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Straying from trade mark law principles a cause for concern
[Prof Owen Dean] The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has been blessed for the past few decades by having in its ranks judges who have experience and expertise in the field of Intellectual Property (IP) Law... read more>>



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Amended Bill to improve justice portfolio
The Judicial Matters Amendment Bill is expected to enhance organisational efficiency and improve the application of different Acts of Parliament... read more>>
Commercial Law
Consequences of failing to comply with information legislation

Simon Watson

Many investors, executives, directors and employees are aware of laws and procedures, restrictions and limitations, mandatory actions and the risk of severe penalties relating to running a business... read more>>
New book out on advertising law
Juta Law has announced the recent publication of a new book by Gail Schimmel, 'Advertising Law: A Guide to the Code of Advertising Practice'... read more>>
New Insurance Industry Bill to be introduced in Botswana

John Griffiths

An Insurance Industry Bill, 2014 has been published in preparation for it to be presented to the National Assembly in Botswana... read more>>
Uber taxis highlight new compliance challenge
The recent controversy over the impounding of Uber taxis in Cape Town highlights a new compliance challenge likely to surface around mobile apps that connect consumers with service providers... read more>>
NutriTech publishes product test results on website
In response to a recent article, NutriTech is now publishing its latest product test results on its website... read more>>
Labour Law
Children, ethics vs big business
Make sure that you don't violate the rights of children and that the stakeholders with whom you do business in Africa and elsewhere also uphold a strong sense of ethics. Your company's reputation depends on it... read more>>
BEE: Business to bite the (silver) bullet?

Derick van der Walt

President Jacob Zuma signed the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Amendment Act 46 of 2013 into law in January 2014, while the new Phase 1 and Phase 2 B-BBEE Codes of Good Practice were gazetted in respectively October 2013 and October 2014... read more>>
SARS confirms CCMA resolution
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has confirmed that an unfair labour practice involving suspended deputy commissioner Ivan Pillay has been resolved... read more>>
Survé, Dasnois... and 'that' hearing
NEWSWATCH: It is reported that Independent Newspapers proprietor Dr Iqbal Survé berated soon-to-be former editor of the Cape Times Alide Dasnois during her disciplinary hearing, reports Times Live... read more>>
Land & Property Law
Land offensive

Kingdom Mabuza, TJ Strydom and Penwell Dlamini

Land ownership by foreigners will be prohibited and South Africans will be entitled to own no more than two farms, or an equivalent of 12,000ha... read more>>
Law Practice
Constitutional Court clarifies appeals process
A Constitutional Court decision has helped clarify the position regarding the appeals process for cases from the Competition Appeal Court... read more>>
International
Thai junta chief defends controversial cyber law plans
BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thailand's junta chief has defended proposals for a cyber law that critics say will grant the government unprecedented surveillance powers with little judicial oversight... read more>>
Taking a cue from the Ryanair screen scraping judgment

Ritesh Sanghani

AHMEDABAD, INDIA: Screen scraping is the best way to aggregate web data much faster than a human possibly can. However, is there any such thing known as ethical web scraping? read more>>
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Africa
Botswana passes legislation to combat terrorism

Thabiso T. Tafila

The government of the Republic of Botswana has seen it fit to pass legislation which will provide measures to prevent and combat terrorism, provide for offences, including financing of terrorism... read more>>
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