Round-up | ESG news, risks and strategies
04 Oct 2022
The latest from ENSafrica on ESG news, risks and strategies
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IP: Threats, theft and ignorance
04 Oct 2022
It’s always been accepted that the flag was created by Harold Frederick Brownell, a man who was the State Herald at the National Archives for the period 1982 – 2002.
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COVID-19: Is the IP truce over?
04 Oct 2022
In the early days of the pandemic, Moderna undertook that it would not enforce its patent rights, so that other companies could develop their own jabs, particularly in poorer countries.
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Sparkling wine and a “spade of inspiration”
04 Oct 2022
BY Liézal Mostert
It is a well-established rule that the likely consumer is a factor that can and should be considered when determining the likelihood of confusion between two brands.
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Trade marks – product shapes and slogans
04 Oct 2022
BY Ilse du Plessis
Shapes and slogans can function as trade marks and they can, in some cases, be legally protected.
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Jagersfontein disaster: another example of why to take ESG seriously
04 Oct 2022
BY Isaac Fenyane AND Thato Tomotomo
As an alternative to the shareholder supremacy approach, a stakeholder-inclusive approach that takes the position that the purpose of the company is to operate for all material stakeholders and society at large.
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Employers: you may be held vicariously liable if your employees commit sexual harassment at work
03 Oct 2022
BY Audrey Johnson AND Tswelopele Ramokoka
Vicarious liability allows for an extension of liability for the acts of others to persons who did not themselves engage in any wrongful conduct.
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 468 | 02 Oct 2022
issue 468
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The importance of a well-drafted security agreement in liquidation
27 Sep 2022
BY Jessica Blumenthal AND Kylynn Meyer
Security documents should be carefully considered in each instance to ensure that they accurately describe the parties, the subject of the security and the intention of the security giver and security taker.
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ESG and the rise of sustainable finance in Mauritius
27 Sep 2022
BY Jessica Blumenthal , Nashenta Vuddamalay Zindel , Laksha Juddoo Prayag AND Varni Veerabudren
Mauritius has committed to reducing its greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions by 40% by 2030 and projects that this will require funding of USD6.5-billion.
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Are interim interdicts appealable and the balancing of constitutional rights in defamation matters?
27 Sep 2022
BY Aslam Moosajee
When freedom of expression conflicts with other rights, a court must carefully balance the conflicting rights of the parties proportionally, with a view to ensuring protection of the rights of both parties
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PAJA: State Capture Commission’s findings and recommendations cannot be reviewed and set aside
27 Sep 2022
BY Aslam Moosajee AND Shenaaz Munga
A complainant should not go to court before the offending action or decision is final or ripe for adjudication., there is no point in wasting a court’s time with half-formed decisions whose shape may change or where no decision was actually taken.
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Financial Services Providers: what happens when your employee hawks confidential information to a competitor?
27 Sep 2022
BY George van Niekerk
“One cannot serve two masters, and one may not attempt to do so. To use a bucolic comparison, one may not sow your own fields with your employer’s seed”
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Africa Tax in Brief
27 Sep 2022
BY Celia Becker
The latest tax news and developments across Africa
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TCSPs in Rwanda are now required to have the Central Bank license
27 Sep 2022
BY Felix Cuicredidi
This new regulation requires that anyone who intends to provide trust and corporate services obtain a license from the Central Bank.
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