Browsing PER: 2010 Volume 13 No 4 by Title
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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 ... -
Protecting expressions of folklore within the right to culture in Africa
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)This paper explores the protection of expressions of folklore within the right to culture in Africa by considering three issues, which are the increased understanding of the right to culture in national constitutions and ... -
Protecting traditional knowledge - does secrecy offer a solution?
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)The shortcomings of using the intellectual property system to safeguard the interests of traditional knowledge holders have received considerable attention. Laws that guard against the disclosure of secret traditional ... -
Some tax implications of traditional knowledge under conventional intellectual property
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)The proposed incorporation of traditional intellectual property into the definition of copyright, trade-marks and designs as defined in the Copyright Act,1 the Trade Marks Act2 and the Designs Act3 may affect the income ... -
Towards a clearer definition and understanding of "indigenous community" for the purposes of the Intellectual Property Law Amandment Bill 2010: An eploration of the concepts "indigenous" and "traditional"
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)Although "indigenous" and "traditional" are key concepts in the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill of 2010, they are not defined therein. The Bill does, however, provide a definition of "indigenous community" that ... -
Traditional knowledge and patent protection: Conflicting views on international patent standards
(North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Faculty of Law, 2010)As diseases continue to spread around the globe, pharmaceutical and biotech companies continue to search for new and better drugs to treat them. Most of these companies have realised that useful compounds for these purposes ...