Wessel van Wyk

Firm:

Smit & Van Wyk

Areas Of Practice:

Designs and Copyrights, Engineering, Intellectual Property, Patents

Phone Number:

+27 (0) 12 349 7800

Email address:

enquiries@svw.co.za

Position:

Director, Patent Attorney

Years of Practice:

Address:

Brooklyn Bridge Office Park, 2nd Floor, Parkdev Building, 570 Fehrsen Street, Brooklyn, Pretoria

Region:

Gauteng / Pretoria

Area:

Brooklyn

Postal Address:

PO Box 111, The Innovation Hub, Pretoria, 0087

Qualifications:

• BEng (Electronics)
• BEng (Hons)
• BProc
• SAIIPL (Qualified Patent Practitioner)

History:

Wessel is a qualified electronic engineer, an attorney of the High Court, and a registered patent attorney. Wessel specializes in patents in the fields of engineering, information systems, telecommunications, and computer-based inventions, and has more than a decade's worth of experience in the weapons industry.

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.

Awards and Market Recognition

Recognised by Best Lawyers® - Intellectual Property Law: South Africa | 2026
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.

Quotes:
“A very intelligent and reliable business partner. His professional knowledge is very accurate and his personal approach to every case makes him standout.” – 2021.
“Van Wyk is hailed as “a superb draftsman” by his peers and has 10 years of industry expertise in the aerospace sector to back up his substantial IP experience.” – 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).

Languages:

Afrikaans, English