The Institute of Directors Southern Africa (IoDSA) and the King Committee recently invited public commentary on the draft King IV Report on Corporate Governance for South...
The almost hundred page judgment from the constitutional court makes for exciting, and laborious reading – at least to an IP attorney. Exciting in the sense that it...
The front page headline in the Wall Street Journal a few years ago stated boldly “Charity Brawl: Nonprofits Aren’t So Generous When a Name’s at Stake” referring to the st...
Innovation Focus #1: Isabelo™ launches its second smart bench in the Cape Town CBD The Isabelo™ Smart Bench is a stand-alone, entirely solar-powered free Wi-Fi hotspot fo...
David Bowie –Artist, Renaissance Man and IP Maestro. The man of many names, faces and alter egos such as Ziggy Stardust, the Alienated Alien and the Master of Reinvention...
On 17 March, Johnny Fiandeiro, a Partner at Adams & Adams, examined the legal issues regarding the patentability of apps in more detail and provided practical guidanc...
Minister Pravin Gordhan’s much anticipated Budget Speech for 2016 will be analysed and scrutinised for many days to come. Over the next few weeks, our team will hig...
This article entitled “What can we expect in Gordhan’s Budget” published by Independent Online and citing Bloomberg as author predicts a difficult speech for the Finance...
HOW DAVID BOWIE CHANGED THE MUSIC BUSINESS | During his larger than life career in music that spanned more than four decades, he was dubbed Rock ‘n Roll’s greatest chamel...
PowerTalk | PowerFM’s Iman Rappetti talks to A&A’s Darren Olivier about ways of protecting your ideas or your inventions when making presentations to pote...
The Annual IP Crammer presented by Adams & Adams took place on 29 October at the Maslow Conference Centre. Close to a hundred in-house legal representatives and C-Sui...
PowerTalk | PowerFM’s Iman Rappetti talks to A&A’s Darren Olivier about IP and protecting and nurturing our Heritage. Also joining the conversation are th...
PowerTalk | PowerFM’s Iman Rappetti talks to A&A’s Darren Olivier about the struggle by Street Artists who don’t know how to protect their designs a...
Ask just about any IP lawyer and they will probably tell you that if you sub contract the development of your logo, you will not own the copyright in the logo. You will n...
The Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”) came into operation on or about 1 April 2011. As you are aware, this substantially changed the legal franchising landscape in South Af...
Franchising is a business model which has proved to be successful and is enjoying increasing popularity throughout the world. Notwithstanding the success of franchising g...
Understanding the transaction When performing an IP due diligence or audit as part of a transactional due diligence it is crucial to understand what the transaction is ab...
Franchisors who fail to adhere to the CPA requirements regarding disclosure place their company at a substantial risk and may even find themselves facing stiff fines and/...
The South African government introduced Section 11D of the Income Tax Act number 58 of 1962 to encourage and incentivise private sector investment towards the research an...
by Darren T. Olivier To many the trade mark is simply a document that records a business name at the local trade mark office. It’s not compulsory and it takes so long to...
