Archive for 'Intellectual Property'

Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler was a  Swiss mathematician and physicist. He worked in almost all areas of mathematics as well as continuum physics, lunar theory and other areas of physics. He is a seminal figure in the history of mathematics. He made important discoveries in fields as diverse as infinitesimal calculus and graph theory. He also introduced [...]

R&D Tax Incentives

R&D Tax Incentives

Smit & Van Wyk, Inc. specializes in South African Research & Development Tax Incentives. Our services include R&D Tax Incentives related assessments, evaluations, technical and financial due diligence of R&D spend, dossier preparations for relevant government authorities and claim prosecutions. R&D Tax Incentives The South African government introduced a Research & Development (R&D) incentive program [...]

Patents

Why Patent your Invention?

Patents protect inventions, how they work, what they do, what they are made of and how they are made. A Patent gives the owner the right to prevent others from exploiting their invention without permission. Your invention can be exploited by others who copy, make, use, import or sell your invention. A Patent is also [...]

Getting your IP ready for 2013

Getting your IP ready for 2013

Why should your business plan for 2013 include intellectual property? Creations of the mind are the driving force of a successful business and therefore, safeguarding such intellectual property from unauthorized use by competitors is becoming increasingly critical for retaining a competitive advantage. The registration of intellectual property such as patents, trade marks and designs provides [...]

Franchise Attorneys

Franchise attorneys deal with all legal aspects between franchisors and franchises. The business that starts the franchise is the franchisor and will license its trade name, operating methods and intellectual property to the franchisees. If you are the franchisor you may benefit from additional profits and you may retain control over your business system. The [...]

CHUMA Commercialisation Programme

CHUMA Commercialisation Programme

The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA), an initiative of the Department of Science and Technology, has a mandate to enable and support technological innovation across all sectors of the economy in order to achieve socio-economic benefits for South Africa and enhance its global competitiveness. TIA is a public entity with the aim of enhancing the South [...]

Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP)

Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP)

The Minister of Science and Technology officially launched the Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP) in November 2011.  The National Research Foundation (NRF) in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology has developed a novel and innovative initiative with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) to establish the Southern African Young Scientists [...]

Professor Leonard Kleinrock

Dr. Leonard Kleinrock talks the future of computers – http://dsc.discovery.com Professor Leonard Kleinrock is an American engineer, computer scientist and Professor of Computer Science at UCLA. He developed the mathematical theory of packet networks, the technology underpinning the Internet, while a graduate student at MIT in the period from 1960 to 1962. The birth of the [...]

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