Intellectual Property

Recent South African IP cases:

Moneyweb (Pty) Ltd v Medai 24 Ltd & Another:

Moneyweb (Pty) Limited v Media 24 Limited and Another (31575/2013) [2016] ZAGPJHC 81 (South Africa)

http://www.saflii.org/za/cases/ZAGPJHC/2016/81.html

Moneyweb's plagiarism claims extravagant, rules judge (South Africa)

http://www.fin24.com/Tech/News/moneywebs-plagiarism-claims-extravagant-rules-judge-20160505

‘Original’ news articles are eligible for copyright, court holds (South Africa)

http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/media/2016/05/05/original-news-articles-are-eligible-for-copyright-court-holds

Moneyweb loses plagiarism case against Media24 (South Africa)

http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/media/2016/05/05/moneyweb-loses-plagiarism-case-against-media24

 

Please Call Me Case against Vodacom

Not out of the woods yet – a copyright lawyer take on the Concourt’s judgement in the Please Call Me case

http://www.nisaonline.com/images/files/Not-out-of-the-woods-yet.pdf

Vodacom’s Please Call Me case: the inside story

http://www.moneyweb.co.za/archive/the-inside-story-on-the-vodacom-please-call-me-cas/

Court Orders Vodacom to Pay Please Call Me Inventor

http://www.fin24.com/Tech/Companies/court-orders-vodacom-to-pay-please-call-me-inventor-20160426

Please Call Me Guy Relieved After Years of Court Battles

https://www.enca.com/south-africa/please-call-me-guy-relieved-after-years-of-court-battles

How I invented Vodacom’s Please Call Me: Nkosana Makate

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/cellular/163731-how-i-invented-vodacoms-please-call-me-nkosana-makate.html

Vodacom Ordered to Pay Former Worker for Please Call Me

http://mg.co.za/article/2016-04-26-vodacom-ordered-to-pay-former-worker-for-please-call-me