Small businesses, innovators and other role players in the intellectual property space will benefit from a specialised workshop that will help them tackle commercialisation challenges in the national system of innovation.
The advanced workshop on intellectual property commercialisation which kicks off today is taking place under the auspices of the Swiss-South African Intellectual Property project.
The project, according to the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), is a collaborative venture between South Africa and Switzerland that aims to promote the use and protection of intellectual property rights.
The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition and its entity, the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, are also participating in the project.
Meanwhile, the National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO) will implement the DSI’s intellectual property programme.
The three-day workshop, which is scheduled to conclude on 2 November in Stellenbosch in the Western Cape, will include lectures, panel discussions and group discussions.
It will also focus on small, medium and micro enterprises, innovators, and anyone with an interest in intellectual property commercialisation in their innovation journey. – SAnews.gov.za
