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BIG MAC: A burger or a restaurant?

The BIG MAC is arguably the world’s most famous burger. This illustrious burger has even traversed the realm of fast-food and entered the financial services world in the form of the “Big Mac Index” created by economists to examine the relative valuation of currencies…

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by Roberto Barreiro

Removal of a trade mark

The appellant (LA Group) and first respondent (Stable) were competitors in retail clothing. The High Court’s order for the removal of 46 of the appellant’s trade mark registrations from the register of trade marks, in terms of sections 10(2)(a), (b) and (c), 10(13)…

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by Merilyn Kader

Registered trade marks and their use

Unlike any other facet of intellectual property, registered trade marks afford protection against infringing third parties in perpetuity (provided that the registered mark is renewed...

by Tevin Jones

You snooze you lose, and with trade marks, you don’t use you lose

A trade mark is filed based on actual use thereof or an intention to use the trade mark. Where there is no intention to use,...

by Refiloe Nene