Many would have thought that all Covid-19 business interruption cases are long finalised. This is not the case. The judgment of late February 2023 in 43 Air School Holdings (Pty) (Ltd) & Others v AIG South Africa Ltd is one of many Covid-19 business interruption...
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Change in Assignment Requirements in South Africa
Recently, the Registrar of the South African Patent Office published a practice note updating the formality requirements for assignments in patent applications. Previously, where an International PCT application claims priority from an earlier filed application in a...
FESTIVITIES AND FUN – KNOW YOUR CLAIMS FROM YOUR DISCLAIMERS – BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DISCLAIMERS WHEN ENTERING PARKS, MALLS, RESORTS AND SIMILAR ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS
The holidays are upon us, and hopefully it will involve some leisure time at a resort, amusement park or similar establishment for at least some of us, in order to conclude what has most probably been a busy year for everyone. One must unfortunately consider that this...
LEGAL LIABILITY INSURANCE: AN OVERVIEW
In South Africa, legal liability insurance plays a pivotal economic role in the allocation of risk and maintenance of financial security and financial stability of its citizens. Legal Liability or Third Party insurance focuses on the negative elements in the form of...
OIPMI – 18 MONTHS ON
The Competition Commission (“Commission”) launched its market inquiry into online intermediation platforms (“OIPMI / the Inquiry”) on the 19th of May 2021. We previously set out what this may mean for your business as well as a brief analysis of the Commission’s...
Adams and Adams achieves outstanding recognition by Best Lawyers®
Adams & Adams is proud to announce it has once again been honoured with the Best Lawyers® “Law Firm of the Year” award for expertise in Intellectual Property Law in South Africa. In addition to this achievement, 27 of the firm’s partners are named in The Best...
The Legal Industry Review South Africa Edition
Read the Adams & Adams contribution to the “Advertising Law” chapter in the most recent Legal Industry review here
Notice of unauthorised download incident
On 3rd October an employee, who had just been dismissed by the firm, downloaded several folders from drives located on the firm’s server to a private OneDrive account. She did so ostensibly to retrieve her personal documents. In doing so, she also downloaded certain...
Adams & Adams professionals celebrated in WIPR’s Diversity 2022 global list
4th October 2022 – For a second year in a row, Adams & Adams professionals have been recognised in all three categories of World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) Diversity. The list, published annually, showcases IP professionals around the globe, who are...
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