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Within the global pharmaceutical industry, represented by large corporate citizens, the quest to improve healthcare in impoverished communities is being tackled by means of a multi-pronged...
Our competition law experts say that Competition Law, known in the United States as antitrust law, can be defined as law which promotes or maintains market competition by regulating...
Section 20(1) of the South African Designs Act 195 of 1993 states that the effect of the registration of a design shall be to grant to the registered proprietor in the Republic, for the duration of...
Section 20(1) of the South African Designs Act 195 of 1993 states that the effect of the registration of a design shall be to grant to the registered proprietor in the Republic, for the duration of...
I am obsessed with watches – there I have said it!
Aside from their aesthetic characteristics, the subject matter of many design registrations, and their mechanical complications, subject to...
The Exchange Control Regulations were amended on 8 June 2012 to include within their ambit a prohibition on the export of any intellectual property rights (IPRs) without prior Exchange Control...
South Africa has the most progressive and developed competition law system in Africa, but there is a perceived tension between the exercise of intellectual property rights (IPR) and competition...
It is often mistakenly perceived that patent law is a serious, unexciting area of the law, dealing only with major industrial or commercial processes, apparatus, products and the like. In truth,...
Perfumes, cosmetics, hair care products, cold drinks, secret recipes for extra crispy chicken – they all pose a dilemma, namely whether to patent them and tell the whole world about them or...