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- Companies and close corporations
The sole proprietorship is usually suitable for a relatively small enterprise in which the capital of only one person, the proprietor, is invested. In a partnership, two or more partners pool their ability and capital to increase the available business and human capital.
- Download PDF | Category: Corporate Law | Posted: June 12, 2003
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- Audit due diligence and valuations
The capital of a successful business enterprise is generally composed
of working capital, fixed assets and intellectual capital. This is a
combination of assets used by successful companies for expanding
their participation in industry and for maximising their profits.
- Download PDF | Category: Intellectual Property | Posted: June 12, 2003
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- What can be protected by design registration?
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.
- Download PDF | Category: Registered Designs | Posted: June 1, 2003
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- Focus on patents - April 2003
A bolar-type provision has been incorporated in the South African Patents Act, 1978 as a new section 69A.
- Download PDF | Category: Patents | Posted: April 30, 2003
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- Focus on Adams & Adams - April 2003
Adams & Adams has been top-rated for the last few years, both nationally and internationally. The firm did it again in surveys conducted during 2002.
- Download PDF | Category: Patents | Posted: April 25, 2003
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- South African Breweries International B.V. t/a SABMARK International v. Laugh It Off Promotions
The applicant is a company registered in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and trades in and controls the trade in a large range of products, largely alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The respondent is a close corporation and offers for sale T-shirts bearing marks which are similar to a number of well-known trade marks, including those of the applicant. It does so through advertising on the internet.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: April 16, 2003
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- Grey goods: what are they and can they be imported legally? – August 2002
News items on legal topics in the areas of intellectual property and trade frequently refer to the importation of “grey goods”.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: August 30, 2002
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- Competition legislation and intellectual property rights – August 2002
South Africa was given a new competition regime when the major part of the Competition Act no. 89 of 1998 was put into effect on 1 September 1999. Modelled on the British and Canadian laws, the Act applies to all economic activity within South Africa, including economic activity involving intellectual property rights.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: August 30, 2002
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- Intellectual property rights vis-à-vis competition law principles – February 2002
Intellectual property rights (IPRs) in South Africa, as in most other countries, are regulated by statutes, such as the Patents Act, 1978; the Trade Marks Act, 1993; the Copyright Act, 1978; the Designs Act, 1993.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: February 28, 2002
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- Ambush marketing to be prohibited
Two recent legislative amendments introduced measures to prohibit ambush marketing, ie. international conduct on the part of a person or company to obtain an unjustified promotional benefit from a sponsored event, such as sponsored sports or cultural events or other recreational activities.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: February 1, 2002