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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...
 
 
10 Feb 2011
 
The Bafana Bafana trade mark: Is parliament forcing SAFA to score an own goal?
SPOOR & FISHER
It has been widely reported that parliament, via parliamentary sports committee chairman Butana Khompela, has informed Safa to sort out the issues over the Bafana Bafana trade mark, or find another...
 
 
02 Feb 2010
 
 
 
No one entity can lay claim to owning the vuvuzela
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In this videoclip, intellectual property specialist law firm Spoor & Fisher partner Carl van Rooyen speaks to Polity's Amy Witherden on the confusion over rights to the vuvuzela.
 
 
29 Jan 2010
 
No one entity can lay claim to owning the vuvuzela
SPOOR & FISHER
There have been a number of press reports recently on the issue of who owns the rights to the vuvuzela. In reviewing the fuss and bother around this quasi-musical instrument, it is not clear...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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