An IP Judgment In Botswana

Almost as precious as a diamond

While we generally enjoy discussing intellectual property ("IP") cases and issues in South Africa, we also like to consider IP cases in other countries, be they in Africa or beyond. In this article, we will be discussing an IP matter that played itself out in Botswana. For the benefit of readers who are not very familiar with Africa, here is some information that may be useful. Botswana is:

• a rather large country with a relatively small population
• a country that shares a border with, inter alia, South Africa
• a country that is famous for diamonds and
• a country that, as far as we are aware, does not often see a great deal of IP action.