CIPRO Closing Dates
December 10, 2009
Intellectual Property News
The Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office (CIPRO) will be closed from 24 December 2009 to 3 January 2010 inclusive.
The days will be regarded as dies non.
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Intellectual Property Registrations
September 28, 2009
Attorneys, Intellectual Property Information
With the exception of copyright, where only films and video recordings need to be registered, all intellectual property needs to be registered so that its owner can benefit from the Rights it gives.
Intellectual property registrations can be carried out by an individual but are always best done through a firm of Intellectual property lawyers such as ourselves because of the legal implications.
Intellectual property registrations may be made at the CIPRO (the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office) offices in Pretoria.
If you have any queries regarding the registration of copyright, patents, trademarks or designs please contact one of our Intellectual property lawyers.
Contact Details for Smit & Van Wyk:
Tel:
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+27 (0) 86 619 0493
E-mail:
enquiries@svw.co.za
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Block A Apex Corporate Park
Quintin Brand Street
Persequor Technopark
Meiring Naudé Avenue
Pretoria
0184
South Africa
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Trademark Applications | Registration Offices
September 28, 2009
Attorneys
Trademark applications may be made to the CIPRO (Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office) offices in Pretoria.
If you have a trademark that need registration, you should first establish that the trademark has not been previously registered anywhere at all.
The registration fee is currently R266, which must be handed in to the office along with forms TM1 and TM2.
Although it usually takes up to 18 months for registration to be complete, you may start using the trademarks as soon as the forms have been handed in.
A Trademarks Attorney or an Intellectual Property Attorney may carry out trademark applications on your behalf.
Trademark Articles
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Trademark Registrations | Trademarks Act
September 28, 2009
Attorneys
Trademarks are used by an organization to identify its products or services from those of other entities to consumers in order that they can distinguish them from others.
They are a form of intellectual property and may be registered. When registered they may not be used by entities other than the registered owner of the trademarks.
Trademark registrations give exclusive rights to the registered owner forever, providing that they are renewed every ten years. Registered trademarks are often (though not necessarily) marked with a ® and non-registered trademarks with a ™ mark.
Trademarks are an extremely valuable asset to their owner, and their use may be defended in common law.
Only if trademarks are registered (with CIPRO – the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office – in South Africa) may they be defended in court under the Trademarks Act.
Contact Details for Smit & Van Wyk
Tel:
+27 (0) 12 349 7800
Fax:
+27 (0) 86 619 0493
E-mail:
enquiries@svw.co.za
Physical Address / Courier
Block A Apex Corporate Park
Quintin Brand Street
Persequor Technopark
Meiring Naudé Avenue
Pretoria
0184
South Africa
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Trademark Law | Trademark Act of 1993
September 28, 2009
Attorneys
Trademark Law is set out in the Trademark Act of 1993, which describes a trademark as a mark used or proposed to be used by a person in relation to goods or services for the purpose of distinguishing the goods or services in relation to which the mark is used or proposed to be used from the same kind of goods or services connected in the course of trade with any other person. Trademark Law covers all aspects of trademarks, for example, what marks are not acceptable and what marks are, how to register and so on. Trademark Law considers a trademark to be a form of property. Proprietary rights in relation to a trademark may be established through actual use in the marketplace, or through registration of the mark with CIPRO.
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