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SOFTWARE PATENTS IN SOUTH AFRICA - TO BE OR NOT TO BE? - BY ELAINE DE BEER
Monday, June 20, 2011
The patenting of South African software is the subject of much heated debate. While the concept has never having been examined by our judicial system, software patent applications are being granted by our Patent Office.

EXPIRED PATENTS CAN BE TREASURE CHESTS FOR THOSE SEEKING TO WEATHER THE STORMY ECONOMIC CLIMATE - BY THEO DU PREEZ
Thursday, July 01, 2010
The enormous rate at which information and knowledge is being created, distributed and disseminated renders it crucial that minds creating them enjoy protection and security. Underlining the importance of such protection is that sophisticated nations – generally the leaders in technological advances – place extraordinary emphasis on how information and knowledge are best protected.

PATENT DELAY COSTS - FRANK JOFFE AND THEO DU PREEZ
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Occasionally, errors in a patent specification go unnnoticed and are retained in a granted patent. This can happen in any jurisdiction. "First published in Juta's Business Law 2008 part 1 page 29"

THE HOO-HA ABOUT HOODIA – FRANK JOFFE
Monday, March 17, 2008
The Hoodia plant is a relatively unspectacular succulent of the genus Hoodia, of which a number of species are indigenous to Southern Africa. Were it not for the fact that the plant contains certain chemicals that appear to act as appetite suppressants, the Hoodia cactus would be of little interest to anyone other than botanists.

POTENTIAL FORCING OF PATENT LICENCES BY GENERIC COMPANIES IN SOUTH AFRICA
Thursday, June 07, 2007
South African procedures relating to patents coupled with provisions in the South African Patents Act1 and the nature of legal proceedings involving patents can, if used correctly by manufacturers of generic pharmaceuticals, have the effect of forcing a license on a holder of a pharmaceutical patent under the patent. Given the commercial value to a generics manufacturer of being "the first generic in the market" the above are being used more extensively and with devastating effect.

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• Consumer Protection Act
• Proposed Labour Law Amendments
• New Companies Act
• NHI