Gaelyn Scott is a director at ENS (Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs) and has 17 years experience. She practises as an attorney in the intellectual property department and specialises in strategic brand management and the enforcement of intellectual property rights, both locally and internationally, with extensive experience in Africa.

Gaelyn is experienced in litigation and dispute resolution relating to intellectual property rights, including trade mark infringement, passing-off and unlawful competition matters, trade mark oppositions, copyright litigation, franchising and licensing disputes, corporate name and domain name objections and Advertising Standards Authority complaints.

Gaelyn advises clients in relation to the management and enforcement of their intellectual property portfolios and manages several large worldwide trade mark portfolios. She provides legal services to several clients on a pro bono basis and is an adjudicator on the domain name dispute panel of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law. She has been published widely in her field of expertise, both locally and internationally.


Gaelyn heads up the firm's intellectual property department and is recognised as a leading lawyer by the following reputable rating agencies and their publications:

• Legal Experts Europe, Middle East & Africa 2010 - Intellectual Property
• Chambers and Partners Global Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers 2012 - Intellectual Property (South Africa)
• ILO Client Choice Awards 2012 - Intellectual Property (South Africa)
• Gaelyn is ranked as a recommended lawyer for IP law in South Africa by Legal 500 2012's guide to outstanding lawyers

Qualifications

BA (University of the Witwatersrand)
LLB (University of the Witwatersrand)
Admitted as an attorney of the High Court of South Africa
Adjudicator on the Domain Name Dispute Panel


Gaelyn is a member of the following IP associations:

• LES - Licensing Executives Society
• INTA - International Trademark Association - Law and Practice Middle East and Africa Subcommittee, Bulletin Committee(2012)
• ECTA - European Communities Trade Mark Association
• AIPPI - International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
• SAIIPL - South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law, associate member, member of the Trade Mark Law Committee