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9 February 2012
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27 Jan 2012
 
 
Spoor & Fisher opens new office in OAPI
SPOOR & FISHER
We are delighted to announce the opening of our new local office in OAPI: Spoor & Fisher OAPI. Existing cases, filings and registrations are being processed as previously arranged. Please continue...
 
 
13 Dec 2011
 
Shabangu first to earn second term as President of SA Institute of IP Law
SPOOR & FISHER
Since the founding of the SAIIPL in 1952, it is unprecedented that the President of the Institute is re-elected for a second term in office. But as the old adage goes: “there’s always a first...
 
 
22 Nov 2011
 
The great pharmaceutical patent debate
SPOOR & FISHER
In recent news, the TAC (Treatment Action Campaign) has called on government to revise the Patents Act to reduce the patent protection available to pharmaceutical inventions, which the organisation...
 
 
17 Nov 2011
 
Recipe plagiarism tough to prove
SPOOR & FISHER
Can you patent a recipe? Is there copyright in the instructions on how to make a steak sandwich? In a recent furore, acclaimed South African crime writer Deon Meyer come under fire following...
 
 
11 Oct 2011
 
 
 
Yes, but is it art?
SPOOR & FISHER
Having a registered intellectual property (IP) right (or monopoly) on an article is quite a thing. It gives you the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, offering to sell or...
 
 
05 Oct 2011
 
Interesting Changes to US Patent Law
SPOOR & FISHER
US President Obama signed the America Invents Act on 16 September 2011 which introduces a number of interesting changes to the U.S. patent system. Some provisions of the Act come into effect...
 
 
04 Oct 2011
 
Complementary and alternative medicines form focus of proposed amendments in South Africa
SPOOR & FISHER
Complementary and alternative medicines are not currently regulated by the Medicines and Related Substances Act No.101 of 1965 (the Act). This may change if the proposed amendments to the General...
 
 
03 Aug 2011
 
CIPC continues to fuel new business anxiety
SPOOR & FISHER
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) has assured business owners that a company can be registered with the commission and trade without a company name, provided that it has...
 
 
 
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