Thato Moloto

Thato is an Advocate of a High Court of South Africa Client Relations Manager at Trademarkia, a law firm based in Mountainview, California - the largest filer of trademarks in the United States.

Thato occasionally serves as a consultant to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), an agency of the United Nations, in the Copyright Management Division.

Thato trained as a Candidate Attorney at the leading South African boutique intellectual property law firm, Spoor & Fisher, in copyright and trademark enforcement. He also previously worked as a copyright researcher for the reprographic rights CMO, the Dramatic, Artistic, and Literary Rights Organisation (DALRO) in South Africa in addition to his lecturing stints at the university level in subjects including Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law, and Mercantile Law.

He holds a master's degree in Intellectual Property Law and is keenly interested in copyright-related matters related to music, video, software, and cross-border transactions.

Please feel free to drop him a message if you'd like to chat about something of common interest.