Ukusungula izinto ezintsha kuqala ngombono. Ukuguqula lowo mbono ube yimpahla yezentengiselwano kudinga ubuchwepheshe. Indawo yokusungula izinto ezintsha echumayo idinga ochwepheshe abaqeqeshwe kahle abanelungelo lobunikazi abangasiza abasunguli ukuhumusha izinto ezintsha zibe amalungelo obunikazi.
Uhlelo Lokuqeqesha Lokubhala I-Patent Lwamazwe Ngamazwe (i-IPTDP) lunikeza lokho kanye. Kusukela ngo-2022, lolu hlelo luqeqeshe ochwepheshe be-patent abavela emazweni angu-59 ngenhloso eyodwa: ukubahlomisa ngamakhono adingekayo ukusiza abasunguli ukuthi babhale izicelo ze-patent.
Ochwepheshe abangaphezu kwe-100 baqede lolu hambo lwezinyanga ezingu-8. Uhlelo Lokuqeqesha Lokubhala I-Patent Lwamazwe Ngamazwe luhlanganisa ulwazi oluphelele oluthatha indlela yokufunda ehlanganisiwe. Luphela ngokuhlolwa kokugcina ukuhlola amakhono abo.
Lolu hlelo lwenzelwe amazwe ukuthi aluhlanganise ohlelweni lwawo lokuqeqesha ochwepheshe be-patent. Amazwe Angamalungu angaqaphela ngokusemthethweni isitifiketi esinikezwe ngeMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) ne-WIPO. Amahhovisi e-IP anquma ukuthi angaluqaphela kanjani lolu hlelo, isibonelo njengemiklomelo yesitifiketi sendawo noma imfundo eqhubekayo. Lokhu kudala izikhuthazo ezinamandla kubahlanganyeli zokuthuthukisa amakhono abo okubhala i-patent.
IHungary neParaguay zaqaphela ngokusemthethweni i-IPTDP ngesikhathi seMihlangano Jikelele ye-WIPO edlule. Zijoyina i-Argentina, iKenya, iNigeria, iPeru, iSerbia, ne-Uganda ekunikezeni ochwepheshe bazo izinzuzo ezengeziwe.
Yini eyenza uhlelo lokuqeqesha lokubhala ama-patent lwamazwe ngamazwe luhluke? Uhlelo luhlinzeka ngolwazi olusebenzayo. Abahlanganyeli babhekana nezinselele zokubhala emhlabeni wangempela ngokuqeqeshwa okuvela kubabhala ama-patent abasezingeni lomhlaba. Lobu buchwepheshe busiza ochwepheshe abasha nabasanda kuvela ukuthi bakhomba kuphi lapho kudingeka bathuthukise khona ukuze bakhe ama-patent ayigugu kwezentengiselwano. Baphuma ohlelweni benamakhono aqinile adingekayo ukuze bahumushe ukusungula izinto ezintsha ekukhuleni komnotho.
Kwabasunguli, lokhu kunikeza ukufinyelela kochwepheshe be-patent abaqeqeshwe kangcono abangabaqondisa ohambweni oluvela ekudalweni kuya ekuvikelweni okulungele imakethe.
