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Articles by Alissa Nayanah
Chat Chat Chatterbot – Shall we register your name?
So, you have birthed a chatbot and given it a name, what now? Should you register the name of the chatbot as a trade mark? The answer is a simple one, yes. If the chatbots are customer-facing, particularly where the names are being promoted as identifiable brand assets, then you should consider registering the name as a trade mark. If the chatbots become a prominent feature on your website or app, it is likely that consumers will come to associate the chatbot with your services.
Penja pepper’s GI: a major step forward for African IP
Poivre de Penja, more colloquially referred to as Penja Pepper, is a unique tropical pepper that is cultivated on the volcanic slopes of the Mount Kupa in the Penja municipality of the Littoral region of Cameroon. On March 17 2022, the European Commission announced the registration of Poivre de Penja in the EU as a protected Geographical Indication (GI). A used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.
Eat Your Way To Beautiful?
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. A shake and protein bar that will reduce wrinkles in 28 days, improve my skin's elasticity, firmness and hydration, improve my nail strength, reduce the appearance of cellulite and assist in weight management – sign me up! These were some of the claims being made by Future Life in respect of its BEAUTI FOOD nutritional shakes and protein bars (shown below).
Is Booking.com A Trade Mark?
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. ".com" domain names comprising generic words, such as booking.com, are very valuable pieces of online real estate. The question is whether these highly sought after generic.com domains qualify for registration as a trade mark. This was an issue recently decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.
OMG!! Taglines questioned by the Advertising Standards Authority
OMG, OMFG, WTF!?, COOL AF – offensive and inappropriate or effing cool taglines? This is a question that was recently considered by the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa (ASA) in Typo Stationery / Kathrine Marsden & Another / 2018-809F. Popular stationery store, Typo, advertised a sparkle ball point pen.
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