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35 South Africa. 36 Spain. 37 Suriname. 38 Switzerland. 39 Tajikistan. 40 Thailand. 41 Turkey. 42 Ukraine. 43 United Kingdom. ... (8 Ann. c. 21), the first copyright ...
The criteria for registration of a design and the duration of the registered design right (ss. 1 & 8 of the 1949 Act) are notably modified. Provisions are also added to allow ministers to take action to protect the public interest in monopoly situations (s. 11A of the 1949 Act) and to provide for compensation for Crown use of registered designs ...
South African filmmakers also have a lack of exploitation of user rights, as it is very expensive and time-consuming to get copyright clearance for the use of historical footage and music of other works in their films, making it difficult to properly and smoothly produce their creativity in the film industry.
Note: if no court name is given, according to convention, the case is from the Supreme Court of the United States.Supreme Court rulings are binding precedent across the United States; Circuit Court rulings are binding within a certain portion of it (the circuit in question); District Court rulings are not binding precedent, but may still be referred to by other courts.
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (also referred to as just the Berne Convention) requires protection for all creative works in a fixed medium be automatic, and last for at least 50 years after the author's death for any work except for photographic and cinematographic works.
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is an agency of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa. [1] The CIPC was established by the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008) [2] as a juristic person to function as an organ of state within the public administration, but as an institution outside the public service.
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (name since 1974) was formed in December 1961 [6] under the chairmanship of Dr. Gideon Roos Senior, [7] a former Director-General of the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).