Legal updates and opinions
Post Author
News / News
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 used the power of social media to bring to the attention of the South African public, its copying allegations against Woolworths in relation to a baby carrier. This again illustrates the legs which social media has to carry a story of this nature.
The bottom line is that it is not unlawful to copy another person’s product or idea, provided that it is not protected by a form of intellectual property, such as patents, designs, copyright, trade marks or in the get-up of the product.
This issue has been more fully dealt with in our Legal Werks article which can be found here.
Latest News
Section 11 consent: Can the regulator breathe life into a void transaction?
by Kathleen Louw, Director 1. Section 11 of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002 ("the MPRDA") [...]
Resign First, Complain Later? The LAC Draws the Line on Constructive Dismissal
by Bradley Workman-Davies, Director Constructive dismissal is not an escape route for employees who are dissatisfied with their working environment, [...]
Kusile Pollution: SCA Orders Eskom and Regulators to Act
by Jones Antunes, Director (Reviewer), and Tashlin Ramanundh, Candidate Attorney Environmental authorisations impose strict obligations which continue throughout the life [...]
AI and gambling, the regulatory gap is growing
by Wendy Rosenberg, Director and Head of Digital Media & Electronic Communications, and Tebogo Sibidla, Director Artificial intelligence (AI) is [...]
Blocking growth? Why the NCC’s Draft Opt-Out Registry Guidelines need revisiting | You were only given 15 days to comment – what are you doing?
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Director and Head of Regulatory, and Boitumelo Khwene, Candidate Attorney No one defends the spam caller. According [...]
Voting rights not afforded to post-commencement creditors
by Dr. Eric Levenstein, Director and Head of Insolvency & Business Rescue, Brandon Starr, Senior Associate, and Clio Patricios, Candidate [...]
