Patents

Protect your inventions

Registered Designs

Protect your designs

Wessel van Wyk is a qualified electronic engineer, an Attorney of the High Court, and a registered patent attorney, with more than 18 years of experience in patent practice and Intellectual Property (IP) law. His professional background is further informed by over a decade of experience in the aerospace industry, where he held both technical and managerial positions.

His practice encompasses the protection, enforcement, valuation, and commercialisation of intellectual property, with particular expertise in the intersection of law, technology, and innovation. Wessel also advises leading research and academic institutions on the development and implementation of Intellectual Property policies, drawing on his understanding of both the legal and technical dimensions of IP management.

Qualifications

✓ BEng (Electronics)

✓ BEng (Hons)

✓ BProc

✓ SAIIPL (Qualified Patent Practitioner)

Areas of Expertise

Patents
Electronic, mechanical, engineering and computer related inventions including AI.

Registered Designs
Industrial designs, product designs, patterns and packaging.

Litigation
Patent and design disputes.

Recognitions

✩ Recognised in IAM Global Leaders 2026.

✩ Featured in The Best Lawyers in South Africa (2024 & 2025 Editions) – Intellectual Property Law.

✩ IAM Patent 1000: Listed as a Recommended Individual for Patent Services – IAM Patent 1000 (2024–2025).

✩ Chambers Global: Listed in the Intellectual Property – Patents in South Africa legal rankings in 2022.

✩ Who’s Who Legal: Listed by Who’s Who Legal in the IP category for South Africa in 2022.

✩ Managing Intellectual Property (MIP): Listed as an IP Star from 2019 – 2022.

✩ IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals – Ranked individual for patent services in South Africa from 2020 – 2022.

Associations

Fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL).

Past director of the Licensing Executive Society (LES).

Member of the Southern African Research and Innovation Management Association (SARIMA).

Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

Member of the International Trade Mark Association (INTA).

Member of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI).