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Kelly Thompson

Kelly Thompson chairs Adams & Adams' Trade Mark Litigation department. She is a qualified attorney and trade mark practitioner and has been a partner of the firm since March 2004. Kelly advises some of the world’s top multi-national organisations on the protection and enforcement of their brands and other intellectual property in Africa. She also specialises in advertising law and disputes.

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An SA twist in the ‘Cola Wars’ – Trade mark dispute

The Supreme Court of Appeal handed down a landmark decision on Friday involving a trade mark dispute between two of the world’s largest beverage manufacturers,...

Social media influencer relationships come under further scrutiny

In April this year, we wrote about the phenomenon of the social media influencer – usually a celebrity or person with a large social media...

Retouched Fashion Photos – What are the rules?

The Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA) reported recently that France has enacted new legislation requiring that all altered or retouched commercial photographs of models, whose body appearance...

Plain packaging – the silent (trade mark) killer for tobacco products?

A topic which has been much debated and legally contested the world over is the call for the use of plain packaging in respect of...

Getting into the (IP) Zone – Herbal Zone v Infitech

The recent case of Herbal Zone v Infitech Technologies [1] is a cautionary tale for product manufacturers or importers who are careless about their intellectual...

Brands & social media influencers – Are you at risk?

Although Andy Warhol proclaimed in 1968 that, in the future, everyone would be world-famous for fifteen minutes, it is unlikely that he could possibly have...

Gulftex v Gulf | Trade Mark Opposition In Kenya

In a recent decision of the Assistant Registrar of Trade Marks in Kenya, an opposition to trade mark application no. KE/T/2012/76147 GULFTEX (depicted below) in...

A Goose Egg For A Wild Turkey

An Australian court ruling on authorised use within a trade mark license agreement may affect South African brand owners. The Federal Court in Australia recently handed...