Browsing PER: Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal by Author "Ndlovu, Lonias"

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Enhancing the value of patents as corporate assets in South Africa : how can artificial intelligence (AI) assist?

Ndlovu, Lonias (PER/PELJ, 2021)

Although the accounting definition of assets contemplates intangible, abstract assets such as those embodied in intellectual property (IP), South African company law largely views IP as a legal and not a business asset. ...
Lessons for the SADC from the Indian case of Novartis AG v Union of India

Ndlovu, Lonias (2015)

In the pharmaceutical context, many Southern African Development Community (SADC) members grant patents on drugs without substantially reviewing applications first, thus routinely granting patents for new versions of old ...