State Use Provisions for Patent Law, and Expropriations: Some Comparative Law Guidelines for South Africa during the Covid-19 Crisis and Beyond

This article views section 4 of the Patents Act 57 of 1978 against section 25 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and Article 31 of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights of 1994 (hereafter TRIPS). The purpose is to find a suitable framework for...

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Main Author: Mikhalien Du Bois
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: North-West University 2020-09-01
Series:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
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Online Access:https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/per/article/view/8150