Showing posts with label Legal Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Legal Rights. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

FIFA Trademark To Be Protected By Task Force

Investigators, legal experts and police officers will make up a task force to look out for an enforce any violations of FIFA's trademark during the World Cup by local businesses.

Its job is to sniff out businesses that infringe Fifa's intellectual property rights.

No ambush marketing cases are being investigated by the unit, but Van Dyk has warned that businesses and individuals caught using Fifa trademarks illegally will be shown no mercy.

'Rights' squad to patrol city
Cape Argus
March 31, 2010

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Taxi Industry Can't Claim Legal Right Over BRT Routes

The taxi industry had claimed last week that because it developed routes along which the country's new bus rapid transit system would run, it owned the intellectual property rights and should therefore be the rightful owner of the new BRT system. However, legal experts counter that claim.

"Transport routes do not constitute subject matter which can be termed intellectual property," said Herman Blignaut, partner at intellectual property specialist Spoor & Fisher.

On Tuesday, the National Taxi Alliance (NTA) said it wanted full ownership of the BRT system because it had developed the routes the BRT system was targeting.

'Taxis have no legal rights'
Independent Online
June 24, 2009