NFTs: a gentle introduction
30 Apr 2021
BY Ilse du Plessis
These days you can barely open your device without seeing material about NFTs.
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Nivea Men and Connie Men
30 Apr 2021
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal recently considered the claim of passing off in Koni Multinational Brands v Beiersdorf AG.
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SCA: we’ll have no truck with this patent
30 Apr 2021
As so often happens, a claim of patent infringement was met with an attack on the validity of the patent.
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Product design – a corporate arm’s race?
30 Apr 2021
A recent article in the Guardian highlight’s one of IP lawyers’ more difficult sells: the registered design.
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Google has good reason to be API
30 Apr 2021
The US Supreme Court has ruled that Google was entitled to use elements of Oracle’s Java application programming interface code when building Android
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2006 ISDA Definition booklets – bound for the recycling bin?
30 Apr 2021
Around 17 May 2021, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association is expected to replace our battled-scarred 2006 ISDA Definitions booklets by publishing the new 2021 ISDA Interest Rate Derivatives Definitions.
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Digital lenders to be placed under the supervision and regulation by the Central Bank of Kenya
30 Apr 2021
BY Mahesh Acharya AND Pooja Rehal
The Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, 2021, published on 16 April 2021, has a principle objective of amending the Central Bank of Kenya Act to allow the Central Bank of Kenya to regulate digital credit service providers
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SMEs also need to comply with POPIA
30 Apr 2021
BY Era Gunning
The Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013, South Africa’s privacy or data protection legislation, applies to the processing (which includes collection, use, receipt and destruction) of personal information
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PODCAST | Foreign nationals in SA urged to keep abreast of latest visa concessions
29 Apr 2021
Foreigners residing within South Africa are being urged to keep their eye on the latest visa concessions to ensure they do not find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
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PODCAST | Making a case for patents
29 Apr 2021
BY Rowan Forster
Registering a patent for your creation isn’t always enough to ensure protection, but it remains the best and cleanest way to stake your claim for ownership of that product.
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tax in brief | issue 62
28 Apr 2021
tax in brief | issue 62
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 397 | 25 Apr 2021
issue 397
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Getting to grips with scrips
22 Apr 2021
BY Magda Snyckers AND Michael Reifarth
We will address, in a series of articles, the South African tax considerations arising for residents and non-residents in respect of various corporate actions regarding South African listed shares.
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Africa Tax in Brief
22 Apr 2021
BY Celia Becker
A snapshot of the lastest tax developments in Africa
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Public mergers and acquisitions in South Africa: overview
21 Apr 2021
A Q&A guide to public mergers and acquisitions law in South Africa
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