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9 Dec 2013, 9:54 pm
Little Leo is summarizing of course (and hopefully correctly). [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 7:14 am
Having calmed down significantly after the slightly embarrassing error of the morning session (see the corrected posting here), this Leo has enjoyed the afternoon sessions at the Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest.Embarrassed Leo(Photo: Neils Wolmarans)Another Leo, Dr. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 3:55 am
South Africa has been heavily leaning toward instituting an examination system within the next few years (and this Leo strongly supports such a move). [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 3:33 am
This Leo awaits further developments with bated breath. [read post]
1 Dec 2013, 10:22 pm
The first issue of South African Intellectual Property Law Journal (IPLJ) edited by Lee-Ann Tong and Caroline Ncube (this Leo) is now in print.The IPLJ strives to be the journal of choice for academics, practitioners and students of IP law. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 11:12 pm
Afro Leo is a bit stunned by these developments. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:57 am
[This Leo finds that innovators are frequently surprised to learn that patents from Developed Countries are available online for free, and that they are supposed to thoroughly describe the state of the art at the time of publication.] [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:44 am
As usual, this Leo had a thing or two (or more) to say about this development. [read post]
20 Nov 2013, 2:31 am
From Monday to Wednesday of this week, this Leo has been at the Creating and Leveraging IP in Developing Countries (CLIPDC) conference in Durban, SA. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 5:43 am
This would be a welcome move and it is hoped that logistical details will be announced well in advance to enable interested parties to attend and to participate.After months of silence on the topic, both within South Africa and beyond, this Leo's ears perked up at the mention of PAIPO in the media statement. [read post]
16 Nov 2013, 8:28 am
For more information and how to purchase a ticket, click here.This Leo's next post will be a general commentary on this growing interest in Africa's legal services industry. [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 5:51 am
After a brief hiatus, occasioned by this Leo's globetrotting, the A-Z IP policies in Africa series returns with a visit to Burundi. [read post]
5 Nov 2013, 3:11 am
The authors of the joint submission wish to respond to some of Afro-Leo's remarks. [read post]
4 Nov 2013, 8:28 pm
In many ways, this is because investors understand how to use, create, maintain and enforce intellectual property which is where this Afro Leo believes that resource should be allocated - you cannot just give someone a fighter jet, you gotta teach them how to use and maintain it, and you may have to also help pay for it, at least until it has has successfully returned from a few sorties. [read post]
28 Oct 2013, 10:43 pm
Against that backdrop, Afro Leo was dismayed to read some of the comments over the weekend in the "Academics" submissions on RSA's draft IP policy regarding IP enforcement. [read post]
20 Oct 2013, 6:04 am
Why, then, has this Leo never heard of a CMO for software developers? [read post]
18 Oct 2013, 5:06 am
Following UCT's invitation to crowd-source comments on the draft national IP policy (here), several scholars jointly submitted comments on the draft IP policy yesterday (disclosure: this Leo is one of the contributors). [read post]
11 Oct 2013, 2:30 am
What Afro Leo likes about Hugh's article is that it is not simply a critique of the draft policy, it proposes a solution and, in doing so, articulates a basis and reasoning for his approach.He addresses and provides cogent arguments for the patent system as a means of "leveraging the power of self interest [which] leads to innovation, growth and prosperity", why RSA's current system is more than just a deposit system, the virtues of the system as it works in RSA, why it does not… [read post]
10 Oct 2013, 4:20 am
This Leo could not find any further information on the development of the Innovation policy and it would be safe to say that it is still in development.For an interesting overview of Innovation policy issues for developing countries, this Leo recommends the OECD's Innovation Policy: A guide for Developing Countries, which is available to download in pdf, for free. [read post]
8 Oct 2013, 11:18 am
Just the other day, this Leo caught himself telling a colleague, "Let me MPesa you the money". [read post]
