Prime Minister met with Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Center

Mr. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, met with Mr. Soso Giorgadze, Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia.

During the meeting, the Chairman of Sakpatenti informed the Prime Minister about the projects implemented by the National Intellectual Property Center and introduced the future plans. 

As Mr. Soso Giorgadze noted, Sakpatenti is working toward protection of geographical indications and appellations of origin of Georgia abroad. In this direction, an Agreement on Mutual Recognition was signed with the Republic of Moldova, in addition, direct registration of intellectual property subject-matters was carried out and is still ongoing in several countries.

According to Sakpatenti Chairman, in order to attract and train qualified staff, a paid internship program was launched. Some of the interns have already been accepted from various universities and the competition is also underway.

Mr. Soso Giorgadze highlighted that Georgia has taken effective steps in the field of copyright and related rights. In this direction, together with the Culture Committee of the Parliament, work is ongoing on a relevant draft law. In addition, through a tender competition, an auditing company has been selected which will study the issues of management of authors’ property rights by collective management organizations operating in Georgia. 

Along with this, Georgia has obtained the right to host the Worldwide Symposium on Geographical Indications and the Symposium will be held in June in Tbilisi.

The meeting took place at the Administration of the Government.