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Can We Patent An Idea That Made To Public?

Intepat

So, it is a big ‘No’ if you are looking to share your idea in any form of seminars, conferences, or social media platforms. Displaying the idea in the form of text or video on your website and other social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc., This spoils the novelty of the idea.

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Data science needs law: reflections on the experiences of data scientists working in Africa

The IPKat

The Data Science for Social Impact , a research lab at the University of Pretoria recently invited me to speak at its seminar series and I used the opportunity to explore, amongst other things, the role that these legal frameworks play in facilitating or restricting data access within the African continent. or as brief as you'd like.