Companies and Intellectual Property Commission

Companies and Intellectual Property Commission

Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	dtic campus, 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria
Annual budget	R 698.279 million (2022/23)
Minister responsible	Ebrahim Patel, Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition
Agency executive	Adv. Rory Voller, Commissioner
Parent department	Department of Trade, Industry and Competition
Key documents	Companies Act, 2008 Close Corporations Act, 1984 Patents Act, 1978 Trade Marks Act, 1993 Copyright Act, 1978 The Counterfeit Goods Act, 1997
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The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) is an agency of the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa.^[1] The CIPC was established by the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008)^[2] as a juristic person to function as an organ of state within the public administration, but as an institution outside the public service.