Dale Healy

Dale Healy is a partner and trademark attorney in the firm’s trademark litigation department. He was admitted as an attorney in 2005 and became a fellow of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law in the same year. Dale advises clients in connection with all aspects of trademark and brand enforcement, including trademark infringement, passing-off and unlawful competition proceedings, trademark oppositions and cancellations, company name objections and domain name disputes. He also advises clients on all aspects of copyright law, such as ownership, licensing, and enforcement. 

As a niche practice area, Dale represents numerous software developers in software compliance cases, including civil litigation where a negotiated settlement cannot be reached. He also represents many high-profile South African and global corporations in all their contentious trademark matters on the African continent. Some of Dale's key clients include Fox Media, Warner Bros Discovery, Dassault Systèmes' SolidWorks Corporation, Bentley Systems, Southern Sun, ZZ2, Motorola Trademark Holdings, Hearst Communications, Honda Motor Co, AJE Group, Porsche, and Lafarge. 

Dale’s experience in contentious work includes the preparation of written advice, cease and desist letters, and pleadings for High Court and Tribunal matters; urgent and routine High Court motions for interim or final injunctions; and ex-parte motions for the preservation of evidence (Anton Piller motions). He also runs software compliance programs for several clients.