Sao Tome & Principe acceded to the Hague Agreement
15/10/2008
The Government of Sao Tome and Principe deposited on 8 September 2008, with the Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), its instrument of accession to the Geneva (1999) Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs. The 1999 Act will enter into force in respect of Sao Tome and Principe on 8 December 2008.
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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
Caterham Car Sales & Coachworks Limited v Birkin Cars (Pty) Limited & another 1998 (3) SA 938
The correct question to ask was whether the Appellant has, in a practical and business sense, a sufficient reputation amongst a substantial number of persons who were either clients or potential clients of his business. |
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Nthabisheng Salani
Senior Associate
Attorney
Tel: +27 (0) 12 432 6382
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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.
