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Adams & Adams’ partner Alan Smith one of South Africa’s best lawyers
21/08/2009

Alan Smith, a partner at Adams & Adams, has been named one of the "Best Lawyers in South Africa".

This accolade came from the Law Review and the Business Day newspaper. Business Day published its Best Lawyers list in the 2009 Business Day Tax and Law Review.

Alan, a trade mark and patent attorney, specialises in intellectual property litigation, mainly relating to trade marks, copyright and unlawful competition. He also deals with agreements, licensing and advertising disputes.

He is a fellow and past President of the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law and the author of various works on aspects of intellectual property law.
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Download act 		  Featured Case Law Jenni Button restrained from using her own name
The Cape High Court granted an order on 19 September 2008 against the well-known South African clothing designer, Jenni Button, interdicting her from making use in any way of the trade name JENNI BUTTON for purposes of conducting business within the retail clothing trade in South Africa. She was also directed to pay the costs of the application.

The High Court actually dealt with two applications heard simultaneously :

• the first, by Jenni Button against Jenni Button (Pty) Limited (“the company”) and other entities, to transfer to her 30 % of the shares of the company; and

• the second, a counter-application by the company to restrain Jenni Button from using the trade name JENNI BUTTON for purposes of conducting business within the retail trade including as part of the domain name jennibutton.com. 		  Related People Alan Smith
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Trade Mark and Patent Attorney
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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.