Janine Hollesen is a Director and Head of the Intellectual Property (IP) practice area. She specialises in all aspects of IP law, including trade mark clearance searches and registration; protection and enforcement of IP rights; IP litigation; unlawful competition; counterfeit goods; and domain name disputes. Janine also advises on commercial matters such as securitisation and due diligence investigations in M&A transactions. Her expertise also covers the protection of plant breeders’ rights – including the commercialisation of new varieties and litigation relating thereto. Janine also advises clients in relation to copyright law including licensing; sale; and copyright disputes.
Practice areas
- Intellectual Property
- Technology & Innovation
Expertise
All aspects of the Intellectual Property (IP) law and related matters, including:
- IP litigation
- trade mark searching and registration
- unlawful competition
- counterfeit goods
- domain name disputes
- IP commercial transactions including the disposal and licensing of IP rights
- plant breeders’ rights ‑ commercialisation of new varieties and litigation relating thereto
- copyright: advisory, litigation and commercial
- Advertising Standards Authority complaints
Career
- LLM, University of South Africa, 2003
- Admitted as an Attorney, 1999
- LLB, Stellenbosch University, 1996
- BA, Stellenbosch University, 1994
