Vishen Pillay

Firm:

Adams & Adams (Pretoria)

Areas Of Practice:

Designs and Copyrights, Patents

Phone Number:

+27 (0)12 432 6000

Cell Number:

+27 31 536 3741

Email address:

vishen.pillay@adams.africa

Position:

Partner

Years of Practice:

Address:

Lynnwood Bridge, 4 Daventry Street, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, South Africa

Region:

Gauteng / Pretoria

Area:

Lynnwood

Postal Address:

PO Box 1014, Pretoria, 0001

Qualifications:

LLB – University of South Africa | 2008
BSc Eng (Elec.) – University of Kwazulu-Natal | 2004
Admitted Attorney | 2009
Registered Patent Attorney | 2009

History:

Vishen Pillay is a partner at Adams & Adams. He has a background in electronic engineering (UKZN) and is an admitted attorney as well as a qualified patent attorney.

Vishen specialises in assisting his clients to protect their inventions in the fields of electronics including telecommunications ranging from classical to quantum communication, electrical engineering, computer software including artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies, mechanical engineering, electro-mechanical engineering, and bio-medical engineering. In particular, he deals with all matters relating to filing and prosecution of patent and design applications in South Africa and abroad, as well as IP strategy.

Vishen has drafted and successfully prosecuted patent and design applications on behalf of many South African Universities, Science Councils, US Fortune 500, and South African Top 100 companies.

In 2016, Vishen was hand-picked by the South African Minister of Science & Technology, at the time, to sit on the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) Advisory Board for a period of 5 years. Currently, Vishen serves as a member of the firm’s Management Committee. He is also one of the co-founders and current co-chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Africa sub-committee.

Languages:

English