News just in from Prof Tana Pistorius is that there will be a lecture tomorrow at UNISA at Bamboo Hall (map here) between 11am and 1pm focusing on TK and Genetic Resource Protection ... and guess what, you are invited!
"Frantzeska will address IP’s response to market failures related
to sub-patentable innovation or purely traditional knowledge with interesting
applications. She will discuss the entry into force of the Convention on
Biological Diversity and its implementation in national legislation. She will
elaborate on alternative forms of entitlement possible under the current
international legal framework and recent developments in the field such as the
impact of the Nagoya Protocol, the EU Regulation on its implementation and the
national initiatives.
Frantzeska Papadopoulou, Jur.Dr., LLM is today an Associate
Professor at Stockholm University as well as in Linnaeus University in Sweden.
She has worked for several years as the head of IP department for the Swedish
Association of Industries. Dr. Papadopoulou was a member of the Swedish
delegation in the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and
Genetic Resources, Traditional knowledge and Folklore during the years
2001-2008.
Please confirm with Ms Nomagugu Hlongwane [hlongn@unisa.ac.za] if you are able to attend."
