Join us for an insightful panel discussion on the Madrid System and tackling anti-counterfeiting in Africa, hosted by Spoor & Fisher, a leading intellectual property law firm.

In January 2018, we reported that a substantial backlog of trade marks to be processed had accumulated at the Angolan Registry since the implementation of the current law in 1992.

A discussion on the new trade mark law in Ethiopia.

A new scale of official fees has been introduced by the Moroccan Industrial Property Office (OMPIC) with effect from 1 October 2012.

Nigeria uses the International Classification of Goods and Services for its trade mark registration system.

In a recent judgment handed down by the by the Court of Justice of the European Union the court stated that a trade mark will not necessarily be infringed if it is used as a keyword by a competitor.

Following the 6th annual Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, held in France in February 2011, it has become increasingly obvious that counterfeiting has become a worldwide pandemic.

South Africa is faced with the thorny problem that it harbours a First World/Third World dichotomy within its borders.

The struggle of right against might forms the central pillar of the "Lion King" story but while this may be familiar to millions of children around the globe, the real-world struggle for justice that arose from the animated blockbuster is less well-known outside of the intellectual property law community.

On 18 September 2018, the Seychelles Registrar General handed down an important trade mark decision.

On 20 June 2011, the Competition Tribunal approved Wal-Mart’s purchase of Massmart on condition that no jobs are cut for two years, both companies ensure that existing labour agreements are honoured for three years after the takeover, and that $14.6 million is invested in a fund to assist in developing local suppliers.

Complementary and alternative medicines are not currently regulated by the Medicines and Related Substances Act No.101 of 1965 (the Act).

Trade mark owners with registrations in Burundi and/or Rwanda are reminded that certain trade marks need to be renewed this year in order to remain valid.

On 1 August 2011, the Kenya Standard newspaper reported that the Kenya Shippers Council (KSC) have a cunning plan to reduce to three days, the time taken to clear imported goods through the Port of Mombasa.

The long awaited and hotly debated .xxx top-level domain (TLD) was approved recently and will soon become available to members of the adult entertainment industry.

The Facebook phenomenon took the world by storm and today there are approximately 670 million users of the popular social networking site in the world.

The Zambian Seed Control and Certification Institute (SCCI) is a department under the Zambian Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives and one of its functions is the implementation, registration and enforcement of Plant Breeders' Rights in Zambia.

A new purple tea variety has been developed by experts at the Tea Research Foundation of Kenya (TRFK).

The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Thursday 29 March 2012 ruled on a dispute between Adcock Ingram and Cipla Medpro on the registered trade marks ZETOMAX and ZEMAX.

The Minister of Health intends to amend the regulations* relating to soft drinks, specifically those categorised as "formulated caffeinated beverage or cola beverage"; in other words "energy drinks".