Marius Schneider is an attorney-at-law at the Brussels bar and a legal adviser in Mauritius. Marius is the Founder and Director of IPvocate Africa Legal Advisers (www.ipvocateafrica.com) . He has more than twenty years experience in the field of IP, of which more than fifteen years of protecting, managing, and enforcing IP rights in Africa.
Vanessa Ferguson is a Brand Protection & Anti-Counterfeiting Specialist at Ferguson Attorneys, a South African IP specialist law firm (www.ferguson-ip.com). Vanessa has more than twenty years experience in IP and anti-counterfeiting. Her practice covers cross-border protection and enforcement of IP rights in Africa.