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Copyright regulations
Copyright regulations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS. Government Notice no. R2530 in Government Gazette no. 6252 of 22 December 1978

Copyright Act no. 98 of 1978
Copyright Act no. 98 of 1978

Contents include copyright in original works, infringements of copyright and remedies, copyright tribunal, extension or restriction of operation of Act and miscellaneous provisions.

Trade marks: an asset worth protecting
Trade marks: an asset worth protecting

Intellectual property, although intangible, is a valuable asset on the balance sheet of any business - in many cases exceeding in actual marketable value the fixed property of the business.

Corporate brochure - Rooted in a 100 years of law
Corporate brochure - Rooted in a 100 years of law

The firm has by far the largest intellectual property law practice in South Africa, dealing with all aspects of intellectual property law.

Active in Africa  update - December 2006
Active in Africa update - December 2006

This brief synopsis, dealing in the main with developments on the trade mark law front in Africa, should serve to illustrate that many of the hitherto underdeveloped countries are attempting to make improvements on a legislative front to bring themselves in line with more progressive developing nations and, in due course, the Paris Convention and TRIPS.

You do the research
You do the research

The use and patenting of Biotech inventions in South Africa are governed and regulated by various laws, conventions and agreements which include the South African Patents Act, the South African National Biodiversity Act.

Anti-counterfeiting
Anti-counterfeiting

A brochure on anti-counterfeiting.

Copyright: an asset worth protecting
Copyright: an asset worth protecting

Intellectual property, although intangible, is a valuable asset on the balance sheet of any business - in many cases exceeding in actual marketable value the fixed property of the business. 

General law brochure
General law brochure

Adams & Adams has been a leading South African law firm over the more than 95 years of its practice.  The firm specialises in intellectual property law and in various other specialised fields

Update - April 2005
Update - April 2005

Amendments – enactment of Merchandise Marks Regulations in terms of section 10 and 11 of the Merchandise Marks Act 17 of 1941