ENABLING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND INNOVATION SYSTEMS FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S DEVELOPMENT AND COMPETITIVENESS (original) (raw)
The innovation landscape of South Africa under new intellectual property management policy
2013
The new intellectual property (IP) policy currently under development by the Department of Trade and Industry will likely define the future innovation landscape in South Africa. This is in line with the direction the country has taken i.e. transforming its economy from resource-dependent to knowledge-based. Accompanied by this strategy is the increased economic value of intellectual property. Through the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act (Act No. 51 of 2008), South Africa has forever transformed the innovation landscape by ushering in clear guidelines for the use and management of IP which emanate from government-funded research. While this step was applauded, the approach to organise and manage all aspects of IP seemed to be coordinated without the required due diligence. This led to the decision made by the Department of Trade and Industry to develop an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy. The IPR policy seeks to align the IP environment with the development imperatives of the country. This paper analyses the likely impacts of the policy in South Africa, and attempts to assess its potential unintended effects. The paper also discusses the likelihood of increased awareness of the importance of IP altering academic excellence in South Africa.
2016
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Knowledge & Innovation in Africa: Scenarios for the Future
Knowledge and Innovation in Africa-Scenarios for the Future DRIVERS OF CHANGE Global relationships Africa's century? Global realignments Trade partner patterns Foreign investment shifts Emerging investment muscle Africa investing in itself Multinationals and their global value chains Capital flight and tax avoidance Aid flows Debt Where to? PERSPECTIVE 20 Origins of humanity 22 Founding civilizations 24 Dynasties over centuries 24 Later empires 28 African empires to 1500 AD 28 At the crossroads 28 Global outreach 30 Scholarship 30 A treasure trove 32 Africa's wealth 32 The plundering of Africa 32 The slave trade 33 Impact on Africa 33 Commodification through property 33 Colonialism 35 19th Century colonialism 35 Colonial motives 36 Partitioning of Africa 36 Burying history 37 Post-independence 39 Growing nationalism 39 Africa pays again 39 Current paradigm 42 Change and complexity 42 Africa's Spring? 42 A harsher season 42 Lessons from history 44 Context matters 44 Where do we stand? 45 A map is a mindset 46 3 Knowledge and Innovation in Africa-Scenarios for the Future THE SCENARIOS 72 WIRELESS ENGAGEMENT 74 Up and running 78 A new global order in an interconnected world 78 Intra-regional trade interdependency 79 Accountability and governance 79 From resource curse to blessing 79 New economic dynamics 80 More middle class 81 The cheetah generation 81 Who is up-and-coming? 82 Education and learning 82 Who is left behind? 83 Innovation and intellectual property implications 84 Key uncertainties 86 Valuable knowledge 87 Innovation and creativity 87 Intellectual property 87 INFORMAL-THE NEW NORMAL 88 Informalisation is here to stay 92 A recombinant continuum 93 How "much" informality is there? 93 What is going on with government? 93 Pushes and pulls into informality 94 Features of informality 95 Informal sector successes 96 Criss-crossing regional contracts 97 Moving through porous borders 97 Limiting or driving development? 98 Co-existing informal/formal connections 99 Innovation and intellectual property implications 99 Key uncertainties 100 Valuable knowledge 101 Innovation and creativity 101 Intellectual property 101 SINCERELY AFRICA 102 Traditions making a comeback 106 The traditional finds its way into new policy goals 106 Going back to the basics to find knowledge 108 Policies playing out in agriculture 109 Commons-based resource management 110 Cooperative ownership 111 Push and pull to the countryside 111 Youth mobility 112 Intra-African dynamics 112 A scramble for Africa again 113 Africa becomes more protectionist 114 How are South-South relationships panning out? 115 Globalisation sputters 115 Innovation and IP implications 116 Key uncertainties 117 Valuable knowledge 119 Innovation and creativity 119 Intellectual property 119 Knowledge Appropriation Matrix 131 So what? 132 Reflections 132 Pointers for action 132 Complex combinations-and potential 132 Knowledge governance flow diagram 134 REFERENCE SECTION 136 Appendix: A primer on innovation and intellectual property 137 Appendix: Building and using the Open A.I.R. scenarios 144 Endnotes 146 Index 161 Acknowledgements 165 Unless otherwise stated, this work is licensed under the Creative Common Attribution 2.5 South Africa Licence. That means you are free to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, and to make derivative works, but you must give us credit.
A New Intellectual Property Organisation for Africa
Social Science Research Network, 2013
This is a post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) version of the article. The article has been published as Ncube CB & Laltaika E 'A New Intellectual Property Organisation for Africa?' (2013) 8(2) Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice 114-117 (follow link to access publisher's version) It is archived here in accordance with the Journal's copyright and self-archiving policy-see Appendix.
The state and innovation policy in Africa
African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2014
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