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Criminal Law

Does the punishment fit the counterfeit crime? A look at lenient sentencing

Hashiem Logday 29 Nov 2024

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Consumer Law

Dupe or deal? Navigating counterfeit goods and scams this Black Friday

Nishaat Slamdien 26 Nov 2024

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Criminal Law

Police seize counterfeit goods worth more than R94m

6 Sep 2024

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IP Law

Don't be duped: Tips to protecting fashion IP against replicas

Gaby Meintjes 30 May 2024

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IP Law

SA's battle against fake goods

Mohamed Khader 7 Nov 2023

Registration, labour and tax: The most important compliance requirements for new small businesses

SMEs

Registration, labour and tax: The most important compliance requirements for new small businesses

Ben Bierman, Issued by Business Partners Limited 26 Aug 2022

Pharmaceuticals

South Africa needs to tighten controls on substandard and counterfeit medicines. Here's how

David R. Katerere 25 Nov 2021

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Covid-19

The race is on to recover looted vaccines and medicine

Jan-Harm Swanepoel 29 Jul 2021

Drugs, counterfeit goods seized at OR Tambo Airport

Criminal Law

Drugs, counterfeit goods seized at OR Tambo Airport

26 Apr 2017

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Import/Export

Counterfeit shoe imports reach $1tn a year

31 Jan 2017

Counterfeit sneaker bust at border post

Criminal Law

Counterfeit sneaker bust at border post

29 Dec 2016

Irreversible cost of counterfeiting on global economies

Corporate & Commercial Law

Irreversible cost of counterfeiting on global economies

Dean Bellingan and Paul Muscat 4 Aug 2015

Property

Anti-counterfeiting: holding landlords liable for the crimes of their tenants

Steven Yeates 24 Jun 2014

Design

Help for brand owners in fighting counterfeiting

Lauren Frizelle 1 Oct 2013

Regulatory

Cheap imitations serve to hurt the buyer

11 Jun 2012

Regulatory

Counterfeiting consumer goods increases

13 Jan 2012

Corporate & Commercial Law

Hefty fines for US, Canadian counterfeiters, slap on the wrist for South Africans

Steven Yeates 13 Dec 2011

Regulatory

African counterfeiting laws too weak

9 Dec 2011

Supply Chain

Growth of counterfeiting industry

4 Oct 2011

Criminal Law

Dealing in counterfeit goods, a serious crime

29 Sep 2011

Regulatory

Puma wins landmark counterfeiting case

21 Dec 2010

Retailers

Musica gets blasted

7 Aug 2008

The impact of counterfeiting

2010 FIFA World Cup

The impact of counterfeiting

Irshaad Moidheen 8 Jul 2008

Regulatory

Pretoria suburb home of movie pirates raided

21 Jan 2008

2010 FIFA World Cup

Beware of intellectual property violation

Issa Sikiti da Silva 24 Jul 2007

Marketing

Former SACOB head appointed SA's new anti-piracy crusader

30 Jan 2005

Retail

Harshest sentence in SA history against DVD pirate

25 Jan 2005