As an Associate Attorney specializing in the field of Intellectual Property (IP), Emmanuel undertakes a range of work including trade mark prosecution and litigation, patent prosecution, license agreement, copyright assignment and enforcement of IP.
Prior to practicing law, Emmanuel was a Scientist with more than 10 years’ experience in disease diagnostics. With his experience in translational biochemistry gained from his academic training and the setting up of a start-up company to convert his and fellow students’ discoveries into products, he learned the importance of intellectual property protection. This motivated him to qualify himself further in law, aiming at empowering himself towards responsible and thorough intellectual property protection to best serve the clients, the investors, the entrepreneurs, and the creators of the intellectual property.
Emmanuel is a co-inventor of a disease diagnostic assay.
- Trainee Adjudicator for domain disputes, South Africa
- Member, South African Institute of Intellectual Property, South Africa
- Ethics committee member, La-Bio Research
- Member, South African Research & Innovation Management Association
- Member, Golden Key International Honour Society
- LLB degree (Cum Laude), University of South Africa
- MSc degree in Biochemistry, University of Pretoria
- BSc Hons degree in Biochemistry, University of Pretoria
- BSc degree in Microbiology (Cum Laude), University of South Africa