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McDonald’s Corporation vs Joburgers-Inn Restaurant (Pty) Limited and Another
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.
Is your brand safe? … and what can you do to protect it?
While no industry is immune, it would appear that the footwear industry is the one in which we see substantial quantities of copy products and identical products entering the South African market and being sold in this country.
Domain name update: Seven new top level domain names
In response to concern that the DNS was becoming overcrowded with more than 12 million registrations in the TLD’’s alone, ICANN announced that it would accept applications for new TLD’’s.
Uganda to join ARIPO
The existing five countries that have acceded to the Banjul Trade Marks Protocol are Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania, Swaziland and Mozambique.
Hong Kong domain name registration
The new domain name registry in Hong Kong has decided to amend its rules and regulations and generally “clean up” the domain name register, by entering into a new, amended agreement with current and future domain name registrants.