‘Equitable Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Programs in South Africa: Some Proposals for Reform’
| dc.contributor.author | Ncube, Caroline | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-13T13:44:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-13T13:44:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper provides a brief overview of the copyright, patent and trade secret protection of computer programs in South Africa and then sets out suggestions for how this protection could be altered or better implemented to create a more equitable balance between creators’ and users’ rights. The overview of intellectual property (“IP”) protection of computer programs is brief as there is already a substantive body of South African specific literature that discusses it extensively. This paper’s main focus is the evaluation of the equity of the protection and making reform proposals. A computer program is a series of instructions which enable a computer to perform a task or achieve a result.3 Computer programs are created in human-readable source code which is then compiled or translated into machine-readable object code. In copyright parlance, object code is “merely an adaptation of source code”. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Ncube, C. (2012). ‘Equitable Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Programs in South Africa: Some Proposals for Reform’. <i>Stellenbosch Law Review</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18866 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ncube, Caroline "‘Equitable Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Programs in South Africa: Some Proposals for Reform’." <i>Stellenbosch Law Review</i> (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18866 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ncube, C. B. (2012). Equitable Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Programs in South Africa: Some Proposals for Reform. Stellenbosch Law Review, 23, 438-461. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1996-2193 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Ncube, Caroline AB - This paper provides a brief overview of the copyright, patent and trade secret protection of computer programs in South Africa and then sets out suggestions for how this protection could be altered or better implemented to create a more equitable balance between creators’ and users’ rights. The overview of intellectual property (“IP”) protection of computer programs is brief as there is already a substantive body of South African specific literature that discusses it extensively. This paper’s main focus is the evaluation of the equity of the protection and making reform proposals. A computer program is a series of instructions which enable a computer to perform a task or achieve a result.3 Computer programs are created in human-readable source code which is then compiled or translated into machine-readable object code. In copyright parlance, object code is “merely an adaptation of source code”. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Stellenbosch Law Review KW - copyright KW - patents KW - computer programs KW - South Africa LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 SM - 1996-2193 T1 - ‘Equitable Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Programs in South Africa: Some Proposals for Reform’ TI - ‘Equitable Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Programs in South Africa: Some Proposals for Reform’ UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18866 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18866 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ncube C. ‘Equitable Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Programs in South Africa: Some Proposals for Reform’. Stellenbosch Law Review. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18866. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Juta | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Commercial Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Stellenbosch Law Review | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | https://jutalaw.co.za/products/3603-stellenbosch-law-review | |
| dc.subject | copyright | |
| dc.subject | patents | |
| dc.subject | computer programs | |
| dc.subject | South Africa | |
| dc.title | ‘Equitable Intellectual Property Protection of Computer Programs in South Africa: Some Proposals for Reform’ | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |