[TYPE THE COMPANY NAME]
LML4801 Assignment 2
(COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2025 - DUE
18 September 2025
NO PLAGIARISM
[Pick the date]
[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of
the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of
the contents of the document.]
,Exam (elaborations)
LML4801 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE
ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 - DUE 18
September 2025
Course
Patent and Copyright Law (LML4801)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
South African Patent Law and Practice
LML4801 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 - DUE 18
September 2025; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and
explanations. Ensure your success with us..
You will note that the Assignment 2 question relates to the LML4801 specific
outcomes (as they relate to patent law) – 1. Identify and investigate the role
of patents in current South African law and everyday life. 2. Demonstrate a
critical understanding of the history and theoretical framework of, and the
most pressing and prevalent issues regarding patent law. 3. Apply the
principles of patent law in practical situations to solve multi- dimensional
legal problems associated with patents. 4. Conduct research on matters
pertaining to patents. Sam is the owner of a construction business in
Gqeberha. Two of his engineer-employees, Ryno and Ntanga, have been
experimenting to see which ingredients or combinations of ingredients could
be used to create more sustainable and environmentally friendly building
materials than the currently preferred cement, concrete containing natural
rock, and clay-based bricks, etc. For example, common ingredients for
manufacturing cement include limestone, shells, chalk, or marl combined
with shale, clay, slate, blast furnace slag, silica sand, and iron ore. Most of
these come from limited natural resources and the manufacturing process
causes air pollution in the form of CO2 emissions. Ryno and Ntanga have
found that a mixture of iron rock, waste steel dust, and silica from ground-up
glass reacts with carbon dioxide to produce iron carbonate, which then
solidifies into a material six times stronger than regular cement. It is also
more flexible and as such able to withstand compression stresses better. As
a bonus it absorbs so much CO2 during the reaction that it has a carbon
negative footprint; in other words, instead of adding to the pollution problem,
it clears up CO2 pollution in addition to being made mainly from recycled
materials. Sam nicknames it Wonder Dust. Is Pangolin Products (Pty) Ltd
infringing Graham’s patent? Is there any defence that Pangolin Products (Pty)
Ltd could rely on? Elena decides to host a nautical theme party for her son’s
8th birthday. She utilizes the art of paper-folding (origami) to fold boats and
, marine animals as party decorations as well as party boxes. Mia is one of the
party guests. She owns an upmarket party supplies business in Cape Town,
and is very impressed with the decorations and boxes that Elena folded. Mia
instructs her workers to fold hundreds of these party boxes, model boats and
sea animals, which are then sold in her shops. Mia’s sister Megan is a
chemical engineer who is passionate about the environment. She is upset by
the thought of how many trees must die for Mia’s business to keep going.
Megan also finds it ironic and disturbing that the sea animal models sold in
Mia’s shops contain microplastics that will end up harming such live
creatures. Megan then decides to investigate more sustainable paper
manufacturing and becomes specifically interested in the use of grass
instead of wood. A general challenge in producing paper is that regardless of
whether grass or wood, bagasse, straw, bamboo, or some other plant
material is used, the cellulose fibers are held together by a natural glue
called lignin. Chemical treatments are generally required to free the pulp
from the fibers, which process is called delignification. One of the
advantages of using grass is that it contains less lignin than wood. In August
2025, Megan’s company (Pangolin Products (Pty) Ltd) starts manufacturing
and selling grass paper, using a process for the delignification of grass that
Megan invented. Soon after the product goes to market, Megan gets a letter
from LLB Attorneys, demanding that Pangolin stops infringing Graham’s
patent. Page 3 of 3 Graham’s patent, which he first applied for in 2014,
describes a process that Megan had found in 2024 in an engineering book
published in 1990. From Megan’s chemical engineering training and
experience, the logical next step for her was to add substance A for more
pulp to be extracted, and substance B to reduce the bad smell/pollution
created by the process described in the book. Graham’s patent contains an
additive C that does the same as A and gets added at the same point in the
process as A, but contains nothing like substance B. After heavy rains in
Gqeberha, a local radio news team visits one of the sites where Sam’s
company is busy with a construction project to report on the weather
damage. They come across Ryno who explains the extent of the damage. He
adds that he is hopeful that the company will survive – because of the
Wonder Dust invention. The interviewer is, of course, interested in what this
is and how it works, and Ryno explains as best he can. The recording of the
interview is broadcast later that day. Michel, who is employed by The Every
Day online newspaper, knows about the interview and sits ready to record
and transcribe it when it is aired. She selects the most relevant parts of the
interview with Ryno, which she copies and pastes word-for-word inside
inverted commas. She writes an introduction and conclusion for the article,
links the quoted parts with her own sentences and provides a heading:
WONDER DUST INVENTION SAID TO SPARKLE SOON. The article makes it
clear that the quoted parts are Ryno’s words during the interview with the
radio station and that he works for Sam. The article also provides a hyperlink
to the radio station’s website, where the interview is available as a podcast.
Michel plans to publish in book form a collection of the articles that she did
LML4801 Assignment 2
(COMPLETE ANSWERS)
Semester 2 2025 - DUE
18 September 2025
NO PLAGIARISM
[Pick the date]
[Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of
the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of
the contents of the document.]
,Exam (elaborations)
LML4801 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE
ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 - DUE 18
September 2025
Course
Patent and Copyright Law (LML4801)
Institution
University Of South Africa (Unisa)
Book
South African Patent Law and Practice
LML4801 Assignment 2 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) Semester 2 2025 - DUE 18
September 2025; 100% TRUSTED Complete, trusted solutions and
explanations. Ensure your success with us..
You will note that the Assignment 2 question relates to the LML4801 specific
outcomes (as they relate to patent law) – 1. Identify and investigate the role
of patents in current South African law and everyday life. 2. Demonstrate a
critical understanding of the history and theoretical framework of, and the
most pressing and prevalent issues regarding patent law. 3. Apply the
principles of patent law in practical situations to solve multi- dimensional
legal problems associated with patents. 4. Conduct research on matters
pertaining to patents. Sam is the owner of a construction business in
Gqeberha. Two of his engineer-employees, Ryno and Ntanga, have been
experimenting to see which ingredients or combinations of ingredients could
be used to create more sustainable and environmentally friendly building
materials than the currently preferred cement, concrete containing natural
rock, and clay-based bricks, etc. For example, common ingredients for
manufacturing cement include limestone, shells, chalk, or marl combined
with shale, clay, slate, blast furnace slag, silica sand, and iron ore. Most of
these come from limited natural resources and the manufacturing process
causes air pollution in the form of CO2 emissions. Ryno and Ntanga have
found that a mixture of iron rock, waste steel dust, and silica from ground-up
glass reacts with carbon dioxide to produce iron carbonate, which then
solidifies into a material six times stronger than regular cement. It is also
more flexible and as such able to withstand compression stresses better. As
a bonus it absorbs so much CO2 during the reaction that it has a carbon
negative footprint; in other words, instead of adding to the pollution problem,
it clears up CO2 pollution in addition to being made mainly from recycled
materials. Sam nicknames it Wonder Dust. Is Pangolin Products (Pty) Ltd
infringing Graham’s patent? Is there any defence that Pangolin Products (Pty)
Ltd could rely on? Elena decides to host a nautical theme party for her son’s
8th birthday. She utilizes the art of paper-folding (origami) to fold boats and
, marine animals as party decorations as well as party boxes. Mia is one of the
party guests. She owns an upmarket party supplies business in Cape Town,
and is very impressed with the decorations and boxes that Elena folded. Mia
instructs her workers to fold hundreds of these party boxes, model boats and
sea animals, which are then sold in her shops. Mia’s sister Megan is a
chemical engineer who is passionate about the environment. She is upset by
the thought of how many trees must die for Mia’s business to keep going.
Megan also finds it ironic and disturbing that the sea animal models sold in
Mia’s shops contain microplastics that will end up harming such live
creatures. Megan then decides to investigate more sustainable paper
manufacturing and becomes specifically interested in the use of grass
instead of wood. A general challenge in producing paper is that regardless of
whether grass or wood, bagasse, straw, bamboo, or some other plant
material is used, the cellulose fibers are held together by a natural glue
called lignin. Chemical treatments are generally required to free the pulp
from the fibers, which process is called delignification. One of the
advantages of using grass is that it contains less lignin than wood. In August
2025, Megan’s company (Pangolin Products (Pty) Ltd) starts manufacturing
and selling grass paper, using a process for the delignification of grass that
Megan invented. Soon after the product goes to market, Megan gets a letter
from LLB Attorneys, demanding that Pangolin stops infringing Graham’s
patent. Page 3 of 3 Graham’s patent, which he first applied for in 2014,
describes a process that Megan had found in 2024 in an engineering book
published in 1990. From Megan’s chemical engineering training and
experience, the logical next step for her was to add substance A for more
pulp to be extracted, and substance B to reduce the bad smell/pollution
created by the process described in the book. Graham’s patent contains an
additive C that does the same as A and gets added at the same point in the
process as A, but contains nothing like substance B. After heavy rains in
Gqeberha, a local radio news team visits one of the sites where Sam’s
company is busy with a construction project to report on the weather
damage. They come across Ryno who explains the extent of the damage. He
adds that he is hopeful that the company will survive – because of the
Wonder Dust invention. The interviewer is, of course, interested in what this
is and how it works, and Ryno explains as best he can. The recording of the
interview is broadcast later that day. Michel, who is employed by The Every
Day online newspaper, knows about the interview and sits ready to record
and transcribe it when it is aired. She selects the most relevant parts of the
interview with Ryno, which she copies and pastes word-for-word inside
inverted commas. She writes an introduction and conclusion for the article,
links the quoted parts with her own sentences and provides a heading:
WONDER DUST INVENTION SAID TO SPARKLE SOON. The article makes it
clear that the quoted parts are Ryno’s words during the interview with the
radio station and that he works for Sam. The article also provides a hyperlink
to the radio station’s website, where the interview is available as a podcast.
Michel plans to publish in book form a collection of the articles that she did
