Question

1.3 Is it necessary, in terms of the Act, to register a trade mark in respect of specified
goods or services falling within a certain class? If so, give two brief reasons why this
is important.
(4)
1.4 List the requirements to be proved, in terms of the Act, in an infringement
situation where the respective goods/services are identical.

Answer 1

1.3 It is necessary to register goods and services within a specific class first to protect the goods from being imitated in the market thereby losing business, and to ensure that no one claims copyright to the goods or services in future.

 

1.4 The person must provide evidence that they own the copyright to the goods using verifiable documents. The must also prove that the identical products infringed upon the copyright of an existing products