LA Group (Pty) Ltd v Stable Brands (Pty) Ltd and Another (650/2020) [2022] ZASCA 161 (25 November 2022)

begin wrapper begin container begin header begin slogan-floater end slogan-floater - About SAFLII About SAFLII - Databases Databases - Search Search - Terms of Use Terms of Use - RSS Feeds RSS Feeds end header begin main begin center # South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal You are here: SAFLII >> Databases >> South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal >> 2022 >> [2022] ZASCA 161 | Noteup | LawCite sino index ## LA Group (Pty) Ltd v Stable Brands (Pty) Ltd and Another (650/2020) [2022] ZASCA 161 (25 November 2022) LA Group (Pty) Ltd v Stable Brands (Pty) Ltd and Another (650/2020) [2022] ZASCA 161 (25 November 2022) Download original files PDF format RTF format make_database: source=/home/saflii//raw/ZASCA/Data/2022_161.html sino date 25 November 2022 THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL OF SOUTH AFRICA JUDGMENT Not reportable Case no: 650/2020 In the matter between: LA GROUP (PTY) LTD                                                                APPELLANT and STABLE BRANDS (PTY) LTD                                                    FIRST RESPONDENT THE REGISTRAR OF TRADE MARKS                                      SECOND RESPONDENT Neutral citation: LA Group (Pty) Ltd v Stable Brands (Pty) Ltd and Another (Case no 650/2020) [2021] ZASCA 161 (25 November 2022) Coram: PONNAN, MAKGOKA, SCHIPPERS and PLASKET JJA and PHATSHOANE AJA Delivered: 25 November 2022 Summary: Correction of patent error in order. AMENDED ORDER Paragraph 2(c) of the order granted in this matter is amended by the deletion of ‘2013’ and the substitution therefor of ‘2014’. JUDGMENT Schippers JA (Ponnan, Makgoka and Plasket JJA and Phatshoane AJA concurring): [1]     Paragraph 2(c) of the order granted in this appeal on 22 February 2022 reads: ‘ 2       The first respondent’s counter-application for the removal from the register of trade marks, in terms of s 27(1) (a) of the Act, of the following trade mark registration numbers is upheld: . . . (c)     2013/31832 POLO PONY & PLAYER DEVICE in class 9, save for ‘glasses, spectacles, sunglasses’;’ [2] On 12 October 2022 the parties to the appeal drew to the attention of the registrar of this Court that the aforesaid order contained a patent error, namely that ‘2013’ in the order should be deleted and substituted with ‘2014’. They accordingly sought the correction of the order. The error may be corrected, [1] particularly because the order in question is one in rem that affects a public register. [2] [3]        It is accordingly ordered that: Paragraph 2(c) of the order granted in this matter is amended by the deletion of ‘2013’ and the substitution therefor of ‘2014’. A SCHIPPERS JUDGE OF APPEAL [1] Firestone South Africa (Pty) Ltd v Genticuro A.G. [1977] 4 All SA 600 (A); 1977 (4) SA 298 (A) at 307A-308A. See Afgri Grain Marketing (Pty) Ltd v Trustees for the time being of Copenship Bulkers A/S (in liquidation) and Others [2019] ZASCA 104 para 6; Oosthuizen and Another v The State [2020] ZASCA 1 para 1. [2] The Gap Inc v Salt of the Earth Creations (Pty) Ltd and Others [2012] ZASCA 68 ; 2012 (5) SA 259 (SCA) para 2. sino noindex make_database footer start