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Bouwers Inc. is a leading South African Intellectual Property Law firm which renders a wide range of services related to intellectual property and the associated rights, including the management and commercialisation thereof.

We are dedicated to providing professional, yet highly personalized, services to our clients from all over the world.

Our lawyers work, on a regular basis, with some of the world’s largest corporates and our highly efficient international network of correspondents, agents and business associates, enables us to render services to clients at highly competitive rates in virtually every jurisdiction of the world.
 
  09 November 2018
What the new Mining Charter holds for mining companies and suppliers
I work in the mining sector. It seems that finally agreement has been reached and a new Mining BEE Charter issued. Am I right when I say that the new charter determines that in the mining industry you now need to be at least 51% black owned?
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09 November 2018
POPIA and the role of consent for direct marketing
I have purchased some electronic products from a local store. They asked me for my contact details supposedly for warranty purposes on the product. Now they keep sending me SMS’s and emails to market their products. Surely they must first ask to me before they can do this?
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  09 November 2018
Proposed amendments to the Companies Act
Over the past few years I’ve come to understand what the Companies Act 71 of 2008 requires of me to manage my business legally and effectively. With talk of more amendments on the way, what should I be preparing for?
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09 November 2018
What do I need to keep in mind when appointing an executor in my will?
I’m getting married soon and know that we are going to have to get a will in place. My friend told me that an important decision is deciding on who the executor of our estate will be. I have no idea though how to decide or what to consider. Can you help?
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  24 August 2018
Phatshoane Henney Group honour medals awarded to 162 top law students nationwide
This year alone, 162 students at nine universities across South Africa received the much sought-after Phatshoane Henney Group honour medals which are awarded to the finest LL.B graduates at their respective tertiary institutions.
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09 November 2017
Over 360 disabled learners enrolled for learnerships in the Phatshoane Henney Training Academy
Since the establishment of the Phatshoane Henney Training Academy in 2014, over 360 disabled learners have been funded by and enrolled for formal learnerships empowering them to improve their chances for employment and earning an income.
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  02 March 2018
Phatshoane Henney Group awards R250,000 in bursaries to 10 candidate attorneys
The Phatshoane Henney Group of Associated Law Firms has just awarded 10 bursaries with a total value of R250,000 to black candidate attorneys serving articles at Group member firms nationwide. 
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29 June 2016
Phatshoane Henney Group spends over R50 million on BEE and transformation
The Phatshoane Henney Group, South Africa’s largest association of independent law firms, has just released its first Group Transformation Report to benchmark the impact of the Group on transformation in the country’s legal sector, notwithstanding the continuing absence of a clear legal sector BEE Charter.
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  21 June 2016
Phatshoane Henney Group of Associated Law Firms: Transformation Report for 2015
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03 March 2014
Consumer protection act, 2008
This legislation aims to promote a fair, accessible and sustainable marketplace for consumer products and services, responsible consumer behaviors and a consistent legislative and enforcement framework for consumer transactions and agreements, to prohibit certain unfair marketing and business practices, to establish national norms and standards relating to consumer protection and to provide for improved standards of consumer information.
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  03 March 2014
Intellectual property laws amendment bill, 2008
To provide for and facilitate the protection of indigenous traditional knowledge through the intellectual property system.
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03 March 2014
Technology innovation agency act, 2008
The act provides for the promotion, development and exploitation in the public interest of discoveries, inventions, innovations and improvements.
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