US Ambassador to Georgia H.E. Mr. Ian C. Kelly met with Sakpatenti Chairman

On January 26, 2016, Ambassador of the United States of America to Georgia H.E. Mr. Ian C. Kelly familiarized with the process of implementation of the projects in the intellectual property field, carried out in partnership with the Government of the United States of America. Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti Mr. Nikoloz Gogilidze introduced to the Ambassador the ongoing project on electronic filing and e-Governance system, financed by USAID, as well as the project related to school textbooks on intellectual property for pupils of primary classes, created with the G-PriED support. During the meeting at Sakpatenti the future cooperation plans were discussed, in particular, the support of the US Government in the implementation of Sakpatenti Action Plan, which aims supporting the project on the Intellectual Property Educational Center, improvement of examination, promotion of innovation activity and development of the branding system, as well as supporting public awareness events in the intellectual property field, planned in 2016. The meeting was attended by Head of USAID Mission to Georgia Douglas Ball, Economic Officer of US Embassy Mr. Charles Setten and Financial and Commercial Sector Advisor at the USAID Office of Economic Growth, Mr. Revaz Ormotsadze.