"SUCCESSFUL RELIANCE ON A REGISTERED COLOUR TRADE MARK – USSHER INVENTIONS (PTY) LIMITED V SOUTH QUAY IMPORT AND EXPORT CC"
"The life of a trade mark depends upon the promptitude with which it can be vindicated." - Eloff, J, Transvaal Provincial Division. In March of this year, the High Court (Transvaal Provincial Division) delivered an ex tempore judgment in an interesting case where Ussher Inventions (Pty) Limited relied on the legal protection offered by a registered colour trade mark.