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Financing patent costs
Too often patentees are forced to abandon their patenting foray due to a lack of finance. The common reasons therefore are the...
Sibanda & Zantwijk
#1 Filer
of
South African patents
(2022, 2023, 2024)
South African
Patents, Trademarks
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Patents, Trademarks
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Patents, Trademarks
SOUTH AFRICA
NIGERIA
1 Instruction
2 Countries
44% of Sub-Saharan GDP
284 Million population
44%
284 MILLION PEOPLE
The SANi patent / trademark is the
best option "for
Africa"
It covers South Africa and Nigeria:
Official patent renewal fees for many African countries are low and may be pre-paid.
Pre-pay patent renewals for all 20 years upfront, significantly reducing the lifetime cost of African patents, renewal administration and risk.
Top filer of South African patents 2022, 2023 and 2024
Expert witness in South Africa's major IP transfer pricing cases.
Filed 7,412 South African patents during 2022-2023 with +99% grant rate.
Manage renewal of +13,000 patents.
Drafted intellectual property provisions in the South African Income Tax Act.
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Patent / Trademark issues
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Commercial
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Patent / Trademark issues
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Taxation
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Funding
Financing patent costs
Too often patentees are forced to abandon their patenting foray due to a lack of finance. The common reasons therefore are the...
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Taxation
Is the "licence" in substance a sale or a licence?
The doctrine of substance over form empowers our courts to ignore the form of a transaction and give effect to its proper substance. Accordingly, when...
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Patent issues
South Africa PCT National Phase Patent
South African offers the lowest cost national phase patent available. Total cost: US$475. This charge include: our professional charge; the official...
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Taxation
Tax nature of royalty payments
Is the case of BP Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd v CSARS (SCA) the last word on the nature of royalty payments? In my opinion, it is not. The judgment...
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Patent issues
VicennialPatent - South African 20-year Patent Package
For only $860 (official fees included) we will: file a South African national phase or convention patent...
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Structured finance
IP Sale and Leaseback transactions
Originally, sale and leaseback transactions were applied to tangible assets, such as plant, machinery and equipment. However, since the mid‐1990's...
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Patent issues
SANi Patent - Combination patent covering South Africa and Nigeria
SANi Patent - your best option for Africa. A SANi Patent covers South Africa and Nigeria - African countries with a total GDP of $734 billion (i.e. 44% of Sub-Saharan Africa GDP)...