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A Better Second Attempt – Protection of Indigenous Knowledge

Posted on Apr 8, 2015

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) and called for comments. The Chair of IP Law has responded to this call and delivered extensive representations on the IKS Bill authored by two of its members, Prof Karjiker and Dr Kleyn. The full text of Prof Sadulla Karjiker’s comments is available here.  The full text of Dr Madelein Kleyn’s comments is available here.  Below follows an overview of the IKS Bill in its...

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