INTRODUCTION The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary gives the following as a meaning of the word “friend”: “A person who wishes another, a cause etc., well; a sympathizer, helper, patron…” Carole King, the famous songwriter/performer, gives a good description of the characteristics of a friend in her iconic song, You’ve Got a Friend. The drafters […]
Dr Madelein Kleyn (Director Technolgy Transfer, Innovus and fellow of the Anton Mostert Chair of Intellectual Property Law) has written a piece contemplating whether it is possible to waive IP rights in view of the minimum requirements set by the TRIPS Agreement for the protection of IP Rights, in light of the patent waiver controversy […]
Innovus, the Technology Transfer Office of Stellenbosch and the Stellenbosch University Department of Earth Science, and the Department of Geotechnical Engineering have submitted their commentary on the Draft Regulations to the Geoscience Act 100 of 1993, published for comment on 3 March 2021. These comments were compiled by Prof Alexander Kisters (Head of Department: Department […]
Innovus, the Technology Transfer Office of Stellenbosch, has made a written submission to the proposed National Data and Cloud Policy in terms of the Electronic Communications Act 36 fo 2005. These comments were compiled by Andre Pelser (Attorney at Roux De Villiers & Associates), and Dr Madelein Kleyn (Director Technolgy Transfer, Innovus, and fellow of […]
Freedom to operate conundrum By Dr. Madelein Kleyn, Innovus, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Abstract: Growing a patent portfolio by protecting the innovation derived from research and development investment is merely the beginning to the creation of value. Freedom to use, sell and otherwise exploit the invention is the challenge. This is so often misunderstood. […]
INTRODUCTION Blind people are at a distinct disadvantage and face serious challenges when it comes to reading the written word. They need written text to be rendered in braille or in electronic form to permit a text-to-speech functionality with easy navigation across the text. Unfortunately, such adapted-for-disability-utility versions of written text are in short supply […]
Dr Madelein Kleyn has written a piece for the June 2020 publication of the Les Nouvelles, the journal of the Licensing Executives Society International, on the challenges faced by start-up businesses and the risk management strategies to combat such challenges.
