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Laws	Constitution / Basic Law (Date of current version) Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (2005) Main IP Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Films and Publications Amendment Act No. 3 of 2009 (2009) Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act No. 51 of 2008 (2008) Patents Amendment Act No. 20 of 2005 (2005) Merchandise Marks Act No. 17 of April 7th, 1941 as last amended in 2002 (2002) Copyright Act of 1978 (2002) Patents Act No. 57 of 1978 as last amended in 2002 (2002) Counterfeit Goods Act 37 of 1997 as amended by Counterfeit Goods Amendment Act 25 of 2001 (2001) National Heritage Resources Act No. 25 of 1999 (1999) Broadcasting Act No. 4 of 1999 (1999) Intellectual Property Laws, Amendment Act of 1997 (1997) Genetically Modified Organisms Act No. 15 of 1997 (1997) Plant Improvement Act. No. 53 of 1976 (1996) Intellectual Property Laws Rationalisation Act No. 107 of 1996 (1996) Films and Publications Act No. 65 of 1996 (1996) Plant Breeders' Rights Amendment Act No. 673 of 19 April 1996 (1996) Plant Breeders’ Rights Act No. 15 of 1976 (as last amended by Plant Breeders’ Rights Amendment Act No. 15 of 1996) (1996) Designs Act No. 195 of December 22, 1993 (1993) Trade Marks Act No. 194 of December 22, 1993 (1993) Business Names Act No. 27 of 1960 (1986) Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Films Act No. 62 of May 11, 1977 (1977) "Vlaglied" Copyright Act No. 9 of 1974 (1974) Performers' Protection Act No. 11 of February 10, 1967 (1967) "Stem Van Suid-Afrika" Copyright Act (1959) IP-related Laws: enacted by the Legislature (Date of current version) Human Sciences Research Council Act No. 17 of 2008 (2010) Companies Act No. 71 of 2008 (2009) Consumer Protection Act No. 68 of 2008 (2008) Standards Act No. 8 of 2008 (2008) Liquor Products Amendment Act No. 32 of 2008 (2008) Technology Innovation Agency Act No. 26 of 2008 (2008) National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act No. 10 of 2004 (2004) Liquor Act No. 59 of 2003 (2004) National Environmental Management Act No. 107 of 1998 (2004) Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 153 of 1993, as amended 2002 (2002) Nuclear Energy Act No. 131 of September 24, 1993 (1993) Liquor Products Act No. 60 of May 17, 1989 as amended by Liquor Products Amendment Act No. 11 of 1993 (1993) Maintenance and Promotion of Competition Act No. 96 of 1979 as last amended in 1991 (1991) Arbitration Act No. 42 of 1965 (1965) IP Laws: issued by the Executive (Date of current version) Genetically Modified Organisms Amendment Act 2006 (2006)

Implementing Rules/Regulations	Intellectual Property (Date of current version) Regulations of 2008 on Bio-prospecting, Access and Benefit-Sharing (2008) Regulations on the Establishment of Collecting Societies in the Music Industry (2006) The Patents Examination Regulations, 2003 (2003) Designs Regulations 1999 (1999) Regulations relating to Plant Breeders' Rights No. R 1186 of 12 September, 1997 (1997) Trade Mark Regulations, No. R578 of 21 April 1995 (1995) Registration of Copyright in Cinematograph Films Regulations No. R.2140, of October 24, 1980 (1980) Copyright Regulations, No. 6252 of December 22, 1978 (1978) Patent Regulations, No. R6247 of December 15, 1978 (1978)

Treaty Membership	WIPO-Administered Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Summary Table of Membership of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Treaties Administered by WIPO, plus UPOV, WTO and UN Trademark Law Treaty ... WIPO Copyright Treaty ... WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty ... Patent Cooperation Treaty (March 16, 1999) Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (July 14, 1997) Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (March 23, 1975) Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (December 1, 1947) Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (October 3, 1928) IP-related Multilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ... Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ... Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 3, 2008) Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (May 3, 2008) Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions 2005 (March 21, 2007) International Plant Protection Convention (October 2, 2005) WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (July 18, 2005) Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (February 16, 2005) Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (May 17, 2004) Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (March 18, 2004) Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (March 18, 2004) Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity (November 12, 2003) United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (January 22, 1998) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (November 27, 1997) Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (October 10, 1997) Protocol (I) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts (May 21, 1996) Protocol (II) Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (May 21, 1996) Convention on Biological Diversity (January 31, 1996) Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) (January 1, 1995) World Trade Organization (WTO) - Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) (1994) (January 1, 1995) International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of Goods (May 24, 1987) International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) (November 6, 1977) Convention (I) for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (September 30, 1952) Convention (II) for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (September 30, 1952) Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (September 30, 1952) IP Regional Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) European Convention relating to the Formalities required for Patent Applications (December 1, 1957) Regional Economic Integration Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) The Georgetown Agreement (formally establishing the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, the "ACP Group"), since 1975 (ACP) ... Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Agreement (July 15, 2004) Abuja Treaty Establishing the African Economic Community (AEC) (June 30, 2001) Constitutive Act of the African Union (May 26, 2001) Protocol on Trade in the SADC (January 25, 2000) Treaty establishing the Southern African Development Community (August 29, 1994) IP-relevant Bilateral Treaties (Entry into force of the Treaty for the Contracting Party) Canada-South Africa Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement ... Trade, Development and Co-Operation Agreement between the European Community and South Africa (May 1, 2004) Agreement between the Government of Argentina and the Government of the Republic of South Africa on Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments (January 1, 2001)

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