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- Mozambique office contributes to trade marks publication
Élio Teixeira of Adams & Adams Mozambique contributed a chapter to Getting the Deal Through – Trademarks 2009 (online edition), edited by Joseph Nicholson and Stuart Sinder and reproduced here with permission from Law Business Research Ltd.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: June 18, 2009
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- Life Sciences Legal Review
Adams & Adams partner Dario Tanziani writes about the firm’s work in the life sciences field in Volume 7, Issue 11 of the magazine ACQ.
- Download PDF | Category: Adams & Adams | Posted: May 11, 2009
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- Adams & Adams wins four awards
Adams & Adams is pleased to have won no fewer than four of ACQ Finance Magazine’s awards for 2008.
- Download PDF | Category: Adams & Adams | Posted: March 26, 2009
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- European Intellectual Property Review
A journal concerning the management of technology, copyrights and trade names.
- Download PDF | Category: Patents | Posted: January 14, 2009
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- High Court makes ruling on notices ito Companies Act
The Transvaal Provincial Division has given judgment in African Sun Hotels (Pty) Ltd v The Registrar of Companies & another, Case No. 58013/2007, a case which has implications about formal notices sent to a company at its registered address.
- Category: Trade Marks | Posted: December 9, 2008
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- Mixit.co.za: don’t get mixed up
The website domain name mixit.co.za was recently the subject of a dispute and some confusion has arisen about the implications of the ruling. This article is intended to clear up misconceptions.
- Category: IT Law | Posted: November 20, 2008
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- Pfizer successful in enforcing ARIPO patent in Kenya
How often have you considered patenting in Africa when considering your Intellectual Property strategy and decided that it would not be worthwhile because it would be difficult, if not impossible, to enforce your rights there?
Well, the recent success of Pfizer, in respect of Pfizer Inc v Cosmos Limited (Case No. 49 of 2006), is a strong indication that you may have been wrong and that you should give filing your patents in Africa serious thought.
- Category: Patents | Posted: November 13, 2008
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- Nintendo Wii accused of infringing US Patent
US-based Hillcrest Laboratories has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC), alleging that Nintendo has infringed Hillcrest’s patents in the making of its Wii video game. Wii has been a great success since its launch in 2006. If it is found that the Wii video game was made with infringed technology, the ITC has the power to bar the game from the US.
- Category: Patents | Posted: November 11, 2008
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- Clean up the register before enforcing your design
In an application to the High Court to enforce an order of the Supreme Court of Appeal, it was successfully argued on behalf of the first, second and third respondents, who are our clients, that the proceedings to enforce the order should be stayed until the determination of a pending review application. The order of the Supreme Court of Appeal interdicts one of the respondents from infringing a registered design. The pending review application was instituted by another of the respondents.
- Category: Registered Designs | Posted: November 6, 2008
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- If you did not buy it, you still benefit from the purchase agreement
Overview of the Consumer Protection Bill, 2008
The Consumer Protection Bill is intended to promote and advance the social and economic welfare of consumers in South Africa, essentially by protecting consumers’ rights against exploitation by business, and in the process empowering consumers.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: October 15, 2008