Representatives from Adams & Adams, Simon Brown, Nicky Garnett and Dieter Welthagen travelled to Tunis to visit our Associate Office, as well as the Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriete Industrielle (INNORPI) . We met with the Director General...
A&A Travels in Africa
EGYPT (May 2018)
Representatives from Adams & Adams, Simon Brown, Nicky Garnett and Dieter Welthagen travelled to Cairo to visit our Associate Office, as well as Patent and Trade Mark Offices. Our Associate Office in Egypt was opened in 2017 upon recognition of the growing...
ETHIOPIA (Apr 2018)
Representatives from Adams & Adams, Dieter Welthagen (Partner), Stephen Hollis (Partner) and Menzi Maboyi (Africa Practice Manager), travelled to Ethiopia to visit our Associate Office, as well as the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office (EIPO). The team met...
TANZANIA (Apr 2018)
Representatives from Adams & Adams, Stephen Hollis, Partner, and Menzi Maboyi, Africa Practice Manager, travelled to Tanzania to visit our Associate Office, as well as the Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (BRELA) Having first established our Associate...
MOROCCO (April 2018)
Representatives from Adams & Adams, Simon Brown, Nicky Garnett and Dieter Welthagen travelled to Casablanca to visit our Associate Office, as well as the Office Marocain de la Propriete Industrielle et Commerciale (OMPIC). This was our first visit to Morocco since...
TOGO (Jan 2018)
For the first time in Togo, Adams & Adams Partner, Charl Potgieter, was able to successfully arrange for Togolese Customs to detain various containers of counterfeit personal care products in January 2018. A court application is being prepared to apply for the...
NAMIBIA (Nov 2017)
Adams & Adams Partner, Charl Potgieter travelled to Namibia to conduct anti-counterfeiting training with members of Interpol, Police and Customs in November 2017. Training was also conducted for the members of the World Customs Organisation and members of Customs...
MAURITIUS (Nov 2017)
Training was conducted by Adams & Adams Partner, Charl Potgieter, with personnel of Customs in Mauritius in November 2017. Members of the Anti-Piracy Unit also attended the training session and are now able to conduct in-market search and seizure operations.
GHANA (Oct 2017)
In October 2017, Adams & Adams Partner, Charl Potgieter travelled to Accra to conduct anti-counterfeiting training with members of Ghana Customs. The Customs office has requested regular training to assist with detention of goods and search and seizure operations...
TANZANIA (Nov 2017)
A search and seizure operation was conducted by the Fair Competition Commission in November 2017, along with Adams & Adams Partner, Charl Potgieter. A manufacturing facility was uncovered, with large quantities of branded clothing and footwear seized. Moulds being...
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