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20 May 2013
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17 Aug 2012
 
 
New Industrial Property Law in Djibouti
SPOOR & FISHER
Although it has been possible to file trade mark and design applications in Djibouti, patent owners were not able to obtain patent rights as there was no patent legislation in Djibouti. Following...
 
 
06 Jun 2012
 
Grey goods – It's a package deal
SPOOR & FISHER
The term “grey goods” refers to products which are manufactured by a trade mark holder in one country and imported into another country by a party other than the official representative of the...
 
 
10 Feb 2012
 
Spoor & Fisher appoints first black female chairperson
Spoor & Fisher
Intellectual property law specialist Nolwazi Gcaba has been elected chairperson of the partnership of Spoor & Fisher. She is the first woman to be elected to this position in the history of the...
 
 
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...
 
 
 
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