Legislative Amendments Drafted by Sakpatenti Entered into Force
January 17, 2018
On January 11, 2018, legislative amendments, prepared by Sakpatenti, entered into force. The amendments were drafted in relation with fulfilling the obligations under Chapter 9 (Intellectual Property Rights) of Section IV of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, and are aimed at harmonizing the legislation of Georgia in the intellectual property field with the above-mentioned Agreement.
The amendments were made to the following legislative acts regulating intellectual property: the Patent Law of Georgia, the Law of Georgia on Copyright and Related Rights, the Law of Georgia on Design, the Trademark Law of Georgia, the Code of Civil Procedure of Georgia, the Law of Georgia on Pesticides and Agrochemicals, the Law of Georgia on Drugs and Pharmaceutical Activity.
The legislative amendments are mostly related with prevention and suppression of infringements of rights in IP subject-matters, full definition of legal mechanisms for carrying out adequate sanctions which are not provided for by the current procedural legislation and which will facilitate effective enforcement of rights from the civil and legal viewpoints.
