The Tribunal upheld reclassification and duty recovery but ruled that section 111(o) applies only where exemption conditions are breached. Mere ineligibility to exemption due to wrong classification ...

The scope of trademark applications is crucial when it comes to protection and enforcement. Consequently, accurately analysing, identifying and classifying the goods and services designed to be ...

The registration of trademarks related to virtual goods and NFTs has been an international hot topic for many months. Consequently, many brand owners have been lining up to extend the protection of ...

HTS classification provides CBP and other governmental agencies (OGAs) with a mechanism for determining the admissibility of an imported article. Entry into the “commerce” of the United States is not ...

The International Nice Classification allows all entities which are part of the Nice Convention to unify under one criteria the classification of goods and services to be protected with a trade mark.

South Africa has officially adopted the 13th Edition of the Nice Classification (NCL 13-26) with effect from 1 January 2026, following its implementation by the World Intellectual Property Office on ...

CAAR examined whether imported girls’ slips resembled brassieres and held that absence of support features placed them under ...