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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.
 
  04 October 2018
YES to higher BEE levels
I’ve taken note of the new Youth Employment Service initiative issued by Government and am very excited about the opportunities it offers to improve the BEE level of my business. I am however struggling to understand what I need to do to contribute and benefit from this. Can you help explain more?
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04 October 2018
Does my lease terminate if the landlord dies?
My father recently passed away. He had rental properties in his name and one of the tenants phoned me to hear if he has to move out out now that my father has passed away. What is the position? Has the lease come to an end?
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  04 October 2018
To what extent are Muslim marriages legally recognised in South Africa?
I am to be married according to my Islamic religion. Although I understand the practices of my faith, I’m not sure how my marriage is viewed from a legal perspective in South Africa and what protection I have. Can you explain how the law will view my marriage as compared to a normal civil marriage?
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04 October 2018
POPI allows you access to your personal information
I run a small franchise electronics store. I collect basic personal information from our customers that we keep on file and use for marketing notifications to our customers. The other day an upset customer demanded to know what personal information we have of her and said that the POPI Act gave her the right to request a complete copy of her personal information we have. We gave it to her, but I was just wondering whether she really has the right to ask for this?
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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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