Adams & Adams consultant achieves World IP Lawyer Award

Adams & Adams congratulates Don MacRobert, its Trade Mark consultant, on being nominated in the top four of the prestigious World IP Lawyer Award. 

Health messages required on alcoholic beverages from 24 February 2009

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, including beer. 

Adams & Adams South Africa’s top intellectual property law firm

Adams & Adams has been rated South Africa’s top intellectual property law firm for 2008 by Professional Management Review Africa (PMR) magazine.

This earns Adams & Adams the PMR Golden Arrow award.

Adams & Adams appoints new patent partner

Adams & Adams has appointed patent attorney Alexis Apostolidis as a partner.

Apostolidis specialises in pharmaceutical patent litigation, the drafting of chemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical related patent specifications and competition law, including mergers and acquisitions. 

Pfizer successful in enforcing ARIPO patent in Kenya

How often have you considered patenting in Africa when considering your Intellectual Property strategy and decided that it would not be worthwhile because it would be difficult, if not impossible, to enforce your rights there ?

Well, the recent success of Pfizer, in respect of Pfizer Inc v Cosmos Limited (Case No. 49 of 2006), is a strong indication that you may have been wrong and that you should give filing your patents in Africa serious thought.