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Intellectual Property
Comprehensive Solutions to Safeguard and Enforce Your Intellectual Rights
Intellectual Property (“IP”) refers to creations of the mind and is a broad description of a set of intangible assets owned by a person. These intangible assets can include literary, musical and artistic works, designs, symbols, names and images.
The law protects IP through a number of mechanisms, including by way of patents, industrial designs, copyright and trade marks. This protection affords creators recognition as well as a bundle of exclusive rights and benefits relating to their IP.
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We offer a wide range of IP related services including:
- conducting of trade mark and design availability searches;
- providing opinions on the registrability of IP;
- filing and prosecution of trade mark and design applications;
- filing and disputing trade mark oppositions;
- attending to trade mark and design renewals;
- attending to other administrative actions, including change of proprietors’ details;
- advising on IP right enforcement and the licencing thereof;
- drafting of licence agreements, non-disclosure agreements, restraint of trade agreements and assignment agreements.
- enforcing IP rights by litigation or otherwise or opposing enforcment steps.
Waldo Snyman
Theo Steyn
Lyndall Mulock Houwer