Intellectual Property Protection Tactics Training

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse the types of intellectual property relevant to a business context.
• Evaluate risks and vulnerabilities in an organisation's IP portfolio.
• Design a tailored IP protection plan incorporating legal and practical measures.
• Implement tactics to prevent IP infringement and misappropriation.
• Demonstrate procedures for enforcing IP rights in case of violation.

Target Audience

Managers, legal advisors, and business owners responsible for IP management, as well as entrepreneurs and innovators seeking to protect their creations in the South African context.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions provide hands-on experience in conducting IP searches, drafting basic IP documents, and using online databases. These exercises reinforce the theoretical concepts and prepare learners to apply IP protection tactics in real-world scenarios.

Practical Activities

• Patent and Trademark Database Search — Learners conduct searches on patent and trademark databases to identify prior art and existing marks. (10h)
• Drafting an IP Protection Plan — Learners develop a comprehensive IP protection plan for a hypothetical company, including strategy and risk management. (12h)
• Simulated License Agreement Negotiation — Learners role-play as licensor and licensee to negotiate key terms of a license agreement. (10h)
• IP Infringement Case Analysis — Learners analyze a real IP infringement case, evaluate evidence, and propose enforcement actions. (8h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.