Spoor & Fisher

South Africa

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Overview

Spoor & Fisher is a leading law firm for IP in South Africa. The firm maintains three offices in South Africa and serves IP owners in other African countries through its Jersey office. In addition, it has representative offices in several African countries, including Cameroon, Gambia and Malawi. The firm's patent expertise covers technical fields such as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, engineering and electronics. Spoor & Fisher Group has 40 partners, 20 patent attorneys, 35+ trademark practitioners across all offices in South Africa.  

Notable practitioners: Wayne Meiring

 
Testimonial

2025

"Based on previous collaborations with Spoor & Fisher, we have developed a level of trust in their ability to provide sound legal advice on trade mark and domain name issues."

"Personal connections, quality of advice and work."

“They are a team of friendly characters, including the partners”.

"They are always willing to assist and they are professional."

"They are experts, take a commercial approach and are a pleasure to deal with."

"They are knowledgeable and have a broad range of experience. They correspond clearly and give practical advice."

"They are proactive, and very fast at responding to queries and requests for additional information.  You get a real personal service.  They are reliable, build up a good rapport and are trustworthy—exactly what you want in an advisor."

"They are very responsive, friendly, and cut straight to the point."

"They have an in-depth approach to their advice."

"They have great depth of experience and are very client service-focused. They are also very proactive and easy to work with."

"Trusted and proven expertise, high service levels."

"Very knowledgeable and experienced in South African legal matters."

“Very reasonable prices”.

"We have cultivated a longstanding relationship with Spoor & Fisher and are able to fully trust and rely on their legal expertise and sound advice in trade mark and domain name matters."

Patent

Case studies show that the firm assisted the client, a vaccine producer in filing a national phase application in South Africa, guiding and advising the applicant through the formalities required by the South African patent office and prosecuting the case through acceptance and a granted patent. 

Megan Dinnie is a key practitioner to watch.

 
Trade mark

Case studies show that the firm assisted the client, an energy drinks major in opposition to trademark application filed by a local firm. 

Jeanine Coetzer is a key practitioner to watch.