Intellectual Property

• Instructor: Eight2Five hub
• Lectures: 2
• Students: 11
• Duration: 10 weeks

Intellectual Property refers to a protection system for the creations of the mind including but not limited to Trademarks, Copyright, Industrial designs, Patents and Trade Secrets. It offers exclusive rights to the author or owner to ownership of the IP. Ownership will safeguard the creator from infringement and the right to sue and claim for compensation from any potential infringer. Relevant IP rights to an SME/Startup are Trademarks, Patents, Utility models, Trade Secrets and Industrial designs. Each one of these offer different IP protection respectively.

About the Facilitator

Rutendo Mugadza Mugwagwa is a registered Legal Practitioner and an Intellectual Property and Software Law Expert-based Harare, Zimbabwe.

She is also a holder of a Masters in Intellectual property from Africa University. Rutendo specializes in drafting and filing trademarks&patent applications, training research institutions, Startup companies and SME’s, government parastatals, innovation hubs, and corporate companies on Intellectual property. She has vast experience in drafting and negotiating commercialization agreements, technology transfer agreements and handling all IP prosecution matters. Rutendo is very passionate on Intellectual Property matters as she hosts her own vlog called “IP Sessions” where she talks all things Intellectual Property.