If your inventions are new, inventive and useful, then they might qualify for patent protection. To protect your rights as an inventor you need to file patent applications for your inventions in each country, where protection is sought. Obtaining a patent is a two-step process spaced 12 months apart. Step 1 File a provisional patent application [...]
To protect your rights as the owner of an invention, you need to file a patent application for the invention in each country, where protection is sought. Always remember to KEEP THE INVENTION SECRET and do not market or sell the invention until a patent application has been filed at the South African Patent Office. [...]
A Trademark is anything which is used in trade to distinguish your goods or services from the goods and services of others as long as it can be represented graphically. Examples of possible Trademarks: Trademark examples: words / names / company names / product names / logos / slogans / letters / container shapes / [...]
Copyright is different from other forms of intellectual property because a COPYRIGHT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE REGISTERED in South Africa & UK. In South Africa or the UK, once the work is created in a material form the creator / author / writer / photographer is instantly protected by copyright and may use the [...]
Patent Applications Remember to keep your invention a secret until the patent application has been filed. Do not market, or sell it until a patent application has been filed. Obtaining a patent is a two-step process spaced 12 months apart. The first step is to file a provisional patent application for your invention in South [...]
Copyright protects original musical works. It allows an original work to be considered a property that is owned by someone. No official form of copyright registration is necessary in South Africa and the UK. All original music is protected by copyright from the time it is recorded / written down in some format. All you [...]
Copyright protects all photographs. The moment a photo is taken and saved onto film or memory disk, the person who took the photo immediately has full copyright ownership over that photo. No official form of copyright registration is necessary in South Africa and the UK. All photographs are protected by copyright from the time it [...]
Any company logo / product logo / service logo which is used in trade to distinguish your goods or services from the goods and services of others is eligible for trademark registration. The logo must be distinctive and not only describe the goods or services to which it relates. The logo may not be identical [...]
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