Mupangavanhu, YeukaiVuke, Kawake Sipelo2022-08-152024-04-022022-08-152024-04-022022https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10478Magister Legum - LLMThis section contains an overview of trademarks and the objective is to provide background information to the discussion. Trademark law is a creature of statute except for the law of passing-off which comes from common law.1 Trademarks are governed by the Trade Marks Act 194 of 1993.2 Accordingly, it is imperative to look at this Act to have clarity on the definition of a mark and a trademark.enIntellectual property rightsConstitution of the Republic of South AfricaTrademark lawPrivate lawInternational lawAn analysis of the ‘likelihood of confusion’ test in the South African trademark lawUniversity of the Western Cape