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The relationship between parody and IP rights comes up quite often.

Clients often enquire about the necessity of an intellectual property (IP) valuation as opposed to a standard accounting valuation.

The South African Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") recently handed down an important judgment that covers a lot of IP law.

The Copyright Amendment Bill (CAB) in South Africa has been one of the most debated legislative proposals in recent years, aiming to modernise the country's copyright framework.

The Devil Wears Prada is more than a cultural phenomenon—it's a complex intellectual property ecosystem involving multiple rights holders, from the original author to the luxury brand itself. This analysis examines how copyright, trademark, and personality rights intersect to create a legally sustainable framework that enables both creative freedom and commercial exploitation in the entertainment industry.

Version 2020 of the 11th Edition of the NICE Classification of Goods and Services will apply to all trade mark specifications, effective 1 January 2020.

The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence ("AI") is transforming industries across the globe, and South Africa is no exception. From creative content generation to business process...

Mobile applications represent significant business investments comprising multiple forms of intellectual property, yet the underlying IP rights are frequently overlooked. Understanding how copyright, trade marks, design rights and patents interact in the mobile app context is essential to avoid ownership disputes, commercialisation restrictions and avoidable legal risk.

When a song generates millions of streams across digital platforms, a simple question follows: who actually earns the royalties, and how much do they receive?

As celebrities like Taylor Swift, Luke Littler, and Matthew McConaughey increasingly turn to trade mark law to protect their voices, faces, and personal likenesses from AI-generated deepfakes, a critical question emerges: can trade mark registration truly safeguard personal identity in the age of generative AI? This article examines the legal strategies, commercial rationale, and inherent limitations of using trade mark law as a shield against unauthorized exploitation of celebrity personas.

The executor of the estate of the late Solomon Linda has brought a claim of copyright infringement based on the reversionary interest in the musical work entitled <I>"Mbube"</I> from which the well known hit song <I>"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"</I>, has allegedly being derived.

Copyright is not just for artists. While it can apply to products of craftsmanship or the performing arts, it can also apply to works created in an engineering context.

Celebrity-driven merchandise has become increasingly commonplace, particularly in an era where online design tools, print-on-demand services and readily available images make it easy to create products featuring recognisable public figures.

A balanced framework – one that protects creators while ensuring access to knowledge – can contribute meaningfully to cultural diversity, innovation and long-term growth across the continent.

The way we create art reflects how we engage with the world around us. For many artists, creation is rooted in personal identity, cultural heritage, and lived experience.

LinkedIn has been trying to stop a data analytics company from scraping its publicly visible content over the past years due to concerns about users' privacy and unlawful competition.