26 April is World Intellectual Property Day. We asked Dr Owen Dean, who specialises in trade mark litigation, copyright law, competition law and entertainment and media law, some questions about copyright and intellectual property: Q: In a nutshell, what...
Every student is familiar with plagiarism, it’s a word loaded with consequences and negative connotations. However we often harbour very vague ideas about what it actually constitutes. There’s more to plagiarism than just copy pasting from another source or stealing...
Are you thinking of writing a book? Ensure that you understand the rules of copyright and how it works. We answer your questions below. How do you get copyright in your book? In South Africa you do not need to register copyright as you would patents and trademarks....
Simply put, and in the context of publishing, copyright is the positive right of an author or publisher to exploit his or her creation in certain ways and, at the same time, the negative right to prevent others from doing so. According to the Oxford English...
Recent research studies found South Africa’s education outcomes well below the average of participants, critical results that have far-reaching effects for South Africa’s National Development Plan 2030’s goals of eliminating poverty and reducing inequality.