Anti-Counterfeiting Services

• preparing the necessary documentation and affidavits and arranging and assisting with search and seizure procedures;
• lodging informal complaints with the South African Revenue Services;
• lodging complaints in terms of the Counterfeit Goods Act with the South African Police Services;
• civil and criminal litigation in respect of all aspects of counterfeit goods.

Featured news Don’t forget your co-authors when claiming copyright infringement When a copyright is infringed, individual co-authors of the work shouldn’t expect to receive the full amount of damages awarded. To claim the full amount, all the co-authors must be joined as parties to the litigation. This was the implication of a judgement in the Supreme Court of Appeal on 1 June 2009. In David Feldman NO v EMI Music SA (Pty) Ltd/EMI Music Publishing SA (Pty) Ltd, the SCA ruled that failure of a plaintiff to join the co-authors of a work, or to make out a case as to why it is entitled to sue without doing so, will mean that the plaintiff will not be able to claim all the damages flowing from copyright infringement.   Featured office: Cape Town Inquiry: +27 (0) 21 418 8560   Featured person: Khan, Somayya Partner Trade Mark Attorney Tel: +27 (0) 12 432 6311