European patents *

European Union - March 19 2013
Technology-rich South African companies and indeed inventors who have taken the brave step of filing foreign patents -will know that there are two…

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Apple v Samsung 2: serious questions raised *

South Africa, USA - October 23 2012
Apple’s recent US$ 1 billion damages award against Samsung was world news.

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Cloud computing *

South Africa - August 22 2012
Cloud computings a term you hear a great deal these days

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Opening up open source *

Global - August 1 2012
Open source software (‘OSS’) is becoming increasingly relevant in the commercial world: it’s estimated that some 85% of companies now use OSS (although they’re sometimes unaware of the fact), with it being particularly big in the area of cell phones - Sony Ericsson claims that over 80% of the software in its handsets is open source.

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Intellectual property protection in Africa *

South Africa - March 30 2012
The thought of Africa may conjure up images of disease, poverty, wars, famine and downwardly progressing economies.

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