The Macedonian State Office of Industrial Property will host a sub-regional capacity-building seminar on the management and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) April 1 – 3, 2009.
The seminar is jointly organized by the Team of Specialists on Intellectual Property (ToS-IP) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), and the Macedonian State Office of Industrial Property.
Mihajlo Zatezalo, head of the SD PETOSEVIC Balkan Regional Office, will be one of the key note speakers at the event, and will deliver a lecture entitled “Anti-Counterfeiting in the Balkan Region”.
According to the UNECE, the goal of the seminar is to outline good practices in the management of IPRs in relation to the commercialization of public research results.
Participants will also discuss the enforcement of the existing IPRs through border measures and market inspections.
The event will gather high-level representatives of Intellectual Property offices, relevant ministries and academic institutions from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
SD PETOSEVIC provides a full range of Intellectual Property services in Eastern Europe, including the Balkans and the Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR).
SOURCE: AGIPNEWS
