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02 Feb2021If you’re going to make a joke about someone’s brand, you had best make sure they have a sense of humour first. Parody trademarks, being a mark that deliberately and comically imitates an ...
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22 Jan2021A copyright notice may seem like little more than superfluous text tacked on to the end of a website or email, but it is actually quite a helpful tool in protecting IP of this nature. All cou...
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09 Nov2020First you look at it, next you smell it and then you take a bite of it. For centuries, consumers have picked their food based on how good the food looks, smells and tastes. In recent times, in additio...
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It is a great time to stand out and be different. Thanks to our new Trademarks Act 2019, individuals and companies can now register “other source identifiers” as their trademarks, such as ...
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“What? A card for paying money?” This is how people might have reacted when they were first introduced to the concept of debit card in the utopian science fiction novel “Looking Bac...
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02 Aug2020Commissioning has been described as the “lifeblood of the artistic world”, implying that without it the production and sale of artistic, musical and literary works would dwindle and deplet...
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03 Jul2020Where hope was once the prevalent state of mind when a new year rolled around, this year that notion was swiftly replaced in the hearts and minds of everyone around the world by worry and fear, as the...
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Britain finally decides on a finale, ending a half century bond and “divorcing” Europe officially on 31 January 2020. Does this mean that all its problems are solved? Hardly! Some...
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09 Jun2020Moderna Inc., Sanofi, AstraZeneca plc, Roche, Gilead Sciences and Novartis are just some of the many pharmaceutical companies working to fast-track the development of a coronavirus vaccine. Many compa...
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06 Apr2020’Tis the season when the force awakens fans of the Star Wars franchise around the galaxy far, far away. With “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, the last in the current trilogy comin...
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Tensions rose, jaws floored – will Spider-Man no longer be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) after the sequel “Far From Home”? The recent uproar and disagreement between So...
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02 Dec2019In recent years, research and development in biotechnology field, especially in medicine and agricultural biotechnology is emerging rapidly. Researchers are encouraged to patent their inventions in or...
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04 Nov2019Think of AI and what comes to mind is an image of a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger and his equally unclothed metallic friends with ominous red glowing eyes gunning after you and your other squishy out-of...
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08 Oct2019What grounds, if any, do famous personalities have to prevent their name from being used by others under the guise of false endorsements or association? Here’s the story of what singer a...
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In the digital age that we live in, domain names are considered an important part of brand building, and securing the right domain name is viewed as importantly as the protection of one’s tradem...
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We’ve all grown up hearing grandma stories which always had a moral for us to remember. One such story is of Snow White, which when applied in today’s time, teaches budding entrepreneurs a...
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Slogans are memorable mottos or phrases used often in commercials as a tool to subconsciously persuade the public to think of a certain brand, product or service whenever they...
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From being an under-developed country for its years of war and poverty, China today has tremendously reaches its peak as the second largest economy, just below the United States. However, instea...
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Very often, individuals, companies or even countries are accused of stealing Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) belonging to another person or company. Allegations of IPR theft are often made by indi...
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Fear of the unknown or realization that you are responsible for what happens next in your life provides the adrenalin rush felt during a blind date. Similar is the experience when one embark...