AfrIPI, the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO) held the Module B curriculum training session of the ARIPO Patent Examination Training (ARPET) programme from 11 to 15 July 2022. The 5-day course took place at Hotel Verde in Zanzibar, Tanzania.
From 6 to 13 July 2022, AfrIPI invited seven Egyptian judges to the EUIPO for a study visit. The visit intended to provide members of the Egyptian Council of State with a better understanding of the EUIPO’s working processes and to amend the draft Egyptian trade mark and design rules. This was accomplished through meetings with specific departments, as well as unique workshops to enhance and clarify understanding of the guidelines methodology.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of Dialogue Relations with the ASEAN-EU Cooperation Expo 2022 from 6 May 2022 until the end of the year. The Expo, which is held on a virtual event platform, will highlight ASEAN-EU cooperation, including the organisation of a series of events where ASEAN-EU projects are invited to participate as exhibitors. It is open to the public.
The IP enforcement experts contracted by EUGIPP under the activity related to a comparative analysis between the Georgian and EU enforcement systems of intellectual property rights (IPRs) will visit the enforcement authorities of Georgia from 11 to 13 July.
The purpose of this visit is to meet bilaterally with the main IP enforcement stakeholders in Georgia and discuss the guidelines and legislative amendments drafted in the context of the comparative study.
AsiaGI is a training programme on geographical indications (GIs) that will be organised in October-December 2022 by CIRAD (Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) and REDD (Réseau Echange Developpement Durable).
On 29-30 June 2022, the Project Management team of the EU-Georgia Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP) visited the premises of The National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – Sakpatenti’s premises in Tbilisi, Georgia to discuss the state of play of their shared activities. This was the first on-site visit since the pandemic.
The EU-Georgia Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP) has been supporting the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti) to develop amendments to the law on trade marks and designs in line with EU legislation. IP experts spent several months working in close collaboration with Sakpatenti to draft the amendments. These have now been completed and translated into Georgian.
From Tuesday 21 June to Thursday 23 June 2022, the 4th Export Fair organised by Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) took place once again in the Brussels Expo event complex.
The Africa IP SME Helpdesk participated in the event – which was attended by over 820 participants – along with the European Commission’s International IP Helpdesks for China, India, Latin America and south-east Asia.