Fog catcher and academics in patent dispute - Times LIVE

A dispute about patent rights for the harvesting of low-lying clouds and fog to alleviate water shortages has led to a bitter fall out between two researchers and their erstwhile business partner. Fish Hoek businessman Duncan Evans insists that his former partners, professors Johan van Heerden and Jana Olivier, both of whom are acclaimed academics, supported his patent application for a fog collector in January 2010.