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# Carl van Rooyen

Partner, Spoor & Fisher South Africa,
Pretoria

[c.vanrooyen@spoor.com](mailto:c.vanrooyen@spoor.com)
[+ 27 12 676 1288](https://spoor.com/tel:+ 27 12 676 1288)
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[Trade Marks in Africa](https://spoor.com/service/trade-marks/)
[Copyright in Africa](https://spoor.com/service/copyright/)
[Litigation](https://spoor.com/service/litigation/)

Carl van Rooyen is a Trade Mark Practitioner with Bluris and LLB degrees. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a Notary Public.

Carl has over three decades of experience, specialising in litigation relating to trade marks, copyright and unlawful competition.

## Industry Associations

- Fellow – South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL)

- Member – Legal Practice Council (LPC)

## Market Recognition

- World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000 – Enforcement & Litigation, 2014-present

- Chambers Global – Intellectual Property: South Africa (Band 2), 2011-present

- Ranked – Legal 500, 2011 and 2019-present

- Lexology Index: Intellectual Property – 2025-present

- Best Lawyers – Intellectual Property Law: South Africa, 2015-present

- Listed in the elite “Leading individuals” list – Legal 500, 2020

- Listed – Euromoney’s Expert Guides: Trade Marks, 2016-2021

- Who’s Who Legal Trademark edition, 2020-2022