
Call for applications: SACO capacity building workshop
The South African Cultural Observatory (SACO) is calling on artists interested individuals to attend a capacity building workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 19 June.
- Participants at a SACO workshop in Mthatha. Photo: Facebook
The workshop is intended to equip attendees with information on Intellectual Property in the South African arts industry.
Interested individuals should RSVP to tazleen.jooste@mandela.ac.za or SMS/WhatsApp her on 063 639 7653 before 17 June.
The workshop will touch on the following topics:
- What is intellectual property?
- What is the role and purpose of intellectual property and intellectual property law?
- What are the various forms of intellectual property?
- What are copyrights, patents, trademarks and designs?
- How are the different forms of intellectual property regulated in South Africa?
- What should artists do to acquire, protect and benefit from their intellectual property?
- What are the ways in which intellectual property rights can be infringed?
- What are the remedies to the intellectual property rights owner if the rights are infringed?
The workshop will run from 08:30am to 15:30pm at Constitution Hill, 11 Kotze Street, the Old Fort Building in Braamfontein.
For more information about this call, visit the SACO official website.
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