World Intellectual Property Day 2018

By |2019-06-12T05:37:33+02:00April 25th, 2018|ARIPO, Copyright, Featured, Patents, Trade Marks|

World Intellectual Property Day is celebrated annually on the 26th of April since 2000 when the event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). The purpose of the celebration is to raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life and to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by [...]

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Invitation to our quarterly IP Seminar

By |2019-06-12T05:49:49+02:00April 3rd, 2018|Featured, Patents|

DATE: WEDNESDAY, 11 APRIL 2018 TIME: 0900-1400 VENUE: BRONTE HOTEL INVESTMENT: $50.00 FACILITATORS: Sara Moyo and Lorraine Takaendesa Overview HONEY & BLANCKENBERG invites you to our quarterly IP Seminar. The Seminar will be led by Sara Moyo and Lorraine Takaendesa. Sara is an IP Attorney and the Senior Partner of Honey & Blanckenberg. She is [...]

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The speech delivered by Honourable Justice Luke Malaba, Chief Justice of Zimbabwe, on the occasion of the official opening of the 2018 Legal Year on January 15, 2018

By |2019-06-12T05:37:34+02:00January 16th, 2018|Featured, Human Rights & Constitutional Law|

Mr Fitches and Mr Prosecutor General: Allow me to recognise and acknowledge the presence of - Salutations, Introduction It is that special time of the year once again on the calendar of the Judiciary, in which we have an opportunity to interact and communicate with the nation. The Judiciary is accountable to the people of [...]

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Life after Madrid: Challenges arising from the Madrid Protocol

By |2019-06-12T05:52:08+02:00December 21st, 2017|ARIPO, Featured|

On December 11, 2014, the Government of The Republic of Zimbabwe deposited with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), its instrument of accession to the Protocol to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks, commonly known as the Madrid Protocol. The Protocol entered into force three months later on March 11, 2015. The [...]

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Was this a coup or not a coup – that is the question?

By |2019-06-12T05:37:35+02:00December 20th, 2017|Featured, Litigation|

I dusted off my ancient Webster's International Dictionary looking for inspiration to an answer for what had taken place on the night of the 14th November, 2017. A coup d'état is defined in Webster’s as: "a sudden decisive exercise whereby the existing government is subverted; or there is an unexpected measure of state, more or [...]

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BeLabouring the point – The problems faced in respect of the Labour Amendment Act, 2015

By |2019-06-12T05:53:24+02:00September 10th, 2017|Featured, Labour Law|

BACKGROUND On 17 July 2015, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Nyamande and Anor v Zuva Petroleum (Pvt) Ltd SC 43/15 (“the Zuva case”) which dealt with the issue of termination on notice without cause. In summary it held that the common law position was, and had always been that an [...]

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Honey & Blanckenberg Joins Nextlaw Global Referral Network

By |2019-06-12T05:37:57+02:00May 23rd, 2017|Featured, H&B|

Honey & Blanckenberg today announced it has joined Nextlaw Global Referral Network, enabling it to connect its clients to high quality lawyers around the world. Nextlaw Global Referral Network is the largest legal referral network in the world, with more than 300 member firms and 18 600 lawyers covering 160 countries. Senior Partner of Honey [...]

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Honey & Blanckenberg partners with ARIPO at 139th INTA Annual Meeting in Spain

By |2019-06-12T05:50:58+02:00May 20th, 2017|Featured, Patents, Trade Marks|

Honey & Blanckenberg is pleased to have partnered with ARIPO at the 139th INTA Annual meeting held in Barcelona, Spain from 19 to 24 May 2017. Our presence at the ARIPO booth resulted in significant exposure for our firm’s Intellectual Property Department and helped raise awareness of the increasing intellectual property activity in Africa in [...]

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