The experience economy: Stranger Things have happened
An article that appeared in the Harvard Business Review recently, When fandom clashes with IP law (Madhavi Sunder), highlights some very interesting intellectual property (IP)...
Tag: trade mark registration
Kanye West Walks: The preliminary refusal of Kanye West’s application for the registration of SUNDAY SERVICE trade mark
A Sunday service like no other is the order of the day; a new popular pop-up church experience hosted by the controversial hip-hop music mogul Kanye West has taken the world and recently the US Patent and Trade Marks Office (USPTO) by storm. Wests ‘Sunday Service’ is…
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Mauritius: A trade mark judgment that will please multinationals
There were two interesting trade mark judgments in Mauritius recently. Although these judgments do not contain any ground-breaking law, they do highlight how keen the...
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, a trade mark application may be opposed by an interested party based on that ground. The importance of using your trade mark is not only relevant …
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Motion trade marks, multimedia files and keeping up
We have, on many occasions, discussed the fact that a trade mark does not need to be a word or a logo. A trade mark...
Let us not call a thing, a thing – Trade mark registrations
In the past months, I have started really paying attention to every billboard I come across. I find myself stopping on street corners, analysing each...
The interplay between company name, trade mark and defensive company name registrations
More often than not, business owners do not attend to a trade mark availability search before they register their company name at the Companies and...
Winter is here – GOT continues to enthrall
Fans of the award-winning series, Game of Thrones, were eager to watch the premiere of the long awaited 8th and final season that started on...
The double Big Mac attack
The Big Mac case has enjoyed considerable publicity – many publications have reported on it, including World IP Review. The decision shines a spotlight on...
Why registration of your brand with Mauritius is important to your Africa enforcement strategy
Mauritius attracts many entities wanting to set up shop on their tropical island. With this foreign investment, it is important to consider the implications on...
Business owners and corporates need to spring clean IP portfolios
In many companies it is common for business plans to evolve over time. However, what is often forgotten is their overriding intellectual property (IP) strategy...
Do you really need a trade mark attorney?
The procedures and processes for registering a trade mark seem pretty straightforward. You go to the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) in Pretoria, complete a TM1 form, and...
My trade mark is registered in Africa, now what?
As a trade mark applicant you waited many years for your trade mark application to proceed to registration. What are you required to do, as...
Offensive trade marks in the modern constitutional era
As a general rule in trade mark law, provided that a mark is distinctive of the relevant goods or services for which it is intended...
Intellectual Property Update
This short update is to advise on and remind of Intellectual property considerations and news.
1. Acquisitions, mergers and trademarks
For beer lovers world-wide the end of...
A judgment “peppad” with advice
A recent South African court decision neatly summarises some of the major issues that need to be considered when comparing trade marks in South Africa.
In...
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...
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...
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...
Donald Trump’s contribution to trade mark law
“The Trump Organization also earns income by licensing the Trump name to building developers around the world.” – BBC news site in an article entitled...
