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RCL vs Berkley: Bumpy legal battle over smooth mageu packaging

IP Law

RCL vs Berkley: Bumpy legal battle over smooth mageu packaging

Nishaat Slamdien 3 Mar 2025

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Consumer Law

Dupe or deal? Navigating counterfeit goods and scams this Black Friday

Nishaat Slamdien 26 Nov 2024

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IP Law

Know where to place your [trade] mark

Amani Patel 12 Jul 2024

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IP Law

Don't cry over spilled beer IP: How Anton Piller can help keep trade secrets

Megan Dinnie 1 Jul 2024

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IP Law

Moral rights reserved? Impact of Creative Commons Licenses: part 2

Dale van Reenen and Jeremy Speres 2 May 2024

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IP Law

#WorldIPDay: Celebrating the women connecting IP and science

Amy Anderson and Dirk Hanekom 26 Apr 2024

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IP Law

Moral rights reserved? Impact of Creative Commons Licenses: part 1

Dale van Reenen and Jeremy Speres 25 Apr 2024

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IP Law

Swift justice: The copyright tale that produced 'Taylor’s Version'

Heili Potgieter and Dina Biagio 12 Mar 2024

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IP Law

Artistry and innovation: The unlikely source of patents

Patrick O'Brien and Dina Biagio 1 Feb 2024

Dina Biagio, Partner & Patent Attorney, Spoor & Fisher

Trends

#BizTrends2024: Shaping the future of IP law in 2024 and beyond

Dina Biagio 16 Jan 2024

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IP Law

Trade marks: Global classifications of virtual goods and services - part 2

Kaajal Nagindas 29 Dec 2023

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IP Law

Trade marks: Global classifications of virtual goods and services - part 1

Kaajal Nagindas 12 Dec 2023

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IP Law

SA's battle against fake goods

Mohamed Khader 7 Nov 2023

Thembokuhle Danca, Associate, Spoor & Fisher

IP Law

Trade mark dispute: SCA ruling gets to the crax of the matter

Thembokuhle Danca 31 Aug 2023

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IP Law

Bye-bye Twitter birdie - gone but still under trade mark

Merlene Engelbrecht 10 Aug 2023

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IP Law

Using divisional patent applications to protect multiple or complex inventions

Tertia Beharie 10 Jul 2023

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IP Law

EU modernises design laws for digital era: What SA can learn

Marco Vatta 2 May 2023

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IP Law

What is happening in Africa's IP landscape

Marco Vatta and Megan Dinnie 14 Apr 2023

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IP Law

Upkeep of patents: Renewals, amendments and enforcement

Patrick O'Brien and Jonathan Whittaker 29 Mar 2023

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IP Law

Under the influencer: Trade mark and copyright infringement

Amani Patel 23 Mar 2023

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IP Law

Are you ready for the Unified European Patent Court?

Danie Pienaar 2 Mar 2023

The message in a bottle shape - container trade mark disputes

IP Law

The message in a bottle shape - container trade mark disputes

Pieter Delport and Juli Hopf 13 Feb 2023

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IP Law

Copyright Amendment Bill: Battles on multiple fronts

Thato Moloto 6 Dec 2022

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IP Law

Decoding copyright and infringement of cloud-based software

Dina Biagio and Patrick o' Brien 27 Sep 2022

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Law Practice

#YouthMonth: Young legal minds aim to be the change

Shan Radcliffe 28 Jun 2022

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Law of Succession

Death and trade marks: How IP can be divided and transferred to heirs

Dina Biagio and Jan-Gerhard Oosthuysen 22 Jun 2022

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IP Law

The importance and advantages of patents in the metaverse

Lance Abramson 9 May 2022

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IP Law

What is not patentable in South Africa? Part 2

Yogani Reddy 3 May 2022

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IP Law

What is not patentable in South Africa? Part 1

Yogani Reddy 14 Apr 2022

#BizTrends2022: Intellectual property - is AI sufficiently central to Africa's agenda?

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Intellectual property - is AI sufficiently central to Africa's agenda?

Marco Vatta 5 Jan 2022

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IP Law

Progressive or an oversight? Polarised reaction to SA's patent grant to AI

20 Oct 2021

What entrepreneurs must know about franchising in SA

Legal Regulations

What entrepreneurs must know about franchising in SA

Hugh Melamdowitz 5 Oct 2021

Why a clear IP strategy is critical to securing VC funding

Legal Regulations

Why a clear IP strategy is critical to securing VC funding

Dina Biagio 23 Aug 2021

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Medical Law

Could vaccine registration negate the good intentions of the Trips waiver?

Chyreene Truluck 10 Jun 2021

Tips to avoiding the blurred lines of musical copyright

IP Law

Tips to avoiding the blurred lines of musical copyright

Hugh Melamdowitz 10 May 2021

Data as currency: how to use and monetise data

IP Law

Data as currency: how to use and monetise data

Dina Biagio 26 Apr 2021

Regulatory

Ignorance is bliss - but not for patent infringement

Yogani Reddy 10 Mar 2021

How to avoid buying, reselling and losing credibility to counterfeit goods

Regulatory

How to avoid buying, reselling and losing credibility to counterfeit goods

Jarred West 23 Feb 2021

Know your IP: What it takes to make a film

IP Law

Know your IP: What it takes to make a film

Hugh Melamdowitz 26 Jan 2021

What you need to know about Brexit 2020 and your registered designs...

IP Law

What you need to know about Brexit 2020 and your registered designs...

Shamin Raghunandan and Mpho Dzhivhuwo 3 Dec 2020

Diversity of IP rights - unpacking wine as a case study

IP Law

Diversity of IP rights - unpacking wine as a case study

Marco Vatta 13 Nov 2020

The uber-zoom: The case against trade mark genericide

IP Law

The uber-zoom: The case against trade mark genericide

Jeanine Coetzer 2 Nov 2020

It's a 'no' to Nosecco trade mark application

Regulatory

It's a 'no' to Nosecco trade mark application

Merlene Engelbrecht 30 Sep 2020

How to protect your IP rights during the Covid-19 pandemic

IP Law

How to protect your IP rights during the Covid-19 pandemic

Kay Rickelman 25 Sep 2020

Covid-19 counterfeiters: Faking it till they make it

Consumer Law

Covid-19 counterfeiters: Faking it till they make it

Masi Mtshali 25 Aug 2020

"It's my computer program!" Who owns the copyright?

Software

"It's my computer program!" Who owns the copyright?

Reinard Kruger 10 Jul 2020

Looking to science for food security solutions

Food Security

Looking to science for food security solutions

Chyreene Truluck 27 May 2020

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Branding

Will a beer with another name taste as good?

Reinard Krüger & Bianca Balt 18 May 2020

Navigating the grey market is not a black-and-white issue

Regulatory

Navigating the grey market is not a black-and-white issue

Kay Rickelman 3 Apr 2020

In the age of AI, who owns what?

4th Industrial Revolution

In the age of AI, who owns what?

Herman van Schalkwyk 23 Mar 2020