Online shopper be aware! – What rules and regulations apply?

Online shopping, whether it be for goods or services, has segmented its own small part of our reality in recent years. Be it browsing a catalogue or reacting to a social media post of a person complaining that they didn’t get what they paid for; most people are at least…

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by Raeesa Ebrahim Atkinson

Service agreement essentials

For most businesses, revenue is generated from the products or services that they market and sell. In this article we focus on ‘services’ and the...

by Jessica Paterson

Big news for big buyers and suppliers – Buyer power & price discrimination

The recently enacted buyer power and price discrimination provisions of the Competition Act, together with the regulations governing these provisions, will have a significant effect...

by Cara du Plessis

Big news for big buyers and suppliers – Buyer power & price discrimination

Are you planning to move overseas in 2020? Here’s what you need to know about shipping via sea-freight

There are two ways to transport your household or personal goods to another country, i.e. by way of air freight or sea freight; the latter...

by Sharmila Naidoo

Are you planning to move overseas in 2020? Here’s what you need to know about shipping via sea-freight

A brief look at consumer rights in terms of the Consumer Protection Act

In recent times November has become the favorite month for South African consumers with the adoption of sale specials like Black Friday and Cyber Mondays. Retailers provide massive discounts on their inventories allow for the intake of the latest ranges in the new…

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by Jared Poole

Are you ready for Black Friday?

With the #BlackFriday craze coming up, so does the issue of “grey goods”. This article aims to discuss the legality behind parallel importation and the...

by Koketso Molope

Splitting hairs…VAT Case 1558

Suppliers often make single supplies of goods or services to their customers which comprise of various component parts such as, for example, various goods purchased...

by Varusha Moodaley and Gerhard Badenhorst

Yuppies – Do they confuse you?

Late last year, the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) handed down an important trade mark judgment in Yuppiechef Holdings (Pty) Ltd v Yuppie...

by Gaelyn Scott

IP commentary – Mauritius Draft Industrial Property Bill

The Mauritius Draft Industrial Property Bill is open for comment. We are in the process of studying the draft, but in the meantime we are...

by Kagisho Manyashi and Wensel Britz

IP commentary – Mauritius Draft Industrial Property Bill

The carriage of dangerous goods: How to avoid disaster

For those frequent international travellers among us, it is now old hat to ensure that those liquid travel essentials are safely packed in ziplock bags...

by Anisa Govender

The carriage of dangerous goods: How to avoid disaster

‘Tis the season of counterfeiting – Brand holder remedies

Dealing in counterfeit goods is unlawful as set out in the Counterfeit Goods Act no. 37 of 1997. Brandholders who wish to protect their brands against...

by Godfrey Budeli and Tayyiba Nalla

Rubik’s cube – Is trade mark law out of shape?

The latest high-profile decision on shape trade marks, the Rubik’s cube case, once again highlights the difficulties involved in seeking to protect product shapes through...

by Chavern Ismail

Rubik’s cube – Is trade mark law out of shape?

Is VAT payable on delivery fees?

It is common practice for suppliers to deliver the goods that they supply at the premises of their customers on the customer’s request. The suppliers...

by Gerhard Badenhorst

The advertising of slimming products

Products that are placed onto the market in South Africa and advertised as so-called slimming products are, once again, attracting the attention of the law. INTRODUCTION This...

by Neil Kirby

The VAT Implications Of Interest-free Credit

It is the long-standing practice of traders and service providers to grant customers extended payment terms for the goods or services they supply as a...

by Gerhard Badenhorst

ASA Roarrrss in favour of trade marks

Trade mark owners continue to successfully use the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) as a forum for resolving what are essentially trade mark disputes. The latest case,...

by Gaelyn Scott

Competition Commission of Namibia found to have jurisdiction over medical aid funds

On 17 March 2016, the High Court of Namibia dismissed an application by nine medical aid funds and the Namibian Association of Medical Aid Funds...

by Bowmans

Competition Commission of Namibia found to have jurisdiction over medical aid funds

Parent company guarantee held to be maritime claim

In Kuehne & Nagel (Pty) Ltd v Moncada Energy Group, the Gauteng Division of the High Court (Johannesburg) recently highlighted the far-reaching scope of South African...

by Jeremy Prain

Parent company guarantee held to be maritime claim

Criminalisation of cartels: A potential cure with side effects

Competition authorities particularly in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia have enacted and entrenched criminal penalties for cartel behaviour. South Africa seems to...

by Ahmore Burger-Smidt

Criminalisation of cartels: A potential cure with side effects

Kit Kat shape: Is it game over?

The Kit Kat shape saga goes on and on. A few months back ENSafrica reported on how the Advocate General (“AG”) of the EU had written...

by Gaelyn Scott

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Online shopper be aware! – What rules and regulations apply?

Service agreement essentials

Big news for big buyers and suppliers – Buyer power & price discrimination

Are you planning to move overseas in 2020? Here’s what you need to know about shipping via sea-freight

A brief look at consumer rights in terms of the Consumer Protection Act

Are you ready for Black Friday?

Splitting hairs…VAT Case 1558

Yuppies – Do they confuse you?

IP commentary – Mauritius Draft Industrial Property Bill

The carriage of dangerous goods: How to avoid disaster

‘Tis the season of counterfeiting – Brand holder remedies

Rubik’s cube – Is trade mark law out of shape?

Is VAT payable on delivery fees?

The advertising of slimming products

The VAT Implications Of Interest-free Credit

ASA Roarrrss in favour of trade marks

Competition Commission of Namibia found to have jurisdiction over medical aid funds

Parent company guarantee held to be maritime claim

Criminalisation of cartels: A potential cure with side effects

Kit Kat shape: Is it game over?