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# Heather Donald

Consultant, Spoor & Fisher South Africa,
Pretoria

[h.donald@spoor.com](mailto:h.donald@spoor.com)
[+ 27 12 676 1035](https://spoor.com/tel:+ 27 12 676 1035)
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Heather Donald is a Patent Attorney and has BSc (Physics) and LLB degrees. She is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

Heather has over two decades of experience in patent, utility models and design law in Africa, including the filing and prosecution of applications.

## Industry Associations

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

- Member – Legal Practice Council (LPC)

## Professional Activities

- Author of Katzarov’s Manual on IP for Namibia, Botswana, eSwatini and Lesotho, updated annually

- Author of Namibia, Botswana, eSwatini and Lesotho chapters of Manual Industrial Property (MIP), updated annually