South Africa: Media, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

South African courts are increasingly confronting cases where legal practitioners rely on AI-generated content without proper verification, leading to fabricated authorities and legally incoherent arguments.

As organisations rapidly adopt AI capabilities through familiar SaaS delivery models, a critical misalignment has emerged between traditional software contracts and the novel risks introduced by AI systems.

A Berlin court recently addressed whether AI-generated search summaries that reference trade marks constitute legal infringement, focusing on the critical distinction between aggregating third-party content and engaging...

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As artificial intelligence systems become embedded in enterprise operations, organisations are discovering that token-based pricing models introduce unprecedented commercial and operational risks.

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Banks are rapidly deploying artificial intelligence across critical functions like credit decisioning, fraud detection, and customer engagement, but beneath the efficiency gains lies a growing risk: AI debt.

As celebrities like Taylor Swift, Luke Littler, and Matthew McConaughey increasingly turn to trade mark law to protect their voices, faces, and personal likenesses from AI-generated deepfakes, a critical question emerges: can trade mark registration truly safeguard personal identity in the age of generative AI? This article examines the legal strategies, commercial rationale, and inherent limitations of using trade mark law as a shield against unauthorized exploitation of celebrity personas.

ENSafrica's latest legal bulletin examines critical regulatory shifts across Africa, from South Africa's mandatory monthly opt-out cleansing under amended CPA rules to Rwanda's new VAT framework for cross-border digital services. The collection addresses constitutional interpretation in Ghana, AI policy governance failures, merger threshold updates, and emerging challenges in crypto regulation and prediction markets.

When Mirra Andreeva wore a jacket emblazoned with "I want to thank myself" after winning the French Open, the phrase sparked more than social media buzz—it raised critical questions about when memorable words cross the line from cultural moment to protectable brand. This analysis explores the legal boundaries between quotable expression and trademark protection, examining how context, commercial use, and consumer perception determine whether a phrase deserves intellectual property protection.

In South Africa's digital marketplace, businesses increasingly bid on competitors' trade marks as Google Ads keywords to capture consumer attention.

The FIFA World Cup presents brands with a powerful marketing opportunity, but navigating the legal boundaries between celebrating football culture and infringing on protected sponsorship rights requires careful strategy.