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- 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.
- Download PDF | Category: Property Law | Posted: January 1, 2007
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- 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.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: December 29, 2006
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- 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.
- Download PDF | Category: Patents | Posted: September 12, 2006
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- Anti-counterfeiting
A brochure on anti-counterfeiting.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: September 1, 2006
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- 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.
- Download PDF | Category: Copyright | Posted: May 1, 2006
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- Update - April 2005
Amendments – enactment of Merchandise Marks Regulations in terms of section 10 and 11 of the Merchandise Marks Act 17 of 1941
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: April 29, 2005
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- It’s all in the label
Clients in the footwear, clothing and accessory industries, take particular note. The Merchandise Marks Act (MMA) has been amended and regulations created in terms of sections 10 and 11, will in future regulate the way in which products imported into South Africa,are to be labelled.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: April 1, 2005
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- Trade mark dilution: you can’t laugh it off - September 2004
This Section is intended to protect proprietors of well-known trade marks against erosion and diminution of their rights through offending use by infringers but its full impact was not tested until 2003.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: September 30, 2004
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- Internet domain name scam - September 2004
It has recently come to our attention that several of our large South African clients have been approached by European businesses regarding the registration of domain names.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: September 30, 2004
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- Africa focus - June 2004
In the past, developments in Intellectual Property legislation and practice in Africa have been hamstrung by a lack of government commitment. The need to comply with the TRIPS Agreement has brought about changes in several countries across the continent and in this bulletin, we focus briefly on these and other changes and provide an overview on membership of the Madrid Protocol on the continent.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: June 30, 2004