IP Public Lecture 2016 – Comparative Brand Advertising
THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED Watch the video of the lecture below. The Chair of Intellectual Property Law presents the annual IP Law Public Lecture 2016 with Charles Webster, partner at Spoor & Fisher and frequent contributor to the intellectual property law programmes (LLM, PGDip and Short Course) at Stellenbosch University. Charles’ lecture on Comparative Brand Advertising: the legal do’s and don’ts promises to be of significant value to all trade mark practitioners and brand managers and indeed everyone with an interest in promoting their goods or services in a...
Read MoreINTA in the Mother City
The meeting of the International Trade Mark Association (INTA) on 1 and 2 September 2016 will be the first meeting of INTA in Africa in 20 years. The conference is set to be significantly important, with the theme Building Africa With Brands. The preceding INTA–BASCAP Workshop on 31 August will be on the topic: Intermediaries and Rights Holders—Working Together to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy. The impressive list of speakers include the founder of the Chair of IP Law, Prof Owen Dean, who will address the conference on Traditional Knowledge, Legacy Rights and Geographical...
Read MoreQ&A Session on World IP Day
We celebrate World Intellectual Property Day 2016 on 26 April with an interactive Q&A session with students, creators, innovators, legal and commercialisation experts to discuss how to turn valuable ideas into career opportunities and commercial assets. You are invited to join the discussion at 13:00 on 26 April in the Ou Hoofgebou. Entry and refreshments are free. Please RSVP by email to annettev@sun.ac.za. See the invitation below for more detail. The session is presented by the Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property Law at the Faculty of Law, in partnership with Innovus and...
Read MoreIP Seminar at UJ
Prof Wim Alberts and the University of Johannesburg’s annual IP seminar is just around the corner and, as usual, promises to be truly interesting. He has lined up an impressive collection of topics and speakers to bring new perspectives on intellectual property for 2016. If you are around UJ next week, this would be a day well spent. The programme is available here. Follow Share on...
Read MoreIP Public Lecture – Copyright as an Agent of Social Justice
THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED To watch the video podcast of the lecture, click here. The Chair of Intellectual Property Law will present the annual IP Public Lecture on 6 October 2015 with Prof Owen Dean, incumbent of the Chair of IP Law and consultant to Spoor & Fisher. The topic of Prof Dean’s lecture, Copyright as an Agent of Social Justice, will present a perspective on the “Lion Sleeps Tonight” case which was led by Prof Dean and marked a watershed moment in the development of South African copyright law. Introduction: Intellectual Property is viewed by some...
Read MoreIP Licensing Short Course – An Absolute Must
The Licensing Executives Society (LES) of South Africa will present its one day short course L.E.S 101: Introduction to Licensing in Stellenbosch on 20 August 2015 at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study. This course, aimed at everyone with an interest or role in IP rights management, commercialisation and/or technology transfer is an absolute must for any brand owner or manager. See below for the full programme. The course will equip all attendees with a thorough and accessible introduction to the particular legal and practical skills required to effectively and comprehensively...
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