October 2023

IP Chair 3rd Quarter Update 2023 - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 06:49

September 2023

Empowering African Economies: The Case for Disability Exceptions in Copyright Law - Sat, 09/09/2023 - 09:57

August 2023

2nd Quarter Update 2023 - Sun, 08/27/2023 - 13:46

April 2023

1st Quarter Update 2023 - Mon, 04/24/2023 - 11:45
Graduation - March 2023 - Mon, 04/03/2023 - 15:15

December 2022

LLM Graduations - December 2022 - Fri, 12/16/2022 - 08:45
December 2022 Graduation: Dr Ruth Mulenga Sinkala - Thu, 12/15/2022 - 14:45
Event Report: World Science Forum South Africa - Mon, 12/12/2022 - 09:30
Event Report: Prof Abbe Brown's (En)lightening Talk on Clashing Forms of Regulation and Right - Mon, 12/05/2022 - 15:00
Event Report: Constitutional Court Review Conference 2022 - Mon, 12/05/2022 - 08:45

November 2022

Event Report: Online Symposium for Contributors to Research Handbook on Law and Technology Nov 22 - Fri, 11/18/2022 - 08:00

October 2022

Event Report: Africa Accelerating conference - Fri, 10/28/2022 - 16:00
Event Report: Celebrating 30 Years of Academic Excellence for Transformative Leadership in Africa - Fri, 10/21/2022 - 16:45
Distinguished Lecture : uOttawa CTLS - Fri, 10/14/2022 - 17:00

September 2022

Blind SA v Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition and Others CCT320/21: A note on s19D - Fri, 09/30/2022 - 09:30
New section 13A of the Copyright Act limits copyright holders’ exclusive rights in literary works for the benefit of visually and print disabled persons - Tue, 09/27/2022 - 09:00
Blockchain: Securing copyright agreements through smart contracts - Tue, 09/20/2022 - 16:00

August 2022

Experiencing food and culture through the lens of Geographical Indications law - Wed, 08/31/2022 - 13:45
Section 15(3A) of Copyright Act – a technology agnostic provision that could be supportive of development through large scale 3D house printing projects in South Africa - Thu, 08/11/2022 - 15:30
The public deserves a return on the medicines governments support - Wed, 08/03/2022 - 08:15

July 2022

Intellectual Property and the SDGs Regional Workshops - Sun, 07/31/2022 - 16:30
Graduation July 2022: Congratulations Dr Chuma-Okoro - Mon, 07/25/2022 - 13:15
Event Report: South Centre webinar on the WTO 12th Ministerial Conference Decision on the TRIPS Agreement - Thu, 07/07/2022 - 14:15
WIPO-UNIGE Summer School on IP - Mon, 07/04/2022 - 15:00

June 2022

A Reflection on the Consequences of the WTO Appellate Body's collapse - Fri, 06/10/2022 - 12:15

April 2022

World Intellectual Property Day 2022: Celebrating youth innovation in Africa and exploring the role of collecting societies in unlocking creative potential - Tue, 04/26/2022 - 17:30

March 2022

Graduation 2022 - Thu, 03/31/2022 - 09:15
Guest Lecture by Dr Abbas on 3D printing and IP - Thu, 03/10/2022 - 16:30

February 2022

Prof Ncube appointed to AfCFTA Trade and Industrial Development Advisory Council - Mon, 02/28/2022 - 11:15
AfCFTA Secretariat hosts an IP Protocol Brainstorming Session - Mon, 02/28/2022 - 10:30
Event Report: IP & Innovation Researchers of Asia (IPIRA) Network Conference 2022 - Mon, 02/14/2022 - 11:00

December 2021

Newsletter 3 | 2021 - Mon, 12/06/2021 - 15:15

November 2021

Event Report: The UCT SDG Summit and pre- Summit Workshop - Thu, 11/18/2021 - 09:45

September 2021

Events Report: August 2021 - Fri, 09/03/2021 - 08:45

August 2021

Proposed national priorities and position for Nigeria in the AfCFTA phase II negotiations on IPRs - Thu, 08/26/2021 - 10:30
Events Report: July 2021 - Thu, 08/19/2021 - 18:00
Comments to the Portfolio Committee on Trade & Industry on the alignment of s19D CAB to the Marrakesh Treaty - Fri, 08/13/2021 - 06:00

July 2021

The AfCFTA Protocol on Intellectual Property Rights – what, when, how and why? - Sat, 07/17/2021 - 10:15
Graduation 2021 - Congratulations to our LLB Research Assistants - Fri, 07/16/2021 - 19:45
From Africa to the World: Unlocking Barriers for Women to Trade - Wed, 07/07/2021 - 09:30

June 2021

Research Report: Assessing South Africa Readiness for the Fourth Industrial Revolution - Wed, 06/09/2021 - 17:45

May 2021

Research Report: A reflection on the gendered perspectives of the innovation paradigm in South Africa’s makerspaces - Mon, 05/24/2021 - 13:00
Event Report: World IP Day- Taking your Ideas to Market by IP & SMEs OWITL Round Table Discussion: Taking Your Ideas to Market by IP & SMEs - Fri, 05/07/2021 - 11:15

March 2021

Virtual Conference on Leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) to Boost Women’s Economic Empowerment - Thu, 03/04/2021 - 12:30

February 2021

Positioning Women Entrepreneurs to harness IP for AfCFTA gains - Wed, 02/24/2021 - 09:00

January 2021

2020 Issue of the South African Intellectual Property Journal published - Fri, 01/15/2021 - 16:00

December 2020

2020 Newsletter - Thu, 12/17/2020 - 16:00

November 2020

The Dark Side of Domain Name Registration: increase in disputes in 2020 - Fri, 11/13/2020 - 12:15
Afronomics Webinar: Intellectual Property Rights: Global Rules, Regional and Local Realities - Thu, 11/12/2020 - 13:00
[Guest Post] How can the AfCFTA advance transformative industrialisation? - Event Report - Mon, 11/02/2020 - 14:30

October 2020

Review of copyright related writings in the age of COVID19 - Fri, 10/23/2020 - 12:00
Discussing Reversion Rights at the CC Global Summit 2020: the history of South Africa's provisions - Fri, 10/23/2020 - 10:15
COVID-19: The Patent System’s Role in Innovation and Access in South Africa - Tue, 10/13/2020 - 13:30
Join us at the AfCFTA and Transformative Industrialization: Pharmaceuticals, Health Care Value Chains and Health Resilience - Tue, 10/13/2020 - 13:15

September 2020

Open African Innovative Research partnership update - Tue, 09/01/2020 - 16:15

July 2020

Series of Webinars For African SMEs, July 2020 organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Mon, 07/27/2020 - 17:15
Series of Webinars For African SMEs, July 2020 organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) - Mon, 07/27/2020 - 17:15
The new Open AIR Research Report. Scaling Innovation: How Open Collaborative Models Help Scale Africa’s Knowledge-Based Enterprises - Tue, 07/14/2020 - 17:00

June 2020

Colloquium on COVID-19 and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) - 25 May 2020 - Mon, 06/01/2020 - 13:30

May 2020

Book Symposium Introduction: Multi-sided Music Platforms and the Law: Copyright, Law and Policy in Africa - Mon, 05/04/2020 - 13:45