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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.
 
  19 February 2020
What is the labour position with historical fixed-term contracts?
I work for a construction company and was appointed in 2014 on a fixed-term contract of two years, which would automatically renew annually thereafter if the project work is not completed. The project is ongoing and so my contract keeps renewing, but I don’t get the same benefits as the other workers in the office that are permanently employed and have been there shorter than me. I know I signed a contract, but it does feel like I’m being prejudiced because I’m on a fixed-term contract. 
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19 February 2020
Homebuilders and developers must take note of the new Housing Consumer Protection Bill
I used to run a small construction company before I retired. My wife and I now want to build our retirement home on land we bought a few years ago for this purpose. One of my previous construction partners now tells me that there is new legislation coming that will require me to register with the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) if I am going to build my home. Is this true and will it apply to me if I only build my own home?
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  19 February 2020
What can I do if my employer does not pay me minimum wages?
I work as a cashier at a local supermarket. My employer keeps promising that he will increase our hourly rates to the minimum wage of R20, but he never does and we are all still working for R15 an hour. We are fed up with the situation but at the same cannot afford to lose our jobs. What can we do?
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19 February 2020
How to get out from debt review if your financial situation has changed
I was placed under debt review when I lost my job two years ago. I’m employed again and can now pay my debts and even look at getting credit again, but because I’m under debt review I cannot do so and my debt counsellor is refusing to issue me a clearance certificate. What are my options here?
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  23 May 2019
Phatshoane Henney Group firms show 100% Skills Development compliance
Skills Development is an important element of each firm’s BEE scorecard and its ability to comply with the Phatshoane Henney Group BEE Standards.
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12 March 2019
Phatshoane Henney Group firms awarded for achieving the highest standards
A total of 33 Phatshoane Henney Group Firms received Platinum, Gold and Silver Achiever Awards following the Group’s annual Group Standards Certification process conducted at the end of 2018.
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  03 April 2019
Phatshoane Henney Group awards R250,000 in bursaries to 12 candidate attorneys
This year the Phatshoane Henney Group of Associated Law Firms has awarded 12 bursaries with a total value of R250,000 to black candidate attorneys serving articles at Group member firms nationwide. 
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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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  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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