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		<title>Geographical Indication Explained</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daleen Prinsloo</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trade Marks ™ ®]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geographical indication, known often by the acronym of GI, is a mark that is used on specific products to indicate the origin of the products. The geographical indication can be for a specific town, region, province or country. It is often used as certification for the qualities of the products based on the geographical origin. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LESI 2010 &#124; Patent Pool &#124; Intellectual Partnering</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wessel van Wyk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of a patent pool is fairly new, if not totally unknown in the South African IP protection context. The concept of a patent pool is however not new in the world.  The first example of a patent pool date back to 1856 where sewing machine manufacturers, Grover, Baker, Singer, Wheeler and Wilson had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LESI 2010 &#124; Open Source Development vs Protected IP Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wessel van Wyk</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The remark is often made that institutions do not protect their IP because they favour an &#8220;open source development&#8221; or &#8220;open source innovation&#8221; model. The basis of this viewpoint is that knowledgeable individuals contribute &#8220;free of charge&#8221; to provide products (software etc.) which is available to other contributors.  In exchange such individuals has access to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I obtain a patent for my Software-related Invention?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smit &#38; Van Wyk, Inc.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Procedural and substantive requirements for the grant of patents are different from one country/region to the other. In particular, practices and case law regarding the patentability of software-related inventions vary significantly in different countries. For example, in some countries, “inventions” within the meaning of patent law must have a “technical character” and software as such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SVW Software Patents READ FIRST</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Smit &#38; Van Wyk, Inc.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1.    Novelty Searches in view of obtaining patent protection for an invention: If a product or concept identical to yours is already in existence anywhere in the world then you cannot obtain patent protection for the same concept in South Africa (or in most other countries for that matter). However, should you have invented an [...]]]></description>
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