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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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ABSA published the names of attorneys that performed well
Adams & Adams works closely with many of the banks in South Africa, assisting them with the legal side of their property deals, i.e. bond registrations etc. One of the banks we work with is ABSA. For the past couple of months Adams & Adams has been nominated as one of ABSA's top Conveyancing firms. |
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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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Partner at Adams & Adams wins Business Achievers Award
Marilyn Krige, partner at Adams & Adams, leading attorneys in intellectual property law, is a top women business achiever. |
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New Head for Commercial Law Section at Adams & Adams
Andre Visser has joined Adams & Adams, attorneys, as partner and head of its commercial law section.
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Lip-smacking ruling by ASA Final Appeal Committee
On 16 July 2007 the Final Appeal Committee of the Advertising Standards Authority handed down a lip-smacking ruling in the matter between Carma Laboratories Inc. (the Complainant) and Avid Brands SA (Pty) Ltd (the Respondent) which makes it clear that South African businesses should be wary of copying the advertising of internationally sold products. |
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Complaints in the .co.za name space - no April fools day joke
Cybersquatting as such, is not uncommon in South Africa. However, until very recently, anybody who wanted to object to a domain name in the .co.za name space, had no option but to institute proceedings in the High Court. |
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Domain names
In terms of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, Act no. 25 of 2002, the Minister of Communications promulgated Alternative Dispute Resolution regulations in November 2006. The regulations, which have now come into force, relate only to domain names registered in the second level country code domain, .co.za. |
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26 April -World Intellectual Property Day
South Africans complain about the level of crime in the country but merrily "rob" creators and artists of their income by purchasing fake or pirated goods sold by organised crime syndicates, says Alan Smith, Chairman of Adams & Adams, leading attorney in intellectual property law. |
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Nigeria Service Marks - Update
Earlier this month we reported that the Nigerian Minister of Commerce had issued a notice in terms of which it had allegedly become possible to register service marks in that country. |
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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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Nigeria - Introduction of service marks
In an unprecedented move, the Nigerian Federal Minister of Commerce has unilaterally approved the introduction of service mark registrations. |
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Congratulations: William Modisakeng - PhD
Congratulations to William on receiving his PhD in Biochemistry from Rhodes University. |
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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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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.
