“PATENT INFORMATION AND DATABASES” – SEMINAR IN THE ORGANIZATION OF WIPO and SOIP

Representatives of the Berin Agency, Mr. Bogoljub Ilievski and Ms. Kristina Cachoska participated in the seminar on “Patent Information and Databases” organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the State Office of Industrial Property Hotel – Stone Bridge in Skopje on December 3rd 2019

Presentations were made by Ms. Silvia Trpkovska from WIPO Transition and Developed Countries Sector, Mr. Vipin Saroha from WIPO Global Infrastructure Sector as well as a Hungarian expert and patent advisor, Mr. Farkas Szabol.

The seminar, in addition to representatives from the national offices of Albania, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria, was attended by a large number of industrial property rights advocates, inventors as well as state administration representatives who are part of the overall system for protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. property.

The seminar participants exchanged experiences as well as best practices in the use of patent information and databases.