Millennium Innovation Competition 2019
On March 28, 2019, the Millennium Challenge Foundation revealed the winning project of the Millennium Innovation Competition. In 2019, five pupils of the team “Obertone” who created the project “Barney Smart Labyrinth” will visit NASA.
The EU Funded Twinning Project on “Establishing Efficient Protection and Control System of Geographical Indications (GIs) in Georgia” Began
On March 28, 2019, a meeting took place at Sakpatenti Office in Mtskheta, within the Twinning Project on “Establishing Efficient Protection and Control System of Geographical Indications (GIs) in Georgia”, funded by the European Union, where the parties discussed and signed the action plan for the first six months of the Project implementation.
Sakpatenti at San Diego State University Employment and Internship Forum
Today, on March 20, 2019, the annual Employment and Internship Forum is organized by San Diego State University (SDSU-Georgia) at Biltmore Hotel.
Appellation of Origin of Georgian Wine “Bolnisi” has been Registered at Sakpatenti
One more appellation of origin of Georgian wine – “Bolnisi” has been registered at Sakpatenti.
Protection of wine “Bolnisi” as an appellation of origin will facilitate increasing its competitiveness both inside the country and in the external markets, as it directly indicates that the product is high quality and has specific qualities. Hence, this will assist “Bolnisi” in occupying a segment of high quality and valuable goods in the market.
David Zalkaliani Met with Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization
On February 26, 2019, in Geneva, Swiss Confederation, Mr. David Zalkaliani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, and Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), discussed the reforms aimed at strengthening intellectual property rights in Georgia and issues of successful cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Workshop on Geographical Indications
On February 19, 2019, a workshop within the project “Support to Sustainable Value Chains through the Development of Geographical Indications in the Dairy Sector”, funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), took place at the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti.
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Trade Show Sirha 2019
Georgia has participated for the first time in one of the greatest culinary trade shows - the World Hospitality and Food Service Event Sirha 2019. The exhibition took place on January 26-30, 2019 in Lyon, France.
Meeting with Students of Ilia State University Took Place at Sakpatenti
Today, on January 21, 2019, students of Ilia State University visited Sakpatenti. The meeting was organized on the initiative of members of Ilia State University Students Club “E Pluribus Unum”, who are interested in Sakpatenti activities and expressed a desire to attend training in order to familiarize with the ongoing processes at Sakpatenti.
The Georgian Version of MGS is Already Available
Sakpatenti joined the Madrid Goods and Services Manager (MGS), a program administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). By means of this program the Georgian users, filing international applications, are given an opportunity to use the Georgian interface and make a list of goods and/or services in the Georgian language, which will simplify for them the procedure of extension of trademarks to the member states of the “Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks”.
