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Brand Owners

In today's competitive market, protecting and strengthening your brand is crucial for long-term success. We provide comprehensive legal services to help brand owners in South Africa safeguard their intellectual property and grow their brand presence.

Services
From trade mark registration to enforcing your rights against infringement, our services are designed to ensure that your brand remains a valuable and protected asset in a dynamic business environment.
  • Trademark registration and protection
    Assistance with registering trademarks locally and internationally, ensuring your brand is legally protected from misuse and infringement.
  • Brand management and strategy
    Strategic advice on developing and maintaining a strong brand identity, including protecting the visual and reputational elements of your brand.
  • Intellectual property enforcement
    Representation in enforcing your intellectual property rights against infringers, including pursuing legal remedies to protect the integrity of your brand.
  • Brand licensing and franchising
    Legal support in structuring licensing and franchising agreements, ensuring your brand is properly leveraged and protected across new markets.
  • Advertising and marketing compliance
    Advising on compliance with South African advertising and marketing regulations, including consumer protection laws and ethical marketing practices.
  • Online brand protection
    Protecting your brand in the digital space, including advice on domain name disputes, online infringement, and managing your brand's online reputation.
  • Dispute resolution and litigation
    Expert representation in resolving brand-related disputes, including trademark infringement, passing off, and other challenges that threaten your brand's value.
  • Counterfeit goods enforcement
    Legal strategies to combat counterfeit goods and unauthorized use of your brand, protecting your business from financial and reputational damage.

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Case Study #1
Our client, one of the most reputable European trade mark firms, requires expert representation for their trade mark clients in South Africa.

We support them with responsive and pragmatic advice in relation to trade mark and copyright matters, making it our goal to make our instructing client successful in building its practice.

Case Study #2
We act for a large, multi-national wine producer and exporter, headquatered in Cyprus, with operating entities in various parts of the world. Our client requires a centralised approach to the management and protection of its brands.

From South Africa, we orchestrate good outcomes in each part of the world to keep our client's brand secure, including consolidated reporting and active watching services for early detection of possible conflicts.
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