What is Intellectual Property?

• Patents
• Copyright
• Trademarks
• Trade Secrets
• Designs
• Plant Breeders' Rights
• Copyright Act, 98 of 1978
• Designs Act, 195 of 1993
• Patents Act, 57 of 1978
• Plant Breeders Rights Act, 15 of 1976
• Trade Marks Act, 194 of 1993

Acts, Policies and guidelines

• Intellectual Property Policy of the NWU 
  • Read in conjunction with the IP Manual
• IPR Act, 51 of 2008
• Policy for Management of Research and Innovation Contracts and External Investment/Stake holding
• Rules for the Classification of Thesis and Dissertations
• Research and Innovation Policy
• National Environmental Management:  Biodiversity Act, 10 of 2004

Who can help?

• IP & Contracting 
  Johann Coetzee

• IP Related Contracting
  Gretha Duvanage

• Commercialisation
  Mesuli Mbanjwa

          Hannes Malan 

          Thandi Maretlane

• IP Administration
  Mari Berner

• ​Other

          Yolandé Bullock

Funding Calls

• Available funding

Disclosure Form

• Download disclosure form

In future you will be able to submit disclosures online. 

We are in the process of testing the online disclosure submission.

If interested in trying it out, contact:

Mari Berner

018-285 2007

Additional information

• Basics of Shares

Surveys

• SA National Survey of IP and Technology at Publicly funded Research Institutions 2014 - 2018