In a bid to protect intellectual property, especially science inventions from Universities, the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP, has commissioned Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office at the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli Campus.
NOTAP, which is domiciled under the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, is concerned with intellectual property protection for inventors and researchers, as well as providing platform for marketing of inventions.
Director General of NOTAP, Dr. Dan-Azumin Ibrahim, who was represented by Dr. Ephraim Okejiri, said that the need to spread the Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Offices to Universities was through the instrumentality of World Intellectual Property Organization, in order to protect, serve as a database for inventors and researchers, and provide support for commercialization.
In his speech, the Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Professor Greg Nwakoby, represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics, Professor Osita Chiaghanam, affirmed that the impact of the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation is felt deeply, adding that Uli Campus, being the science base of the University, will benefit greatly from the facilities.
The Dean, Faculty of Physical Sciences, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Uli campus, and facilitator of the project for the University, Professor Kingsley Nwozor, noted that the office will help secure the inventions and research findings coming from the institution and beyond, as well as help those who invent and research to reap the maximum benefit of their works.
The Senate Committee Chairman on Science and Technology, Senator Uche Ekwunife, represented by Engineer Ndubuisi Mmaduabuchi, explained that only technology can move the country away from dependence on mineral resources, adding that the facility is a move in the right direction.
Participants at a workshop which preceded commissioning of the facility, including Mr. Leo Chukwu and Reverend Sister Professor Benedict Ezeliora, said the workshop has exposed them to new knowledge, and that the facility will help the University community, especially inventors and researchers in no small measure.
Lectures from resource persons and commissioning of the facilities were highlights of the event.
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