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Evaluating the target market to determine third-party infringement

Recognising and evaluating the target market that a product or service is aimed at can be a material factor at play in determining whether a trade mark constitutes a third-party infringement or not. The High Court of Zimbabwe recently handed down a comprehensive …

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by Karen Kitchen

Courts push back against the might of Big Tobacco

For some years I have been following the progress of tobacco control court challenges across Africa. Two things have struck me. First, each new law...

by Carmel Rickard

A new Tobacco Bill and a workplace smoking ban: employers should review their smoking policies

In line with global trends the South African legislature has drafted the Control of Tobacco Products and Electronic Delivery Systems Bill 2018 (“the Bill”), which is likely to be passed into law in the near future. The Bill prohibits smoking in any prescribed outdoor…

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