National Intellectual Property Management Office (NIPMO)
The management of intellectual property (IP) emanating from publicly financed research and development has become a critical factor in ensuring that the public derives greater returns from the increasingly significant R&D investments made by government. The South African Government introduced the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act 51 of 2008 (referred to as the IPR-PFRD Act) to provide a regulatory framework for the management of this type of IP.