The Chair of Intellectual Property at Stellenbosch University has responded to Government's invitation for commentary on the Draft National Policy on Intellectual Property, published in the Government Gazette on 4 September 2013. The CIP's comprehensive commentary consists of five sections drafted by the Incumbent and the Fellows of the Chair of Intellectual Property Law at Stellenbosch University.
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here for the full text of the commentary. An executive summary and introductory note to the commentary are available on the IPStell blog here:
http://blogs.sun.ac.za/iplaw/2013/09/30/governments-reflections-on-the-world-of-intellectual-property/
It is crucial to IP legal development in Africa that all interested parties are alerted to the content of the proposed IP policy.
