KISCH IP

KISCH IP is a South African legal practice specialising in intellectual property law incorporating patents, trade marks and copyright. RT's are not endorsements

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Where a trade mark has not (yet) been
registered, the symbolTM may be used to
denote ownership of the trade mark/trade
mark pending.

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The ® symbol may only be used once a
trade mark has been registered. A trade
mark is only registered once the
certificate of registration has been issued
and use of the symbol ® in other
circumstances is a criminal offence.

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A non-exclusive licence grants a licensee
a right to use the trade mark, but not
necessarily to the exclusion of other third
parties.

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A sole licence, on the other hand, grants
the licensee a right to use the trade mark
to the exclusion of all third parties,
although the proprietor is also entitled to
use the trade mark.

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An exclusive licence grants the rights to
use a trade mark, to the exclusion of all
others, even the trade mark proprietor.

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Computer programs (A category eligible
for copyright protection); A “computer
program” is a set of instructions which,
when used on a computer, direct its
operation to bring about a result.

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Musical works (A category eligible for
copyright protection); “Musical works”
consist of music, without any words or
actions which are intended to be sung,
spoken or performed with the music.

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A country code Top Level Domain Name
(ccTLD) is a two-letter code for a specifi c
geographic territory such as .za for South
Africa and .uk for the United Kingdom.
Every country is allocated a ccTLD.

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#Patent searches: Many inventors or applicants file patent applications without conducting searches. Such applications are thus filed subject to the risk of an invention not being patentable.

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#Patents are territorial and have to be applied for in every country where #patent #protection is required.

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Copyright - Joint authors may be joint owners of copyright. An owner of copyright in a work may also assign part of the copyright to another party, which will result in such a party, together with the original owner, becoming joint owners of the copyright in the work.

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A #patent is an exclusive right or monopoly granted by the state, to a person, persons or legal entity, for the right to exclude third parties from exploiting a patented invention for a limited period in a specific territory.

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#PatentRegistration #Assignments-In a rights transfer, we provide strategic advice & assists with preparing assignment documents & attending to assignment recordals in any country.

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“Trademark protection does not end at registration, and trademark enforcement does not need to mean lengthy litigation or extensive legal fees for brand owners."
- Tammi Pretorius

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AI is everywhere, and if you’re using it in-house, do you have the necessary policies in place?

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tax opinions and advice to compliance to navigating the complexities of tax litigation.

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Introducing the ground breaking KISCH TAX ADVISORY in South Africa and soon internationally!

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Our integrated model provides clients with unprecedented strategic benefits, ranging from international corporate structure planning,

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The primary purpose of a trade mark is to act as a badge of origin by distinguishing the goods of the proprietor from the same kind of goods made by others in the course of trade.