Intellectual Property:

Draft National IP Policy (South Africa) –

http://www.dti.gov.za/invitations/36816_4-9_TradeIndustry.pdf

Closing date for submissions has been extended to 17 October 2013. 

Submissions to be sent to:   Meshendri Padayachy at MPadayachy@thedti.gov.za.

 

WIPO Annual Assembly Breaks Down; Extraordinary Meeting Eyed For December

http://www.ip-watch.org/2013/10/03/wipo-annual-assembly-breaks-down-extraordinary-meeting-eyed-for-december/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

 

Traditional Knowledge:

WIPO Assemblies Agree on Many Items on Its Agenda, Disagree on Others

http://www.ag-ip-news.com/news.aspx?id=30894&lang=en

 

Open Access, A2K & Scholarly Communication:

Creative Commons:  Public Access to Publicly Funded Materials: What Could Be

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/39707

Government mistaken in focusing on Gold as route to full open access, says Committee

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/business-innovation-and-skills/news/on-publ-open-access/

Fake paper highlights predatory publishers – why Green Route is a better option!

http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/10/04/3862443.htm

Unesco guidelines provide a detailed review of open access

http://blog.scielo.org/en/2013/09/13/unesco-guidelines-provide-a-detailed-review-of-open-access/#.Uk1rxmSDSRs

Data reuse and the open data citation advantage

https://peerj.com/articles/175/

 

Conference Alert:

Research Evaluation and Performance Measurement Conference

5-7 May 2014 - University of Cape Town

http://www.repm2014.co.za/