About Tim Laurens

Tim Laurens is a multifaceted patent attorney and attorney of the High Court of South Africa with a strong blend of technical and legal expertise. A senior associate at KISCH IP, he focuses on patent and design prosecution, drawing on his chemical engineering background to draft patents in chemistry, chemical processes, pharmaceuticals, blockchain and software technologies. He is equally engaged in the commercialisation of intellectual property, particularly patents, and has litigation experience in unlawful competition involving confidential information, trade secrets and restraint-of-trade disputes. Holding an LLM in Medical Law (cum laude), Tim combines technical insight with legal precision and maintains a keen interest in the intersection of IP, technology and commercial law.