What is a Patent? A patent is a form of intellectual property that offers patent owners exclusive rights to use and exploit their invention. Once the owner of an invention has been granted a patent in any particular country, they then have the legal authority to exclude others from using or exploiting the invention in that [...]
Attorneys specializing in areas of intellectual property rights can assist a company in several ways. Intellectual properties have value and as such the registration thereof should be done with the assistance of attorneys well versed in the various intellectual property laws. Trade Marks One example is that of trademark registration. Although one can easily register [...]
Smit & 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 [...]
Intellectual property refers to creations of the mind for which one can gain registered rights allowing one to have a monopoly over the making, copying, usage, distribution and commercial exploitation of such. Intellectual property deals with complex products such as films, music, published books, computer software, inventions, designs, and trademarks. In many instances the same [...]
An intellectual property rights official stated that China has the world’s most registered trademarks. Tian Lipu, director of the State Intellectual Property Office, said at the State Council Information Office that China received over a million new trademark applications in 2010. Tian also said that in 2010, the country submitted 12,337 patent applications abroad Patent [...]
Public domains refer to work not covered by copyright anymore. Public domains as related to literary, artistic, broadcasting, and musical products are works for which the copyright may have expired or for which no intellectual property rights exist or the copyrights have been forfeited. Some famous examples of public domains are that of Shakespeare works [...]
The Intellectual Property Registration Office oversees the registration of various types of intellectual property including that of trademarks, copyright, designs, and patents. The Intellectual Property Registration Office is located in Pretoria where applications are lodged. Although with most works protected under the copyright laws of South Africa, you will not be able to apply for [...]
You may require the assistance of an intellectual property lawyer when you have infringed on the rights of an intellectual property holder. This can easily happen when you have a website and have used material from another site to create an article. If not properly sited and if you don’t have the written permission from [...]
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