Have you ever wondered if the honey you are buying is truly what it attests to be on its label, that is, "pure", "natural", "raw", or straight from the hive?

The Apple Store launched in July 2008 and made available to iOS users some 800 applications ("Apps") to download. As of March 2017, this number had increased to 2.2 million.

There are three terms commonly used to describe this kind of art – street art, graffiti and vandalism.

Under the current COVID-19 lockdown circumstances in South Africa, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) recently announced a closure of the Patents & Designs, Copyright and Trade Mark Divisions.

Those with an interest in intellectual property will be aware of the recent disagreement in the US courts between the representatives of Marilyn Monroe's estate and the alleged unauthorised use...

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Section 33(1) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (as amended) ("Companies Act"), states that every company must file an Annual Return. The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission's...

To be an inventor does not always mean that you come up with novel inventions but it often also encompasses a continuous search to add to, improve or modify existing inventions.

The elements of this article contain an introduction South Africa to foreign investors and to provide context in terms of the country's ease of doing business and the first steps of establishing a business in South Africa.

Filing patents in Africa is often perceived as a minefield of different regional and national laws, whilst it is in fact relatively simple.

In terms of the South African Patents Act (the "Act"), the Registrar is directed to examine every application for a patent and every complete specification accompanying the application.