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Pov: Going Green? A Trade Mark Perspective

Terms like "green," "sustainable," and "eco-friendly" are powerful marketing tools that companies use to captivate environmentally conscious consumers.

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Adams & Adams

EUIPO Rejects Thom Browne's Four-stripe Position Mark: Lack Of Distinctiveness

Thom Browne's battle with the EUIPO over its four-stripe motif raises questions about the distinctiveness of position marks. Diogo Antunes examines the EUIPO's reasoning...

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ARIPO 2025: Key Changes To Patents And Designs

As of March 1, 2025, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has enacted a series of major amendments to its governing legal instrument, the Harare Protocol...

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Genuine Use Of A Trade Mark -The WONDERGIRL Case

A recent EU trade mark decision involving the companies Copenhagen Studios GmbH and Hoboken Inversiones, S.L, and the trade mark WONDERGIRL deals with an application to cancel a trade mark registration...

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A Calvin Klein Trade Mark Opposition

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Trade Mark Dispute: URIZONE vs FURIZOME

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Colour Trade Marks In The EU - The Biscoffi Case

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Update On The Never-Ending Tammy Taylor Dispute

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South African Photographer Accused Of Intellectual Property Infringement

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A Tale Of Charms And Copycats – The Poetry IP Scandal

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Understanding The Financials: Principled Negotiations During IP Valuation

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Barnard Inc.

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

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Barnard Inc.

Your Brand Name In Lights

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Barnard Inc.

Summary Of Aspen v Adcock [2025] 017055-25

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Adams & Adams

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

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

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Moratorium:Impossible – High Court Keeps The Business-Rescue Shield Intact

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Barnard Inc.

Harnessing Technology To Drive Innovation And Excellence In Internal Audit By Ria Pretorius (Video)

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SNG Grant Thornton

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

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SNG Grant Thornton

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A Tale Of Charms And Copycats – The Poetry IP Scandal

This story is currently making headlines in South Africa, with well-known and beloved local brand, Poetry, embroiled in a growing controversy over alleged design imitation and intellectual property infringement...

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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...

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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.

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

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Compulsory Licences – Part 2

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

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Barnard Inc.

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

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

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Meta's AI Training Under Fire: Copyright Infringement Allegations

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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...

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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.

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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...

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Barnard Inc.

Foreign Electronic Certification Service Providers Now Recognised By The CA

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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

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Adams & Adams

Compulsory Licenses In A Pandemic

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

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KISCH IP

ICASA Publishes Information Memorandum On High-Demand Spectrum

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Patent

ARIPO 2025: Key Changes To Patents And Designs

As of March 1, 2025, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) has enacted a series of major amendments to its governing legal instrument, the Harare Protocol...

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New South African Plant Breeders' Rights Law Comes Into Effect

South Africa's new Plant Breeders' Rights Act 12 of 2018 (new Act) has, by proclamation in the Government Gazette of 6 June 2025, been deemed to have been in effect since 1 June 2025.

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Adams & Adams

Understanding The Financials: Principled Negotiations During IP Valuation

We have spoken about principled negotiations between start-up entrepreneurs and potential funders of the new venture in an earlier article.

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Barnard Inc.

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

South Africa IP

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Barnard Inc.

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

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The X Corp (Formerly Twitter) Patent Infringement Drama

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The Dangers Of Relying On LLMs For Invention Research

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Compulsory Licences - The ALLCOPY Copyright Case

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Africa's Hidden Treasures: The WIPO Treaty Revolution

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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.

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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...

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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

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

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Spoofed! Protecting Your Intellectual Property From Digital Fakes

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Barnard Inc.

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

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Barnard Inc.

Technical Systems And Secrets

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Trade Secrets Revisited

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Ed Sheeran – Oh Why? (Videos)

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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

A ‘Triple Distilled' Summary Of Recent Trade Mark SCA Cases (Video)

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Adams & Adams

Spirit Of The Law - Copyright Protection In The Digital Era Of Publishing (Video)

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KISCH IP

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

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