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Improving a process: An improvement can be more valuable than the original invention
27 August 2026 When discussing great inventions, attention is usually given to the original breakthrough. Yet many of the world’s most commercially successful technologies were...
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Kenya’s Proposed Intellectual Property Bill, 2026: What Businesses and Rights Holders Need to Know
Kenya's Proposed Intellectual Property Bill, 20...
26 August 2026 It has been a particularly busy year for intellectual property law reform in Kenya...
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How and why to brief a patent attorney in the age of large language models
How and why to brief a patent attorney in the a...
18 August 2026 TLDR: don’t use LLMs. Your own thoughts in your own words is where the value is. L...
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Protected Events, Prohibited Marks and the Public Interest: The 2026 Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Tour and South Africa’s Ambush Marketing Regime
Protected Events, Prohibited Marks and the Publ...
6 August 2026 Few events capture the level of public attention, commercial investment and nationa...
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Tanzania (Mainland) opens the door to Customs Recordation based on foreign trade mark registrations
Tanzania (Mainland) opens the door to Customs R...
5 August 2026 In a welcome development, brand owners with trade mark registrations outside Tanzan...
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Court of the Commissioner of Patents confirms that extensions for late publication must first be sought from the Registrar
Court of the Commissioner of Patents confirms t...
21 July 2026 Geobrugg AG v Job SA Engineering and Management (Pty) Ltd and Others (2019/01833; 20...
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Beyond the Gigafactory: The Intellectual Property Opportunities in South Africa’s Emerging Battery Industry
Beyond the Gigafactory: The Intellectual Proper...
17 July 2026 South Africa’s ambition to establish a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) gigafactor...
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Egypt introduces trade mark official fee increases and new service charges
Egypt introduces trade mark official fee increa...
15 May 2026 Pursuant to Decision Nos. 64 and 65 of 2026 issued by the Egyptian Intellectual Prope...
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Cape Verde introduces new Industrial Property Code: Key changes for trade mark owners
Cape Verde introduces new Industrial Property C...
14 May 2026 In a welcome development, Cape Verde has enacted a new Industrial Property Code (“the...
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Von Seidels named 2026 Patent Firm of the Year at Managing IP EMEA Awards
Von Seidels named 2026 Patent Firm of the Year ...
We are delighted to announce that Von Seidels has been named Patent Firm of the Year – Sout...
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South Africa’s infrastructure renewal and the IP opportunity
South Africa’s infrastructure renewal and the I...
30 March 2026 South Africa’s transport and logistics backbone is entering a period of renewal, an...
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Zambia update: New Trade Marks Act in action
Zambia update: New Trade Marks Act in action
3 March 2026 Following our recent update on Zambia’s Trade Marks Act No. 11 of 2023 (“the Act”) c...
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An important leap forward for Sierra Leone’s trade mark system
An important leap forward for Sierra Leone’s tr...
20 February 2026 Although Sierra Leone’s Trade Marks Act of 2014 has been applied in practice for...
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