Case summary written by Celeste Frank and checked by Jordan Dias. 03 February 2021 Background The Respondent, Apple Inc. (“Apple”), applied to register its IWATCH trademark. The Appellant, Swatch AG (“Swatch”), opposed these applications contending that the IWATCH and SWATCH marks were confusingly similar and that the IWATCH mark was likely to deceive or cause

Case summary was written by Celeste Frank and checked by Jordan Dias. 02 December 2020 Background: The Respondent was employed by the First Applicant for nine years as a salesman. His employment was terminated due to a breach of a restraint of trade obligation, which was applicable during his employment. It was common cause that

Case summary written by Celeste Frank and checked by Jeannique Booysen. 04 November 2020 BACKGROUND On 29 April 2020, the accused, namely Sergio Baron stole 8 (eight) chocolates to the value of R71,92 from Shoprite in Ceres. After his rights to legal representation were explained to him, he elected to conduct his own defence and

Case summary written by Celeste Frank and checked by Jordan Dias 08 October 2020 BACKGROUND In and during 2009 and 2010, Massmart Holdings Limited (“Massmart”) retrenched 503 employees who worked for Game stores and several other locations, citing operational reasons. On 27 September 2010, Massmart announced that the Wal-Mart Stores (“Wal-Mart”) intended to acquire a

Case summary written by Celeste Frank and checked by Jordan Dias Background On 20 February 1993, the Appellant and the Respondent were married out of community of property with the inclusion of the accrual system. The parties were presently in divorce proceedings and disputed a clause of their ANC excluding, inter alia, certain shares from