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Patent system and its role in the conservation of South African biodiversity
South Africa is a biologically diverse but technologically less advanced economy. Like many other developing countries in the world, its biodiversity is exposed to danger due to certain human activities. Among these, patents are charged as the easiest routing for misappropriation of indigenous biolo...
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| author | Sadaf, Naeema |
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| description | South Africa is a biologically diverse but technologically less advanced economy. Like many other developing countries in the world, its biodiversity is exposed to danger due to certain human activities. Among these, patents are charged as the easiest routing for misappropriation of indigenous biological resources and traditional knowledge associated therewith. Being member of the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity, South Africa is under obligation to ensure that its patent system supports the Convention's objectives including biodiversity conservation and sustainable use rather than its destruction and decline. The purpose of this dissertation is not only to dilute this misconception about South African patent system but to prove that with an access and benefit sharing mechanism it is an effective tool for biodiversity conservation, capacity-building and industrial development in the country. To make the system more protective of the rights of the indigenous communities, various modifications have also been proposed in the existing stature of the Act. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/25513 Patent system and its role in the conservation of South African biodiversity Sadaf, Naeema Schonwetter, Tobias Commercial Law Intellectual Property Rights South Africa is a biologically diverse but technologically less advanced economy. Like many other developing countries in the world, its biodiversity is exposed to danger due to certain human activities. Among these, patents are charged as the easiest routing for misappropriation of indigenous biological resources and traditional knowledge associated therewith. Being member of the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity, South Africa is under obligation to ensure that its patent system supports the Convention's objectives including biodiversity conservation and sustainable use rather than its destruction and decline. The purpose of this dissertation is not only to dilute this misconception about South African patent system but to prove that with an access and benefit sharing mechanism it is an effective tool for biodiversity conservation, capacity-building and industrial development in the country. To make the system more protective of the rights of the indigenous communities, various modifications have also been proposed in the existing stature of the Act. 2017-10-03T14:20:34Z 2017-10-03T14:20:34Z 2017 Master Thesis Masters LLM http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25513 eng application/pdf Intellectual Property Research Unit Faculty of Law University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Commercial Law Intellectual Property Rights Sadaf, Naeema Patent system and its role in the conservation of South African biodiversity |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Patent system and its role in the conservation of South African biodiversity |
| title_full | Patent system and its role in the conservation of South African biodiversity |
| title_fullStr | Patent system and its role in the conservation of South African biodiversity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patent system and its role in the conservation of South African biodiversity |
| title_short | Patent system and its role in the conservation of South African biodiversity |
| title_sort | patent system and its role in the conservation of south african biodiversity |
| topic | Commercial Law Intellectual Property Rights |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25513 |
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