Understanding your legal rights after personal information leaks
South Africa has recently suffered its largest data leak to date with, conservatively, an estimated 60 million South Africans’ personal information becoming publicly available. The...
Intellectual Property Law
Latest Intellectual Property Law News
This topic contains articles which examine intellectual property legislation and the latest regulatory and judicial developments concerning the ownership and infringements of patents, designs, copyrights and trade marks.
Domain name disputes – Amendments update
Late in 2017, an amendment to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations, pertaining to the adjudication of domain name disputes, was published.
The changes to the Regulations include primarily:
the introduction of a mandatory mediation process prior to…
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Politically (In)correct? – Logo and colour trade marks
In recent times the international political arena has been fraught with alleged intellectual property violations – Eminem successfully sued the New Zealand National Party for infringing the copyright in his hit track “Lose Yourself”; incumbent US president,…
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Don’t fidget, file! – Protect your inventions
It can easily be said that the year 2017 was wholly enveloped by the far-reaching fad of the fidget spinner.
In 2017, an explosive presence of...
Intellectual property unpacked: Copyright ownership
So, your morning shower stirred the creative juices, and you came up with the next big thing, ensuring that not only will you be able...
Don’t step on my red-soled shoes! Louboutin’s Red Sole Trademark
You can do anything, but don’t step on my red-soled shoes!
Christian Louboutin, Christian Louboutin SAS v Van Haren Schoenen BV (Case C-163/16), opinion delivered by...
Protecting your App – Important intellectual property considerations
The Apple Store launched in July 2008 and made available to iOS users some 800 applications (“Apps”) to download. As of March 2017, this number...
Sleep(ing) out of copyright ownership – Copyright subsisting in databases
The law around ownership of the copyright subsisting in databases where two independent parties contributed to the final work.
In the recent case of Philanthropic Collection...
South Africa’s copyright law is on a knife-edge
The August 2017 Parliamentary hearings on the Copyright Amendment Bill involved more than 70 submissions (written and oral), leading the Portfolio Committee for Trade &...
Artificial Intelligence – The apex of tech and policy challenges
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the apex of today’s technology age as we push the boundaries towards Industry 4.0 and superintelligence. It is already here in...
