Chacha, Churchkhela, Sulguni and dozens of Georgian geographical indications are becoming the object of special protection on the territory of the Republic of Moldova. Today, on February 1, 2023, Mr. Soso Giorgadze, Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti, and Mr. Eugeniu Rusu, Director General of the State Agency on Intellectual Property (AGEPI) of the Republic of Moldova, signed the interstate Agreement on the Mutual Recognition and Protection of Geographical Indications of the two countries.
Program Chief of Party Mr. Mark McCord and USAID Economic Governance Program Chief of Party Ms. Natalia Beruashvili. During the meeting the projects implemented within Sakpatenti/USAID cooperation and ongoing projects were discussed and plans for 2023 were considered.
On December 29, Sakpatenti Chairman Mr. Soso Giorgadze held a meeting with judges of the general courts of Georgia. The meeting, held at Sakpatenti head office, was attended by judges of the Court of Appeals, representatives of the High Council of Justice, the High School of Justice and the Chairman’s Bureau of the Court of Appeals. Ms. Ketevan Khutsishvili, Programme Manager of the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia, also participated in the event. During the meeting, the draft amendments to the intellectual property legislation were considered, which are related to the intellectual property rights enforcement issues. The draft amendments were prepared within the EU-Georgia Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP). The judges expressed their views regarding the planned amendments and introduced to the participants of the meeting the statistical data of hearing intellectual property related cases.