Sakpatenti has joined WIPO CASE - Centralized Access to Search and Examination platform administered by WIPO. The WIPO CASE system enables patent offices to securely share search and examination documentation related to patent applications in order to facilitate work sharing programs.
On July 21-22, 2018, the Workshop on Adjudication of Civil Intellectual Property Infringement Cases took place in Batumi with the participation of Georgian judges. The workshop was organized by the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce and the United States Embassy in Georgia.
The full national patent collection of Georgia is now available for the first time in WIPO’s global patent search system Patentscope. The collection includes patents issued by Sakpatenti from its establishment in 1992 until today, altogether around 8850 documents. It includes ca. 6900 patents on invention and ca. 1950 patents on utility model.
On July 20, 2018, training on intellectual property rights for journalists took place in Batumi. The meeting was organized by the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of U.S. Department of Commerce and the Embassy of the United States of America to Georgia.
The Summer School on Intellectual Property Law is held in Georgia for already the third time. The event is organized by the European Law Students Association Georgia (ELSA Georgia), National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti,
Today, on July 12, 2018, the fourth International Conference “Georgia Against Counterfeiting and Piracy” was opened. It is jointly organized by The National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti and Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), U.S. Department of Commerce. The conference takes place in Batumi and aims to facilitate effective implementation of intellectual property enforcement mechanisms, deepening a dialogue between the private and public sectors, sharing interoffice and international experience and establishing contacts between stakeholders in the direction of rights enforcement.
On June 20-21, 2018, The National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti, in cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is organizing the conference “Intellectual Property (IP) and Education”.
On June 19, 2018, within the International Project “Intellectual Property for Youth and Teachers”, “Training on Tutoring and Teaching” delivered training for teachers which was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti.
On June 13-14, 2018, Workshop was organized by the World Trade Organization and National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia, aimed to draft the text of the Resolution approving the “Rule of Granting a Compulsory License for the Use of a Patented Invention and Utility Model”, on the basis of the amendments entered in the Patent Law of Georgia on January 11, 2018, in accordance with the commitments under the Association Agreement between Georgia and the European Union.