Implementing the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research & Development Act
11/10/2010
“Legislation cannot be implemented unless it has the necessary framework of regulations to put it into effect." So says Adams & Adams Senior Consultant Esmé du Plessis in an article on the polity.org.za website. The article relates to the correct implementation of the Intellectual Property (IP) Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act, which affects a number of South African universities, institutions and research councils, as well as funding entities. The article also quotes Adams & Adams Chairperson Dario Tanziani.
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LSSA / Minister of Transport application commenced on 1 March 2010
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Disney & other studios succeed in copyright case against Mr Video outlets
In an important decision handed down by the Cape High Court Disney Enterprises Inc., together with three other studios and their exclusive licensee, Nu Metro, were granted injunctive relief (and other relief) restraining Mr Video and twenty-two of its franchisees from infringing the copyright in various cinematograph films by importing and hiring out Zone 1 DVDs only intended for the North American market.
The main question before the Court was whether the conduct of Mr Video and its franchisees constituted direct infringement in terms of Section 23(1) of the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 read with Section 8(1)(g) which provides that hiring out a film is the exclusive right of a copyright owner. |
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 Dario Tanziani
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The firm practises directly in several Southern African countries and through long-established associates in others.
