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Bulelwa Mabasa, Director and Head of Land Reform, spoke to 702
Bulelwa Mabasa, Director and Head of Land Reform, spoke to 702 discussing the potential new mining rush for critical minerals in South Africa and the need for open discussions between mining companies and communities living in areas where mines may be established.
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‘Deal’ or ‘No Deal’ – brexit and trade marks
By Donvay Wegierski, Director Depending on the circumstances, the following considerations and time frames concerning trade marks in the UK [...]
South Africa: primark cancelled due to non-use
By Janine Hollesen, Director Truworths brought a cancellation application against Primark Holdings’ registration for PRIMARK on the basis that the [...]
Can you copy a product of someone else?
By Janine Hollesen, Director This question was all over social media and media reports when the owner of Ubuntu Baba [...]
Roger federer – the ownership of the trade mark comprising of his initials
By Donvay Wegierski, Director In August 2018, tennis champion Roger Federer terminated the sponsorship agreement with Nike having entered a [...]
Ten things you need to know about amendments to the Competition Act
On 4 December 2018 the National Council of Provinces voted to approve the Competition Amendment Bill of 2018. With this [...]
Long road to data protection
On 14 December 2018, the Regulations relating to the Protection of Personal Information were finally published by the Information Regulator [...]
