This Year Conference “Georgia Against Counterfeiting” will be Held with CLDP Support

The dangers posed by counterfeit goods for health and safety will be the main topic of discussion during the 6th International Conference “Georgia Against Counterfeiting”, to be held in July, in Batumi in the face to face mode. The conference will be organized by Sakpatenti with the support of the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The meeting is aimed at deepening a dialogue between the private and public sectors, sharing international experience and facilitating effective cooperation between stakeholders in the direction of enforcement of rights.

A remote meeting was held between Sakpatenti and CLDP representatives on the organizational issues related to the conference where topics of discussion and anticipated speakers were finalized. Representatives of US toy producing companies will deliver a presentation on methods and tools of combating counterfeiting in the toy industry. Likewise, ways of combating counterfeiting of pharmaceutical goods will be discussed with the participation of representatives of relevant industry. Foreign experts and sectoral specialists will share with the participants knowledge and experience on intellectual property rights enforcement issues. 

At the meeting Ms. Nino Chikovani, Acting Chairperson of Sakpatenti, voiced an initiative this year to invite representatives of the Central European countries and the Baltic states to the conference and to involve them in the panel discussion. Mr. Skip Mark, Attorney Advisor-International at CLDP, expressed full support to Sakpatenti initiatives. 

CLDP was created in 1992, it is a platform of technical assistance of the U.S. Department of Commerce, which provides technical assistance in the commercial law to governments and private sector entities of transitional countries, thereby supporting them in achieving economic development goals. Within cooperation with Sakpatenti, CLDP has supported Georgia over the years in the direction of protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.