To increase the acquisition of intellectual property rights for lecturers and students within the Faculty of Engineering (FT) UNIPMA, an online socialization of intellectual property rights was held on Thursday (12/05/2022). Prior to the socialization of Intellectual Property Rights, the Dean of the FT UNIPMA (Nasrul Rofiah Hidayati, S.T., M.Pd.) had coordinated with the Head of the UNIPMA PIKI bureau (Dr. Darmadi, M.Pd.).

This activity went smoothly by presenting a resource person, the Head of the PIKI UNIPMA bureau, Dr. Darmadi, M.Pd. The resource persons have explained about the importance of IPR and the procedure for its registration. This socialization activity was also given direction by the Vice Chancellor for Division III UNIPMA (Dr. Bambang Eko Hari Cahyono, M.Pd).

UNIPMA Vice Chancellor III (Dr. Bambang Eko Hari Cahyono, M.Pd). said "the socialization of the acquisition of intellectual property rights is not only intended to gain recognition for lecturers and students who have works/products from PKM, but also to increase FT's achievements related to the UNIPMA FT performance agreement".

Dr. Darmadi when explaining the material also said that common problems that arise include the lack of knowledge of the academic community in universities regarding intellectual property rights and their development. In addition, there is also a lack of information and data relating to the ownership of intellectual property rights in universities.

"Hopefully, with this socialization around FT UNIPMA, it will increase the awareness of lecturers and students that the protection of works/copyrights is very important," he concluded.