Practice Areas
BMatanga IP Attorneys is a specialised intellectual property services firm, deliberately set up as an anchor to give legal support and address the intellectual property legal needs of companies, individuals and institutions.
Trademarks
We offer trademark registration, observation, search, investigation and portfolio management services. Protect your trademark and keep it secure from illegitimate use.
Patents
We can be consulted on protection of inventions and any other innovative creations. We value our clients’ ingenuity, efforts in research and development and we will assist Clients with stopping free riders.
Design Law
An industrial design refers to the ornamental or aesthetic aspects of a product.
Design registration is specifically directed at the visual features of an article, i.e. the shape and appearance of an article. By protecting an industrial design through its registration the owner obtains exclusive rights right to prevent its unauthorized copying or imitation by others.
Services | Searches, Filings, Registration, Infringement, Licensing, Assignments Renewals, Litigation
Trade Secrets
A trade secret is generally understood as information with commercial value that has not been publicly disclosed by its holder and the holder has taken reasonable steps to protect it.
Manufacturing processes, techniques, know-how, lists of customers, ingredients, manuals, personnel record, business strategies, marketing plans, blueprints, formulas, business plans, financial information, research results are examples of information that can be protected as trade secrets.
Services | Theft of Trade Secrets, Trade Secret Misappropriation, Confidentiality Agreements and general advice pertaining to same.
Media, Sports & Entertainment Law
We handle various matters involving issues such as privacy and copyright issues, defamation, e-commerce laws, cyber crimes, cyber protection,
We also monitor the industry and keep abreast of new developments thereby providing our clients with regular updates on the state of the industry. Our attorneys are passionate about sports and art.
We assist sports people, artists, and entertainers with the legal aspects of the arts, entertainment
Commercial Law & Litigation
Legal advice, drafting
We have a range of legal and commercial expertise on board which provides our clients with an integrated legal service outside the parameters of traditional legal practice
Copyright
It is our belief that your original works of art deserve exclusivity and your control. We empower you against direct or indirect reproduction or exploitation of your original works.
Services | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Licensing, Copyright Litigation, Copyright Prosecution, Copyright Protection, Copyright Registration, Internet Copyright Law.
Counterfeiting
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Through our team of external investigators, surveillance of markets and customs can be carried out for our Clients.
Domain Names
Domain names are identifiers of a company and their goods and services on the internet. They basically serve as online source indicators, allowing consumers to distinguish one competitor’s online offering of goods or services from another.
Services | We develop and implement clear domain policies. We give you legal opinions on domain name disputes and cybersquatting matters.
We will represent you in cross-border disputes through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) procedure which is international in scope and is administered by the (World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center
Notarial Practice, Conveyancing & Real Estate
Our attorneys are also registered Conveyancers and Notary Publics.
They offer efficient legal services in facilitation and negotiation of property sales, conducting searches on encumbrances and investigating property title, representations, registration and transfer of title for both commercial and residential properties, registration and cancellations of mortgage bonds, leases and notarial bonds, drafting of commercial contracts, antenuptial contracts, deeds and registration of name changes.
The firm also undertakes litigation relating to property disputes in all the levels of various courts.
Investment, Immigration, Tax & Securities Law
We realize that as investors come into a particular market they usually need a full range of services, legal services just being one of them.
We have therefore put together a pool of associates and consultants in other service areas that are essential for a foreign investor establishing a business such as Financial Advisory, Tax Advisory Banking, Investment Advisory, Immigration compliance and Accounting services. We are therefore well placed to advise foreign investors wholly.
We advise investors on their rights pertaining to type and value of the interest under consideration for purchase; notes, stocks, treasury stocks, bonds, certificates of interest or participation in profit sharing agreements, shares, investment contracts, interests in gas, oil, and other mineral rights.
We also offer Clients advice and representation in matters involving residence, employment