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Intellectual property, made more accessible

Your ideas have value. Know what you own.

We help creatives and small businesses understand intellectual property — from copyright and trade marks to ownership, licensing and the questions that come with using AI. Clear explanations, practical tools and support when you need a next step.

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  • Copyright & creative work
  • Trade marks & brand names
  • Licensing & ownership
  • IP for small businesses
  • AI and intellectual property
  • Plain-language guidance

48h

Typical pack delivery time

R2 500

POPIA + Website Legal Pack, from

R1 500

Clause Counsel retainer, per month

Meet your new creative sidekick

You make the good stuff.We help you mind the IP.

The free Creator IP Assessment helps you make sense of what you create, the rights and agreements that may affect your work, and where a little more clarity could make a difference.

See what your IP needsFree to start · no legal-speak
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A little history

Centuries in the making

Who decided ideas could be owned?

The story behind the rights

IP didn’t appear overnight.And its story isn’t finished.

From early patent systems and the first copyright laws to Indigenous knowledge and AI, explore the moments that shaped how we think about creativity, ownership and who gets to benefit.

1474

An early patent system

1710

Copyright and authorship

1883–86

IP crosses borders

NOW

The digital and AI era

Explore the timeline

A visual history, with sources to follow.

Notes from the studio

On our desk this week.

A weekly note on intellectual property: what’s changing, what it means for creators and small businesses, and what we think is worth paying attention to. AI and privacy make an appearance when they raise an IP question.

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The question on our desk

When you create something, what exactly do you own — and what might belong to someone else?

Copyright, trade marks, licensing and ownership can shape the value of a creative project or a growing business. We follow the developments behind the headlines and translate the useful parts into plain language, with original sources to explore further.

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An ongoing note, not a legal opinion. We’ll link to the original sources whenever we cover a specific development.

Practical IP support

Understand your rights. Choose your next step.

From copyright and licensing to trade marks and ownership, find clear, practical support for the work and ideas your business depends on.

Explore services & bundles

Copyright Clarity Session

R800

Understand what you own, what you can use, and where the copyright risks sit around your work.

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Content Licensing Audit

R1 200

Review the rights you've granted under existing brand deals, platform arrangements or UGC licences, and identify terms worth revisiting.

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Creator Collaboration IP Review

R1 500

Review one proposed collaboration or brand deal before you sign, with a focus on ownership, permitted uses, exclusivity, credit and reuse rights.

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Name & Brand Clearance Check

R1 000

An initial check for potential name and brand conflicts before you invest in an identity. Results help you assess risk; they cannot guarantee availability or registration.

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Trade Mark Readiness Check

R1 000

Preparing to file? Check the mark, classification and obvious rejection risks before you submit.

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Founder essential

IP Ownership & Assignment Pack

R1 800

Make sure the business owns the IP created by its team and contractors, instead of leaving ownership to assumption.

See what’s included

Bundles

Save when you bundle

Pick a bundle and skip the piecemeal — a few hundred rand off pairing the most common packs together.

About bundles
Save R350

Creator Protected

R1 950

A copyright clarity session plus review of your next brand collaboration.

Save R500

Launch Protected

R4 000

Clearance plus application support for your brand launch, in one fixed fee.

Looking for AI-specific support? The AI Safe Business bundle remains available as a specialist option. Explore AI & IP services

How it works

Simple enough. Legal enough. No drama.

Pick what you need, tell us what’s going on and we’ll sort the legal bits. No mystery process, no unnecessary theatre.

  1. 01

    Pick your thing

    Choose the pack that fits, or ask us. We’ll point you in the right direction — no legal treasure hunt required.

  2. 02

    Tell us what’s going on

    A short questionnaire (or a 15-minute call for advisory work) so the legal work fits the business you actually run.

  3. 03

    We sort the legal bits

    We draft, review or advise, then deliver everything with a plain-language explanation of what matters and why.

  4. 04

    Get on with it

    Most packs are delivered within 48 hours. And if something else crops up, you know where to find us.

See packs & pricingAbout the studio

Compliance deadline — FIC Directive 12

RMCP submissions close for legal practitioners and TCSPs on 9 October.

The FIC's Directive 12 (effective 7 September 2026) requires listed Accountable Institutions to submit their Risk Management and Compliance Programmes annually via goAML. The first window closes in:

  • 9 October 2026 — legal practitioners, TCSPs, gambling institutions, non-bank credit providers.
  • 31 October 2026 — estate agents, crypto asset service providers (CASPs), high-value goods dealers.

We draft, review and sanity-check RMCP documentation for submission on a fixed-fee basis. Get in touch before the window closes — same-week turnaround where scope is confirmed early.

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Get help with my RMCPRead the Directive (PDF)

Countdown is to 23:59 SAST on 9 October 2026, the first submission deadline under Directive 12.

What clients say

Trusted by teams who read the fine print

A few words from the founders and operators we work with week in, week out.

“The POPIA pack took one afternoon of my time and now my Shopify store is actually compliant. Wish I'd done it before the Regulator came knocking.”
Founder, online retail brand
“The IP assignment pack paid for itself a hundred times over — our developer contracts finally protect what we've built.”
Co-founder, SaaS startup
“Clause Counsel is the best R1 500 a month we spend. Two calls, contracts reviewed, WhatsApp answers — no more invoice anxiety.”
Managing director, creative agency
“Someone copied my content across three platforms. The takedown service handled it all — my channel is clean again.”
Content creator, 250k followers

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Tell us what your business does — we’ll reply within one business day with a straight answer, a fixed price and what you actually need.

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