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Intellectual Property Pact With UN Aims to Boost Economic Development

A new agreement signed between the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Ghana aims to boost the West African nation’s economic development and bolster its standing with the international business community.
WIPO Director General Dr. Kamil Idris welcomed the development, saying it “marked a new chapter” in the agency’s cooperation with Ghana. The Intellectual Property Development Plan “offered a comprehensive and coherent approach to establishing a robust intellectual property framework that will support the country’s development objectives,” he added. 

Buying pirated goods promotes crime

South Africans complain about the level of crime in the country but happily deprive composers and artists of their income by purchasing fake or pirated goods, says Chris Job, Chairman of Adams and Adams, leading attorneys in intellectual property law. 

“It is shocking that a high proportion of South Africans, about 20 percent, are quite unconcerned about buying pirated CDs and DVDs, as found in a recent study by TNS Research Surveys.  These buyers give no thought to copyright or other intellectual property rights and make a significant contribution to the problem. 

100 years for city law firm

Chris Job is back in the chairman’s seat of city law firm Adams and Adams, which this year celebrates 100 years (Zelda Venter, Pretoria News). Download PDF.

International plaudits for Adams & Adams

Adams and Adams has been acknowledged as a leading firm in the 2008 edition of the Practical Law Company’s annual publication, Which Lawyer. The company is the United Kingdom’s primary provider of legal know-how, transactional analysis and market intelligence for business lawyers. 

The publication notes that Adams and Adams has the largest intellectual property law practice in South Africa and lists chairman Chris Job as one of the countries’ leading practitioners in the field, with Alan Smith and Gerard du Plessis listed as highly recommended. Partners Dario Tanziani and Marilyn Krige are identified as recommended practitioners.

Gambia Awakens

After a hiatus in the publication of trade mark applications of close on 26 years, the Registry in Banjul has eventually issued an edition of the Gambian Gazette with a cover date of 15 September 1992 and Supplement “D” to the Gazette no. 13 dated 10 July 2007, containing trade mark applications filed some years back.

The technology innovation agency bill

The Technology Innovation Agency Bill provides for the establishment of the technology Innovation Agency (TIA) which is aimed at promoting and intensifying innovation and inventions thereby improving economic growth and ultimately improving the quality of life of all South Africans.

The aim of the Agency is to provide financial and any other assistance to any person, consortium or enterprise to develop any technological innovation or invention.