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Minsk hosts international seminar on intellectual property

An international seminar on topical matters concerning the protection and commercialization of intellectual property assets in Belarus and abroad took place in Minsk, the press service of the National Center of Intellectual Property (NCIP) told BelTA.

The seminar was organized by the State Committee on Science and Technology and the NCIP. It gathered representatives of law enforcement and antimonopoly bodies, industry-specific ministries and concerns, various organizations and institutions as well as Belarusian exporters – a total of over 170 participants.

NCIP Director General Vladimir Ryabovolov pointed out that the seminar will be further expanded in accordance with the Council of Ministers' instruction to evaluate a number of problems that Belarusian manufacturers run into in the course of foreign trade operations. “Our event has acquired a practical dimension. We intend to cover the practical matters that Belarusian producers of goods and services encounter in the course of promoting their goods, primarily in the Eurasian space,” the official said.

Leading experts of the National Center of Intellectual Property, the Eurasian Patent Office, Belarus' Supreme Court, the Internal Affairs Ministry, patent administrators of Belarus and Russia informed participants of the seminar about peculiarities of national and international procedures meant to grant legal protection to intellectual property objects. They shared their practical experience and up-to-date solutions for ensuring the protection of rights to intellectual property assets both in Belarus and abroad. Participants of the seminar were particularly interested in parallel import because increasing the internal stability of the national economy and preventing shortages on the domestic market are becoming important matters nowadays.

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