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After a long period of anticipation, it seems as if the age of legal hemp cultivation in South Africa has finally dawned. Published on 10 June 2022 in the Government Gazette, the new Regulations relat...
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PLANNED GLOBALISATION OF YOUR BRAND AT AN EARLY STAGE.The luxury shoe giant, Manolo Blahnik, has won a legal battle to use its own name in China after almost 22 years of litigati...
On Friday, 26 August 2022, Moderna announced that it is suing Pfizer and BioNTech for alleged patent infringement of its mRNA vaccine technology. On the same day, BioNTech published the following stat...
Everything from paying rent to paying for goods can now be done at the push of a button or the click of a mouse. Electronic funds transfers (“EFT’s”) are the most convenient way to effect payment. How...
Brand owners initially had a deadline until 1 July 2022 in which to record their IP rights with the Kenya Anti-Counterfeit Authority (“the ACA”). This deadline has now been extended until 1 January 2...
At some stage during the negotiation of any agreement in which one party licenses the use of intellectual property to another, the parties will need to negotiate and agree on a suitable royalty rate....
A recent judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) regarding the powers of the Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB), which arose as a result of dispute between Colgate-Palmolive’s PROTEX...
An unprecedented judgement opens the door to widespread infringement of the intellectual property rights held by foreigners in Russia. An unprecedented judgement opens the door to widespread infringem...
At this point most people know what a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is and at some stage, you will likely have also heard about the Metaverse. NFTs have been around since 2014 and the most common type of N...
Blockchain refers to a system that records information in a way that makes it virtually impossible to alter. This technology consists of a block of chains where each chain contains several transaction...
Tourism Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu has faced criticism after the publication on 7 January 2022 of her opinion piece entitled “Hi Mzansi, have we seen justice” in which she criticised the South African j...
If you have been following the article series, and have determined that you are the responsible party in terms of the first condition of POPIA, the next step is to assess your compliance with the next...
Recent developments seem to indicate that the long-mooted introduction of Substantive Search and Examination (SSE) into the South African legal system is finally occurring. To this end, the patent leg...
