Intellectual Property Attorneys

Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Registered Design & Franchising

Smit & Van Wyk, Inc. is a specialist South African legal practice dealing exclusively with IP law (Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Registered Designs, Franchising). 

The lawyers at our firm, most of whom are also qualified engineers or scientists, are dedicated individuals, skilled in their fields of practice, and can provide clear advice on complex legal matters to clients from all over the globe.

The foreign department of our law firm, in addition to advising on protection, specializes in assisting overseas agents and applicants with filing and prosecution of cases (patents, trademarks, copyrights) in South Africa and other African countries.

We also attend to maintenance of South African intellectual property cases.