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The South African patent system is the system by which patents are granted in South Africa. As is the case in many other countries, a patent provides legal protection for a new and industrially applicable invention. This invention, which constitutes either a product or process, has to be brought about as a result of an inventive step ...
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 African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO), formerly African Regional Industrial Property Organization, is an intergovernmental organization for cooperation among African states in patent and other intellectual property matters. ARIPO was established by the Lusaka Agreement [1] of 1976.
The National Archives and Records Service is an institutional network, operating on a centralised and decentralised provincial basis under central government control. The National Archives and Records Service of South Africa was established by passing of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act in 1996. [1]
PATENTSCOPE is a global patent database and search system developed and maintained by the World Intellectual Property Organization. It provides free and open access to a vast collection of international patent documents, including patent applications, granted patents, and related technical information.
It was established on 1 April 1999 as an autonomous statutory body in accordance with the National Research Foundation Act.Dr Fulufhelo Nelwamondo has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Foundation of South Africa with effect from 1 April 2021.