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9 Dec 2014, 4:26 am
This Leo was unable to find any further information on the progress of this process. [read post]
25 Jun 2012, 9:18 am
" [ed - agreed. to take it to the absurd - if a well known local sports star is transferred to Europe, does he need excon approval - after all he/she possesses unregistered image rights, could be brand or have valuable know-how ... and what if a humble lawyer decided to do the same]Afro Leo is more interested though in whether a protectionist regime so clearly advocated by RSAincentivise innovation & tech transfer in the country ie job creation and… [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 12:21 am
For example, I am sure that many of the South African trade mark firms on Afro Leo have at least once encountered a threatened opposition by Swiss industry association Chocosuisse against an application for a mark containing the word “Swiss” in class 30 covering chocolate.But in South Africa, the question always seems to be who is responsible for watching over South African indigenous names internationally. [read post]
2 Dec 2017, 4:46 am
Recently Afro Leo caught up with Prof Sadulla Karjiker and Dr Madelein Kleyn to discuss the Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property Law’s Commentary on South Africa’s Draft Intellectual Property Policy Phase 1 2017 (the Draft) from the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI). [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 2:29 am
In most cases, I would think that street art would qualify. 2. the law is not particularly discerningThe art work does not need to be particularly artistic, creative or even appealing.3. the law is not xenophobicTypically only works which are created by persons who are citizens of, domiciled or resident in South Africa or first published in South Africa will qualify for protection but for artistic works incorporated in a building (which would, in my opinion, include street art)… [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 6:57 am
This Leo wonders, is the A2M movement conducting pro-active invalidity searches of the prior art? [read post]
23 Aug 2013, 6:55 am
This Leo has chillingly discovered that Buenos Aires is farther south than Cape Town, and the weather (4°today!) [read post]
17 Feb 2013, 3:53 pm
This Leo has learned that the representatives of African Civil Society Organizations and Networks under the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), have expressed concerns about the climate change negotiations in Doha last year (COP18/CMP8) and its implications for African countries. [read post]
1 Dec 2013, 10:22 pm
The first issue of South African Intellectual Property Law Journal (IPLJ) edited by Lee-Ann Tong and Caroline Ncube (this Leo) is now in print.The IPLJ strives to be the journal of choice for academics, practitioners and students of IP law. [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 9:16 am
"More about that here.Afro Leo commends Anas for his work which, unfortunately, will not provide much comfort for investors in Africa, especially those that put their IP at risk through distribution, licensing, JV and other collaborations. [read post]
8 Feb 2015, 11:21 am
Kaylan Kankanala's first novel Road Humps and Sidewalks was well-received (see a review by this Leo here). [read post]
3 Feb 2013, 10:00 pm
This Leo is back inland and finds himself in a landlocked country where there is still no designated website for the Department of Registrar General (Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs). [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 7:12 am
This Little Leo didn’t find other schools offering exactly this degree on her brief glance/click-through, so interested cubs should check into individual schools if for more information on a particular institution. [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 10:19 am
[Little Leo says perhaps a very adventurous student could use the nice side-by-side Amharic/English trademark law and regulations to learn Amharic.] [read post]
7 Oct 2014, 7:05 am
This little Leo is interested to see how this merger might play out on the international stage. [read post]
29 Sep 2014, 12:39 am
Thanks to a post over at IPKat (here) which alerted this Leo to the approval of a new leadership team at WIPO to work with DG Gurry after he begins his new term on 1 October. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:57 am
[This Leo finds that innovators are frequently surprised to learn that patents from Developed Countries are available online for free, and that they are supposed to thoroughly describe the state of the art at the time of publication.] [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 1:34 am
This Leo, like many around her, was watching, but with her intellectual property (IP) glasses on. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:44 am
As usual, this Leo had a thing or two (or more) to say about this development. [read post]
25 Jun 2013, 3:44 pm
This Leo attended the consumer law panel where interesting questions were posed about how consumer protection legislation may protect consumers of copyright works. [read post]
