Trademarks: Soccer World Cup 2010
According to the South African trade and industry department foreign and local companies are rushing to secure the rights to names and ideas that could be associated with the 2010 Soccer World Cup. Approximately 27000 trademarks were registered in the financial year ended March 2006, compared with an average of about 24000 a year. It cost from R225 to R400 to register a trademark, said acting Cipro CE Joey Mathekga.
