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		<title>Intellectual Property Law Firm</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 07:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smit &#38; Van Wyk, Inc.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smit &#38; Van Wyk, Inc. is an intellectual property law firm located in Pretoria that specialises in the following areas: Registered Designs Copyright Franchising Patents Trade Marks The team of lawyers at our law firm has many years of experience in the above areas and also assists foreign agents with the registration of patents, trademarks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franchise Agreements &#124; Consumer Protection Act &#124; Competition Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daleen Prinsloo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many well known South Africa franchises are based on long running agreements between franchisors and franchisees. Portions of these agreements or, in some cases, the full agreements may very soon be found to be invalid because they may be found to be contrary to current South African legislation. More specifically, the Consumer Protection Act 68 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patent Pitfalls to Avoid</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daleen Prinsloo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New inventors often fail to register their patents successfully because they made mistakes during or before the filing of their patent applications. Most of the patent pitfalls can be avoided if one is to take heed of the common patent pitfalls discussed below. Discussing The Patent Idea With Friends And Family Although a person certainly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essence of a Franchise Agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wessel van Wyk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A franchise agreement is in essence not defined in separate category of law, but is governed by existing law of contracts.  More specifically, a franchise agreement is a licence agreement whereby certain intellectual property is licensed by a franchisor to a franchisee. Included in the licensed intellectual property is typically the trade marks of the [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wessel van Wyk</dc:creator>
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