Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development

Updated:

2010-10-01

Originator:

Minister of Science and Technology

Draft Bill

Draft bill full text:

2007 version published in GG 29950 of 8 June 2007 - access for Government Gazette subscribers and Policy Documents subscribers, or purchase this document
2008 version published in GG 31130 of 13 June 2008 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Year of publication:

2007

Publication for comment (draft bill):

Published in GG 29950 of 8 June 2007 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document

Bill

Bill number:

B46-2008

Year of publication:

2008

Bill full text:

Hearings, briefings and submissions on bill:

Access for Policy Documents subscribers - search for the title 'Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research'

Act

Act number:

51 of 2008

Year of publication:

2008

Commencement date:

2 August 2010 - GG 33422, Proc 34, 2010-07-30

Act full text:

Published in GG 31745 of 22 December 2008 - access for Government Gazette subscribers, or purchase this document
Access for Netlaw subscribers, or purchase this document

Further Information

SabinetLaw articles:

News articles:

Bill a threat to joint research ventures – Business Day (2007-11-12) (access to SA Media – search for title)
Parliament seeks help – Moneyweb (2008-07-02)
Parliament finalises govt IPR Bill – ITWeb (2008-08-15)
IP Rights Bill signed into law - News24 (2009-01-14)
Draft legislation on intellectual property is bucking trend of sharing knowledge - Cape Argus (2009-06-10) (access to SA Media – search for title)
New public-funded research rules to have far-reaching implications - Engineering News (2010-09-03)
Intellectual property law - Business Day (2010-09-09)

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