Vishen Pillay
Speaker
Vishen Pillay
Partner, Adams & Adams Attorneys
Vishen Pillay is a partner in the patent department of Adams & Adams Attorneys, the largest intellectual property (IP) law firm in South Africa. He is an admitted attorney as well as a qualified patent attorney.
Having over 17 years of experience in IP, Vishen specialises in assisting his clients to protect their inventions in the fields of electronics, software, artificial intelligence, quantum communication and computing, radar, telecommunications, 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.
He currently serves as a member of the Management Committee of Adams & Adams and was previously appointed by the South African Department of Science and Technology to serve on the Advisory Board of the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO). Vishen is a co-founder and current co-chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA ) Africa sub-committee.
Presentation:
Protecting your Intellectual Property | Day One