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- Updates and news from South Africa - August 2000
Update on intellectual property and other news from South Africa.
- Download PDF | Category: Patents | Posted: August 31, 2000
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- Trading in cyberspace: domain names vis-à-vis trade marks - March 2000
"Cyberlaw” is a term coined to refer to the composite bundle of legal principles which find application when use is made of the so-called Global Information Infrastructure (GII) with its information superhighways, of which the Internet with its information highway to the World Wide Web forms a part.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: March 31, 2000
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- Trade marks in South Africa – January 2000
Inventing or designing a new product or device is only the first step on the road to commercialising the new creation. As part of the marketing phase, the produce or device should be allocated a distinctive name - which brings us to the area of trade mark law. Trade marks in South Africa are governed by the Trade Marks Act no. 94 of 1993, which came into force on 1 May 1995.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: January 28, 2000
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- The intellectual property law and the internet - November 1999
Whenever you open a newspaper or a magazine, you are bombarded with articles singing the praises of the internet, the super highway. For the technophobiacs amongst us, terms such as the World Wide Web, websites, cyberspace, domain names and discussions about the opportunities of the internet as a business forum can be bewildering.
- Download PDF | Category: IT Law | Posted: November 30, 1999
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- ICANN uniform domain name dispute resolution Policy
This uniform domain name dispute resolution policy has been adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), is incorporated by reference into your registration agreement, and sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between you and any party other than the registrar over the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered by you.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: October 29, 1999
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- Into the new millennium with your brand names: cyberspacae beckons - July 1999
Businesses should always bear in mind the need to build and enhance branding equity as a paramount business development objective, and the necessity of creating in the process a solid foundation in terms of brand identity and brand value as an investment in the future. As we approach the turn of the century and the new millennium, this is more relevant than ever before.
- Download PDF | Category: Trade Marks | Posted: July 30, 1999
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- Copyright Act no. 98 of 1978
Republic of South Africa Copyright Act no. 98 of 1978
- Download PDF | Category: Copyright | Posted: August 1, 1984