South Africa

Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act No. 107 of 1996

Year of current version:	1996
Date of entry into force of original text:	January 1, 1998
Date of Text (Enacted):	November 12, 1996
Type of Text:	Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature
Subject Matter:	Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights), Industrial Designs, Industrial Property, Other, Patents (Inventions), Trademarks
Notes:	This Act provides for the “integration of intellectual property rights subsisting in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda and Ciskei into the national system; to extend the South African intellectual property rights legislation throughout the Republic; to repeal certain other intellectual property laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith.”
Available Texts:
English	Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act No. 107 of 1996
WIPO Lex No.:	ZA042