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Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act, 1996 (Act No. 107 of 1996), South Africa
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Year of Version
1996
Dates
Commenced:
January 1, 1998
Published:
November 27, 1996
Assented:
November 12, 1996
Type of Text
IP-related Laws
Subject Matter
Patents (Inventions),
Industrial Designs,
Trademarks,
Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)
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.”
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