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Nishaat Slamdien, Associate, Spoor & Fisher

IP Law

Rhode blocked: Beauty pop-up gets shut down amid questions over authenticity

Nishaat Slamdien 26 Mar 2025

Skills Training

Shaping the future: Digitisation and sustainability in South Africa’s supply chains

Consumer Law

Dupe or deal? Navigating counterfeit goods and scams this Black Friday

Nishaat Slamdien 26 Nov 2024

IP Law

Don't be duped: Tips to protecting fashion IP against replicas

Gaby Meintjes 30 May 2024

IP Law

SA's battle against fake goods

Mohamed Khader 7 Nov 2023

Branding

Dolls and dollars: why small businesses should be wary of cashing in on Barbiemania with their branding

Graeme Austin 4 Aug 2023

Blockchain Africa

Can blockchain technology really help Africa's economy?

Musa Kalenga and Samuel Segun 26 Feb 2021

Agro-processing

Why more Ugandan farmers aren't adopting drought tolerant maize

HyeJin Lee 3 Sep 2020

#StartupStory

#StartupStory: Local entrepreneur dances to the beat of urban culture in SA

Evan-Lee Courie 21 Jul 2020

E-commerce

Checkout with caution this festive season, warns Spoor & Fisher

18 Dec 2019

IP Law

Innovation required to win war against counterfeits

21 Nov 2019

IP Law

How social media has become a breeding ground for counterfeit sales

7 Jun 2019

Design & Manufacturing

HP targets fraudulent manufacturers in East Africa

Daniëlle Kruger 4 Apr 2019

E-commerce

Amazon's Project Zero lets brands remove fake product listings

5 Mar 2019

Health & Safety

Blockchain systems are tracking food safety and origins

Nir Kshetri 30 Jan 2019

Africa Month

#AfricaMonth: Beware - Africa's brand growth comes with counterfeiting challenges

Vanessa Ferguson 25 May 2018

Regulatory

Alibaba's Jack Ma blames 'outdated' law for fakes

8 Mar 2017

Pharmaceuticals

Africa offers $40,8bn pharma opportunity

20 Feb 2017

E-commerce

China's Alibaba sues vendors over selling counterfeits

6 Jan 2017

Security

Counterfeit toys more than just criminal, dangerous

19 Dec 2016

Manufacturing & Parts

Car customisation trend to drive car accessories market growth

12 Oct 2016

Regulatory

New technology to overcome cosmetic counterfeiting

24 Aug 2016

Public Health

Botswana gets mobile compact lab to detect counterfeit medicines

24 Nov 2015

Hardware

Is your Smartphone the real deal?

3 Jul 2015

Manufacturing

Local content policy should boost local production

Emma Okonji 10 Feb 2015

Digital

Japan's NEC rolls out counterfeit-spotting technology

11 Nov 2014

Internet

Counterfeit battle between LVMH and eBay ends

18 Jul 2014

Events & Conferencing

Anti-Counterfeiting Africa Conference educates, empowers

3 Apr 2014

Corporate & Commercial Law

Dti working on finalising intellectual property policy

28 Feb 2013

Retail

Brands fight for Kenya's electronic and phone market

Carole Kimutai 30 Nov 2012

Mobile

Counterfeit phones: Samsung wants action

Jude Bukenya 27 Nov 2012

Branding

The 'No logo' trend

Ilse du Plessis 9 Nov 2012

Mobile

Mobile subscribers in Kenya switched off

Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai 2 Oct 2012

Mobile

Kenyan regulator prepares to disconnect fake phone

Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai 10 Sep 2012

Pharmaceuticals

Zambia to receive mobile compact labs to detect counterfeit medicines

31 Aug 2012

Pharmaceuticals

Inferior medicines post a major health risk

Roger Bate 11 Jul 2012

Retail

Malawi hit by counterfeit money

Gregory Gondwe 30 Sep 2011

Criminal Law

Dealing in counterfeit goods, a serious crime

29 Sep 2011

Retail

The quest for thriving African seed companies

John Yarney 13 Sep 2010

Retail

"Anti-counterfeit deal threatens accessibility of drugs"

Adam Robert Green 30 Jun 2010

Regulatory

Clamping down on Cup counterfeits

10 Jun 2010

Security

Toshiba, Samsung in SA warn of rise in counterfeits

Thabiso Mochiko 4 Jun 2010

Retail

Global players behind anti-counterfeit law campaign

Wambi Michael, Christi van der Westhuizen 24 May 2010

Retail

Counterfeits on Zim's market

Dumisani Ndlela 22 Feb 2010

Packaging

Counterfeiters fake Swiss rubbish bags

6 Jul 2009

Regulatory

House of counterfeits forfeited to state

Ernest Mabuza 6 Apr 2009

Security

Grey goods remain a serious threat

ActivRetail 23 Feb 2009

Training

Workshop to help protect Intellectual Property Rights in SA

Nthambeleni Gabara 26 Jan 2009

Public Health

Tanzania: Counterfeit drugs put lives at risk

20 Jan 2009

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