South Africa: Patent

In June, the ARIPO office held diplomatic engagements in Zimbabwe and South Sudan to enhance regional and international cooperation in intellectual property and advance discussions for South Sudan to accede to ARIPO.

June has seen a legislative development in South Africa with the new Plant Breeders' Rights Act coming into force and a landmark ruling from the Supreme Court of Appeal...

June saw two historic occasions for OAPI and its member countries, with the first ever international festival of the Penja Pepper and the launch of OAPILEX- an online jurisprudence database specific to OAPI.

Recently, an alarming trend has emerged where inventors are using large language models (LLMs) chatbots (think ChatGPT, Anthropic, Bard, Deepseek...

Copyright judgments are rare in South Africa and findings of the Copyright Tribunal are even rarer.

The African continent boasts a wealth of biodiversity and is a treasure trove of genetic resources and traditional knowledge. These valuable assets have long been a source of innovation and inspiration, but their protection has presented challenges, especially in the realm of intellectual property.

In recent years, we have witnessed explosive growth of online marketplaces and the increasing prevalence of e-commerce businesses.

There was a fascinating article in the IPKat blog about the AI programme AlphaFold recently. So, what is this all about...

From 11 November 2024 to 22 November 2024 the WIPO Diplomatic Conference took place in Riyadh, with the focus being the adoption of the Design Law Treaty (DLT).