The Department of Trade and Industry will, in collaboration with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission, host an Intellectual Property (IP) and Technology Commercialisation Colloquium at the Saint George Hotel Conference Centre, in Pretoria, from April 8 to 9. The colloquium will explore how innovators can create value from their IP and what mechanisms should be put in place to ensure successful commercialisation. It will also cover key areas of IP development and protection, acquisition and exploitation and explore how the Fourth Industrial Revolution is challenging the value of conventional IP rights protection and its enforcement.
