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A recent BBC article entitled "Havaianas: How a Brazilian flip-flop took over the world" doesn't mention IP once, yet it contains some useful IP lessons.

A recent judgment in a trade mark opposition in Seychelles is worth a look, not only because it involves a major international brand ...

Intellectual property (IP) assets, although intangible and invisible, are financially quantifiable. This means that they can be traded and commercialised.

Explore eight compelling intellectual property cases and developments, from a single patent generating $229 million in royalties to major brand disputes between 7-Eleven and Nike, pharmaceutical advertising battles...

The importance of an Intellectual Property (IP) Valuation for any business cannot be underestimated and should play an integral role when considering best business practice.

A parallel import (also referred to as "grey goods") is a genuine product which is imported from another country without the consent of the Intellectual Property right owner.

Companies generally delegate their marketing requirements to their in-house marketing department or out-source it to an agency.

Microsoft is trying to cancel Apple's European trade mark registrations for APP STORE

The worlds of celebrity and IP intersect with surprising frequency.

You might be forgiven for thinking that the law regarding trade mark protection for product shapes is a bit of a mess.

White Label Manufacturing presents a powerful partnership where manufacturers and brand owners play to their strengths.

This is an effective manner of providing protection for international brands which are yet to enter the Namibian market.

Most South Africans know better than to get in between a fellow South African and his beloved braai.

This would be tantamount to, for example, a supplier of grapes not being able to use a device of a bunch of grapes alongside its name and trade mark on its packaging/cartons.

Late last year it was reported that a Russian entrepreneur had managed to get a trade mark registration for the name Yulia’s Icicles, which will be used in relation to lollipops inspired by the braids of Yulia Tymoshenko.

Part one of this series by Myriam Christmann was titled The Thorny Issue of Cultural Appropriation and served as an introduction to the topic in general and introduced the idea ...

Almost overnight, most office-based workers had to adapt to remote working conditions when social distancing regulations were put in place in March this year to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.