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In an appeal from a trademark opposition decision by IP Australia, a specialist IP judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia has…

1 December 2022 - South Africa’s Parliament has adopted at least 313 pieces of racial legislation since 1910, about 37% (116) of them after 1994.

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It is a well-known fact that counterfeit and illicit goods trade is causing an immeasurable harm to an already struggling South African economy. In 2019, his excellence President Cyril Ramaphosa...

Bombay High Court Rejects Plea To Restrain Serum Institute Of India From Using COVISHIELD Trademark Share This - x The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to grant interim relief to pharmaceutical company Cutis Biotech and restrain Serum Institute of India (SII) from using the trademark Covishield, for its coronavirus vaccine. A division bench of Justices Nitin Jamdar and C. V. Bhadang said that the Nanded civil courts order, refusing Cutis an injunction against Serum Institute was not...

Inventa International Over the years, concrete efforts have been made to develop Nigerias indigenous IP regime. The earliest attempt at developing Nigeria’s IP dates to post-independence Nigeria. However, these various attempts have not been fruitful as Nigeria has failed to fully exploit the benefits that could be accrued from proper management and protection of Intellectual Property Rights in the country. The current economic and trade conditions in the world is susceptible to change, there...

In the recent case of Piyush Ranipa v. State of Maharashtra, the Bombay High Court was faced with a question of law on whether offenses under the Copyright Act and the Trade Marks Act are non-bailable offenses.

Centre Promulgates Tribunals Reforms Ordinance, 2021 Share This - x The Central Government has notified the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalisation and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, to dissolve certain existing appellate bodies and transfer their functions to other existing judicial bodies. Whereas a Bill to the above effect as introduced in the Lok Sabha during the Budget Session 2021, it could not be taken up for consideration and passing. Hence, the Centre has introduced the inst...

CONTRACT - construction - exclusive licence granted to plaintiffs to use defendants registered trade marks on prescribed cheese and butter products - whether defendant prohibited from using the trade marks on any products - whether prohibition on defendants use of trade marks limited to products as defined in agreements - prohibition on defendants use of trade marks limited to products as defined. RECTIFICATION - unilateral and common mistake - claim for rectification of agreements to insert th...

contrary to honest commercial practice. 18 Trademark The name, logo, slogan, or hashtags of a business concept may be protected as trademarks. A trademark right can be obtained by registration at the Nigerian Trade Mark Registry or through use. This form of protection grants the owner exclusive rights to use the mark in connection with the concepts and enables users distinguish the concept from other concepts available in the market. It may also prevent third parties from marketing their compa...