IP Monetization Or How To Convert Patents Into A Six Figure Success Story

Usually, companies want to protect their patents and trademarks to make sure that nobody else will benefit from them. But not all inventions or creations are a good fit for an in-house IP strategy. In these cases, the Dennemeyer Group might help monetize patents and trademarks.

A client contacted us because he had inherited a patent from his deceased brother. The patent covered an intelligent charging station for electric cars and it was the owner’s […]

By | April 13th, 2018 ||

Trade Marks – What Are They All About?

In today’s world, unless you are living in the middle of the Sahara Desert or somewhere equally remote, it is impossible to avoid trade marks. For most of us, whether we realise it or not, exposure to trade marks is pretty much continual from the moment we get up in the morning to the moment we go to bed.

So what do I mean by ‘trade mark’? In a nutshell, a trade mark is any […]

By | April 12th, 2018 ||

When Is A Descriptive Mark Not A Descriptive Mark?

This was the issue before the New Zealand Supreme Court of Appeal in the matter between Dinnermates (Tvl) CC and Piquante Brands International & another 401/17) [2018] ZASCA 43 (28 March 2018).

The matter was an appeal against the decision of the Full Court upholding an opposition in terms of section 10(14) of the Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993 (“the Act”) to the registration of the Appellant’s trade mark applications for the mark PEPPAMATES in the […]

By | April 11th, 2018 ||