When the Trade Marks Act, 194 of 1993 (the ‘1993 Act’) came into force on 1 May 1995, it introduced the concept of protection for trade marks (in both registration and use situations) in relation to ‘similar’ goods or ...
The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has had a relatively busy time over the
past few years dealing with trade mark disputes. There have been at least
thirteen of them between 2014 and June 2017.1 of these, seven have ...
