From 24-26 January 2023, CARIFORUM Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation (CarIPI) organised a series of online “sensitization” meetings with teachers from Antigua and Barbuda. The sessions provided them with an introduction to IP basics.
On 24 January 2023, in collaboration with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Academy, the Africa IP SME Helpdesk is organising a webinar on business-smart IP enforcement strategies for Africa.
This webinar will outline the key facts and regional dynamics that shape IP enforcement landscapes across Africa, focusing on the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) and the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) regional IP frameworks that together cover 39 African countries.
On 4 May 2023, the EU-Georgia Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP) will hold its closing event. After three and a half years of implementation, the project will come to an end in June 2023.
Based on the necessity of assessing the current impact of IP rights on the Georgian economy, this study will specifically target the reality within Georgia and will consider all relevant factors influencing the protection and enforcement of IP in Georgia.
The study will focus on the role played by IP rights in companies operating in Georgia at different levels. It will assess the level of importance of IP rights in the Georgian economy and what benefits they bring to companies of different sizes (IPR-intensive industries, SMEs, etc.).
Based on the success of the activities carried out in 2022 and following the calendar of the school year, a promotional closing event will be organised in February 2023 to raise awareness among schools and students involved in the project. Furthermore, in the context of the World IP Day 2023, another competition with schools will be organised to celebrate the conclusion of the activity.
On 9-11 May 2023 the EU-Georgia Intellectual Property Project will organise a study visit to Hungary to allow Georgian enforcement authorities to become familiar with different IP systems in order to replicate best practices in Georgia.
On 20 April 2023, the EUGIPP and Sakpatenti will organise a seminar on the appeal systems in the EU and Georgia.
Experts from the EUIPO, representatives of Sakpatenti and representatives from the public and private sectors will review the results of a recent study. The study assesses the degree of harmonisation and the discrepancies between the EUIPO Boards of Appeal (BoA) and the Chamber of Appeals of Sakpatenti.