Staggering times call for staggered Trademark Registration costs It’s been an interesting and, some might say, peculiar past few months with the national lockdown, and all the panic (and subsequent loss of patience) surrounding Covid-1 9 and the South African lockdown (ir)regulations. It is as though
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What’s In A Name? Endorsement income associated with the names of sports stars and celebrities often far exceeds salaries paid by respective clubs and countries. For athletes like Rafael Nadal, endorsement income can exceed prize money and appearance fees by up to 4 times. However, for many
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DON’T LET COPYCATS GETAWAY! Unable to trademark your brand? Waiting impatiently for the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) to register your trademark application? Just because your brand is not registered or registrable, does not mean it’s not worthy of protection or capable of externalisation and all
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Lockdown & the Gun Licence Amnesty – What now? A cry to Bheki Cele: Minister of Police urged to extend period of firearm amnesty amidst lockdown. On the 1st of December 2019 the South African Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, declared an amnesty to run for
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Unlocking Tax, Funding & Legal Relief for Businesses Over and above the fiscal relief announced on Tuesday evening, the private sector including benefactors such as the Oppenheimers, Patrice Motsepe, Johan Rupert, have committed in excess of R6 billion towards the establishment of various Covid-19 relief funds
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Behind closed doors: The escalation of domestic violence during Lockdown In a recent article by Human Rights Watch (HRW) about government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, it took the view that government should be responding to the health challenge in a way that fully respects the
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Lockdown Continued: Tonight’s announcement is not a case of black-and-white! While everyone waits with bated breath in anticipation of whether or not tonight the president will announce the end of the ‘lockdown’ on the 30th of April, we provide the lowdown on lockdown followed by what we can
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Unlockdown: New Commercial Activities Permitted or Not? In the last few days government have scrambled to widen the ambit of permitted activities, well in principle at least. Practically speaking it is not the case for the majority of entities registered with the Companies Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC).
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LOCKDOWN: EXTENDING THE AMBIT OF PERMITTED ACTIVITIES! Basic human rights enshrined in the constitution are inadvertently restricted in a ‘national disaster’ declared earlier this month. A national disaster, however, differs from a ‘state of emergency’ in so far as under the former and prevailing scenario, constitutional rights
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