Mark My Words
February 2, 2015
According to the Companies Act 71 2008, and the Close Corporation Act 96 1984, a company, or close corporation (“CC”), which fails to file its annual […]
December 17, 2014
12 April 1955 history was made when the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced: “The vaccine works. It is safe, effective and potent”. This announcement came […]
November 27, 2014
Earlier this year the Department of Health published draft amendments to the Regulations relating to the Foodstuffs, Cosmetics and Disinfectants Act, 1972, which regulates the labelling […]
September 8, 2014
According to the South African Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978 the owner of the copyright in a photograph is defined as the person responsible for the […]
September 5, 2014
VARIOUS WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR MOBILE PHONE APPLICATION Mobile phone applications have become increasingly popular, and given the reliance that people place on their smart phones […]
August 20, 2014
A LOOK AT REALITY TELEVISION CASE LAW AND BREACH OF CONFIDENCE In about 2006, Brian Wade and Geraldine Perry conceived an idea for a reality television […]
August 13, 2014
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE HUMAN GENE PATENT While patent offices around the world have been granting patents which lay claim to human gene sequences for decades, […]
July 10, 2014
A VIEW ON THE ROLE OF PATENTS IN ANTI-BIOTIC RESISTANCE There is a fundamental conflict between a desire to maximise profits by selling a patented antibiotic […]
February 6, 2014
A VIEW ON INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE IN SOUTH AFRICA “… knowledge, unique to a given culture or society, which accumulates over generations, as communities interact with their […]
January 13, 2014
A VIEW ON SIMILAR BRANDS AND TRADEMARKS The rule of thumb in trade mark law when deciding whether infringement has taken place is to view the […]
November 19, 2013
AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT NATIONAL IP POLICY The Draft National Policy on Intellectual Property was released for public comment in September 2013. The policy aims […]
October 3, 2013
Pitfalls of paper anticipation in South African patent law When attempting to patent an invention in South Africa, two main requirements must be met, the invention […]
October 3, 2013
NATIONAL WILLS WEEK – 7 TO 11 OCTOBER 2013 National Wills Week is a social outreach and access to justice initiative. During the week of 7 […]
August 26, 2013
Rademeyer Attorneys on Social Media Social media has become a very powerful business tool, especially in marketing and networking strategies. We at Rademeyer Attorneys have spent […]
August 25, 2013
The Monopoly on Genetic Human Genes The US Supreme Court recently decided this very issue in the case of Association for Molecular Pathology, et al v Myriad […]