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The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is an agency of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa. [1] The CIPC was established by the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008) [2] as a juristic person to function as an organ of state within the public administration, but as an institution outside the public service.
The term has become a genericised trademark in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Nigeria, Ghana, New Zealand, Israel, India, Serbia, Japan, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Malaysia, Macedonia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, and is used much in the same way that Scotch tape came to be used in Canada, France, Italy and the United States, in referring to any ...
A review of South Africa's research and development strategy reported on the “net cost” of copyright and royalties to South Africa as rising from R200 million to R800 million between 1990 and 2002.
There are a large number and variety of statutes in South Africa—including Acts, ordinances, proclamations, by-laws, rules and regulations. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] As of 1993, statute law is to be found on all three levels of government ( national , provincial and local ), and as such affects every governmental sphere, and although generally referred to ...
Once the trademark authority of a designated country grants protection, the mark is protected in that jurisdiction just as if that office had registered it. [ 1 ] The Madrid System is administered by the International Bureau of the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva , Switzerland .
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has a mandate to develop the South African economy.They envision a dynamic, industrial and globally competitive economy, that is inclusive, offers decent employment and equity. [1]
Representation between the Republic of South Africa and Self-governing Territories Act, 1959 (after 1987) 47: Land Bank Amendment Act, 1959: 48: South Africa Act Further Amendment Act, 1959: 49: Offices of Profit Amendment Act, 1959: 50: Hire-Purchase Amendment Act, 1959: 51: Mines and Works Amendment Act, 1959: 52: Stamp Duties and Fees ...
South Africa's municipalities may, in terms of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, make by-laws for the effective administration of the matters it has a right to administer. The areas within which a municipality may make by-laws are listed in Schedule 4 Part B, and Schedule 5 Part B, of the Constitution.