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Rico Burnett
Position: Senior Associate
 
Telephone: +27 21 431 7185
 
Fax: +27 21 431 8185
 
Department: Intellectual Property, IT Electronic Business Media and Telecoms, Information Law
 
Office: Cape Town

Rico is a senior associate in the Technology, Media, Telecommunications and Intellectual Property Practice at Webber Wentzel.

Before joining Webber Wentzel in November 2010, Rico was an associate in the Intellectual Property department at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr where he joined as a candidate attorney in 2006. Rico was admitted in 2008.

Rico has specialised in Intellectual Property law for the past four years and has assisted local and international clients with trade mark clearance searches and the protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property rights in South Africa. He also deals with Intellectual Property litigation, Intellectual Property aspects relating to commercial matters and securitisation and due diligence investigations, and also advises clients on media, entertainment and advertising law and matters before the Advertising Standards Authority.

Areas of expertise
  • All commercial aspects relating to Intellectual Property Law
  • Trade Marks (including applications, oppositions and licensing)
  • Copyright (including opinions, litigation and commercialisation)
  • Advertising Law (including pre-clearance advice, filing and defending complaints)
  • Company, close corporation and domain name objections
    • Top matters
  • Acted for Aegis Media South Africa in its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Clickthing Online Proprietary Limited.
  • Representing a major South African vehicle parts supplier in various copyright infringement matters.
  • Advising a multinational internet corporation on market entry conditions and data protection in South Africa.
  • Acting for an international beverages company in defending various claims relating to product labelling and advertising.
  • Advising a well-known South African Internet Service Provider (ISP) on various complaints before the Advertising Standards Authority.
  • Advising a well-known international FMCG company in respect of counterfeit goods.
  • Representing a well–known publishing company in a copyright infringement matter.