National Chamber to stage workshop on ‘Intellectual Property Law for Business’

The National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka, in association with the Intellectual Property Office and Julius & Creasy, Attorneys-at-Law, is conducting a workshop for the benefit of the business community to brief it on intellectual property law and its connected areas.  

The workshop will be held on Tuesday, 25 July from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. at the National Chamber Auditorium, No. 450 D.R. Wijewardene Mawatha, Colombo 10.

Intellectual Property (IP) is a key driving force for growth in many companies and economies today and it is a must for any business.

Intellectual property law helps businesses to prevent others from copying their products or using their innovations, which includes trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets. It also deals with the rules for securing and enforcing legal rights to inventions, designs and artistic works.

Patents give inventors the right to use their product in the marketplace; trademarks protect symbols, names and slogans used to identify goods and copyrights apply to writings, music, motion pictures, architecture, etc. Trade Secret is the legal term for confidential business information which is valuable to its owner.

The resource people will be the Intellectual Property Office Director General G.R. Ranwaka, Julius & Creasy Senior Partner Dr. J.M. Swaminathan and Julius & Creasy Partner Anomi Wanigasekera.

The topics to be covered include ‘Intellectual Property Law - General Principals’, ‘Role of Intellectual Property law in business, an overview’, ‘Trademark Law – Overview’ by Dr. J.M. Swaminathan, ‘Protected industrial designs and their registration’ and ‘Patenting of Inventions’.

For registration contact the chamber through Nirmani/Madushika on 4741788 or email [email protected] or [email protected].