STUDENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DESIGN COMPETITION

World Intellectual Property Day aims to raise the awareness of Intellectual Property (IP) and copyright information and to promote, respect and protect people's creations be they inventions, patents, trade marks, novels, poems, plays, films, musical works, drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures and architectural designs.

Through applying knowledge and skills across a range of learning areas in creative ways, students can be engaged in promotion and protection of their own creativity. It’s an exciting opportunity for expression, celebration and collaboration!

For more details and to enter the competition, please click here to download the PDF.

Education on Copyright Laws and Copyright Protection

NZFACT is taking a multi-pronged approach to fighting copyright theft: through awareness, consultation, education and enforcement.

Enabling people to understand what piracy is and how it hurts the community is NZFACT's major education strategy. To be able to make an informed decision about what is the right choice is one of strongest weapons against piracy.

NZFACT is developing strategies to help educate and inform parents, students, teachers, retailers, workers and employers - consumers of all ages and from all walks of life - about the importance and value of intellectual property rights, the reasons why copyright theft is wrong, and the consequences of breaking the law.

This includes developing teaching support materials. The rationale behind this program is to eliminate the use and distribution of pirated films in schools and school communities and to introduce and integrate the teaching and understanding of the concept of copyright.

NZFACT also provides information packs to the police about copyright and film piracy-related crimes, as well as information brochures for rental stores, retailers and cinema owners across the country.