Von Seidels is an intellectual property law firm specialising in protecting and enforcing IP rights throughout Africa. We have offices in South Africa, ARIPO (Namibia), OAPI (Cameroon), Nigeria and Kenya.
Court of the Commissioner of Patents confirms that extensions for late publication must first be sought from the Registrar
21 July 2026 Geobrugg AG v Job SA Engineering and Management (Pty) Ltd and Others (2019/01833; 2019/04718) [2026] ZACCP – full judgment available here Judge Collis, sitting as the Commissioner of Patents in the Gauteng Division of the High Court, recently handed down judgment concerning two South African patent applications held by Geobrugg AG. The matter dealt with an application for condonation and extension of...
