Patent and design filing

We use technology to offer the most affordable patent and design services in South Africa, without compromising quality.

Our aim is to make IP accessible and affordable through the site IdeaNav.

Commercial

S&Z provides practical IP-related commercial services that are tax and exchange control compliant to:

• large corporate (e.g. Anglo American, De Beers, Denel)
• most South African Universities and research institutions
• technology companies (e.g. Eye Slices, Iluba, Roundabout PlayPump, Hippo Roller)

We also present the IP commercialisation module of the Wits LLM(IP) course.

Tax

S&Z advises various multinationals on IP-related tax matters and consults to Treasury on IP sections in our Tax Act including s11D (R&D tax incentive) and s23I (Licensing arbitrage).

We also present the IP tax module of the Wits HDip(Tax) course.

Exchange control

S&Z ensures that its transactions are exchange control compliant. The firm is frequently engaged by SARB to conduct investigations on its behalf and consults to Treasury to ensure that our Exchange Control Regulations dovetail with the Tax Act.

Valuations

S&Z has developed proprietary IP valuation models that remove much of the subjectivity from valuations by cross-checking inputs against related objective factors.

We have in previous capacities valued and assisted SARS to challenge IP valuations totaling billions of Rands, and have recently been appointed as an expert valuation witness by the South African Reserve Bank.

We also present the IP valuation module of the Wits LLM(IP) course.