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Tana Pistorius

University of Auckland Business School

Professor of Commercial Law

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Scholarly Papers (27)

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1.

The Regulation of Big Data: Data Governance beyond Data Protection

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 13 Nov 2024
Tana Pistorius and Juan-Jacques Jordaan
University of Auckland Business School and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 163 (459,428)

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Whose Data Is It Anyway? Copyright Protection Of Databases And Big Data Through The Looking Glass

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper, (2022) Computers & Law, 94, 5:1-5:12
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Nov 2024
Tana Pistorius and Juan-Jacques Jordaan
University of Auckland Business School and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 99 (694,528)

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Monitoring, Interception and Big Boss in the Workplace: Is the Devil in the Details?

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Jul 2010
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 93 (725,554)

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The IP Protection of Electronic Databases: Copyright or Copywrong?

Proceeding of ISSA 2008 Innovative Minds Conference, 63-80. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5024329
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 88 (753,595)

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Database right, Copyright protection, originality, sui generis, deep linking

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The New Africa Top Level Domain: An African Initiative in Ensuring Africa's Rightful Place on the Global Network

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 25 Jan 2015
Eddie Hurter and Tana Pistorius
University of South Africa (UNISA) - School of Law and University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 81 (796,622)

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dotAfrica; new gTLD programme; trade mark rights; sunrise period; priority rights; dispute resolution; ICANN; ZACR; mark validation system; rights protection mechanisms; land rush phase; reserve names list; trademark clearing house; African Union Commission.

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The Legal Effect of Input Errors in Automated Transactions: The South African Matrix

Journal of Information, Law & Technology. Pp. 1-21.
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 59 (980,173)

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Electronic transaction, error, electronic agent, consumer, automated transaction, natural person

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Automated Traffic Congestion Charging Systems privacy considerations for New Zealand

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 05 Aug 2025
Isa Seow and Tana Pistorius
Independent and University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 50 (1,063,489)

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privacy, automated law enforcement, surveillance, data protection, GDPR

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.za Alternative Dispute Resolution Regulations: The First Few SAIIPL Decisions

Journal of Information, Law and Technology., 2008(2). Pp. 1-27.
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 37 (1,222,651)

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Domain names, trade marks, .za ADR, cyber squatting, abuse, reverse domain name hijacking

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Cyberbusters Versus Cybersquatters: Round II in the ZADNA Ring

SA Mercantile Law Journal, 21(5), 661-679. DOI: 10.10520/EJC54376
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 37 (1,222,651)

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Convergence between Competition and Data Protection Law: A South African Perspective

International Data Privacy Law, 8(3), 277–283. DOI: 10.1093/idpl/ipy019
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Pieter Koornhof and Tana Pistorius
Aston University - Law Group and University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 35 (1,249,711)

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Contract Formation: A Comparative Perspective on the Model Law on Electronic Commerce

Comparative and international law journal of Southern Africa, 35(2), 129-156. DOI: 10.10520/AJA00104051_178
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 32 (1,304,549)

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The Designs Act of 1993: Aesthetic and Functional Designs, Spare Parts, and Integrated Circuits

South African Law Journal, 112, 326-342. 
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius and Coenraad J Visser
University of Auckland Business School and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 32 (1,290,922)

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Developing Countries and Copyright In The Information Age

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal., 9(2). DOI: 10.4314/pelj.v9i2.43448
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 28 (1,345,526)

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The Protection of Electronic Databases

South African Mercantile Law Journal, 12, 184-198. 
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 24 (1,399,036)

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From Snail Mail to E-mail - A South African Perspective on the Web of Conflicting Rules on the Time of E-Contracting

Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, 39(2), 178-213. DOI: 10.10520/EJC24626
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 21 (1,436,435)

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The Copyright Protection of Computer Programs in the United States of America: The First Generation Questions (part 1)

De Jure, 24(2), 232-244.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 17 (1,481,165)

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Copyright in the Information Age: The Catch-22 of Digital Technology

Critical Arts., 20(1), 47–61. DOI: 10.1080/02560040608557776
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 16 (1,491,251)

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Digital, WCT, developing countries, functional equivalence

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The Copyright Protection of Computer Programs In The United States of America – The Second Generation Questions (Part 2)

De Jure, 25(1), 166-182.
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 16 (1,491,251)

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Review of Paradigm Shift in Patent Within Digital Environment and Possible Implications for Economic Development in Africa

In Advances in Information and Communication: Proceedings of the 2019 Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC), Volume 2, Pp. 438-452. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-12385-7_33
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 18 Nov 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Odirachukwu Mwim and Tana Pistorius
Independent and University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 15 (1,500,778)

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Africa, Business Method Patenting, Digital economic growth, Patent protection

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The Impact of Intellectual Property Law and Policy on Sustainable Development

South African Yearbook of International Law Suid-Afrikaanse Jaarboek Vir Volkereg., 32(1). Pp. 1-20. DOI: 10.10520/EJC100065
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 14 (1,509,872)

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The sui generis protection of semiconductor chips (part II)

De Jure., 28, 113-141.
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 13 (1,518,554)

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The Copyright Protection of Computer Programs: Literary Works Shunned by the Proposed Bill

De Rebus, 1991(287), 833-836.
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 02 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 12 (1,526,714)

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Teaching Intellectual Property Law in English-Speaking Africa: Current Status and Future Prospects and Trends

De Jure., 30. 227-238. 
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 02 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius and Coenraad J Visser
University of Auckland Business School and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 10 (1,541,665)

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Review of Legal Philosophical Approach to Digital Copyright Management and its Implications for Knowledge Degeneration in Africa

In 2017 Computing Conference, Pp:1029-1034. IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/SAI.2017.8252218
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Odirachukwu Mwim and Tana Pistorius
Independent and University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 10 (1,541,665)

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digital, copyright, management, knowledge, Africa, legislation

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Protection of Industrial Designs in the European Union – Part I: The Copyright Enigma

De Jure, 30, 283-300. 
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 02 Dec 2024 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2025
Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland Business School
Downloads 9 (1,548,648)

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Automated Traffic Congestion Charging Systems

The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper ..., Policy Quarterly, volume 20, issue 3, 2024[10.26686/pq.v20i3.9559]
Posted: 15 Nov 2024
Isa Seow and Tana Pistorius
University of Auckland and University of Auckland Business School

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privacy, technology, congestion charging, location tracking, surveillance, New Zealand

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The Impact of Digital Copyright Law and Policy on Access to Knowledge and Learning

Reading & Writing-Journal of the Reading Association of South Africa, 10(1), 1-7. DOI: 10.4102/rw.v10i1.196., The University of Auckland Business School Research Paper Series
Posted: 24 Aug 2022
Tana Pistorius and Odirachukwu Mwim
University of Auckland Business School and Independent

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Digital, copyright, knowledge, development, legislation, technological protection measures, TPMs, copyright law, information, communication technologies, ICTs