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Intellectual Property [2019] ZAGPJHC 499

Dix v Calzanetto Sociedad Limitada (A5002/2019)

Dix v Calzanetto Sociedad Limitada (A5002/2019) [2019] ZAGPJHC 499; 2019 BIP 196 (GJ) (12 December 2019)

Court
South Gauteng High Court, Johannesburg
Case number
A5002/2019
Judges
T P Mudau, K E Matojane, L Windell

Appeal concerning trade mark infringement where genuine Calzanetto goods were resold and invoices bore the mark. The court held the resale was not infringement.

  • Trade Mark Infringement
  • Parallel Importation
  • Badge Of Origin
  • Unauthorised Use
  • Passing Off
  • Trade-mark-infringement
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Intellectual Property [1993] ZASCA 90

Frank & Hirsch (Pty) Ltd. v A Roopanand Brothers (Pty) Ltd. (580/91)

Frank & Hirsch (Pty) Ltd. v A Roopanand Brothers (Pty) Ltd. (580/91) [1993] ZASCA 90; 1993 (4) SA 279 (AD); [1993] 2 All SA 521 (A) (2 June 1993)

Court
Supreme Court of Appeal
Case number
580/91
Judges
Corbett, Botha, Goldstone, Nicholas, Harms

The court held that the cassette wrapper and first insert were copyright-protected artistic works, and that parallel importation infringed the assigned copyright.

  • Copyright Assignment
  • Parallel Importation
  • Artistic Work Protection
  • Secondary Infringement
  • Copyright-assignment
  • Parallel-importation
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