12. Due to the urgency of the companies legislation, the intellectual property process was halted and deliberations were reconvened on 27 May 2011. The first meeting of this second phase focused on the functioning of the current intellectual property system, followed by deliberations from 1 to 15 June 2011, which culminated in a decision to redraft the Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill as introduced on 10 June 2011. The DTI also briefed the Committee on the Bill on 14 June 2011 on issues raised prior to the redraft.