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Protecting the get-up of a product and the benefits associated with it

02/02/2014 Section 2 of the Trade Marks Act No. 194 of 1993 ("the Act") defines a mark as "any sign capable of being represented graphically including a device…

Novartis A.G. V Union of India - The Gleevec Case and Evergreening

08/10/2013 As a previous British colony, India had inherited its intellectual property regime from Britain. However, after gaining independence in 1947 product…

How Intellectual Property Rights are Human Rights

09/07/2018 In Part One of this series of articles we introduced the concept of cultural appropriation and provided an explanation of why it sits uncomfortably…

Design protection vs patent protection

09/09/2013 Through past experiences I have found that, when developing a new product, clients are often aware that, in order to prevent others from copying…

Tender adjudication

23/09/2013 Most tenders are evaluated in stages as follows: Stage 1: Administrative/substantive compliance (failure to comply leads to disqualification)…

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