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South Africa Ushers in New Plant Breeders’ Rights Regime
19 June 2025 The long-anticipated Plant Breeders’ Rights Act 12 of 2018 (“the new Act”) has officially come into effect as of 1 June 2025,...
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Do exclusive grant-back provisions in patent licenses contravene the Competition Act?
Do exclusive grant-back provisions in patent li...
5 June 2025 Patent licenses are agreements in which the patent holder (licensor) grants specific ...
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IP Infringement in XR – a practical case study on VRChat
IP Infringement in XR – a practical case study ...
4 April 2025 In the third part of this series, we are jumping straight into a practical case stud...
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The often surprising interplay between advertising regulating bodies, trade marks and trade secrets – a South African perspective.
The often surprising interplay between advertis...
19 March 2025 The Advertising Regulatory Board South Africa’s Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) ...
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Kenya’s Cabinet greenlights the path towards a Harmonized IP Agency
Kenya's Cabinet greenlights the path towards a ...
13 March 2025 On Tuesday, January 21, 2025, President William Ruto led a Cabinet meeting at the K...
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USING XR TO COMMERCIALISE YOUR IP AND REACH NEW CONSUMERS
USING XR TO COMMERCIALISE YOUR IP AND REACH NEW...
7 March 2025 In the second part of this series, we are briefly going to look at how Extended Real...
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Court of the Commissioner of Patents confirms that an applicant for a patent must have acquired the right to apply from inventors at the time of making the application
Court of the Commissioner of Patents confirms t...
5 March 2025 Regents of the University of California and Others v Eurolab (Pty) Ltd and Others (2...
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Von Seidels opens East Africa office in Kenya
Von Seidels opens East Africa office in Kenya
25 February 2025 Von Seidels has opened its fifth regional office on the African continent, Von S...
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To Dupe or Not to Dupe, that is the question – The rise of dupe culture versus counterfeits and the impact thereof on trade mark enforcement strategies
To Dupe or Not to Dupe, that is the question – ...
The advertising landscape has undergone significant transformation with traditional advertising g...
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IP Law in extended reality: Exploring IP Law through virtual lenses
IP Law in extended reality: Exploring IP Law th...
My firm recently bought a new virtual reality headset. Why, you ask? The answer is simple:  for m...
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A Game of Monopolies – Inconsistencies in the Understanding of Patenting
A Game of Monopolies – Inconsistencies in the U...
Patents and Pharmaceuticals – the combination of these words often invokes visions of companies e...
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Two Bright Luminaries of African Brand IP Law
Two Bright Luminaries of African Brand IP Law
4 November 2024 Christine Strutt and Claire Smedley featured in the CIO Views Women’s Month issue...
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Revisiting the protection of well-known trade marks in Tanzania
Revisiting the protection of well-known trade m...
4 October 2024 In recent years, we have seen the courts take differing approaches to the protecti...
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