Trade Mark / Registered Design / Copyright / Commercial / Litigation
Copyright vests in Literary works (including novels, stories, poems, stage directions, textbooks, essays, letters, reports, instruction manuals, written tables and compilations, etc);Computer programs and software; Artistic works (including paintings, sculptures,...
The owner of the copyright in a work is generally the creator or author of the work. Can one register their copyright in a work in South Africa. In South Africa only cinematograph films may be registered for copyright protection. For all other works, you can create...
Copyright is the right given to the author or proprietor of a work that is reduced to material form, the author must be a qualified person. Copyright is property and may be sold, assigned or licensed for use by others.
A registered design means the features of shape, configuration, pattern or ornament applied to an article by an industrial process or means, being features which in the finished article appeal to and are judged by the eye. Designs are registered based on their...
One should register a design to monopolise the design to the exclusion of third parties. An aesthetic design is protected for 15 years and a functional design is protected for 10 years, from date of the filing of the application. Renewal fees are payable.
Your Application will be filed within 1-2 working days. The registration of the design occurs within 9-12 months of the application being filed.
In order to protect your intellectual property and ensure that no one else can use your name or emblem as a trade mark. In order to prevent a third party from utilizing your logo or name to conduct business, registering a trade mark is typically your best choice to...
A word, phrase, or a logo/device can be registered as a trade mark. One is also able to register a unique colour, shape or sound as a trade mark.
A registered trade mark is protected in perpetuity if renewed every 10 years against payment of the mandatory renewal fee, as long as the mark is used and renewed every ten years it can remain in use permanently.
Registration of a trade mark in South Africa might take anything from six months to a year, however once the trade mark application has been submitted, you are protected from competition from a third party who might submit the same or similar trade mark as the trade...