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
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
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
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