International plaudits for Adams & Adams
22/04/2008
Adams & Adams has been acknowledged as a leading firm in the 2008 edition of the Practical Law Company’s annual publication, Which Lawyer. The company is the United Kingdom’s primary provider of legal know-how, transactional analysis and market intelligence for business lawyers.
The publication notes that Adams & Adams has the largest intellectual property law practice in South Africa and lists chairman Chris Job as one of the countries’ leading practitioners in the field, with Alan Smith and Gerard du Plessis listed as highly recommended. Partners Dario Tanziani and Marilyn Krige are identified as recommended practitioners.
Intellectual property law remains a very specialised area in the South African legal environment with few law firms having significant intellectual property practices. Local IP firms are very popular with multi- national clients as a first port of call regarding pan-African matters.
Adams & Adams is represented or has associations, directly and indirectly, in more than 50 African countries and in virtually every country abroad – making it one of the best-known intellectual property law firms in the world. In South Africa, the firm has offices in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban and celebrates its Centenary this year.
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Featured Act
Sale of land & failure to comply with ALA
There have been few legislative provisions which have resulted in so much litigation as the provision contained in Section 2(1) of the Alienation of Land Act.
Briefly, this provision provides that no sale of land will be of any force or effect unless it is contained in a Deed of Sale signed by the parties thereto or their agents acting on their written authority.
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Featured Case Law
The LOTTO cases
The LOTTO cases : Online Lottery Services (Pty) Limited v National Lotteries Board and Others [2007] 1 All SA 618(T)
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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Featured person
Featured person
Jean-Paul Rudd
Senior Associate
Attorney
Tel: +27 (0) 12 432 6393
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