The Spoor and Fisher Way

While IP can be critical in helping entrepreneurs transform their innovation into market value, a lot of entrepreneurs don’t think they generate IP but in reality they do. Listen to Shamin Raghunandan, Partner, Spoor & Fisher on Classic FM talking about the common mistakes entrepreneurs make and how to avoid those.

• What is a trade mark?
• What is the purpose of a trade mark?
• Spoor & Fisher and trade marks
• Different types of trade marks
• Registering a trade mark in South Africa
• Protecting your trade mark
• How to defend a trade mark
• Trade marks in business
• Exploiting a trade mark
• Registering a business name as a trade mark
• Protecting your intellectual property in technology
• What is a patent?
• Patent protection conditions
• What is a registered design?
• Spoor & Fisher and intellectual property
• The Copyright Act and digital content and the IP implications of streaming
• IP rights in the digital domain and the implications of the recent Moneyweb case
• Implications and challenges of protecting indigenous knowledge systems in SA
• What makes Spoor & Fisher a leading IP law practice in Africa?
• Common mistakes entrepreneurs make regarding IP
• .Africa top level domain name 
• Innovation in South Africa
• The spread of counterfeit goods eased through social media
• Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property on Classic Business
• Licensing Patents in the Manufacturing and Science industry
• Licensing Patents in the Manufacturing and Science industry revisited
• Counterfeiting and social media on SAFM
• Counterfeiting and social media on Channel Africa
• Counterfeiting and social media on Talk Radio 702
• Counterfeiting and social media on Classic Business
• Essential intellectual property considerations for new businesses on Hot 91.9 FM
• Franchising on Kaya FM
• How entrepreneurs can prosper from protecting their intellectual property
• South Africa and counterfeiting
• Counterfeit products in South Africa
• The Copyright Amendment Bill on Classic Business
• Counterfeiting on Kaya FM
• The Copyright Amendment Bill on Kaya FM
• The Copyright Amendment Bill on SABC Morning Live
• The Copyright Amendment Bill on Talk Radio 702
• Counterfeiting on SAFM 
• The rise of fake fashion on Instagram on Radio 702
• The extent of counterfeiting on social media on SABC Morning Live
• Counterfeiting on social media on Cape Talk
• Counterfeiting on social media on the eTV Morning Show
• How entrepreneurs and SMEs can protect their ideas and inventions on The Big Small Business Show
• The Copyright Amendment Bill on LAWcpd