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Power Talk Interview | Ashley Madison and your rights on the web
PowerTalk | PowerFM’s Iman Rappetti talks to A&A’s Darren Olivier, Ian Learmonth and Ashlin Perumall about the Ashley Madison ‘affair’ generally and what it means – and corporate and personal strategies for reputation management and trade secret protection (how to prevent leakage occurring and practical steps if leakage has occurred).
September 07 2015
Ownership of copyrights in logos: Atelier v Kilnworx
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 not even have the exclusive right to use it. This is because of the general rule that, subject to a list of […]
August 05 2015
Pitfalls And Difficulties With The CPA
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 Africa in that we now have the franchise relationship regulated by legislation. There have been a number of difficulties and pitfalls with the CPA and certain of these […]
June 10 2015
IP Due Diligence – Brand & Trade Mark Considerations
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 about. IP needs to be identified, verified, highlighted and surrounding issues conveyed to the interested parties in the context of the overall transaction. There is a significant difference […]
June 10 2015
The Value of the Trade Mark
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 obtain, that it is frequently dismissed as an irritation. Ok, it’s relatively cheap but why else should one pay more attention to our friend, the registered […]
June 10 2015
BLOG | IP CONSIDERATIONS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
Darren is an IP expert and a partner at Adams & Adams, and participated in yesterday’s session with the ALN Ventures entrepreneurs on critical legal issues, including IP, ICT, and contracts. See the original post at the Afro-IP blog here. Now here’s a remedy for the post lunch slump or a bad case of the […]
April 21 2015
