To promote creativity and innovation, the Ministry of ICT has organised a dissemination workshop to raise awareness of intellectual property (IP) guidelines and encourage its protection across the country’s technology and creative sectors.
The team of experts in the field pose for a group photo.
The workshop hosted by the School of Engineering and Technology brought together innovators, entrepreneurs, creators, researchers and community members to discuss how IP rights can help safeguard original work and support growth.
Participants explored the importance of identifying and protecting inventions, software, designs, brands and creative works, as well as the role of IP in helping people benefit from their ideas.
Organised by the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA, UJ-Connect project, Uganda National Council for Science and Technology, Centre for Law, Policy and Innovation Initiative (CelPII) KTA advocates, and Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer.
Shimpei WATANABE Kawooya JICA –JZCA Expert
The awareness will help innovators share their work with confidence, attract investment and build sustainable businesses. The workshop also gave participants a chance to exchange views on the challenges they face when registering and enforcing their rights.
Participants attentively listen to the different presentations
The facilitators encouraged stakeholders to use available IP information and support services, and to consider protection early in developing new products and creative projects. The event forms part of broader efforts to promote innovation and ensure that creators and businesses can retain value from the work they produce.