No:655/23, Press release on the meeting of Minister Jeyhun Bayramov with President of the Eurasian Patent Office Grigory Ivliev
16 November 2023 15:05
On 16 November 2023, Minister Jeyhun Bayramov received President of the Eurasian Patent Office Grigory Ivliev.
During the meeting, it was conveyed to the other side that the development of the intellectual property institution in Azerbaijan is kept in the focus of attention of the country’s leadership, that large-scale structural reforms have been carried out in the aforementioned field, and that management has been optimized.
It was stated that development directions in the field of intellectual property are given a separate place in state-level documents such as “Azerbaijan 2020: Look into the Future” Development Concept, “Azerbaijan 2030: National Priorities for Socio-Economic Development,” and the “Socio-Economic Development Strategy of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2022-2026.”
It was emphasized that cooperation relations between the Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the EAPO, as well as mutually beneficial activities within the framework of international organizations, are of great importance.
President of the EAPO Grigory Ivliev expressed agreement with the aforementioned points and stated that possible cooperation in the field of intellectual property has a broad scope, such as the training of relevant personnel, registration of patents, and application of unified standards.
The importance of continuing contacts at the leadership and working levels, and coming together through events such as conferences and round tables to discuss issues of both bilateral and multilateral cooperation in order to contribute to the development of relations in the field of intellectual property, was expressed.
During the meeting, an exchange of views was also conducted on other issues of mutual interest, including cooperation relations between the EAPO and other international organizations, recent trends in the field of global patent applications, and elections to the relevant structures of the EAPO.
