You have had an inspired moment and came up with a product that provides a new way of doing something. It has taken hours of work, refining and tweaking it until it is ready for use. But hoe long will it take the competition to copy your idea? And what if they can make it [...]
If you are the inventor or part of a group of inventors that came up with a new, innovative product, you will be well-advised to contact a patent attorney. You may qualify to register your invention, which will protect your intellectual property rights regarding this product, and allow you to solely exploit the commercial benefits [...]
Smit & Van Wyk Incorporated specializes in all legal matters concerning intellectual property, making us the perfect service provider to turn to when requiring patent attorneys. Our field of practice include litigation relating to patents, as well as providing advice on this form of protection. As expert patent attorneys we can confidently guide you through [...]
The function of patents is not to give the owner the right to use or practise the products or inventions they have been issued for. A more accurate summation would be that patents rather exclude other people from exploiting the particular invention in the given territory. This means that only the owner of the rights [...]
When it comes to legal matters concerning intellectual property such as patent registration, we have no hesitation here at Smit & Van Wyk Incorporated in claiming that we have the leading attorneys in this field working for us. We are a specialist South African legal practice dealing exclusively with intellectual property law. Our attorneys are [...]
The function of attorneys varies from one legislation to another. In South Africa attorneys function in much the same way as solicitors in the UK and do not present verbal argument in Court – that is left to the advocate (or barrister in UK). The attorneys at our firm, most of whom are also qualified [...]
Patents in South Africa are granted by CIPRO (The Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office). Their offices are located at 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside in Pretoria. CIPRO is a division of the Department of Trade and Industry and is the office responsible for the Registration of Companies and Close Corporations, and the Registration of Copyrights, [...]
If you have an invention that you know is novel and you suspect that other people may want to copy it or take advantage of it, providing that the invention falls within certain limitations you may be able to patent it. When letters patent are issued to you they pass on certain rights to you [...]
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