• Merchandise Marks Act, 1941 (Act No. 17 of 1941)
    • Act
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. What acts amount to applying trade description
    • 3. Appointment of officers
    • 4. Powers of inspectors to enter and search premises and sieze certain articles
    • 5. Obstruction of inspectors
    • 6. Applying false trade description and alteration of trade mark
    • 7. Sale and hiring out of goods bearing false trade descriptions
    • 8. Sale of imported goods bearing name or make of South African manufacturer or trader, unaccompanied by indication of origin
    • 9. Sale of imported goods bearing marks in official language, unacommpanied by indication of origin
    • 10. Power to require indication of origin and compliance with specified standards in the case of certain classes of goods
    • 11. Minister may prescribe what indication of origin of goods to be made
    • 12. Certain provisions not to apply to trade descriptions applied to certain goods at commencement of Act
    • 13. Affording of opportunity to interested persons to submit representations
    • 14. Unauthorized use of certain emblems
    • 15. Use of certain marks may be prohibited
    • 15A. Abuse of trade mark in relation to event
    • 16. Implied warranty on sale of marked goods
    • 17. Containers marked with owner's name not to be sold
    • 18. Evidence
    • 19. REPEALED
    • 20. Penalties
    • 21. Repeal of laws
    • 21bis. REPEALED
    • 22. Short title and commencement of Act
  • Notices
    • The Prohibition on the Use of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) Logo Biz Portal
      • Notice No. 1226 of 2020
    • Designation of the 2021 British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour of South Africa as a protected event
      • Notice No. 380 of 2021
    • Prohibition on the Use of Certain Words and Emblems associated with the 2021 British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour of South Africa
      • Notice No. 381 of 2021
      • Annexures
        • Annexure 1
        • Annexure 2
        • Annexure 3
        • Annexure 4
        • Annexure 5
        • Annexure 6
        • Annexure 7
        • Annexure 8
        • Annexure 9
        • Annexure 10
        • Annexure 11
        • Annexure 12
        • Annexure 13
        • Annexure 14
    • Final Notice on the Prohibition on the Use of Certain Words and Emblems associated with the 2021 British and Irish Lions Rugby Tour of South Africa
      • Notice No. 617 of 2021
      • Annexures
        • Annexure 1 : Tour Marks
        • Annexure 2
        • Annexure 3
        • Annexure 4
        • Annexure 5
        • Annexure 6
        • Annexure 7
        • Annexure 8
        • Annexure 9
        • Annexure 10 : Word and Numeral Marks
        • Annexure 11 : British and Irish Lions Emblems and Devices
        • Annexure 12
        • Annexure 13
        • Annexure 14
        • Annexure 15
        • Annexure 16
    • Prohibition on the Use of the Logo for the Border Management Authority (BMA)
      • Notice No. 951 of 2022
      • Annexures
        • Annexure 1
        • Annexure 2
    • Final Notice on the Prohibition on the Use of Certain Words and Emblems associated with the 2022 Rugby World Cup 7's to be hosted in South Africa
      • Notice No. 1235 of 2022
      • Annexures
        • Annexure 1
        • Annexure 2
    • Final Notice on the Declaration of the 2022 Rugby World Cup 7's as a protected event
      • Notice No. 1236 of 2022
    • Prohibition on the use of certain words and emblems associated with the Cape Flora
      • Notice No. 1824 of 2023