Intellectual Property as an economic tool for African small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
21 June 2021
"World Intellectual Property Day" is celebrated every year on 26 April – the day on which the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Convention came into force in 1970.
French luxury fashion house Chanel has failed in its latest attempt to block the registration of a trade mark applied for by Chinese technological giant Huawei Technologies.
WIPO Proof, Depository Systems and the burden of proof
14 April 2021
While the world was hunkering down in isolation, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) was busy launching a service intended to revolutionise the administration and protection of intellectual property.
Copyright protection for works created prior to 1978
14 April 2021
South African copyright legislation finds its roots in 1917 when the Legislative Assembly effectively enacted the British Imperial Copyright Act of 1911 as the Third Schedule to the Patents, Designs, Trade Marks and Copyright
