Business outlook for 2018: Environmental and climate change resilience
Environmental law considerations (and particularly climate change impacts) are expected to be a key business focus in South Africa for 201820/03/2018
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South Africa releases Competition Amendment Bill
On 1 December 2017, the South African Minister of Economic Development, Ebrahim Patel, published Government Notice no. 41294, which announced the release of the Competition Amendment Bill, 2017 (the “Competition Bill”) for public comment23/01/2018 Mark Garden, ENSafrica, South Africa Jocelyn Katz, ENSafrica, South Africa
IP, religion, culture and politics
Colleagues and clients alike often comment on the varied, topical and evolving nature of my field of expertise, IP law, as evidenced from my articles over the years01/09/2017 Gaelyn Scott, ENSafrica, South Africa
Captive power: a solution for uncertain closure and rehabilitation costs?
The “polluter pays” principle, an internationally entrenched principle underpinning environmental laws the world over, has forced mining companies to seek strategic and innovative solutions when approaching closure and rehabilitation costsThe changing landscape of reinsurance in South Africa
Amongst a raft of proposed legislative and regulatory changes impacting the financial services industry in South Africa, the Financial Services Board ("FSB"), the authority that regulates, inter alia, the activities of insurers and reinsurers in South Africa, has proposed a number of changes to the...25/08/2016 Ernie van der Vyver, Clyde & Co US, South Africa
Africa: Attractive Investment Destination, but attractive destination for IP protection?
In 2016, seven of the ten fastest growing economies in the world will be in Africa13/05/2016 Kay Rickelman, Spoor & Fisher, South Africa
Recent Energy Developments in the Republic of South Africa
South African power utility Eskom is moving ahead with its plans for the conversion of their open cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) to duel fuel facilities (with the contracts for this already in place26/01/2016 Brigette Baillie, Herbert Smith Freehills, South Africa
Updates on IP developments in South Africa
I am pleased to provide this update on IP developments in South Africa. In doing so the following key areas will be looked at briefly:
- Filing statistics
- Legislative developments
- Patent examination
- Relevant case law
Filing statistics
On the Patent front, South Africa has seen a 12% increase in...
13/04/2015 Bastiaan Koster, Von Seidels, South Africa
Simply complicated
"Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity"
Charles Mingus – jazz musician and composer
When I first entered the IP profession, patent law seemed wonderfully, naïvely, simple. You met with your client, discussed their latest...
13/04/2015 Mark Kemp, Spoor & Fisher, South Africa
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