Trademarks covered SimTM identifies newly published South African Word marks that are phonetically similar to registered South African trademarks. Speed and efficiency SimTM is built for speed and efficiency, enabling hundreds of thousands of trademarks to be compared against a database containing tens of thousands of published trademarks in a matter of seconds. This enables … Read more
May 24th, 2026Both the PayAnnuity renewal system and the IdeaNav renewal system have incorporated SimTM trademark monitoring technology into their systems. This enables the PayAnnuity and IdeaNav renewal systems to email select clients trademark watching search reports detailing recently published South African trademarks that are phonetically similar to registered trademarks in their PayAnnuity / IdeaNav renewal portfolios. … Read more
May 20th, 2026GlobalIPCo brings SimTM Technology to South African trademarks. About SimTM Tech SimTM Tech identifies newly published trademarks that are phonetically similar to registered trademarks, based on four levels of sensitivity that incrementally broaden the scope of marks flagged. GlobalIPCo selected SimTM Tech due to its processing speed, which enables GlobalIPCo to: generate tens of thousands … Read more
May 16th, 2026About SimTM trademark monitoring technology SimTM powers the GlobalIPCo South African trademark monitoring service. SimTM Technology alerts owners of registered South African trademarks that a phonetically similar South African trademark has been published (and is open to opposition for the next 3 months). South African trademark monitoring emails To receive monthly trademark monitoring alerts by … Read more
May 10th, 2026The GlobalIPCo South African trademark watch service generates +60,000 watching search reports each month. Options: GlobalIPCo trademark watch email alertsGlobalIPCo trademark watch report webpageGlobalIPCo trademark watch search facility Technology: SimTM technology, which identifies phonetically similar trademarks Cost: Free How to activate: Add trademarks to the PayAnnuity trademark renewal system and ask GlobalIPCo to activate watch … Read more
May 4th, 2026Despite only launching in 2026, SimTM‘s trademark watch service technology has been adopted widely by African trademark service providers. The following IP services providers now rely on SimTM technology to enable their clients timeously to oppose registration of confusingly similar trademark within South Africa, Nigeria and OAPI: GlobalIPCo – the largest online filer of African … Read more
Apr 30th, 2026GlobalIPCo is the largest generator of South African trademark monitoring reports, creating +60,000 monitoring reports monthly. These reports are automatically generated within a day of publication of the South African trademark journal using SimTM Technology, and made available without charge. Each report includes details of phonetically similar marks, grouped into four categories – “Most relevant”, … Read more
Apr 26th, 2026A year ago, I was afraid of private equity-backed IP software companies – they were going to eat me alive. Then, they all got eaten by AI. Now, everyone is using AI to run away from AI. Before 2025, “normal” IP firms lived a precarious life. They had to make profit to survive and keep … Read more
Apr 23rd, 2026GlobalIPCo (powered by SimTM technology) offers a free South African trademark watch service, alerting trademark owners to similar recently published trademarks they may with to oppose. As at 2026, GlobalIPCo monitors +60,000 South African trademarks. Historical trademark watch service results are available for all marks – search for “mark” and “class”. However, you will need … Read more
Apr 22nd, 2026S&Z, which manages renewal of +13,000 intellectual property records, has selected SimTM to generate monitoring reports for trademarks on S&Z’s trademark renewal system. Why SimTM? SimTM automatically obtains published trademark data within a day of publication in a trademark journal. SimTM also provides an extensive technology package that “plugs into” existing renewal systems. SimTM’s product … Read more
Apr 19th, 2026Countries covered by SimTM SimTM covers: South African trademarks Nigerian trademarks OAPI trademarks (17 States) Alerting owners of registered trademarks in South Africa, Nigeria and OAPI of phonetically similar trademarks that have recently been published. Enabling them to institute opposition proceedings timeously. Opposition periods: South Africa: 3 months from publication Nigeria: 2 months from publication … Read more
Apr 17th, 2026SimTM is trademark monitoring technology for African trademarks. It specialises in conducting trademark watching searches to identify newly published African trademarks that are phonetically similar to registered African trademarks. African countries covered SimTM monitors newly published: South African trademarks; Nigerian trademarks; and OAPI trademarks, Result categories SimTM categorises results as: most relevant; relevant; of interest; … Read more
Apr 16th, 2026About SimTM Technology SimTM technology is a trademark watching search technology that identifies recently published South African trademarks that are phonetically similar to registered South African trademarks. SimTM is specifically designed to enable websites to create watching search reports in real-time. It also enables users to: create a dynamic webpage for each trademark providing real-time … Read more
Apr 11th, 2026Over the past week, Nano Banana has improved its ability to create patent drawings. You can now simply ask “Get patent drawings for the GlobalIPCo system”. As some background: GlobalIPCo is the top online system for African patents, integrating as much as possible with the IP office in which it files. Nano Banana goes off, … Read more
Apr 4th, 2026GlobalIPCo tested various AI options to create patent drawings, in particular South African provisional patent drawings. Many of the AI options, such as ChatGPT, were disappointing, Whereas, ChatGPT is brilliant for drafting very good patent specifications, it is terrible at creating patent drawings. To create really good patent drawings using AI, try Nano Banana. To … Read more
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