Sakpatenti trademark and design databases were integrated into the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) databases - TMview and Designview. From today, July 7, foreign users can receive information on marks/designs registered in Georgia on the European Union Intellectual Property Office website. In addition, users will be able to search in EUIPO databases by means of the Georgian interface. Sakpatenti has also joined the TMclass platform, which allows searching and translating the list of goods and services in 42 languages.
Integration of Georgian databases into European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) trademark and design databases is launched, was noted during the meeting of Mr. Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, with Mr. António Campinos, Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The parties considered issues of cooperation between Georgia and EUIPO.
On June 10, 2016, the first employment and internship forum of San Diego State University took place at Radisson Hotel, Tbilisi, organized by Millennium Challenge Foundation-Georgia (MCA-Georgia) and San Diego State University (SDSU-Georgia). During the event, representatives of public and private sectors met with successful students of San Diego State University and discussed with them education and internship prospects.
Chairman of Sakpatenti, Mr. Nikoloz Gogilidze was elected as a Chair of the Working Group for the Preparation of Common Regulations under the Lisbon Agreement and the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Today, on June 2, 2016, a sub-regional seminar “Intellectual Property Policies in Universities and Research Institutions” was opened, organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti. During the seminar the current situation regarding IP policies at universities in Georgia will be discussed, experience of Israel on the use of IP policies at universities and research institutions as well as WIPO guidance will be introduced to the participants.
On the invitation of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti, Mr. Habip Asan, President of the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI), is paying an official visit Tbilisi. Today, on June 2, 2016, at Sakpatenti Office, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti and the Turkish Patent Institute, which provides for cooperation in the field of industrial property protection. Within the memorandum, the intellectual property offices of the two countries will cooperate in the direction of capacity building of examiners, sharing of experience and best practices, training programs will also be drafted for the Intellectual Property Educational Center of Georgia. In addition, the memorandum envisages support in participation of Georgian students in the Master’s Program on intellectual property in Turkey, organization of joint conferences and seminars and holding consultations in the process of drafting new legislative acts in the intellectual property field.
Sakpatenti will participate in the Annual Meeting of International Trademark Association (INTA). Information on Georgia will be introduced to representatives of companies owning more than 9500 well-known brands worldwide, law firms and offices related to the intellectual property field. The meeting, which is the most significant event in the world with respect to trademarks, will be held on May 21-25, 2016 in Orlando (Florida, USA).
on May 18, 2016, a meeting took place at Sakpatenti with the US Government delegation, headed by Mr. Steve Gardner, Chief Counsel for the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of the General Counsel. During the meeting, ongoing projects funded by CLDP were discussed, which are aimed at raising awareness on intellectual property issues among various target groups, in particular, annual trainings for judges, journalists and lawyers. With CLDP support, events for Sakpatenti examiners capacity building, study visits to the USA and visits of American examiners to Georgia to share experience with Georgian colleagues are also organized. During the meeting, the ongoing meeting on Internet Service Providers Liability, funded by CLDP, to be held in Georgia, in July, 2016, was also discussed.
The State Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's Republic of China (SAIC) will issue a registration certificate for geographical indication “Chacha” in several months and Georgia will return the right on it on the territory of China. The information concerning the preliminary decision was introduced to the Georgian delegation, headed by Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development and Chairman of Sakpatenti, by the Chinese colleagues. The official meeting took place of May 11, 2016 in Beijing, at the Trademark Office of China, within the 2nd round of negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement between Georgia and the People’s Republic of China.
Within the campaign on occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day – April 26 – special lessons are delivered for pupils of elementary grades of up to 100 public schools. The lessons are aimed at raising awareness on the essence and significance of intellectual property and copyright. A special lesson plan was drafted for the 4th-6th grades, in cooperation with USAID Georgia Primary Education Project (USAID/G-PriEd) and with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia. The recommendation on delivering the above-mentioned lesions was sent to public schools. The teaching material includes a reading book “Doremius Solas” (author: Irma Malatsidze), created by cooperation of G-PriEd and Sakpatenti, a fairy tale on copyright, as well as the article on inventions “Strange Patents”, published in newspaper “Reading Time” intended for pupils.