Working Visit of EUGIPP Project Enforcement Expert to Georgia

Within the EU Georgia Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP), Mr. Kenneth Wright, expert involved in one of the components of the project “Comparative study of the EU and Georgian legislations and practices on IPR enforcement”, is visiting Georgia. The objective of his visit is to get acquainted with the specificity of work of the intellectual property rights enforcement authorities and share European experience with the Georgian counterparts. Within the visit, on July 12, 2022, a bilateral meeting was held between the expert and Sakpatenti managements at Sakpatenti Head Office.

During the meeting the parties evaluated the progress of the project, defined the priority directions of activities determined by the Action Plan and outlined the plans for future cooperation.

Ms. Nino Chikovani, Acting Chairperson of Sakpatenti, highlighted the fruitful progress of the project and noted that approximation of the legislation of Georgia to the EU legislation not only will be very important for the development of the intellectual property system, but will also support strengthening the European course of the country.

“Following the meetings and todays positive discussions, I would like to note that in IPR enforcement directions, Georgia is moving forward rapidly on its path to the European Union in which the role of Sakpatenti, relevant state agencies and partner offices are crucial, - Mr. Kenneth Wright stated.

Within the visit, representatives of the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia, the Tax Monitoring Department, the Investigation Service, the Customs Department, the General Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia and the Georgian National Communications Commission’s authorities engaged in enforcement of IPR are meeting with the European expert.

EUGIPP is the EU funded international cooperation project, which is ongoing from January 1, 2020 and is implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). The main beneficiary of the project is the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – “Sakpatenti”. EUGIPP is a three-year project, with the budget of 1.2 million EUR.