Dladleng are the legitimate owners of Gaabo Motho Music festival :: Mmegi Online

After a copyright war erupted between Dladleng Entertainment Centre and a disgruntled promoter known as Laputo last week over the ownership of Gaabo Motho Festival, Showbiz has now managed to establish that Dladleng are the legitimate copyright holders of the event.

While it was Laputo who broke the news on Facebook claiming to own the logo of the festival and further accusing former associate Oscar Dlamini Thebe of registering a watermarked logo behind his back, Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) awareness and communications manager, Marietta Magashula told Showbiz in an interview that they register logos as submitted by a client.

“We assume that the way the client submits a logo is the way that he or she wants to present it to the market. Our Trademark Examiners only examine the logo to ensure that it meets the requirements of the Industrial Property Act, including assessing if it is not similar to those already registered,” she explained. Magashula clarified that Gaabo Motho logo that has stirred controversy did pass the examination and was duly registered.

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