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News Media: Prof Dean on plain packaging

In the past three days, six articles appeared in six different national newspapers referring to Prof Dean’s landmark inaugural lecture at Stellenbosch University regarding the unconstitutional impact of Government’s proposed ban on tobacco branding on trade mark property rights. Prof Dean was also interviewed on this topic by 702 Talk radio (listen here) and 567 […]

Posted in From the Chair, Publications Tagged brand, brand value, branding, plain packaging, tobacco, trade mark, trademark

Interview: Prof Dean on Cape Talk

Prof Dean was interviewed by Kieno Kammies for 567 Cape Talk radio today (31 May 2013) on World No Tobacco Day. Prof Dean discussed why Government’s proposed ban on tobacco branding (by means of plain packaging) is unconstitutional and amounts to brand genocide. The interview relates to his inaugural address and subsequent publications. This interview […]

Posted in From the Chair, Publications Tagged brand, branding, expropriate, expropriation, genocide, plain packaging, tobacco, trade mark, trademark

Interview: Prof Dean on The Money Show

Prof Dean was interviewed by Bruce Whitfield on 702 Talk Radio for “The Money Show”. The topic of the interview was Five reasons: Why prohibiting the use of trademarks on tobacco products makes no sense.  This interview followed on the topic of Prof Dean’s inaugural address at Stellenbosch University. You can listen to the radio […]

Posted in From the Chair, Publications Tagged brand, brand value, branding, expropriate, expropriation, plain packaging, tobacco, trademark, trademarks

Trade Marks Going Up In Smoke

The age old proverb says “there is no smoke without fire”.  The legislatures of several countries are about to turn this proverb on its head.  The anti-smoking lobby has gained such strength in these countries that the fire brands of the anti-smoking lobby with their fiery rhetoric have moved governments to do their utmost to […]

Posted in IPStell, Trade Marks Tagged Advertising, branding, cigarette, trade
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