EU to strengthen intellectual property rights in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to support their EU accession

EU4IP, a new EU-funded cooperation project on intellectual property (IP) matters, was launched in Chisinau on 25 March.

The EU4IP project will support Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to strengthen their national IP landscapes. It will focus on enhancing legal frameworks and facilitating their alignment to the  EU acquis on intellectual property, supporting IP institutions and networks, collaborating on enforcement mechanisms, and raising awareness, targeting the private sector and SMEs. The project’s total budget of €4 million, provided by the European Union, will last two years.

The project will be implemented by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), in partnership with the National Intellectual Property Centre of Georgia (Sakpatenti), the State Agency on Intellectual Property of Moldova (AGEPI) and the Ukrainian National Office for Intellectual Property and Innovations (UANIPIO).

“We will spare no effort in providing any and all assistance required according to the specific needs arising from each of the countries. The EU-funded project EU4IP we are launching today will support the alignment of the legal framework of our partner countries with the EU acquis on intellectual property, aligning rules, legal protection, and enforcement,” said João Negrão, EUIPO Executive Director.

On 26 March, the EUIPO signed the biennial Work Plan 2024-2025 with AGEPI, as well as Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, the Tbilisi State University and the Georgian Technical University – the first universities from outside the EU and the European Patent Convention (EPC) to collaborate with the EUIPO.

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