Browsing by Subject "Intellectual property"
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An analysis of the weaknesses in transfer pricing legislation pertaining to intellectual property
(2014)On 8 June 2012, National Treasury amended Regulation 10(1) (c) of the Exchange Control Regulations to specifically include intellectual property. In so doing, all companies wishing to dispace intellectual property to an ... -
A conceptual framework and considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the information technology arena
(North-West University, 2007)Mergers and acquisitions are an economical strategy of organisations to ensure sustainable growth, to improve their competitive advantage and the achievement of economies of scale. Information Technology is an integral ... -
Data commercialisation in the South African Health Care Context
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Realisation of the value and the commercialisation potential of data is gaining exponential momentum. The combination of historical data exploitations and the use of technologies that allow for the triangulation of data ... -
Discovering the value of liberty in intellectual property adjudication: a methodological critique of the reasoning in Discovery Ltd v Liberty Group Ltd 2020 4 SA 160 (GJ)
(PER/PELJ, 2021)This article discusses the recent decision in Discovery Ltd v Liberty Group Ltd 2020 4 SA 160 (GJ), which concerned a claim of trade mark infringement in terms of sections 34(1)(a) and 34(1(c) of the Trade Marks Act 194 ... -
Enhancing the value of patents as corporate assets in South Africa : how can artificial intelligence (AI) assist?
(PER/PELJ, 2021)Although the accounting definition of assets contemplates intangible, abstract assets such as those embodied in intellectual property (IP), South African company law largely views IP as a legal and not a business asset. ... -
From apathy to oblivion? The shameful history of heritage resource management in the Vaal Triangle
(2007)The Vaal Triangle is richly endowed with a prehistory that commenced c. 1.5 million years ago, when a succession of Stone Age cultures flourished in the fertile Vaal-Klip valley in the environs of the modern industrial ... -
Harnessing intellectual property for development: some thoughts on an appropriate theoretical framework
(2013)This paper considers how an appropriate theoretical framework for Intellectual Property may be constructed. Such a framework would be the lens through which contested IP issues may be resolved and upon which national IP ... -
Identifying barriers to commercialisation of intellectual property at selected South African universities
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)Commercialisation of intellectual property, also known as technology transfer, is the process of transferring scientific research findings from university to market for the purpose of further development, economic growth ... -
Property rights and traditional knowledge
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)For the past several decades, there has been a push to provide some sort of right akin to an intellectual property right in traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression. This push has encountered staunch ... -
Quo Vadis Patent Litigation : Ascendis Animal Health (Pty) Limited v Merck Sharpe Dohme Corporation 2020 1 SA 327 (CC) - in search of the bigger picture on Patent Validity
(PER/PELJ, 2021)In October 2019 the Constitutional Court (CC) handed down judgment in the matter of Ascendis Animal Health (Pty) Limited v Merck Sharpe Dohme Corporation 2020 1 SA 327 (CC). This is its first judgment dealing with the ...
