On 21-23 September 2022, the EU Georgia Intellectual Property project (EUGIPP) and the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti) will continue the series of stakeholder consultations to discuss the draft guidelines and law amendments related to IP rights enforcement practices.
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.
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.
Georgian judges and representatives from the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (Sakpatenti), with the support of the EU-Georgian Intellectual Property Project (EUGIPP), will attend the IP Case Law Conference at the EUIPO premises in Alicante on 7 and 8 July 2022.