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  • Maximize protection in Africa

    May 09, 2012

    An INTA Annual Meeting panel today will discuss the best strategies for protecting your marks in Africa, as James Nurton discovers.

  • Why ambush marketing is winning

    May 09, 2012

    For now, ambush marketing is winning. Not because the law isn’t strong enough to prevent brands from hijacking physical events, but because the media by which consumers watch those events has broadened so much.

  • WTO tries to revive talks on wines and spirits

    March 27, 2012

    A Nigerian diplomat has been given the task of kick starting talks at the WTO over a multilateral register for geographical indications for wines and spirits

  • Hogan Lovells wins global IP award

    March 15, 2012

    Hogan Lovells won the inaugural global IP firm of the year award at tonight’s Managing IP Awards Dinner in London

  • Bafana trade mark battles ends with R5m sale

    June 29, 2011

    The long-running fight over the Bafana Bafana trade mark – the nickname of the South African national football team – has ended with the mark being bought for R5 million ($731,000)

  • Is there no such thing as bad publicity?

    May 18, 2011

    Though Budweiser was the official beer company sponsor of the 2010 World Cup, it was rival Bavaria that got all the attention.

  • South Africa reorganises IP bodies

    April 27, 2011

    South Africa has joined its IP registration and enforcement agencies together for the first time, ahead of a full-scale review of IP policy

  • Global awards 2011 – full list of winners

    April 07, 2011

    Managing IP presented more than 60 awards to the leading firms in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America at the annual global awards dinner in London last night. Here are the winners:

  • Bud maker says sales up due to World Cup deal

    August 16, 2010

    The company behind Budweiser beer says sponsorship of the World Cup helped it boost pre-tax earnings by more than 5% in the second quarter of 2010

  • Comment: Who owns the vuvuzela?

    July 12, 2010

    The unique sound of the vuvuzela will be one of the abiding memories of the 2010 World Cup. But, ask Richard Plaistowe and Toby Smith, who owns the IP rights to it?

  • What rights does FIFA own?

    June 21, 2010

    Managing IP examines public registries to see which IP rights FIFA owns around the world

  • Counterfeiters cash in on World Cup

    June 09, 2010

    Research suggests that 20% of World Cup merchandise sold in the UK during the tournament will be counterfeit, while one-in-four consumers said they would buy fake jerseys

  • FIFA braced for World Cup ambush marketing

    June 04, 2010

    FIFA has been looking sharp in the warm up for the Football World Cup, but when push comes to shove how will it perform in the heat of battle?

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