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Open Letter – Plain Packaging Legislation and the Constitution

NOTE: The following open letter has been delivered by email to the office of the Minister of Health of the Republic of South Africa on 31 July 2014. The contents of this letter is published here in furtherance of the debate on plain packaging legislation and the potential impact on the Constitutional rights of the […]

Posted in IPStell, Publications, Trade Marks Tagged alcohol, baby, ban, beverage, brand, cigarette, constitution, food, legislation, packaging, plain, plain packaging, trade mark

A Spoon Full of Sugar for Plain Packaging

History has taught us that the South African Government, and the Legislature in particular, will not hesitate to make bad law. The volume of carelessly drafted, ill conceived, unconstitutional and overtly political laws that the public has been force-fed in recent years is so great that recourse to the Constitutional Court has become a pedestrian […]

Posted in IPStell, Patents, Trade Marks Tagged Australia, cigarette, plain packaging, tobacco, trade mark

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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