In response to the needs of private businesses, schools, and public institutions to understand different IPR issues, TIPO has conducted 270 seminars on IPR laws and regulations as of end of November. These include 25 seminars on patent related issues, 10 seminars on trademark related issues, 233 seminars on copyright related issues, and 2 seminars on trade secret related issues. A total of 45,990 people participated in these seminars; all those who took part in the seminars expressed satisfaction over the content in helping them build proper IPR concepts. TIPO welcomes all sectors to take advantage of this free awareness program.