Intellectual property
Intellectual property (“IP”) is increasingly a company’s most valuable asset and it impacts most transactions in which a company engages. We assist our clients to identify, protect and commercialise their IP assets and offer extensive knowledge and expertise in commercial IP, IP enforcement and IP portfolio management having advised companies in various industries on matters across the African continent.
Our services include:
IP due diligence investigations
IP portfolio management and advisory
Offshore IP structuring and advisory
Trademark, copyright, domain name, design and patents commercialisation
Royalty benchmarking
IP commercial and transactional advice in particular relation to licensing arrangements (intercompany and cross border)
Exchange control and license approvals from the South African Reserve Bank and Department of Trade and Industry
Searches, filing and prosecution; enforcement; advertising laws
Domain name enforcement
Copyright enforcement
Registration of cinematograph films