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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 [...]
The national minimum wage bill is now law
By: Bradley Workman-Davies, Director and Megan Livingstone, Candidate Attorney On 23 November 2018, the president of the Republic of South [...]
Direct marketing: the wild west to be tamed by POPIA
by Ahmore Burger-Smidt, Head of Data Privacy Practice The POPIA[1] centres around eight Conditions detailing how personal information should be [...]
