Legal Updates
July 3, 2025
Spoor & Fisher's Anti-Counterfeiting expertise in Tanzania
Spoor & Fisher recently attended an event hosted by the Tanzania Fair Competition Commission (FCC) to commemorate World Anti-Counterfeiting Day in June. Associate
June 23, 2025
The New South African Plant Breeders’ Rights Act No. 12 of 2018 comes into force
The long-awaited new South African Plant Breeders’ Rights Act No. 12 of 2018 (the New Act) came into operation as of 1 June 2025, and following the publication of Regulations to the new Act on 13 June 2025, the New Ac...
June 11, 2025
Bermuda: New trade mark legislation in force on 1 August 2025
As we have reported previously and since our last update noting that Bermuda’s new trade mark legislation, the Trade Marks...
June 4, 2025
Mauritius: accession to the Harare Protocol (ARIPO)
On 27 May 2025, Mauritius deposited its Instrument of Accession to the Harare Protocol on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs with the ARIPO Director General (Mr Bemanya Twebaze). Mauritius will be the 21st...
May 15, 2025
Court backs Adcock Ingram in trade mark dispute over medicine naming
In a significant ruling for the pharmaceutical sector, the Western Cape High Court found in favour of Adcock Ingram Limited in a trade mark infringement dispute against Cipla-Medpro (Pty) Limited, on 17 April 2025. Th...
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