All Outputs (12)

Driving openness – the myths about data and software access in the data and cloud policy (2022)
Journal Article

Significance: This article responds to the highly controversial recently published Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud and the related stakeholder commentary from a cyberlaw perspective. Selected issues regarding the ownership of scientific data,... Read More about Driving openness – the myths about data and software access in the data and cloud policy.

A right to read object code – software copyright law and the development of a decompilation exception in South Africa (2021)
Journal Article

The opportunity to read and extract knowledge from a lawfully obtained copy of any published work is a cornerstone of copyright law, except in the case of computer programs. This article examines the development of an exception to copyright protectio... Read More about A right to read object code – software copyright law and the development of a decompilation exception in South Africa.

Hail Caesar! How Asterix beat Coronavirus (2020)
Journal Article

For generations of readers, the Adventures of Asterix series by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo is the reason why some jokes are only funny in Latin. But, unfortunately, all is not well in the little village we know so well, because the Copyright Ame... Read More about Hail Caesar! How Asterix beat Coronavirus.

Mbube in the age of social media (2019)
Journal Article

Walt Disney’s 2019 remastering of The Lion King as an entirely computer generated, or so-called live-action, film, broke several records to beat the previous box office figures held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and Disney’s own Froz... Read More about Mbube in the age of social media.

The plagiarist on trial (2018)
Journal Article

It is true that plagiarism is not a legal concept in the strict sense. It is not defined by any statute or specifically regulated by the common law. Neither industry-specific codes nor policy amount to law, regardless of their consequences. However,... Read More about The plagiarist on trial.

Full stop ahead: Public interest in blocking digital content (2018)
Journal Article

It makes for the perfect ideological storm when IP law and ICT law meet and the right to freedom of expression stands in the way. Capitalist and socialist, activist and pacifist, pragmatist and idealist: differing legal experts abound in the battle f... Read More about Full stop ahead: Public interest in blocking digital content.

A diamond in the rough (2015)
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The Rooibos rush (2014)
Journal Article

The wealth of natural and indigenous resources in South Africa presents a challenge to intellectual property law, particularly when trade mark protection for terms that denote the origin of uniquely South African goods is sought abroad. Recent develo... Read More about The Rooibos rush.

Hot off the presses - Sui Generis traditional knowledge bill published (2013)
Journal Article

Good verdict, dreadful damages: Intellectual property (2012)
Journal Article

Form over function (2012)
Journal Article

This article is a critical analysis of two recent cases (in the Court of Justice of the European Union and the High Court of England and Wales) addressing the copyright protection of computer programs with a focus on the underlying functionality and... Read More about Form over function.

Medal, models and moguls - The fashion news roundup (2011)
Journal Article

In this special report, the VineOracle (IPStell's personal pundit on all things IP) brings news (and her own brand of predictions) for the aesthetically minded visitor. And it's a star-studded cast of high-flyers (and fast swimmers) from Paris and Ne... Read More about Medal, models and moguls - The fashion news roundup.