CAN A DOCTOR’S HANDWRITING RESULT IN TRADEMARK CONFUSION?
AUTHOR: RISHAL BIPRAJ Registering a trademark for your brand gives you the exclusive legal right to use your name, logo, or slogan throughout the country. Registrations certainly make it easier to take legal action if a mark is copied or where marks are so similar that they are able to deceive consumers. In the case […]
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND THE NEED TO TRANSFER IP RIGHTS
Intellectual Property (“IP”) refers to intangible creations of the human mind. These are categorised and protected according to the type of creation. In South Africa, the main categories of IP include Trade Marks, Copyright, Patents, Designs and Trade Secrets. Each form of IP affords the owner thereof an exclusive right or monopoly in respect of […]