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Copyright in South Africa runs the risk of becoming an endangered species and ultimately suffering the fate of the dinosaur.

Innovation often relies on collaborations between operational companies and outsourced development specialists.

The South African Government has just put out an urgent call for proposals ("CFP") for the design, development, production, and procurement of ventilators, as part of the local effort to combat the Covid-19 pandemic.

A recent report published by the White House Council of Economic Advisers ("CEA") on drug pricing in the United States of America has put the cost of medicine and the access thereto by the poor.

In a recent Savile Row Workplace survey, in partnership with Adams & Adams, and published in October 2020, 88% of the respondents said they prefer to either work from home or a combination...

A discussion on trade mark related issues arising out of a television series.

A recent posting on a popular intellectual property blog raised an issue that’s becoming increasingly important in the couch-potato / global- village world we now live in: what, if any, legal protection does a TV format enjoy?

There's been considerable interest in the news that the Mickey Mouse copyright is due to expire in the USA. According to Global Toy News "the copyright that has prevented others from using Mickey Mouse...

The African Continental Free Trade Area came into effect on January 1, 2021 and is the largest trade area in the world by number of participating countries since the formation of the World Trade Organization.

In a recent matter heard before the Gauteng North High Court BMW AG took on a spare parts manufacturer, Grandmark International, for alleged infringement of their registered designs.

We had a rare decision of the Copyright Tribunal recently. The Copyright Tribunal is basically a process that’s been created by the Copyright Act to deal with some of the licensing-type disputes that might arise in the context of copyright.

These are some of the lyrics from reggae star Eddy Grant's 1983 hit single Electric Avenue. This song is the subject of in an interesting copyright dispute in the USA.

Fintech in South Africa has undergone significant growth over the last three years or so.

A trademark is a brand name, a slogan or a logo. It identifies the services or goods of one person and distinguishes it from the goods and services of another.

Copyright refers to the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works and protects the creators against third parties wishing to take ownership...

Hot on the heels of the Jerusalema Dance Challenge that took the world by storm last year, a new challenge is developing for some organizations that uploaded videos...

NFT is an acronym for "non-fungible token". Simply put, an NFT is a digitally stored asset in which the subject can vary from art to music and all forms of media in-between.

Mines often believe that stackers, reclaimers, and shiploaders can only be serviced by the original equipment manufacturer (“OEM”) because of associated intellectual property (“IP”) rights. The matter is further complicated when the OEM's IP changes hands. Mines may then have competing claims