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The Copyright Section deals with all matters relating to copyright, including:
  • registration of copyright in cinematograph films
  • litigation, including piracy (civil and criminal litigation)
  • licences, assignment and other agreements
  • information technology and computer law
  Featured news Author’s Rights - Celebration or Electric Shock

In the recent case between Rafael Vergara Hermosilla and The Cola-Cola Company, The Coca-Cola Company was accused of infringing copyright in a translation of a song used in promotions for the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that it had a perfect defence because the copyright had been assigned to it as the result of an ordinary exchange of e-mails. Will the position be the same in South Africa?

   Featured office: Durban
Inquiry: +27 (0) 31 265 1532 		 
Featured person:
MacKenzie, Colin
Partner (Co-Chairman - Patent Department)
Patent Attorney
Tel: +27 (0) 12 432 6209

 





The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.