Russell Norton is an attorney with the intellectual property law firm Spoor & Fisher. He practices in the field of trade mark matters generally, in particular trade mark searches, trade mark registrations, litigation and anti-counterfeiting. He is an Attorney of the High Court of South Africa and a qualified Trade Mark Practitioner of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law. Spoor & Fisher can be contacted on Tel: (021) 674-4499; web:www.spoor.com.