“According to News24, Kulula has “all but hijacked South African Airway’s (SAA) recognizable branding” for their fleet. The question that comes to mind is whether Kulula has perhaps in fact “hijacked” SAA’s recognizable branding. If you compare the branding of the new Kulula fleet with SAA’s current branding, at least the following unlawful acts come [...]
Ralph Lauren Polo and South African Polo are two different brands owned by two different companies and they are not affiliated with each other. The Ralph Lauren Polo brand is an international brand by an American designer and the South African Polo brand is locally owned by L.A Group LTD. History The Ralph Lauren’s logo [...]
Trade marks distinguish your goods or services from others and are registered in terms of the South African Trade marks Act No 194 of 1993. Trade Mark registrations are subject to certain requirements and should be renewed indefinitely, thereby ensuring the continuity of your brand. To ensure that the buying public does not confuse your [...]
Namibia is a member of ARIPO which means that all patents, designs or trade marks may be registered with the official intellectual property office of Namibia or with ARIPO. ARIPO requires the applicant to choose the specific member states where protection is required. ARIPO member states include Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, [...]
Smit & Van Wyk, Inc. is an intellectual property law firm that specialize in obtaining and protecting your patent, trademark and design rights. Our focus is to provide legal services for intellectual property such as patents, trademarks and designs throughout Africa. Our specialist patent and trademark lawyers serve international and local clients with patent filings [...]
Intellectual Property Registrations When having to apply for intellectual property rights in another country, you will have to make use of international attorneys specializing in intellectual property law such as trademarks, design rights, copyright, and patents. The national laws of countries vary when it comes to copyright protection, trademarks, designs, and patents. It is essential [...]
In the United States intellectual property based businesses and entrepreneurs drive more economic growth than any other sector. Today, counterfeiting, piracy and the theft of intellectual property pose a serious threat to all business owners and entrepreneurs. These threats make it important to protect invention and innovation intellectual property, whether you’re a major multinational company [...]
Apple owns the iPod, iPhone, iTunes, iMac, iBooks, and now the iCloud. The AppleTV is called the AppleTV because Apple could not own the trademark to iTV without a losing legal battle. AppleTV has been around since 2007 but ITV Global and Elgato owns the trademark in the UK. AppleTV allows users to download movies [...]
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