On June 11 and 15, 2017, Sakpatenti participated in the Second Championship of Georgian Creative Start-ups - Creative Business Cup Georgia (CBC) 2017. Mr. Merab Kutsia, Head of Inventions and New Plant Varieties and Animal Breeds Department of Sakpatenti was a member of the jury. For the preliminary assessment of the projects, Sakpatenti also carried out preliminary patent search.
On June 8, 2017, four imitated eight-final legal trials took place at Tbilisi Court of Appeals. The participants of the imitated trials were the best students of the Faculty of Law of various universities of Georgia, who have passed training at the Intellectual Property Law School in Borjomi on June 2-4.
On June 2-4, 2017, Intellectual Property Law School took place in Borjomi, which was organized by Sakpatenti and European Law Students Association, with the financial support of the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. During the event, Sakpatenti representatives introduced to the best students of the Faculty of Law of various universities of Georgia intellectual property subject-maters, legal aspects of protection of these subject-matters and mechanisms for enforcement of IP rights.
Starting from June 1, 2017 nationals and residents of Georgia will have the possibility to file international patent applications (PCT applications) at Sakpatenti online using ePCT platform. Sakpatenti as a Receiving Office (RO) of the PCT system has already joined said platform.
Since May 24, 2017 the Global IP Case Law Database Darts ip has become available to Sakpatenti examiners. Sakpatenti and Darts ip signed a memorandum for five years within the Annual Meeting of International Trademark Association (INTA), held in Barcelona.
Today, on May 11, 2017, Sakpatenti top officials are holding an information meeting with representatives of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The aim of the meeting is to assist entrepreneurs in drafting an IP strategy and its management, which will facilitate increasing competitiveness of Georgian companies and creating their economic value.
Today, on May 5, 2017, the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti, together with 50 private and public organizations, is participating in the annual employment and internship forum, organized by San Diego State University (SDSU-Georgia) and Millennium Challenge Foundation-Georgia (MCA-Georgia). Sakpatenti representatives are meeting with successful students of San Diego State University at Radisson Hotel and are introducing education and internship prospects at Sakpatenti.
The State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (SAIC) has taken a preliminary decision on registration of appellation of origin of Georgia mineral water “Nabeghlavi”.
On an occasion of April 26 - the World Intellectual Property Day - special lessons are delivered to up to 2000 elementary grade pupils of public schools throughout Georgia. The objective of the lessons is to raise awareness on the essence and importance of intellectual property rights.
From April 27, 2017, a new electronic filing system of the LEPL National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti will be launched at the following address: online.sakpatenti.ge