South Africa
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Trademarks in South Africa are registered and enforced under the auspices of the Trademarks Act 194/1993. Under the Companies, Close Corporations and Business Names Acts respectively, trademarks can be utilised to object to names registered under the former two statutes, and to unregistered business names.
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