On May 15, 2019, a meeting took place between Sakpatenti management and Mr. Peter B.Davidson, General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce, visiting Georgia.
Today, on May 13, 2019, within the framework of the Project on “Establishing Efficient Protection and Control System of Geographical Indications (GIs) in Georgia”, a delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture of Italy visited Georgia. The Project, which is implemented within the EU funded Twinning Project, envisages the development of the current system of geographical indications in Georgia.
Today, on May 7, 2019, a Regional Conference was opened. The conference is organized by the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti, in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), devoted to the importance of one of the significant intellectual property subject-matters in the modern world – design, as a tool for business success and economic value of goods, as well as promotion of this IP subject-matter, which will facilitate raising public awareness on the importance of design protection and development of this direction.
On April 22-25, 2019, study course “Patent Search” will take place at the IP Training Centre functioning at Sakpatenti. It covers an overview of the patent system and introduction to the techniques of patent information search. The course is intended for representatives of universities and scientific-research institutions.
On April 15, 2019, to support the development of the geographical indications and appellations of origin system in Georgia and its harmonization with the European Union GI protection system, the series of meetings were launched, the meetings are held in the framework of implementing EU Funded Twinning Project first stage.
On April 8-11, 2019, the Forty-First Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) took place in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Irakli Kasradze, Head of Department of Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Design of Sakpatenti participated in the Session.
On March 28, 2019, the Millennium Challenge Foundation revealed the winning project of the Millennium Innovation Competition. In 2019, five pupils of the team “Obertone” who created the project “Barney Smart Labyrinth” will visit NASA.