YEAR 2
MODULE 1
Intellectual Trading and IP Management
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Day 1

• Innovation & IP Management Strategies
• Specific Strategies & Mechanisms for Facilitating Access to Innovation
• Policy & Legal Environment for Innovation & IP
• Public Sector  Institutions & IP Transfer
• Public Sector IP Management for Life Sciences
• Technology Transfer in Middle Income Countries

Day 2

• Agreements & Intellectual Property
• Gaining Access to  Technology
• IP & Information Management, Libraries & Databases
• Conducting IP Audits
• Establishing & Operating Technology Transfer Office
• Patent Protection with Public Domain
• Regulatory Data Protection in Pharmaceuticals, Agrochemicals & others

Day 3

• Inventors & Inventions
• Evaluation of Technologies
• Technology & Product Licensing
• Deal Making & Market Technology
• Public Sector & Entrepreneurship

 Day 4

• Bio-prospecting, Traditional Knowledge & Benefit Sharing
• Product Development Partnerships
• Accelerating Product Development & Delivery
• Intellectual Property & Trademark License
• Public Sector Technology & Patent Licensing

This module introduces participants to the concept of Intellectual Trading and IP management which these are some of the key aspects of knowledge  economy. Also it provides a broader understanding of issues surrounding Intellectual Property Management particularly in the public sector. The module explains the importance of using public IP in responding to the problems of the general public. It gives a wide understanding and guidelines regarding the role of various public institutions ( government, academic institutions, research and individuals) in managing IP  and the establishment of IP Management offices in these institutions.

Objectives

• Introduce participants to the concept IP and IP Management
• Define and  explain Patents and Patenting  in protecting Public IP
• Develop an understanding of Technology and Product Licensing
•  Identify Specific Strategies and Mechanisms to facilitate Innovation and IP management for the public sector
•  Develop and understanding of IP Policies and Legal Framework
• Identify, policy and legal aspects in the knowledge economy
• Understand the issues of Public Partnerships in developing Spinout companies

Module Outcomes

• Better understanding of IP management
• Ability to develop IP Management Strategies and mechanisms
• Knowledge of establishing IP management Offices
• Understand policy and legal issues of  IP and IC
• Able to understand steps of making IP work in the Knowledge Economy

The world is moving rapidly towards knowledge economy. In some developed countries the concept is better understood by players.  Even in South Africa some government strategies do refer to knowledge based economy.  Generally people in South do not understand what this knowledge economy is all about.  Individuals, academic institutions, organization, government, business industry and communities as players in

Knowledge economy must prepare them selves so that all of them are ready to compete and play in the knowledge economy. Therefore, academic institutions must provide human resources that will fit in the knowledge economy.  Both public and private organizations and government must empower themselves through their employees and necessary structures and infrastructure to make South Africa competitive in the knowledge economy.