With lectures on the importance of Intellectual Property for SMEs, the protection of trademarks and, designs in Europe and the access to relevant information on industrial property, IP Key LA’s project leader Pedro Duarte provided information, experiences and useful resources for those involved in the registration, protection and defense of IP rights.
TMclass, DSclass, CESTO
Presentation on celebrating of 4 years IP Key project
Presentation on the Online IP Protection (E-Commerce) Expert Roundtable / Mofcom – EU Delegation
Presentation on the seminar on feasibility of China’s accession to UPOV ’91 by Peter Button
CPVO and two Chinese PVP authorities, MARA and NFGA, signed administrative arrangements (AA) at the occasion of the 9th National Forum on Agricultural Intellectual Property which took place in Qingdao, China on 15 November 2017.
The AAs focus on exchanges and cooperation in administrative and technical matters in the context of increasing demand for PVP in China. Many of the activities planned, funded by the EU IP Key project and by the Chinese authorities, aim to increase the throughput by enhancing the efficiency and qualifying new DUS centres.