The process for determining and protecting your brand names and marks Article written by Nerishka Pillay (Barnard Inc.) Names, brands and slogans have power in business. Establishing your ownership of and rights to a business name is an important first step for a business that wants to make sure that their name remains one-of-a-kind. Most […]
Article by Daniëlle van Rooyen, Associate at Adams & Adams Imagine your business becoming so successful that your product becomes a worldwide household brand name. You’ve coined a new and exciting product, concocted an innovative product name and business is booming. Fast forward a couple of years and your trade mark has become ingrained in […]
Bunny Majaja from HOT 91.9 FM, an NSBC Media Partner, interviews Trademark Attorney, Shamin Raghunandan. Attracting investment and key partnerships along with developing a product, sales channels and marketing plans are typically all-consuming tasks for new businesses. Amid all this critical action, intellectual property (IP) is usually low on the list of priorities. IP is however a […]
Article provided by Absa When you hear the words ‘intellectual property’, your mind automatically fills with other words like ‘ideas’, ‘new concepts’, ‘business’, and ‘innovation’ We sat down recently with Taryn Simpson, Head: Group Intellectual Property Counsel, and unpacked a few of the complex laws and guidelines around intellectual property and everything that goes along […]
Article provided by Adams & Adams Intellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions; literary and artistic works; and symbols, names and images used in commerce. Intellectual property rights are like any other property right. They allow creators, or owners, of patents, trade marks or copyrighted works to benefit from their own work or […]
Article provided by Adams & Adams Are you protecting your designs and ideas from prying eyes when you’re at a trade show? “Wow, cool design!” said the stranger, “do you mind if I take a picture to show my friends on Twitter?” Michael* was flattered. It was his first year at a local design expo as […]
Article by Amina Suliman | Senior Associate – Adams & Adams It was reported some time ago that a photographer named Shaun Earl Harris is suing the South African government for an astonishing amount of R2.1 billion for copyright infringement relating to the government’s alleged unauthorised use of a photograph featuring Nelson Mandela that Mr. […]
