Library

Merchandise Marks Act 17 of 1941
Merchandise Marks Act 17 of 1941

To make provision concerning the marking of merchandise and of coverings in or with which merchandise is sold and the use of certain words and emblems in connection with business.

Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993
Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993

To provide for the registration of trade marks, certification trade marks and collective trade marks; and to provide for incidental matters.

Commentaries on Counterfeit Goods Act
Commentaries on Counterfeit Goods Act

The Counterfeit Goods Act no. 37 of 1997 enables the owner of an “intellectual property right” or any other person with an interest in goods bearing or embodying such rights ("the protected goods") to act speedily and effectively against persons involved in counterfeiting activity, on both a criminal and a civil basis.

Counterfeit Goods Act no. 37 of 1997
Counterfeit Goods Act no. 37 of 1997

To introduce measures aimed against the trade in counterfeit goods so as to further protect owners of trade marks, copyright and certain marks under the Merchandise Marks Act, 1941, against the unlawful application, to goods, of the subject matter of their respective intellectual property rights and against the release of goods of that nature (called “counterfeit goods”) into the channels of commerce.

Franchising
Franchising

Franchising is a business model which has proved to be successful and is enjoying increasing popularity throughout the world

Trade mark regulations
Trade mark regulations

Department of Trade and Industry: Notice no. R578, Government Gazette no. 16373 of 21 April 1995

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.

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.

Anti-counterfeiting
Anti-counterfeiting

A brochure on anti-counterfeiting.

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