This workshop is one in a series of working group sessions tailored to judges and aimed at contributing to the compilation of a compendium of relevant IP case-law studies from the MERCOSUR countries and Chile. This collaborative effort between the IP Enforcement actors of these countries will serve as the foundation of the ‘AL-INVEST Verde IPR Protection Network’ while fostering collaboration and information exchanges among judges in the field of industrial property. Previous sessions took place in Jamaica and Paraguay, which addressed different types of IP rights.

The objective of the visit is to carry out a fact-finding mission to meet and engage with Georgian stakeholders and hold technical discussions to identify priorities and needs from stakeholders in view of preparing the 1st Annual Working Plan of the EU funded project to Strengthen IPRs in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

On 25 March, the EU4IP project to strengthen intellectual property rights in Georgia, Moldova and UKraine will be inaugurated in Chișinău, Moldova.

The ‘Seminar for judges and magistrates from the Mercosur countries and Chile on intellectual property (IP) and creative industries in the digital era: challenges and solutions in the light of recent cases in Latin America and the European Union’ is being organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay through the National Directorate of Industrial Property (DNPI).

The hybrid forum, organised in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay through the National Directorate of Industrial Property (