,Dean & Dyer
Introduction to
Intellectual Property Law
C O M M E R C I A L L AW
,Dean & Dyer
Introduction to
Intellectual Property Law
COMMERCIAL LAW
OWEN DEAN (EDITOR)
ALISON DYER (EDITOR)
TERTIA BEHARIE
DINA BIAGIO
HERMAN BLIGNAUT
LODEWYK CILLIERS
DAVID COCHRANE
MIKHALIEN DU BOIS
JOHN FOSTER
TYRON GRANT
COBUS JOOSTE
SADULLA KARJIKER
MOHAMED KHADER
MEGAN REIMERS
TSHEPO SHABANGU
MARCO VAN DER MERWE
EBEN VAN WYK
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Project manager: Marguerite Lithgow
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Introduction to
Intellectual Property Law
C O M M E R C I A L L AW
,Dean & Dyer
Introduction to
Intellectual Property Law
COMMERCIAL LAW
OWEN DEAN (EDITOR)
ALISON DYER (EDITOR)
TERTIA BEHARIE
DINA BIAGIO
HERMAN BLIGNAUT
LODEWYK CILLIERS
DAVID COCHRANE
MIKHALIEN DU BOIS
JOHN FOSTER
TYRON GRANT
COBUS JOOSTE
SADULLA KARJIKER
MOHAMED KHADER
MEGAN REIMERS
TSHEPO SHABANGU
MARCO VAN DER MERWE
EBEN VAN WYK
, Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s
objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a
registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries.
Published in South Africa by
Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Pty) Limited
Vasco Boulevard, Goodwood, N1 City, Cape Town, South Africa, 7460
P O Box 12119, N1 City, Cape Town, South Africa, 7463
Copyright © Oxford University Press Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd 2014
e moral rights of the authors have been asserted.
First published 2014
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(Pty) Ltd, at the above address.
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Dean & Dyer: Introduction to Intellectual Property Law
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First impression 2014
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Printed on [insert paper quality e.g. acid-free paper]
Acknowledgements
Publisher: Penny Lane
Development editors: Jessica Huntley, Nadia Hassen
Project manager: Marguerite Lithgow
Copy editor: Sandra Mills
Proof readers: Annette de Villiers, Jeannie van den Heever
Indexer: Michel Cozien
Cover: Janine Damon
Typesetter: Alicia Arntsen
Printed and bound by: XYZ Printing Company
e authors and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to reproduce copyright material in this
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