Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act 107 of 1996

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107 of 1996

The Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act 107 of 1996 intends:

  • to provide for the integration of intellectual property rights subsisting in Bophuthatswana, Transkei, Venda and Ciskei into the national system;
  • to extend the South African intellectual property rights legislation throughout the Republic; 
  • to repeal certain other intellectual property laws; and
  • to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

1 January 1998 (Gazette 18573 of 19 December 1997)

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