ENSafrica: Coronavirus (COVID-19) legal update
Coronavirus (COVID-19) issue 5 | 12 May 2020
issue 5
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Tax in brief | issue 45
12 May 2020
Tax in brief | issue 45
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South Africa: Mine Health and Safety Act, 1996 – invitation for public comments on draft guideline for COVID-19 outbreaks at mines
12 May 2020
On Monday, 11 May 2020, a notice was published inviting the public to comment on the Draft Guideline for the Compilation of a Mandatory Code of Practice for the Mitigation and Management of COVID-19 Outbreak at mines.
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Africa Business In Brief
issue 351 | 10 May 2020
issue 351
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Mauritius: Coronavirus (COVID-19) and data protection
08 May 2020
On 17 April 2020, the Mauritius Data Protection Office (the “DPO”) published a guide on data protection in the context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
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Africa regulatory ENSight
issue 4 of 2020 | 06 May 2020
issue 4 of 2020
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ENSafrica’s dynamic and fast-growing IP team has once again been recognised for excellence
05 May 2020
ENSafrica is delighted to announce that our IP team was well recognised in the Legal 500 2020 edition.
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Amazon: not in (Davidoff) hot water
05 May 2020
The Coty v Amazon case, which we’ve previously written about, reached its conclusion recently.
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Remedies for patent infringement
05 May 2020
A recent patent judgment from South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal (“SCA”) deals with issues of a procedural nature.
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South Africa: COVID-19, Amazon and the changing face of brand enforcement
05 May 2020
BY Gaelyn Scott
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed the world dramatically.
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South Africa: COVID-19, technology and patents: the good, the bad and the ugly
05 May 2020
BY Rowan Forster
There is no doubt that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound effect on the world and it is perhaps unsurprising that the world of intellectual property has not marched on unaffected.
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Chinese court sends IP enforcement signal by awarding record patent damages
05 May 2020
Global toy and entertainment company, Spin Master, has been awarded damages of USD2.2-million (over ZAR40-million at the current exchange rate) in an important patent victory in a Chinese court.
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Whistleblower law won’t protect those abusing it to avoid their own misconduct
05 May 2020
BY Suemeya Hanif AND Kerry-Anne Do Couto
South Africa’s Protected Disclosures Act, 2000 (“PDA”) offers protection for employees who are whistleblowers, and who make “protected disclosures”, namely those that provide information exposing criminal or other irregular conduct in the workplace.
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A judgment that’s neither short nor sweet
05 May 2020
The South African Supreme Court of Appeal recently handed down an important judgment that covers a lot of IP law.
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A commentary on the Bank of Uganda (Central Bank) guidelines
05 May 2020
BY Donald Nyakairu
On 14 April 2020, the Bank of Uganda issued guidelines on credit relief and loan restructuring measures for Supervised Financial Institutions (“SFIs”) during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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