Trademark Lawyers | CIPRO

September 28, 2009
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

Trademark lawyers will tell you that a trademark can only be protected as such and defended under the Trade Mark Act if it is registered. If a trademark is not registered it may only be defended under common law. The registration procedure with CIPRO (the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office) results in a registration certificate being issued that has legal status, allowing the owner of the registered Trademark the exclusive right to use that mark. If you have a trademark that you would like registered, we would be happy to advise you regarding the matter.

The mark must be capable of making a distinction between your goods or services and those of your competitors. One of our trademark lawyers can make a search through both South African and foreign trademark registers to ascertain whether there are already marks similar or identical to the one you wish to register.