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Litigation partners - August 2001
Litigation partners - August 2001

Adams & Adams trade mark litigation partners.

Focus on litigation, Africa and online services - August 2001
Focus on litigation, Africa and online services - August 2001

Our litigation teams, A&A’s expanding of its Johannesburg office, our African connection and A&A online.

Africa update - August 2001
Africa update - August 2001

This supplement contains an update on various intellectual property aspects relating to Africa and surrounding islands.

Protection of technology branding – July 2001
Protection of technology branding – July 2001

We are living, working and doing business in an environment where competitive supremacy has become essential to commercial survival. Strong brands play a decisive role in promoting product marketability and ensuring competitive advantage.

Cadbury (Pty) Ltd v. Beacon Sweets & Chocolates (Pty) Ltd and another  2000 (2) SA 771 (SCA.)
Cadbury (Pty) Ltd v. Beacon Sweets & Chocolates (Pty) Ltd and another 2000 (2) SA 771 (SCA.)

Both Cadbury (Pty) Limited ("Cadbury") and Beacon Sweets and Chocolates (Pty) Limited ("Beacon") are manufacturers and distributors of sweets and confectionery.

Update on South Africa - September 2000
Update on South Africa - September 2000

Update on Intellectual Property and other news from South Africa

Updates and news from South Africa - August 2000
Updates and news from South Africa - August 2000

Update on intellectual property and other news from South Africa.

Trading in cyberspace: domain names vis-à-vis trade marks - March 2000
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.

Trade marks in South Africa – January 2000
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.

The intellectual property law and the internet - November 1999
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.