The delegation of Sakpatenti, within an official visit to Ukraine, met with the representatives of the Department for Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent). Ms. Nino Chikovani, Deputy Chairperson of the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti, and Mr. Irakli Kasradze, Head of Department of Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Design of Sakpatenti, paid an official visit to Kyiv, from November 29 to December 1, 2021.
The main objective of the meetings was sharing experience between the offices as well as discussion of future bilateral cooperation, in particular: signing of a new, comprehensive Agreement on the Mutual Recognition and Protection of Geographical Indications, Appellations of Origin and Indications of Source between Ukraine and Georgia, which is a priority direction for both countries and will have a positive effect on the economic development of the countries.
The above-mentioned meeting will facilitate the development of close cooperation in the field of intellectual property between the two countries and will also accelerate the process of signing of the Agreement on the Mutual Recognition and Protection of Geographical Indications, Appellations of Origin and Indications of Source between Ukraine and Georgia.
Within the visit, the members of the delegation participated in the Technical Workshop on Tools and Practices (TWTP) Developed under the European Union Intellectual Property Network (EUIPN) for representatives of the IP Offices of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, organized by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
The Department for Intellectual Property of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute (Ukrpatent) are state agencies of Ukraine, responsible for the protection and development of intellectual property in the country. The State Enterprise “Ukrainian Intellectual Property Institute” (Ukrpatent) is an institutional component of the state system of intellectual property legal protection in Ukraine. It performs the functions of the National Intellectual Property Office according to the Ordinance of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of October 13, 2020 No. 1267-r “On the National Intellectual Property Office”.