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News And Analysis
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May 09, 2012
An INTA Annual Meeting panel today will discuss the best strategies for protecting your marks in Africa, as James Nurton discovers.
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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.
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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
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March 15, 2012
Hogan Lovells won the inaugural global IP firm of the year award at tonight’s Managing IP Awards Dinner in London
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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)
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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.
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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
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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:
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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
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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?
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June 21, 2010
Managing IP examines public registries to see which IP rights FIFA owns around the world
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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
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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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