On 2 August 2010, the Department of Science in Technology announced the Proclamation of the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act, 51 of 2008 (Published in the Government Gazette Vol.541 No.33422 on 30 July 2010) and its accompanying regulations (Published in the Government Gazette Vol. 542 No. 33433 on 02 August 2010).