Janine Thomas

Janine is a Senior Associate in Bowman Gilfillan’s Intellectual Property Department. She obtained her LLB degree from the University of Kwazulu Natal in 2004. She was admitted as attorney of the High Court of South Africa in 2007 and is a member of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law. Prior to joining Bowman Gilfillan, Janine worked as an associate in a specialist Intellectual Property firm in South Africa and she has been actively involved in IP related matters since 2005. She specializes in all trade mark related matters pertaining to trade mark prosecution both locally and internationally
Janine Thomas's Recent Articles

A ‘chameleon’ of many colours
17 March 2011 - AdvertisingIt was a case of 'mind the language' as two wineries tussled over the right to use the 'chameleon' as a logo, and the name Lovane, which could be ...





