by Sean Slabber | 24 Nov, 2015 | Insights
It is common place for a company to outsource and pay an outsider, such as a branding agency, to create its logo. However, who is then the owner of the copyright in the logo? Typically it is only once faced with a dispute that the company realises that it is, in fact,...
by Sean Slabber | 20 Nov, 2015 | Insights
There has been a call for comment, by 30 November 2015, on the draft B-BBEE verification manual. This manual is to be used by all verification agencies when issuing B-BBEE Certificates. It states that “any representation made by an entity about its B-BBEE compliance...
by Sean Slabber | 19 Nov, 2015 | Insights
FWB’s affiliate network Terralex has produced, with the assistance of its European member firms, a document which outlines the principal characteristics of corporate structures within European Union member states. The useful document aims to provide legal...
by Sean Slabber | 18 Nov, 2015 | Insights
The draft Carbon Tax Bill has been released for public comment. The introduction of a carbon tax aims to alter producer and consumer behaviour by punishing polluters to protect the planet. According to the United Nation’s climate change unit, global temperatures have...
by Sean Slabber | 17 Nov, 2015 | Insights
A trade mark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of them, that identifies and distinguishes the source of a trade mark from that of another, providing the owner with exclusive rights to use it or to authorise another to use it in return for payment....
by Sean Slabber | 16 Nov, 2015 | Insights
REFORM OF CUSTOMARY MARRIAGE, DIVORCE AND SUCCESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA By Chuma Himonga and Elena Moore (392 pages) Juta & Co (Pty) Ltd www.jutalaw.co.za “I was married to my husband for many years; one day he decided to leave our marriage and go shack up with...
