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WIPO Intellectual Property and Creative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises. The South African Biotechnology Strategy and Protecting Biotechnological Inventions in South Africa. Part 1 The South African Biotechnology Strategy and InnovationPolicy.
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WIPO Intellectual Property and Creative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises The South African Biotechnology Strategy and Protecting Biotechnological Inventions in South Africa
Part 1The South African Biotechnology Strategy and InnovationPolicy • A. Introduction to the National Biotechnology Strategy • B. Definition of Biotechnology • C. What does the Biotech Strategy aim to do? • D. Stimulating Biotechnological Innovation through Regional Innovation Centres (BRICs) • E. Biotech Surveys and Statistics • F. Areas in which the Biotechnology Strategy can greater help SMEs.
Part 2 - ASouth African Patent Law • A. The Protection of Biotechnological Inventions • Ai South African Patent Law • Aii TRIPS Compliant
Part 2 BSouth African Patent Law • B. Registrars Right to Refuse Patent Grant. • Bi Disclosure of Indigenous Origin: Section 3 A of the Patents Amendment Act • Bii Immorality as a ground for Exclusion
Part 2 CSouth African Patent Law • C. Guidance from the EU Law regarding Product Patents on DNA Sequences
Part 3: Conclusion • Patents as Exclusive Rights, Promoters of Publically Accessible Scientific and Technical Information, and Instruments of Economic Policy • Patenting Genetic Information in South Africa • Re-structuring the SAPTO • Include SMEs and discuss their role in the Update to the SA Biotechnology Stratgey
Thank You By: Ugreson Maistry, LL.M (MIPLC) Attorney of the High Court of South Africa