The high court in Pretoria has referred the dispute between the previous funders of the “please call me” case and Nkosana Makate over settlement negotiations with Vodacom to arbitration. The ruling
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After a Herculean victory over telecommunications giant Vodacom for being the rightful inventor of “please call me”, Nkosana Makate has yet again been dragged back to court. A fresh legal battle
In the latest episode of TalkCentral, your hosts Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg chat about Nkosana Makate’s victory over Vodacom at the constitutional court. Also this week, local Internet service providers have come out in
The constitutional court’s scathing judgment that ordered Vodacom to compensate Nkosana Makate for his “please call me” idea, in theory, brings an end to a legal case akin to a David vs Goliath battle. The case, which was before the high court in
Nkosana Makate has won a crucial constitutional court case against Vodacom over his claim for compensation for helping develop the mobile operator’s “please call me” service. In a landmark
Inventor of Vodacom’s “please call me” service, Nkosana Makate, says he doesn’t have any hard feelings towards telecoms veteran Alan Knott-Craig. The constitutional court on Tuesday
The constitutional court has slammed former Vodacom executives’ version of how the company’s “please call me” product was conceived. The constitutional court on Tuesday morning found Vodacom was bound by an agreement with Nkosana Makate
Vodacom is seeking the dismissal of a court bid that claims the company stole the idea for its “Airtime Advance” product. Airtime Advance allows subscribers who run out of airtime to get R5 or
When chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng put it to Vodacom’s counsel, led by Fanie Cilliers SC, that a man who has invented a product out of which the telecommunications giant generated millions must get nothing, attendees at the constitutional court murmured in disagreement
Throughout history, intellectual property has been a contested terrain. Recent legal disputes involving big companies such as Apple and Samsung have brought the subject down to an everyday conversation. South Africa’s intellectual property law shares many