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Patent

Competition law has again worked to fight a bad drug patent, but we need other solutions

South Africa

Competition law has again worked to fight a bad drug patent, but we need other solutions

By Fatima Hassan and Leena Menghaney for Spotlight

Key questions remain but, more critically, where is Nkosana Makate’s Please Call Me patent?

Business Maverick

Key questions remain but, more critically, where is Nkosana Makate’s Please Call Me patent?

By Toby Shapshak

Activists urge government to table patent reforms and improve access to Covid drugs

South Africa

Activists urge government to table patent reforms and improve access to Covid drugs

By Baone Twala

Joseph Stiglitz: South Africa must continue with intellectual property reforms

South Africa

Joseph Stiglitz: South Africa must continue with intellectual property reforms

By Greg Nicolson

Is progress dead? What Google buying Motorola says about the future of our species

Business Maverick

Is progress dead? What Google buying Motorola says about the future of our species

By Richard Poplak