Praise for this work
‘Persons in commerce and elsewhere are often confronted with complicated intellectual property concepts, and it is in their best interest to understand them well. Adv Salmon’s book goes a long way towards making these concepts understandable and less intimidating’
– Wim Alberts, Professor of Mercantile law, University of Johannesburg
‘An English court once said that there is no universal definition of “intellectual property” or “intellectual property law”, and although there is consensus as to its core content (patents for inventions, copyright, aesthetic and functional design rights, and trademarks) there is none as to its limits. To present this mixed bag in simplified form in one slim volume without unnecessary legalese is a major accomplishment. Few have been able to do what Adv Owen Salmon SC succeeded in doing and I fully recommend this book to the general public — and to many learned lawyers — as a beginner’s guide to IP. The reader will at least now know that one does not have a patent in one’s idea or copyright in a trademark. And how easily and often we infringe copyright’
– Louis (LTC) Harms, Retired Judge of Appeal, former Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Appeal, and Professor Extraordinary for Intellectual Property Law at the University of Pretoria; author of The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: A Case Book (World Intellectual Property Organization, 4th Ed, 2018)
‘There are so many people who in their professional, personal or business life should have a better understanding and appreciation of intellectual property: what it is, how important it is and the law surrounding it. Intellectual Property Made Simple achieves what it says. It provides the reader with a user-friendly, easily understandable overview of intellectual property. I have no hesitation in recommending this book to anyone who requires a better understanding of trade marks, designs, copyright and patents. Owen Salmon is to be commended in providing such a useful tool’
– Ian Isdale, General Counsel and Company Secretary of listed companies. Group Company Secretary and Legal Counsel for Tiger Brands from 1993 to 2015.
‘I am delighted to endorse the book written by Advocate Owen Salmon SC. I do so in the knowledge that his book will be easily followed and understood by readers, especially those who are not trained lawyers. My experience with Owen Salmon’s writings are such that his style of writing make it easy to follow the trend and meaning’
– Don MacRobert, Patent Attorney, founder and former CEO of Get Ahead Foundation; founder Chairman of Lawyers for Human Rights (Pretoria); former partner at Adams & Adams; past President of Licensing Executives Society; former consultant at ENS; co-author of From Edison to iPod — Protect your ideas and Make Money (DK, 2007).
‘This book has ably and admirably met its aim “to simplify intellectual property law, making its basic principles easily understandable”. The book acquaints readers with the basic tenets of intellectual property law which equips them to understand the field and to debate or converse about it, at a time when its importance is again at the fore’
– Caroline B Ncube, SARChI Research Chair in Intellectual Property, Innovation and Development; Professor, Department of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town; co-editor, South African Intellectual Property Law Journal.
‘This is a book for people who require practical, easy-to-understand guidance in this often complex field. Simple, engaging and easy to understand — it is a book that every law student and business person should have’
– Gail Schimmel, CEO of the Advertising Regulatory Board; author of Advertising Law (Juta), and best-selling novelist.
‘The author, an eminent senior counsel with great experience in the field, whom I have known for many years, aims to simplify IP law by making its basic principles easily understandable. He has succeeded — by concentrating on the four pillars of IP: trademarks, copyright, designs and patents. He has extracted the principles from the statutes and used them to give a useful overview of the legal policies and rules applicable to IP rights. Well-illustrated with images and drawings and with timely reminders to seek the advice of an expert, it is an exceptionally good introduction to IP. All in 138 pages. I would strongly recommend that every businessperson concerned with the protection of IP and every budding IP practitioner should read the book and use it as a guide’
– BR Southwood, Retired Judge of the High Court