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

A Brazilian company called Gradiente has managed to get a Brazilian trade mark registration for the mark iPhone for cell phones.

Trade mark law is essentially about preventing consumer confusion.

A discussion which focuses on the issue of what is required for something to be counterfeit.

The Economist, in an editorial called ‘Print Me a Stradivarius’, recently questioned how 3- dimensional printing will affect IP. My reaction was a simple: Say What!

The Competition Tribunal recently gave its approval to the SA leg of Nestle’s acquisition of Pfizer’s infant nutrition business.

A discussion focussing on the BBC's failure to stop Collins from spilling the beans about being the Stig of Top Gear in his biography.

Jimmy Manyi, announced that the Government has decided to drop the new slogan that it planned to use as the centrepiece of Brand South Africa’s new R140 million advertising campaign.

It’s a problem with a specialist field like IP – every now and then a judge who doesn’t know his ®'s from his elbow gives a judgement that stuffs things up completely.

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

A discussion on an interesting decision in the UK, recently involving something that's all the rage now – black and white photos of some iconic city scene, with one feature being bright red.

An interesting SA trade mark judgment was handed down on 18 January 2013.

Trademarks by their very nature serve as a badge of origin, not as deeds of title to common words and phrases.

A discussion on a rare trade mark decision from the Eastern Cape High Court recently.

The Design Indaba Expo that Capetonians flocked to over the period 2- 4 March 2012 showed that product design is alive and well in South Africa.

Lindt recently failed in its attempt to stop a competitor, Riegelen, from selling Easter confectionery that looks remarkably similar to Lindt’s famous chocolate bunny.

A discussion on Chicken Licken’s decision to sue a fast food competitor called Big Jo’s.

The Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA") recently handed down a decision where a consumer laid a complaint against a restaurant located in the East Rand.

An issue that comes up quite often in trade mark law is this: can the owner of a trade mark registration stop someone else from using their own name to identify their product or business?

Cell C's trade mark applications for its new logo have been refused, although these aren't final refusals and further steps are possible.