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SA Patent Reform Underway: A Call for Balanced, Modern IP Laws

South African Institute of Intellectual Property Law (SAIIPL) has made a formal submission in response to the government’s planned reforms of the Patents Act and Designs Act. The submission welcomes...

Intellectual PropertyJames DaviesPatents
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A SANGUINARY PROBLEM

Similarly to the British Patents Act and the European Patent Convention, the South African Patents Act excludes from patentability a method of treatment by therapy of the animal or human body. A quest...

Deborah MarsicanoPatents
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New South African Plant Breeders’ Rights law comes into effect

South Africa’s new Plant Breeders’ Rights Act 12 of 2018 (new Act) has, by proclamation in the Government Gazette of 6 June 2025, been deemed to have been in effect since 1 June 2025. Thus, the Pl...

Joanne van HarmelenPatentsPieter Visagie

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