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The South African patent system is the system by which patents are granted in South Africa. As is the case in many other countries, a patent provides legal protection for a new and industrially applicable invention. This invention, which constitutes either a product or process, has to be brought about as a result of an inventive step ...
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 African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in patent and other intellectual property matters. ARIPO was established by the Lusaka Agreement [1] of 1976.
Patent attorneys in South Africa [31] are qualified attorneys – see Attorneys in South Africa – who have additionally specialised through the South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law. [32] This requires: a technical or scientific diploma or degree from a university or technikon, involving at least a three-year course of study;
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Amendment Act, 2014: 3: Tourism Act, 2014: 4: Employment Services Act, 2014: 5: Marine Living Resources Amendment Act, 2014: 6: Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2014: 7: Science and Technology Laws Amendment Act, 2014: 8: South African Language Practitioners' Council Act, 2014: 9: Legal ...
This is a list of acts enacted by the Parliament of South Africa from its establishment in 1910 to the present. List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1910–1919; List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1920–1929; List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1930–1939; List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa ...
Engineering Profession of South Africa Act, 1990: 115: Air Services Licensing Act, 1990: 116: National Policy for Health Act, 1990: 117: Pension Laws Amendment Act, 1990: 118: Pensions (Supplementary) Act, 1990: 119: Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990: 120: Public Service Laws Amendment Act, 1990: 121: Rural Areas Amendment Act (House of ...
Patent infringement is an unauthorized act of - for example - making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing for these purposes a patented product. Where the subject-matter of the patent is a process, infringement involves the act of using, offering for sale, selling or importing for these purposes at least the product obtained by the patented process. [1]