Outstanding Students of the General Course on Intellectual Property will Pass Free of Charge the WIPO Academy Specialized Courses
December 09, 2022
Within the joint project of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations, and Sakpatenti, 68 participants completed successfully the General Course on Intellectual Property. The students with the top grades at the final exam were handed over the international certificates of the course completion, along with presents and special awards, by Mr. Soso Giorgadze, Sakpatenti Chairman, and Ms. Sabine Machl, UN Resident Coordinator in Georgia, attending the award ceremony. Ms. Caroline Storan, WIPO Distance Learning Officer, congratulated the guests and students present at the event.
It is noteworthy that after the successful completion of the course, Sakpatenti, with the support of WIPO, offers the outstanding graduates an opportunity to pass the specialized courses of the WIPO Academy free of charge and to receive knowledge in the direction of trademarks, design and geographical indications, as well as copyright.
The educational project of WIPO and Sakpatenti “The General Course on Intellectual Property” is implemented from 2018. The training materials of the course, consisting of 13 modules, were translated by Sakpatenti into the Georgian language, brought in compliance with the legislation of Georgia and made available to any interested person free of charge. The course is led by tutors certified by WIPO – trainers of Sakpatenti Training Center. The course is implemented twice a year – in spring and in autumn. To the present day, within 9 sessions, 2881 participants were registered and 1249 students completed the course successfully. The next course will take place in spring 2023, and registration of participants will start in March.