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During the official visit to the Swiss
Confederation, Sakpatenti Chairman met with Director General of the Swiss
Federal Institute of Intellectual Property. At the introductory meeting held in
Bern the parties discussed the issues of implementation of the “Agreement
on the Mutual Recognition and Protection of Geographical Indications,
Appellations of Origin and Indications of Source between Georgia and the Swiss
Confederation”.
Meeting between Mr. Mindia Davitadze, Chairman of Sakpatenti, and Mr. Daren
Tang, newly elected Director General of the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), took place at the WIPO headquarters in Geneva. In 2021 Sakpatenti
representative will lead the Central European and Baltic States (CEBS) Regional
Group and Sakpatenti Chairman in person introduced the Group Coordinator to Mr.
Daren Tang.
Intensification
of the role of Sakpateni Chamber of Appeals, hence, formation of a robust
intellectual property system, is one of the components of the European
Union-Georgia Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP). Within the EUGIPP, the
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) will assist Sakpatenti in
elaboration of the consecutiveness of the Chamber decisions. In order to
discuss the cooperation format, Mr. Mindia Davitadze, Sakpatent Chairman, met
with Mr. Theophile Margellos, President of the EUIPO Boards of Appeal.
Mr. Mindia Davitadze, Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia, within the scope of activities of the Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee of the Parliament of Georgia introduced the priority directions of the Centre to the Chair of the Committee Mr. David Songhulashvili.
In order to improve the system of effective protection and control of geographical indications in Georgia, the National Intellectual Property Centre is working together with the European partners, including on capacity building of the staff members of the entity. For this purpose, within the EU funded Twinning Project, working meeting took place between the examiners of the entity and their European, namely, Italian and French counterparts.
