Four months after the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 51 of 2008 was passed in Parliament, various industry stakeholders have analysed the possible effects of the act and commented accordingly.
- Gray Area: IPR Bill Regulations promulgated – the death knell for open science in South Africa?
- ex Africa semper aliquid novi: Privatising Public Knowledge Draft Regulations: confusing the public domain and the commons
- Derek Keats: various postings related to the IPR act.
To view the discussions, visit the following sites:
- UCT: Intellectual Property
- UKZN: Office set up at UKZN to protect intellectual property
Institutional responses in terms of the requirements of the Act, are:
Should you be aware of any other responses or institutions that have made progress as to the requirements of the Act, please post in the comment option provided for below.
