COMPANIES AND
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMISSION TO CELEBRATE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAY
The Companies and
Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) in partnership with the Department of
Trade and Industry (the dti), the National Intellectual Property Management
Office (NIPMO) and the South African State Theatre will celebrate World
Intellectual Property Day at the State Theatre Precinct in Pretoria, on 24
April 2015.
The Intellectual Property
(IP) Day will be celebrated under the theme, Get Up, Stand Up For Your
Rights.
According to the
Commissioner of Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, Ms Astrid
Ludin, the objective of the World Intellectual Property Day celebration, is to
celebrate human creativity and acknowledge the socio-economic importance of
intellectual property.
Commissioner Ludin adds
that the celebration is also aimed at creating awareness about intellectual
property rights and to encourage creativity and innovation by citizens.
“The celebration is targeted at the general public, youth,
academics, businesses, the legal fraternity, government departments involved in
the field of IP and the creative industry. It offers us an opportunity to
highlight the work that is done by the dti and CIPC with
regards to IP,” says Commissioner Ludin.
The celebration will
include exhibitions by the South African Music Rights
Organisation, South African Music Performers Rights Association, National Films
and Publications Board, Proudly South Africa, Department of Arts and Culture,
Technology Innovation Agency, South African Federation Against Copyright Theft,
Innovation Fund, Recording Industry of South Africa, Department of Science and
Technology, Dramatic, Artistic and Literacy Rights Organisation; and the National Film and Video Foundation.
The Intellectual Property
Day is an annual event that is celebrated worldwide and this year will mark the
14th celebration of the day.
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