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McDonald’s Corporation vs Joburgers-Inn Restaurant (Pty) Limited & Another
31/12/2002

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.
  Featured Act Africa Patent Memorandum
  Featured Case Law Morkel v. Federated Timbers (Pty) Limited & Another 2000 (1) SA 206
This case was important in that it held that an attempt to effect separate assignment of two associate marks was void despite the fact that, in casu, the association between the two trade marks was unwarranted. 		  Featured person Featured person
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