The Global Village is Set to Expand

On 26 June 2008, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), an international, non profit, private-public partnership responsible for the administration of the internet, accepted a recommendation to expand the current generic Top Level Domain (TLD) names.

Currently, there are limited numbers of TLDs available wherein businesses or individuals can register domain names. The most common current TLDs include .com, .net, .org etc. Since the original seven domain “dots” were established, ICANN has expanded the number of TLDs rarely and only by a handful each time.

Don’t buy Manchester United Counterfeits – legal expert

With soccer fever peaking as Manchester United, the current FA Premier League and European Club Champions, plays Orlando Pirates in Durban tomorrow (22 July), the selling – and buying – of counterfeit memorabilia could dampen the spirit.

“Whilst registered vendors will be selling the rightful items, vendors with no respect for registered brands will obviously be out in full force, offering supporters illegal counterfeit items,” says trade mark attorney Marilyn Krige, partner at Adams and Adams, leading attorneys in intellectual property law.

Nicky Garnett has been appointed as Head of the Africa Patents Section

Garnett, who manages the Africa Patents Department, has extensive experience in the field of intellectual property, including the filing and prosecution of trade mark, patent and design applications, trade mark and copyright litigation, and the negotiating and drafting of licensing agreements.

Adams & Adams opens office in Mozambique

We are pleased to announce the opening of Adams & Adams Mozambique, in the capital, Maputo. The office, headed by partners Élio Teixeira and Carlos Martins, is now in operation.

The extension of Adams & Adams practice to Mozambique has been done to improve and enhance the intellectual property law services we offer to our clients in Africa.

Adams & Adams scores a level five B-BBEE status

Adams & Adams has been verified as a level five broad-based black economic empowerment company by the authoritative Empowerdex Trust. 

The verification deems Adams & Adams as a generic enterprise with a B-BBEE procurement recognition of 80%. It is deemed 2.2% black-owned and 1.1% owned by black women.