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The manager of a cellphone accessory shop in Gqeberha was fined R 87 000 (around 4900 USD) for selling counterfeit mobile phone products.

A discussion on the differences between trade mark and patent lawyers.

In January 2024, the Zambia Trade Mark Registry issued a notice regarding the update of the NICE classification system from the 11th edition to the 12th edition.

The Libyan Trade Mark Office ("TMO") has been operating at limited capacity and has not been accepting new filings for some time.

Vodacom, having finally realised that colour can be a brand identifier, is furiously trying to persuade us that red is its colour.

Over the last few years an uprising of the craft beer industry and microbreweries has squeezed business away from traditional brewers on a worldwide scale.

The adult entertainment industry has, and always will, account for a large amount of content on the Internet.

MIP podcast – The Trade Dress Code: Protection and Stopping Imitation

The IP survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property is described as the industry’s "biggest, oldest and most detailed analysis of the leading patent firms worldwide."

In the culmination of a widely followed case, on 1 October 2014 the Supreme Court of Appeal ordered the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to repay Mark Shuttleworth over R250 million plus interest.

The amendment states that Internet domain names registered in the .co.za, .net.za, .web.za and .org.za are open to alternative dispute resolution under the regulations.

The CIPC issued a notice regarding a data breach under section 22 of the Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 ("POPIA") notifying customers of unauthorised access to their systems on 29 February 2024.

On 1 July 2013, the Republic of Croatia will become a full member of the European Union, which is thus enlarged to 28 countries.

The Republic of Croatia has acceded to the European Union, becoming one of the 28 EU member states, alongside Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is hosting a workshop on 21 and 22 June 2022 in Harare, Zimbabwe on the integration and implementation of IP tools with ARIPO member states.

The Board of Directors of OAPI have granted a second and final term to Director-General Denis Bohoussou Loukou as the head of OAPI. His first term of office ended in a crisis with his suspension on...

7-Eleven has initiated legal action against Nike over a new Air Max 95 sneaker design, claiming the shoe's distinctive orange, green and red colour scheme infringes on the retailer's well-known trade mark branding.