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The European and EU patents court: Is that really the best we can come up with? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Ball, R. (2010, September). The European and EU patents court: Is that really the best we can come up with?. Paper presented at SLS Annual Conference, University of Southampton

The subject of the creation of the EU Patent System can be traced back to 1957 , with countless faltering on the way. There appears now to be real prospects for its introduction over the course of the next five years. Part of the new system will be t... Read More about The European and EU patents court: Is that really the best we can come up with?.

The blue card directive: The EU's green card? (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Ball, R. (2010, September). The blue card directive: The EU's green card?. Paper presented at SLS Annual Conference, University of Southampton

Directive 2009/50 (the “Blue Card” Directive) was adopted on 25 May 2009. This paper will analyse the aims and scope of the Directive along with the rights granted to holders of the Blue Card. The main part of the paper will consist of a critical co... Read More about The blue card directive: The EU's green card?.

Applying the IRAC method to business law modules (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Jooste, C. (2010, September). Applying the IRAC method to business law modules. Presented at Teaching Law to Non-Law Students - Department of Practical Business Law Congress, University of Johannesburg

The community patent and the European patent (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Ball, R. (2010, March). The community patent and the European patent. Paper presented at SLSA Annual Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

The electronic red herring gambit - Selected issues on the misapplication of the copyright amendment act and the new future of software copyright law (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Jooste, C. (2010, January). The electronic red herring gambit - Selected issues on the misapplication of the copyright amendment act and the new future of software copyright law. Paper presented at Congress of the Society of Law Teachers, Stellenbosch

This paper examines the mistaken classification of computer games as an instance of video games, the difference between computer-generated and computer-assisted work and the impact thereof on South Africa's information technology market. Furthermore,... Read More about The electronic red herring gambit - Selected issues on the misapplication of the copyright amendment act and the new future of software copyright law.

The 2008 child support reform in the UK (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2009, September). The 2008 child support reform in the UK. Paper presented at International Society of Family Law (ISFL) European Regional conference, Porto, Portugal

The Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008 which received Royal Assent on 5 June 2008 aims to re-design the child support system as established in 1993 by the conservative government and amended under the Blair government. Both the original an... Read More about The 2008 child support reform in the UK.

Mobile pods: technology to support the delivery of community-based urgent care (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Hignett, S., Jones, A., & Benger, J. (2009, August). Mobile pods: technology to support the delivery of community-based urgent care. Paper presented at 17th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, Beijing, China

This paper reports a qualitative project to define the design requirements for portable and mobile technologies to support the delivery of community-based urgent care through the clinical activities of Emergency Care Practitioners. A series of iterat... Read More about Mobile pods: technology to support the delivery of community-based urgent care.

European competition and environmental laws at a crossroad: An environmentally friendly meeting? (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Dadomo, C. (2004, September). European competition and environmental laws at a crossroad: An environmentally friendly meeting?. Paper presented at Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference 2004, Sheffield, England

Since the adoption and implementation of the EC Treaty, competition law has been one of the cornerstones of the European construction and of the open single market. Derogations to its rules are limited and applied restrictively. Equally, though at a... Read More about European competition and environmental laws at a crossroad: An environmentally friendly meeting?.

Relational pluralism: Organizational foresight in practice
Presentation / Conference
Sarpong, D., O'Regan, N., Ghobadian, A., & MacLean, M. Relational pluralism: Organizational foresight in practice. Paper presented at Academy of Management 2013 Annual Meeting, AOM 2013

We examined how the organizing practices and social relationships of lower participants may influence strategic foresight. We then suggest relational incumbency as a transient conceptual framework to specify how the organizing social relationships an... Read More about Relational pluralism: Organizational foresight in practice.