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A dramatic escalation in the levels of counterfeiting of trade marks and copyright works has taken place in recent years, resulting in a huge surge in the availability of counterfeit products in South Africa.
This article describes the difference between Patents and Copyrights
Owen Dean believes that the well-reported Laugh It Off Constitutional Court decision may have opened a new dimension to intellectual property litigation.
Creative Commons consists of a US charitable corporation and a UK not-for-profit company that has the underlying message that “some people may not want to exercise all of the intellectual property rights the law affords them.”
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation recently arrested three people on charges of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the Coca-Cola Company and sell the information for millions of rand to PepsiCo Incorporated.
Mention the title THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT and it spontaneously brings to mind a pop-song famous for its use not only through normal records and compact discs, but particularly in movies, stage shows and a range of other events. Over the years there have been a number of versions of this song performed by a variety of artists. THE LION SLEEPS TONIGHT as a musical work was until recently the subject matter of pending litigation in South Africa as the heirs of a deceased Zulu man were given the chance to claim what is rightfully theirs.
This article describes ambush marketing: The Advertising Standards Authority has put in place a Sponsorship Code, which sets down certain principles and guidelines for good practice and fairness in sponsorship and which protects the interests of the sponsors.
Counterfeit products negatively impacts on the economy and the occurrence thereof has seen dramatic increases over the past year.
A copyright can be defined as part of a group of intellectual property rights, which provide legal protection to creators of works of the mind.
In Mxit Lifestyle (Pty) Ltd v Andre Steyn (ZA2008-0020) the alternative dispute resolution body for South African domain names has found, for the first time, that domain name parking can in certain circumstances be an abusive registration.
Domain parking is the registration of an internet domain name without that domain being associated with an e-mail address or a website.
The SA Rugby Union (Saru) has completed a ground-breaking rights deal for Springbok players’ image rights with the Springbok Players’ Trust.
Unregistered trade marks continue to be governed by common law as opposed to registered trade marks which are regulated by statute.