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Patent quality and patent system in South Africa and selected foreign jurisdictions
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Intellectual Property Law))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/101042 Patent quality and patent system in South Africa and selected foreign jurisdictions Okorie, Chijioke u18129511@tuks.co.za Smith, Darren Marlin UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Intellectual property Reform Substantive examination Patent law Patent quality Mini Dissertation (LLM (Intellectual Property Law))--University of Pretoria, 2024. Various jurisdictions have introduced measures to ensure that exclusive rights are granted to patentees whose patents are of a high-quality and meets the theoretical justification for patent protection. This dissertation sought to determine what are the parameters and/or components of a quality patent. Thereafter, this dissertation evaluated South Africa's patent system to determine whether it grants patents that meet those parameters and/or components of patent quality. Finally, this dissertation looked at foreign jurisdictions to determine whether there were any lessons to be learned, and whether South Africa could find ways of improving its patent system to ensure the grant of higher quality patents. Private Law LLM (Intellectual Property Law) Unrestricted Faculty of Laws SDG-03: Good health and well-being SDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructure SDG-10: Reduced inequalities 2025-02-19T10:02:57Z 2025-02-19T10:02:57Z 2025-04 2024-11 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101042 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28442981 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Intellectual property Reform Substantive examination Patent law Patent quality Patent quality and patent system in South Africa and selected foreign jurisdictions |
| title | Patent quality and patent system in South Africa and selected foreign jurisdictions |
| title_full | Patent quality and patent system in South Africa and selected foreign jurisdictions |
| title_fullStr | Patent quality and patent system in South Africa and selected foreign jurisdictions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patent quality and patent system in South Africa and selected foreign jurisdictions |
| title_short | Patent quality and patent system in South Africa and selected foreign jurisdictions |
| title_sort | patent quality and patent system in south africa and selected foreign jurisdictions |
| topic | UCTD Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Intellectual property Reform Substantive examination Patent law Patent quality |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101042 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28442981 |