Intellectual property and the Constitutional Court of South Africa : lessons from the deployment of adjudicative strategies

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dc.contributor.author Okorie, Chijioke
dc.date.accessioned 2024-04-12T10:34:14Z
dc.date.available 2024-04-12T10:34:14Z
dc.date.issued 2023-11
dc.description.abstract The Constitutional Court of South Africa recently handed down its fourth decision so far in the field of intellectual property. These decisions came against the backdrop of reforms and reform proposals concerning intellectual property rights in South Africa. These reforms and reform proposals were prompted by the need to establish intellectual property laws that are attuned to South Africa’s local context and needs, while complying with South Africa’s international treaty obligations. Parallel to South Africa’s policy and legislative agenda, this paper recognises these four decisions (referred to as the “IP quartet”) as the emergence of an intellectual property rights jurisprudence. The paper analyses the IP quartet and identifies a coherent narrative with respect to the intersection between intellectual property rights and constitutional rights and the appropriate approach to determining their real-life applications. The paper also explains this intellectual property rights jurisprudence and its contribution, and considers the adjudicative strategies employed by the Constitutional Court in applying constitutional provisions to dealing with issues involving intellectual property rights. An explanation of this jurisprudence arising from these cases will: (a) promote an understanding of the scope of intellectual property rights including the appropriate nature of their intersection with constitutional provisions (specifically fundamental rights expressed in Chapter 2 of the South African Constitution); and (b) offer some guidance to lower courts and the executive arm of government on the appropriate approach to the interpretation, conceptualization and application of the intellectual property legal framework. en_US
dc.description.department Private Law en_US
dc.description.librarian hj2024 en_US
dc.description.sdg SDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutions en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Open access funding provided by University of Pretoria. en_US
dc.description.uri https://link.springer.com/journal/40319 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Okorie, C. Intellectual Property and the Constitutional Court of South Africa: Lessons from the Deployment of Adjudicative Strategies. IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law 54, 1508–1534 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40319-023-01397-6. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0018-9855 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2195-0237 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1007/s40319-023-01397-6
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/95501
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Springer en_US
dc.rights Open Access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. en_US
dc.subject Copyright en_US
dc.subject Trade marks en_US
dc.subject Patents en_US
dc.subject Intellectual property en_US
dc.subject Constitutional rights en_US
dc.subject South Africa (SA) en_US
dc.subject SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions en_US
dc.title Intellectual property and the Constitutional Court of South Africa : lessons from the deployment of adjudicative strategies en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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