Spoor & Fisher
IP specialist law firm scoops major accolades
3rd May 2013 Boutique law firm Spoor & Fisher scooped major legal laurels in 2013, receiving top honours both locally and internationally. The awards,... →
Traditional Knowledge: Will Wilmot’s Bill make law?
30th April 2013 On 9 April 2013 the Protection of Traditional Knowledge Bill, 2013 was published in the Government Gazette. The Bill was introduced to the National... →
ICANN launches clearinghouse for trade mark listings
19th April 2013 Two years ago, ICANN (International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) announced a major reform of the Internet domain name “endings”,... →
The SA Department of Health – worth its salt
18th April 2013 The Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, has recently signed into law the Regulations Relating to the Reduction of Sodium in Certain... →
Governance of small companies made easy
5th April 2013 The old Companies Act (Act 61 of 1973) was designed primarily to cater for the requirements of large companies and it generally ignored the... →
Supreme Court interdicts Pepkor from copying Adidas’ famous three stripe mark
13th March 2013 The Supreme Court of Appeal recently handed down a judgment in terms of which Pepkor was interdicted from infringing the well-known adidas THREE... →
Same same, but different
6th March 2013 An appeal by the Foschini Group (“Foschini”) – the proprietor in South Africa of the trade mark DUE SOUTH (word mark) in various classes – to... →
Justice may be delayed but not denied – even if it means 'Awakening the Lion'
20th February 2013 The struggle of right against might forms the central pillar of the Lion King story but while this may be familiar to millions of children (and... →
