Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration
Intellectual Property
Many of our clients face challenges relating to patents, copyright and
trademarks and have been able to rely on our expertise and experience in these
fields. In addition, we have substantial experience in passing off and unlawful
competition claims.
Representative experience
- Represented a leading South African bank in securing its intellectual
property rights (and more particularly copyright) relevant to computer
programmes written for its banking systems (where the contractors employed to
assist with the writing of those programmes, sought to develop similar software
for their independent financial gain).
- Enforced the copyright of a medical distribution company in respect
of its software systems against a third party who sought to develop similar
software to market to our client's competitors.
- Resisted an application brought against a JSE listed corporate where
the applicant sought to suggest that an interactive booking system had been
developed in breach of both patented rights as well as copyright
(unsuccessfully) contended for by the applicant.
Intellectual
Property
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