The Director General of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr. John Asein, has said it is important for every university to have an Intellectual Property (IP) policy to protect their innovative and creative works.
Asein said this in a presentation on the revised Model Intellectual Property (IP) policy to the General Assembly of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) in Abuja.
The NCC boss said the model policy, which was developed by the commission in collaboration with the CVCNU in 2021, was reissued as part of the commission’s renewed effort to promote its adoption and implementation.
He praised the immediate past Secretary General of CVCNU for supporting the initiative and working with the NCC to promote the sustainable use and effective management of IP in Nigerian universities.
Asein advised tertiary institutions, as centres of learning and research, to introduce their faculties and students to the subject of intellectual property in line with global trends and to make Nigerian universities globally competitive.
The NCC boss assured vice chancellors of the commission’s readiness to help in the development and implementation of the policy.
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