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In-Depth: Principled Negotiations After Your IP Portfolio Has Been Valued

IP Valuation is a specialised field, as was explained in our previous article. In summary, our IP Valuation hypothesis is rooted in sustainability, illustrated by two interdependent trend lines...

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Barnard Inc.

Your Brand Name In Lights

Picture your brand as the headline act on an old-school cinema marquee. The artwork around the poster may draw a passing glance...

South Africa IP

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Barnard Inc.

Summary Of Aspen v Adcock [2025] 017055-25

The case of Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Group & Pharmacare Limited v Adcock Ingram Healthcare (Pty) Ltd & Adcock Ingram Intellectual (Pty) Ltd, was recently heard in the High Court and judgment was delivered on 12 May 2025.

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

The Apple vs. Optis Patent Dispute: A Lesson In Patent Infringement And Licensing

As patent litigation continues to reshape the tech landscape, the ongoing case between Apple and Optis Cellular Technology highlights...

South Africa IP

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ENS

First-To-File In Africa Trade Mark Filing Packages

South Africa IP

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Compulsory Licences - The ALLCOPY Copyright Case

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The Dangers Of Relying On LLMs For Invention Research

South Africa IP

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The Woodlands Dairy Case

South Africa IP

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Trade Mark Dispute: STANLEY vs. STANLEY

South Africa IP

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The X Corp (Formerly Twitter) Patent Infringement Drama

South Africa IP

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Dua Lipa May Be Levitating, But South African Copyright Law Is Pretty Static

South Africa IP

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ENS

Africa's Hidden Treasures: The WIPO Treaty Revolution

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Brand Passport: Trade Mark Protection As Your Ticket To Africa's Fast-Growing Markets

South Africa IP

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Barnard Inc.

OAPI And INTA Collaborate On Trade Mark Classification System

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Overview Of The South African Global Minimum Tax Legislation

South Africa Tax

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SNG Grant Thornton

The Apple vs. Optis Patent Dispute: A Lesson In Patent Infringement And Licensing

South Africa IP

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ENS

Shaping Future-Ready Internal Audit Leaders: The Role Of Learning, Mentorship, And Innovation (Video)

South Africa Accounting

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SNG Grant Thornton

How SA Exports May Be Affected By New Tariffs Imposed By USA

South Africa International

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Andersen in South Africa

Incident Response: Cyber In Digital Forensics By Vijay Rathour & Anton Esterhuizen (Video)

South Africa Technology

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SNG Grant Thornton

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Dua Lipa May Be Levitating, But South African Copyright Law Is Pretty Static

We don't get as many opportunities to write on copyright matters as we would like, but we now have a great opportunity to write about a copyright dispute...

South Africa IP

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Compulsory Licences - The ALLCOPY Copyright Case

Copyright judgments are rare in South Africa and findings of the Copyright Tribunal are even rarer.

South Africa IP

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South Africa's Copyright Amendment Bill: Balancing Creators' Rights And Public Access In The Digital Age

The Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) in South Africa has been one of the most debated legislative proposals in recent years, aiming to modernise the country's copyright framework.

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Inventa

Compulsory Licences – Part 2

South Africa IP

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Who Really Owns Your Code? Understanding Authorship And Ownership In Software Copyright

South Africa IP

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Barnard Inc.

There Is No Such Thing As A "Sole & Exclusive" Licence

South Africa IP

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Advancing IP Education In Africa: Highlights From The WIPO-South Africa Summer School On Intellectual Property

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Meta's AI Training Under Fire: Copyright Infringement Allegations

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Compulsory Licences

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Licensing & Syndication

The Apple vs. Optis Patent Dispute: A Lesson In Patent Infringement And Licensing

As patent litigation continues to reshape the tech landscape, the ongoing case between Apple and Optis Cellular Technology highlights...

South Africa IP

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ENS

Viewing The SARB's Exchange Control Revisions Through An IP Licensing Lens

A recent scenario involved a South African company structuring an intellectual property (IP) licensing agreement with an offshore partner.

South Africa IP

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Fairbridges Wertheim Becker

How Copyright Applies To Free-to-copy Open-source Software

"There is nothing new under the sun" – a fact truer than ever in the information age. More specifically, open-source software has propelled the world into an era where developers...

South Africa IP

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Barnard Inc.

Foreign Electronic Certification Service Providers Now Recognised By The CA

South Africa Media & IT

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Bowmans

TikTok: Now To The Copyright And Political Issues

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Proposed Changes To South African Exchange Controls Relating To The Transfer And License Of SA-Owned Intellectual Property

South Africa International

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Adams & Adams

Compulsory Licenses In A Pandemic

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Relaxation Of South Africa's Exchange Control Regulations Pertaining To IP Transactions

South Africa IP

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KISCH IP

ICASA Publishes Information Memorandum On High-Demand Spectrum

South Africa IP

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Patent

In-Depth: Principled Negotiations After Your IP Portfolio Has Been Valued

IP Valuation is a specialised field, as was explained in our previous article. In summary, our IP Valuation hypothesis is rooted in sustainability, illustrated by two interdependent trend lines...

South Africa IP

BI

Barnard Inc.

The Apple vs. Optis Patent Dispute: A Lesson In Patent Infringement And Licensing

As patent litigation continues to reshape the tech landscape, the ongoing case between Apple and Optis Cellular Technology highlights...

South Africa IP

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ENS

The X Corp (Formerly Twitter) Patent Infringement Drama

In a legal saga that has spanned nearly a decade, X Corp. (formerly Twitter) finds itself in a courtroom battle over video technology patents with VidStream LLC.

South Africa IP

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ENS

The Dangers Of Relying On LLMs For Invention Research

South Africa IP

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ENS

Compulsory Licences - The ALLCOPY Copyright Case

South Africa IP

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ENS

Africa's Hidden Treasures: The WIPO Treaty Revolution

South Africa IP

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Adams & Adams

Charting The Stars: Strengthening Africa's IP Frameworks For Space Innovation

South Africa IP

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Inventa

From Coffee To Wine: How GIs Shape Africa's Agricultural Legacy

South Africa IP

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Inventa

Crocs' Design Protection Takes A Hit

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Trade Secrets

Putting The "Claws" Into A Restraint Of Trade

In an increasingly competitive business landscape, one of the most common legal tools to protect a company's trade secrets, confidential information, and customer relationships, is a restraint of trade clause.

South Africa Employment

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Barnard Inc.

Trade Secrets - China And South Africa

Trade secrets play an important, yet somewhat surprisingly low key, role in intellectual property (IP) law. In this article, we discuss a recent trade secrets case in China.

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Nobel Prize In The Bag – Time To Make Money

There was a fascinating article in the IPKat blog about the AI programme AlphaFold recently. So, what is this all about...

South Africa IP

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High Court Of Uganda Delivers Landmark Judgment On Copyright Dispute: Knight Frank Uganda Ltd v Broll Uganda Ltd And Broll Valuation & Advisory Services

South Africa IP

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Copy Or Compete? Unpacking The Shein vs. Temu Legal Showdown

South Africa IP

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Spoofed! Protecting Your Intellectual Property From Digital Fakes

South Africa IP

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Barnard Inc.

Intellectual Property Valuation: How Long Is A Piece Of String?

South Africa IP

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Barnard Inc.

Technical Systems And Secrets

South Africa IP

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Trade Secrets Revisited

South Africa IP

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Podcast | OFM | A Trademark Is The Most Valuable Asset That A Business Owns | Gerard Du Toit

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Lack Of Global Consensus On Rules For The Taxation Of Multinationals And The Risk Of A Global Trade War (Video)

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PwC Nigeria

Jadon Wolmarans Interviewed On eNCA For World Anti-Counterfeit Day 2019 (Video)

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KISCH IP

Protect Your Brand – Advice To Start-Ups (Video Content)

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TripleOKLaw

Social Media Images - When Can You Use Them (Video Content)

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Phukubje Pierce Masithela Attorneys

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