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The virtual reality and hard data of successful university start-ups that may succeed…or not!

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.

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Posted in IPStell, Publications Tagged business, risk management, start-ups

Great Listening: Discourse on the Copyright Amendment Bill

Prof Sadulla Karjiker, the incumbent Chair of IP Law, joined Hugh Melamdowitz, partner at Spoor & Fisher, and Wiseman Ngubo, head of legal and business Affairs for CAPASSO (Composers, Authors and Publishers Association) on Classic FM 1027’s Classic Business to discuss the diversity of views on the latest draft of the Copyright Amendment Bill. Listen […]

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Posted in Copyright, IPStell, Publications Tagged copyright amendment bill, Interview

IP Public Lecture 2018 – Patent Enforcement Lessons for SA Policy Development

THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED Watch the video of the lecture below. The annual Intellectual Property Law Public Lecture, presented by the Chair of IP Law and the Faculty of Law, will take place on 16 August 2018. Prof. Dr. Christoph Ann will deliver the lecture on the topic Patent Enforcement – lessons for SA […]

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Posted in Events, Publications Tagged enforcement, EU, examination, IP, patent, policy, public lecture, SA

Prof Dean on KayaFm discuss Mbube legacy

Prof Owen Dean discussed the case of Mbube (The Lion Sleeps Tonight) by Solomon Linda on Kaya FM. You can listen to the interview here.

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Posted in Publications Tagged Lion Sleeps Tonight, Solomon Linda

Movie Screening #worldipday

To celebrate world IP day, Stellenbosch University, Innovus, the Chair of IP Law and Spoor & Fisher will host a private screening of the film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on 25 April to coincide with the World IP Day Seminar, which will start later on the same day. The film, starring Oprah Winfrey, is based […]

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Posted in Events, Publications Tagged genetics, innovation, movie, world ip day

World IP Day Public Seminar: Powering Change

Looking for the most recent event? Click here.  On 25 April 2018 the Chair of IP Law at the Faculty of Law, and Innovus, marked World IP Day by hosting a public seminar followed by a Q&A panel session on the theme Powering change: Stellenbosch womxn in innovation and creativity. The focus of this seminar was the […]

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Posted in Events, Publications Tagged #worldipday, creativity, innovation, ip day, Powering Change, seminar, Stellenbosch, women, world ip day

Commentary: Draft Intellectual Property Policy Phase 1 2017

Prof Sadulla Karjiker and Dr Madelein Kleyn recently submitted the following comments to the DTI on the Draft IP Policy Phase 1 2017. The full text of the IP Chair’s commentary may be downloaded here. Introduction The Department of Trade and Industry published the Draft Intellectual Property Policy of the Republic of South Africa Phase I […]

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Posted in IPStell, Patents, Publications Tagged commentary, draft, examination, exceptions, intellectual property, IP Policy, patent system, Phase 1, review

Good read: a truly South African novel on copyright law

It is about time! Great news for those in need of new, good fiction in the courtroom drama sub-genre with a truly South African perspective – the new book The Summit Syndrome has just been published by Authorhouse UK. And the best part – it is set as a copyright infringement case authored by the man who knows […]

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Posted in Copyright, IPStell, Publications Tagged courtroom, drama, fiction, law, novel, Plagiarism, summit syndrome

ANC Legal Research Group on Copyright Amendment Bill

The legal research group of the African National Congress held a workshop in Sandton on 14 October 2017 to discuss the Copyright Amendment Bill 2017 with input from a panel of experts and questions from the attendees. The panel included the current Chair of Intellectual Property Law at Stellenbosch University, Prof Sadulla Karjiker, and the […]

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Posted in Copyright, IPStell, Publications Tagged ANC, Copyright, copyright amendment bill, debate, Parliament

Inaugural Lecture: Prof Sadulla Karjiker

The investiture of Professor Sadulla Karjiker will take place on Thursday 28 September 2017 during his inaugural lecture as professor of law at Stellenbosch University. The topic of Prof Karjiker’s address is IP: Politics and beyond. The inaugural lecture will also serve as the Intellectual Property Law Public Lecture 2017 and is open to the public. […]

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Posted in Events, Publications Tagged Inaugural, IP Public Lecture, politics, public lecture, Sadulla Karjiker
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