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BMW AG succeeds against replacement parts supplier
Commercial Auto Glass (Pty) Limited has been unsuccessful in its appeal against a judgment of the Transvaal Provincial Division of the High Court interdicting it from infringing the registered trade marks BMW, BM and 3-SERIES, and the unregistered well-known trade marks E30, E36 and E46, of BMW AG. |
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Health Warnings will soon be required on Alcoholic Beverages
Consumers have become accustomed to the health warnings found on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Similar health warnings will soon have to be placed on alcoholic beverages. |
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Best Global Brands Survey: 53% associated with Adams & Adams
Adams & Adams is proud to be associated with 53 of the top 100 brands worldwide, as identified in the Recent Best Global Brands Survey, conducted by Interbrand. The Interbrand rankings for 2007 are as follows: |
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New labelling requirements for textile goods
As from 14 April 2007, new labelling requirements will come into effect in South Africa which requires textile goods, from carpeting through to clothing and footwear to have applied to them in a conspicuous and legible manner in a permanent way, an indication of the country from which the products originated. |
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Delegation of rights & obligations under trade mark franchise agreements
Unilever South Africa, the South African licensee of the well-known OLA ice-cream brand, acquired the rights in the MILKY LANE franchise business and trade marks owned by Pleasure Foods in 2003. Unilever then required the existing franchisees to use the OLA trade mark and purchase OLA ice-cream. |
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Supreme Court of Appeal: soles get the boot
In a scathing judgment, the Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by the Appellants, who are the trustees of a trust, to restrain the Respondent from using various trade marks comprising design features applied to the soles of footwear. |
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Puma experiences global warming
Puma AG Rudolf Dassler Sport vs Global Warming (Pty) Limited : Judgment of The Cape Of Good Hope Provincial Division of the High Court of South Africa dated 14 March 2007 (Case No. 1546/2002). |
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The LOTTO cases
Rights in the LOTTO trade mark were the subject of two applications to the Pretoria High Court recently which were heard simultaneously. |
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New appointments - March 2007
On 1 March 2007 the firm promoted two people within the firm, Madeleen Roussouw as partner and Juli Hopf as associate. |
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When things are not always black & white: grey goods
Parallel importation as an unfair business practice is a new opportunity to combat "grey products" in South Africa. |
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Registered domain names
A domain name is a user friendly substitute for an Internet address. A true Internet address is a number like an international telephone number. The numbered address is paired with a domain name to make it easier to remember. |
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McDonald’s Corporation vs Joburgers-Inn Restaurant (Pty) Limited & Another
This decision held that a mark is well-known in South Africa if it is known to a substantial number of persons interested in the goods or services to which the mark relates. |
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Is your brand safe? ... & what can you do to protect it?
While no industry is immune, it would appear that the footwear industry is the one in which we see substantial quantities of copy products and identical products entering the South African market and being sold in this country. |
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Domain name update: Seven new top level domain names
In response to concern that the DNS was becoming overcrowded with more than 12 million registrations in the TLD''s alone, ICANN announced that it would accept applications for new TLD''s. |
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Uganda to join ARIPO
The existing five countries that have acceded to the Banjul Trade Marks Protocol are Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Swaziland and Mozambique. |
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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.
