Intellectual Property
South Africa
11 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Herman Blignaut
Global 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
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Practice Areas
Trade Marks: Merit
Career
Herman Blignaut is a Trade Mark Practitioner with an LLB (cum laude). He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public and he is a Partner at Spoor & Fisher.
Professional Memberships
Fellow – South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL)
Member – Legal Practice Council (LPC)
Publications
Author of South African chapter: Cross-Border Copyright Licensing – Law and Practice, 2018
Author of South African chapter: Copyright Litigation, 2010 and 2015
Author of copyright chapter in Dean & Dyer: Introduction to Intellectual Property Law (Oxford University Press), 2014
Author of Registered Design & Trade Mark Protection: The Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business (Centre for International Legal Studies), 2006
Contributor of numerous articles to various publications, including Intellectual Property magazine and Without Prejudice, 2007-2018
Chambers Review
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Chambers Global Guide
Intellectual Property - South Africa
Band 4
Individual Editorial
Herman Blignaut is a skilled advocate based in Pretoria, where he is regularly engaged in trade mark and copyright litigation and opposition.
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