Memorandum of Understanding was Signed with Sakpatenti at Employment and Internship Forum of San Diego State University

Today, on October 17, 2019, the Employment and Internship Forum was held at hotel Sheraton Metechi Palace, organized by San Diego State University (SDSU-Georgia). National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti participated at the event for the fifth time, together with various private and public organizations.

Wine Festival

Today, on October 12, 2019, the Wine Festival was held for the third time, in Gurjaani, in Akhtala Park. The event aim is to facilitate wine tourism, introduce wine culture and Georgian traditions to foreign as well as to the Georgian public. At the festival, wines made by farmers in qvevri (clay jar), more than 150 wines of various types, colours and age, chacha and other spirits, produced by great and small wineries, were exhibited together with traditional meals.

VIP4SME Meeting

Today, on October 11, 2019, the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti organized a meeting for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs and enterprises on geographical indications, invention and innovations.

Georgia will Vice-Chair 2020 WIPO General Assembly

Today, on October 9, 2019, the Fifty-Ninth Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ended in Geneva, Switzerland, which was attended by the delegation of the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti, headed by its Chairman Mr. Genadi Lebanidze.

Visit of US Congress Staffers to Sakpatenti

Today, on October 2, 2019, at the office of the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti, a meeting took place between the heads of various structural units of Sakpatenti and the US Congress staffers, visiting Georgia. The parties discussed progress achieved as a result of mutual cooperation and outlined plans for the future.

Sakpatenti Joined DesignClass

National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti has joined DesignClass, the tool of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which allows using the list of terms from the harmonized databases of product indications (HDBPI). Users will be able to search and translate harmonized product indications into 27 languages, including Georgian, from 30 intellectual property offices. 

Churchkhela, Tequila, Khvanchkara, Parmigiano Reggiano and Sulguni – Georgian and Foreign Geographical Indications in a Single Exhibition Hall

Today, on September 24, 2019, an exhibition and tasting of goods protected by Georgian and foreign geographical indications opened the International Conference on Geographical Indications, organized by the National Intellectual Property  Center  of Georgia (Sakpatenti) and OriGIn – the Global Alliance of Geographical Indications.

Sustainability and cooperation among groups at the top of the Geographical Indications’ global alliance agenda

Tbilisi, 23 September 2019

Two hundred delegates from 30 countries gathered today in Tbilisi for oriGIn 2019 Biannual Meeting. “We are glad to see once again the participation and enthusiasm of our members, whom did not miss the opportunity to review the work carried out over the last biennium and plan oriGIn future activities. This confirms that oriGIn is a crucial actor of the Geographical Indications global debate. On behalf of our members, I would like to thank our partners – the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia (SAKPATENTI) and oriGIn Georgia – which did a tremendous job to organize this 3-day gathering.

Scientific Picnics 2019

Today, on September 17, 2019, within the “Science and Innovations Festival 2019”, a scientific picnic took place in Telavi, in the yard of the Historical Museum. The National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti is one of the participants of the event.