With an entrenched history in Africa, KISCH IP has, for the last 147 years, assisted clients from small to large businesses in all sectors, in safeguarding their intellectual property rights. While acknowledging our established past, we continue to offer relevant and innovative IP services across Africa, an ever-changing and developing landscape that requires specialist knowledge to succeed.

With its own nuances and differences from area to area, doing business in Africa requires on the ground experience and the ability to adapt to the way in which it is done. Our success comes from this and our highly skilled professionals who operate with integrity while partnering clients on their journey to success.

As the intellectual property partner of choice across Africa, serving as a gateway to the region for multi-nationals, regional entities and local companies seeking to enter African markets, we are able to fulfil our clients’ needs while continually growing our personalised IP offering.

With professionals and staff that offer a skillset of unrivalled expertise, and our commitment to our clients, we pride ourselves in remaining leaders in our competitive African market.

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Patents; Trade Marks; Licensing, Designs; Copyright; Anti-counterfeiting; Commercial & Corporate Services; Plant Breeder's Rights, IP Audits, Valuations & Transfer Pricing; Franchising; Competition Law; Internet, e-Commerce & Domain Names; Advertising Standards Authority; Intellectual Property Litigation; Africa & Foreign Jurisdictions.

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Extension of deadline for recordal of intellectual property rights in Kenya

by Masi Mtshali

Brand owners initially had a deadline of 1 July 2022 in which to record their IP rights with Kenya's Anti-Counterfeit…

Firm: KISCH IP

Factors to consider when formulating a royalty rate

by Kevin Dam

At some stage during the negotiation of any agreement in which one party licenses the use of intellectual property to…

Firm: KISCH IP

Advertising watchdog gets its teeth back

by Andrew Papadopoulos

A recent judgment handed down by the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) regarding the powers of the Advertising Regulatory Board…

Firm: KISCH IP

Russian trade mark wars – PEPPA PIG and others

by Liani Taljaard

An unprecedented judgement opens the door to widespread infringement of the intellectual property rights held by foreigners in Russia. As…

Firm: KISCH IP

The Metaverse, Non-Fungible Tokens and how to protect your brand within this digital phenomenon

by Sonica Wilken

At this point most people know what a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) is and at some stage, you will likely have…

Firm: KISCH IP

Taking a look at blockchain and how it could be used against counterfeiters

Blockchain refers to a system that records information in a way that makes it virtually impossible to alter. This technology…

Firm: KISCH IP

Maintaining compliance with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)

by Anola Naidoo

If you have been following the article series, and have determined that you are the responsible party in terms of…

Firm: KISCH IP

Understanding the difference and overlap between plagiarism and copyright infringement

by Sonica Wilken

Tourism Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu has faced criticism after the publication on 7 January 2022 of her opinion piece entitled “Hi…

Firm: KISCH IP

SSE cometh amidst a blizzard of acronyms

by Thomas Schmidt

Recent developments seem to indicate that the long-mooted introduction of Substantive Search and Examination (SSE) into the South African legal…

Firm: KISCH IP

The interplay between company name reservations, trade mark registrations and defensive company name registrations

by Sonica Wilken

More often than not, business owners do not attend to a trade mark availability search before they register their company…

Firm: KISCH IP

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