SAKPATENTI - National Intellectual Property Center

Launching of a New Joint Project of Sakpatenti and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) is Planned from 2024

May 06, 2023

Ways of implementation of a new project and perspectives of future cooperation were discussed by Mr. Soso Giorgadze, Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Center, with Mr. Sandris Laganovskis, Director of the Institutional and Cooperation Service, European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), and Mr. Ignacio de Medrano, Head of the International Cooperation Service, EUIPO, at the meeting held at Sakpatenti.

The project, launching of which is planned from 2024, together with Georgia, will be implemented in Ukraine and Moldova, and is aimed to support development of national intellectual property systems, namely, to create effective mechanisms of registration, protection, management and enforcement of intellectual property rights and to facilitate introducing them into practice.

Intellectual property is a fundamental instrument in creating a favourable environment for innovation, creativeness and free competition. Thus, by strengthening intellectual property offices and increasing efficiency of protection systems, the project will contribute to the economic and cultural development of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, which will be reflected in strengthening of potential of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) of these countries and raising the level of investment attractiveness. In addition, a progressive alignment to the EU rules and standards will be achieved. The project will be implemented in line with the international and European best practices, according to the commitments of the respective Association Agreements.

The visit of the representatives of the European Union Intellectual Property Office to Georgia lasted 3 days, within which the parties summarized the achieved results, held a meeting with the management of the High School of Justice and judges and presented them with 50 copies of the IP case-law compilation of European court decisions, published in the Georgian language. Along with this, within the visit a meeting took place with the authorities of the Revenue Service and the Customs Department to discuss future cooperation.