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(2) In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, joint inventors may apply for a
patent in equal undivided shares.“

Wie im Schweizer Recht gilt also das Erfinderprinzip. Nach Art. 28(1) des
südafrikanischen Patentgesetzes gilt weiter:

Where a dispute arises between persons as to their rights to obtain a patent for or
to make, use, exercise or dispose of an invention, or as to the right to or title in a
patent, any such party may apply to the commissioner to decide the matter in
dispute, and the commissioner shall decide the matter in dispute.