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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.
 
  11 April 2019
What to do when a business opens next door to your house
Our house is situated in what used to be a quiet residential suburb. Lately though, more and more businesses have started opening up around us with houses being converted into business offices. This has ruined our quiet neighbourhood and resulted in more traffic and other problems in our neighbourhood. Surely businesses cannot just open up offices in a residential area? Is there anything we can do?
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11 April 2019
How fair must government tenders be?
My business is growing and I have a good BEE scorecard. It makes sense that I should start looking at getting government work. I’ve been avoiding it because it seems to me that the government entities award tenders to whomever they like. If I go to the trouble of tendering I’d at least like a fair shot at getting the work. Is it worth looking at tenders or should I rather leave it?
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  11 April 2019
When must my Home Owners’ Association protect my property?
I live in an estate. While on holiday my house was broken into. I feel that lax security could have been the reason for the break-in. However when I raised this with the Home Owners’ Association they were dismissive and said they had no responsibility for the break in. Is this true?
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11 April 2019
New developments with precautionary suspensions
I have a suspicion that one of my branch managers is busy stealing stock and cooking the books. The numbers just don’t add up. I want to suspend him to allow a full investigation to be done, but don’t want to give him a heads-up so he can hide evidence. Can I suspend him immediately without giving him a chance to provide reasons so I can ensure that he leaves the premises? Please advise.
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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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  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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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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  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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