n October 2019, Adams & Adams partners, Nicky Garnett, Stephen Hollis and Elio Teixeira travelled to Luanda for a meeting with Anna Paula Bolivar, the Director General of the ...

The Ethiopian Press Agency recently announced that there will be a sharp increase in publication fees in response to declining economic conditions in the country.

On Monday, 20 May 2024, the Constitutional Court held that former President Jacob Zuma was convicted of an offence and sentenced to more than 12 months' imprisonment for purposes of section 47(1)(e) of the Constitution.

In the past twelve months, South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal has handed down four judgments concerning trade marks.

In November 2019, Adams & Adams partner, Stephen Hollis, and Africa Practice Manager, Menzi Maboyi,) travelled to Accra to visit our Associate Office, as well as the Ghana Registry.

A new Trade Marks Act has been passed in Zambia! This signals a significant modernization effort, introducing provisions for "non-traditional" marks, multiclass applications...

Kenya's Anti-Counterfeit Authority has made it compulsory to record IP rights on all imported goods (not services) in Kenya by no later than 1 July 2022.

We have recently been made aware of individuals attempting to impersonate partners of Adams & Adams via email, particularly from the domain adamsafrica.org in an effort to mislead or defraud clients and the public.

When searching for Adams & Adams, another IP firm appeared in the sponsored Google results. That, in itself, is not unusual. As the largest IP firm in our market, competitors will sometimes bid on our name as a keyword.

A South African patent court ruled in favour of Astellas Pharma against generic drugmaker Cipla, preventing the sale of their generic overactive bladder treatment. The dispute centered on a formulation patent for mirabegron and highlighted the critical role of expert witnesses in helping courts understand complex pharmaceutical inventions and food-effect interactions.

After extensive investigations into a company importing and selling counterfeit branded roller bearings, the Adams & Adams Anti-Counterfeiting Team assisted the HAWKS (SAPS) with simultaneous search and seizure operations in 3 Provinces.

The Road Accident Fund (RAF) refers to a fund that covers victims that have been involved in road accidents. The RAF provides cover for those who have been injured or the dependants of those who have been killed ...

Jan-Harm Swanepoel recently represented the interests of a client and the firm in securing an order from the High Court for the imprisonment of a Respondent based on a Contempt of Court Order.

Johannesburg – Dec 11, 2023 – Qualcomm Incorporated announced today, the launch of L2Pro Africa IP e-learning Platform, a free online training program designed to empower startups, SMEs, and researchers...

Johannesburg, South Africa Leading law firm Adams & Adams, announces the launch of the SMARTAI IP Portal, a groundbreaking digital platform and advisory service designed to help businesses understand, assess, and address the risks posed by the AI revolution.

We are pleased to bring you the first section of the 2020 issue of the Adams & Adams Africa Update.

Africa's largest Intellectual Property (IP) firm has won again – this time being crowned South African IP Law Firm of 2020 (MIP) and certified as a Top Tier IP Law Firm 2020...

Franchising is a business model which has proved to be successful and is enjoying increasing popularity throughout the world.

The seventh annual All Africa Intellectual Property Rights Summit returns to Nairobi in November 2026, focusing on mainstreaming IP for Africa's trade, industrial, and creative economy transformation. Building on previous successes, this year's gathering aims to align IP policy frameworks, strengthen institutional collaboration, and position intellectual property protection as a strategic tool for economic development across the continent.

Sierra Leone's Trade Marks Regulations, 2024 officially took effect following their publication as Statutory Instrument No. 19 of 2024, marking a major upgrade to the country's trade mark system.