‘Copyrights are relevant to all businesses in some form’ – Intellectual property expert
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Intellectual property expert at ENSAfrica Waldo Steyn, advises business owners to better educate themselves regarding intellectual property laws and understand how these “assets” can be owned and monetized. Steyn was speaking to the Business Hour, regarding copyright laws in South Africa on Thursday (15 April). He explains that Copyrights automatically come into existence when a creation or art work is made, i.e. books, poems, films, software etc. In other words in South Africa, there is no formal registration process for copyrights upon the creation of a piece of “work”.
Steyn says there is a great deal of uniformity when it comes to intellectual property laws across different countries. He attributes this to international intellectual treaties like the Berne Convention for the Protection of literary and artistic works which forces member states and/or signatories of the treaty to implement similar legislation at a local/national level, resulting in this uniformity.
Steyn says there is a great deal of uniformity when it comes to intellectual property laws across different countries. He attributes this to international intellectual treaties like the Berne Convention for the Protection of literary and artistic works which forces member states and/or signatories of the treaty to implement similar legislation at a local/national level, resulting in this uniformity.
