Richard Henry Pasipanodya

A qualified Zimbabwe and African Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) expert IP consultant & attorney; registered legal practitioner, notary public, conveyancer, estate administrator.

Possessed of over 25 years of visionary, strategic, responsive, proactive, pragmatic and insightful scholarly and work exposure and experience in virtually all aspects and fields of equitable, effective and adequate intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection, commercialisation and ancillary matters, at very senior levels of national, regional and international contextual levels and perspectives of mandates and assignments.

In which various capacities I have garnered sufficient array of sublime skills and competencies, in-depth knowledge and expertise in handling and articulating IPRs matters, inter alia, as:

• Policy and Legislative Formulator, Researcher, Reviser, Analysist, Interpreter and Adviser;
• Office Manager, Administrator, Registrar and Implementer;
• Prosecutor, Litigator, Enforcer and Executor.
• Business Strategist, Adviser, and Mentor.
• Convener, Advocator, Lobbyist and Coordinator.
• Educator, Trainer, Tutor and Awareness Campaigner;
• Author, Commentator, Editor, Publisher and Proof-reader.

By virtue of this I rank among the very rare breed of accomplished modern all-round IP practitioners in Zimbabwe and the sub-Saharan African region.

Responsibilities: To visionary and strategically institutionalise, manage and establish Legacy IP Chambers Global into a vibrant globally renowned modern standard IP practice firm by employing responsive, proactive and pragmatic acumen in accord with stated mission statement.

Fields of Services: To deal with virtually all fields and aspects of IPRs protection, commercialisation and ancillary matters, including patents; utility models; industrial designs; trademarks; geographical indications; unfair competition; trade secrets; domain names; copyright and related rights; cyberlaw; plant varieties; traditional knowledge; and expressions of folklore .

Mission: To establish Legacy IP Chambers as one of the leading modern standard diversified full-service IP practice firms in the sub-Saharan African region, globally renowned for the provision of top-notch, proficient, quality-guaranteed, value-added, customised, personalised and user-friendly specialist clientele services.

Vision: To offer and render strategic, responsive, proactive, pragmatic, equitable, effective and adequate IPRs solutions which meet the needs, wants, expectations and aspirations of all global clientele irrespective of their geopolitical location, size or stature individuals, startups, SMEs, blue-chips, R&Ds, NGOs, state bodies & inter-governmental organisations.

Goals: To contribute in the ushering of perpetual legacies and robust cultures of globally harmonised, approximated, sanitised, equitable, integrated and accessible policies, laws, ethics, norms and practices in IPRs: Convergence of thought processes, orientation of perspectives. Effective & adequate protection, commercialisation & enforcement mechanisms. Commercialisation, investment promotion and wealth-creation opportunities. Technology transfer, acquisition, accumulation, diffusion & dissemination Proliferation & betterment of employment, educational & training. Guaranteed ever-improved quality and standards of life for all.