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ELSA Study Visit to Sakpatenti
Millennium Innovation Competition 2018
Delegation of the European Patent Office (EPO) Visited Sakpatenti
Representatives of the European Patent Office (EPO) visited Georgia to finalize the text of the “Agreement with the European Patent Office on Validation of European Patents” (Validation Agreement).
Second Round of Negotiations on Mutual Recognition and Protection of Geographical Indications was Held between Georgia and the Republic of Moldova in Sakpatenti
On March 23, 2018, at National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti, the second round of negotiations took place between the parties of Georgia and the Republic of Moldova to adopt the text of the Agreement on “Mutual Recognition and Protection of Geographical Indications between Georgia and the Republic of Moldova”.
Georgia has joined the Quality Standards Tool of the EUIPN
The National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti the first IP office outside the EU to join the Quality standards tool (EUIPN) search network of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Meeting Took Place at Sakpatenti
On March 19, a meeting took place at Sakpatenti Tbilisi Office, where amendments of the Law of Georgia “On Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications of Goods” were discussed, which implies approximation of the Law with the Geneva Act of Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration.
Meeting of EU-Georgia Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications Took Place in Sakpatenti
Today, on March 14, a meeting of the EU-Georgia Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications, envisaged by the Association Agreement with the European Union, took place at Tbilisi Office of the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti. During the meeting, Decision No1/2018 of the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee modifying Annexes XVII-C and XVII-D to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part, was signed.
In framework of the IP Academy Project Module 4 Training: “Trademarks and Trademark Enforcement” is Organized by Sakpatenti and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
On March 5-9, 2018, Module 4 Training: “Trademarks and Trademark Enforcement” is organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia Sakpatenti for trainers of the Georgian Intellectual Property (IP) Academy.
For Unlawful Use of “Kindzmarauli” an Infringer was sentenced to Imprisonment in the Russian Federation
Successful enforcement of rights on Georgian appellation of origin “Kindzmarauli” took place in the Russian Federation. The court sentenced a person who was using unlawfully the appellation of origin “Kindzmarauli” to imprisonment for a term of one year and one month. In February of last year, the relevant unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation arrested in Volgograd an entrepreneur accused of storing 830 bottles of counterfeit alcoholic drink, labeled with Georgian appellation of origin “Kindzmarauli”. The National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia Sakpatenti, through a hired legal company, became engaged in the legal proceedings related to the given case and requested implementation of legal measures with respect to the infringer. In February, 2018, the District Court of Volgograd passed a verdict of guilty against the accused infringer. By the ruling of the court, the counterfeit goods bearing the given appellation of origin were also destroyed.
