South African Intellectual Property Law Firm
Bouwers Inc.
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No. 6 Albury Office Park, Corner Jan Smuts Drive and Albury Road Hydepark Johannesburg South Africa |
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+27 11 3255530
+27 11 3255639
Law Firm Overview
Bouwers is a leading South African intellectual property law firm, specializing in a wide range of intellectual property rights and the management thereof. We provide services to clients throughout the world.Our services include the following services:1. Trade marks:
a. A full range of trade mark prosecution services, not only in South Africa, but also in the rest of Africa.
b. Trade mark searches
c. Recordal of license userassignment agreements
d. Renewals and restorations
e. Trade mark oppositions
2. PatentsDesigns
a. PCT filings in South Africa
b. Renewalannuity services
c. Recording assignments
3. Copyright
a. Registration of cinematograph films
b. Licenseuser agreements
c. Copyright assignment agreements
d. Advising on general copyright matters such as protection, enforcements, exploitation, etc.
4. Intellectual property commercialisation
a. Brand ion and management
b. Corporate and intellectual property structuring (locally and internationally)
c. Intellectual property audits
d. Due diligence investigations
e. Franchising
f. IP valuations
g. Taxation ofon intellectual property
h. Technology transfer
5. Litigation
We provide a full range of litigation services relating to IP including resulting from passing off, infringement of registered rights, unlawful competition, breach of agreement, enforcement of user and license agreements, revocation and expungement, franchising and copyright infringement.
6. General
a. Sponsorship agreements
b. Company and close corporation name objections to the Registrar of CompaniesClose Corporations as well as the High Court of South Africa
c. defensive company registrations (South Africa)
d. Domain name registration and maintenance
e. Dispute resolution proceedings
