, Africa and internationally. Our head office is in Cape Town and we have a satellite office in Johannesburg, South Africa. We also have offices in Namibia serving ARIPO, Cameroon serving OAPI and Nigeria. We work with trusted agents in the rest of Africa. Our attorneys are a team of dynamic, efficient and like-minded individuals that bring together many years of IP knowledge and expertise. We have a diverse team of patent attorneys with technical backgrounds in all the engineering disciplines (electrical and electronic, mechanical, industrial, civil and chemical), pharmaceuticals, chemistry and biotechnology. Our trade marks team is experienced in the prosecution and enforcement of local and foreign trade marks, copyright, anti-counterfeiting and brand strategy advice. Von Seidels is ISO 9001 certified for service quality.