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19 August 2020

On August 19, 2020, a working meeting between the representatives of the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation on cooperation in the intellectual property (IP) field was held in a videoconference format.


From the Belarusian side the working meeting was attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian Federation Mr. V. Semashko, Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus Mr. A. Shumilin, Director General of the National Center of Intellectual Property Mr. U. Rabavolau (NCIP). The Russian side was represented by the Head of the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) Mr. G. Ivliev. The meeting was also attended by IP experts of both countries.

During the meeting, the participants discussed such issues as the accession of the Republic of Belarus to the Protocol on the Protection of Industrial Designs to the Eurasian Patent Convention of September 9, 1994, patenting of treatment methods (medical prevention, diagnostics, treatment, medical rehabilitation and prosthetics) in the territory of the two countries, creation of a unified supranational system for challenging decisions of the Eurasian Patent Office.

In addition, interaction between Belarus and Russia within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Commission, as well as plans for cooperation within the Commonwealth of Independent States and the Union State were outlined.

A high state of readiness for signing two memorandums that are to determine further interaction of NCIP and Rospatent has been expressed. These include the Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Service for Intellectual Property and the National Center of Intellectual Property and the Memorandum on Providing Access to the Information Retrieval System PatSearch between Rospatent and NCIP.

The Russian side reiterated its readiness to strengthen cooperation between the two countries aimed at training specialists in the IP field.
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