Ms. Manana Pruidze, Acting Chairperson of Sakpatenti, congratulated ten outstanding students on successful completion of the autumn session 2021 of the General Course on Intellectual Property (DL101GE) and in an award ceremony handed to them the certificates and the main award – opportunity to pass the specialized, advanced course of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy free of charge.
The senior-year students of the Faculty of Law of the Georgian Technical University (GTU) will get acquainted with the importance of the intellectual property and the corresponding legislation of the field. As of today the students will attend the course “On Intellectual Property” at Sakpatenti. The five-day course is organized by Sakpatenti Training Centre, and it is led by WIPO Academy Sakpatenti tutors. The course will last for one month.
The team of pupils from Akhaltsikhe Public School №1, “GoGeoGo”, is the team which won the third place at the Millennium Innovations Award competition in 2020 for developing a mobile application intended to help in obtaining information easily on transport schedules in Georgia. To celebrate the victory, Sakpatenti management held a meeting with the team members and representatives of the Millennium Foundation. The meeting was aimed to provide to the team members extensive information on inventions, obtaining a patent and patent application processing procedures at Sakpatenti, and to hand over the prizes awarded to them by Sakpatenti. On behalf of the Office, Ms. Nino Chikovani, Deputy Chairperson of Sakpatenti, handed over personal computers to the members of “GoGeoGo”.
A dispute based on an appeal filed by McDonald's International Property Company, Ltd. is over at the Chamber of Appeals functioning at the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia –Sakpatenti. McDonald's was against registration of the trademarks “მაკროლი” and “MacRoll”.
The objective of the ongoing five-day training at Sakpatenti is to define the components of the training, to reveal and assess the training needs, which will ensure better planning and implementation of the training activities intended for internal or external audiences. The training is organized by the National Intellectual Property Training Center (NIPTC) of Sakpatenti with the support of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Academy. It is offered for trainers and staff of Sakpatenti Training Center.
A virtual round table on online counterfeiting issues was held with the initiative of the Anticounterfeiting Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and with co-organization of the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti. A traditional event aimed to support protection of rights of trademark holders facilitates sharing relevant information on trademarks among professionals of this field, which ensures customer protection and introduction of principles of fair commercial activity.
Within the active educational cooperation between the Georgian National University SEU and Sakpatenti Training Centre, a public lecture “On Intellectual Property” was delivered, during which information on intellectual property subject-matters and legislation regulating the given field was introduced to the SEU business and law students and the academic staff of the University.
The meeting, held at the SEU library, was led by Mr. Merab Kutsia, Head, Department of Inventions and New Varieties and Breeds and Mr. Irakli Kasradze, Department of Trademarks, Geographical Indications and Design of Sakpatenti, who spoke about the importance of the intellectual property field, benefits related to IP rights and legislative framework. Sakpatenti representatives shared with the participants of the meeting their theoretical knowledge and examples of practical experience, which will assist students interested in this field to understand better the basics of intellectual property and processes ongoing in the field.
Cooperation with educational institutions, aimed to raise awareness on intellectual property, is one of the priorities of Sakpatenti. Organization of lectures and other cognitive events facilitates awakening interest in the intellectual property field among students and their professional development in this direction, as well as strengthening the scientific-research activity of the academic staff.
Training on trademarks was held for representatives of the National Agency of Public Registry. The aim of the training was to share experience with representatives of the Public Register about the registration procedures of trademarks, including legal protection of trade names and trademarks.
Within the “Strategic Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Georgia”, signed on October 21, 2019, the first meeting of the Committee on Trade Matters took place. Ms. Manana Pruidze, Acting Chairperson of the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti, participated in the work of the Committee meeting, held at the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development on February 24, 2022.