Jeremy de Beer
Associate, Spoor & Fisher South Africa, Cape Town
j.debeer@spoor.com 
+27 21 673 4403 Jeremy is a qualified Trade Marks Practitioner and an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, with a Bachelor of Arts and LLB from Rhodes University.
Jeremy specialises in intellectual property disputes, focusing on trade mark litigation, copyright issues, and online IP enforcement.
Jeremy also has experience in competition law and is interested in the intersection between competition law and IP law.
Industry Associations
- Fellow – South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law
- Member – Legal Practice Council (LPC)
Professional Activities
- Guest speaker, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Summer School at the University of Limpopo, South Africa on the topic ‘IP and Antitrust Policy: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) and promoting fair competition’, 2022 & 2023
- Article, ‘SOUTH AFRICA: Appellate Court Clarifies Scope of Trademark Anti-Dilution Provisions’: International Trademark Association (INTA) Law & Practice, 2023
- Article, ‘Interesting case on breach of confidence – IP threats, theft and ignorance’: Sunday Times Business Day – Business Law and Tax, 2022
- Article, ‘Refusing to sit on the fence in IP battle’: Sunday Times Business Day – Business Law and Tax, 2022
- Article, ‘Dis-Chem price ruling lacks clarity’: Sunday Times Business Day – Business Law and Tax, 2020
- Article, ‘Digital markets, big data, data privacy, and competition: where crossroads meet’: Without Prejudice, 2020
- Article, ‘What’s with the price gouging?’: Without Prejudice and Sunday Times Business Day – Business Law and Tax, 2020
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