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HOT OFF THE PRESSES – Sui Generis TK Bill Published In The Gazette
Roll up and hear the good news! Today the new sui generis Protection of Traditional Knowledge Bill was published in the Government Gazette, signalling a major step toward the protection of traditional...
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Letting the Copyright Cat Out Of The Bag
The almost endless capacity of government to waste valuable resources by embarking on half-baked, and socially costly, ideas never ceases to amaze me. What makes the situation deeply troubling (and,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday in Wonderland
Warner/Chappel Music, a music publishing company in the United States of America, claims and exerts copyright in the ubiquitous song “Happy Birthday to You”. It requires that royalty payments should be...
View ArticleThe Winning Choice For Traditional Culture
Note: Seldom will the VineOracle descend into the dust of the arena, even when the winner is known to her in advance. But on this occasion she considers it necessary to expound upon the recent...
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Government’s reflections on the world of Intellectual Property
INTRODUCTION Have you ever basked in the warm sunshine of a glorious summer’s day, in daydreaming mode, and allowed your mind simply to wander at random? You start with a thought, you turn it over in...
View ArticleUNVEILING THE WOLF
The erstwhile Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill (“IPLAB”), generally known as the “Traditional Knowledge Bill”, became an Act when it was published in the Government Gazette as having been...
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A Better Second Attempt – Protection of Indigenous Knowledge
On 20 March 2015 the Department of Science and Technology published the first draft of the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge Systems Bill, 2014 (the “IKS Bill)...
View ArticleThe Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge...
1 Introduction Despite there being no internationally-accepted agreement on the mechanism for protecting indigenous (or traditional) knowledge, or indigenous (or traditional) cultural expressions, the...
View ArticleFreedom to innovate – did Government get the message?
On 27 April, Freedom Day, we will pause to mark the most significant moment in South African history and commemorate the day when freedom, above all else, became the nation’s guiding principle. The day...
View ArticleWritten comments and representations on the draft Regulations relating to the...
The Chair has made written comments and representations on the draft Regulations relating to the Protection, Promotion, Development and Management of Indigenous Knowledge, pursuant to the invitation...
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