“Expocentre” and Rospatent signed on Monday an agreement on cooperation in the preparation and implementation of measures to protect intellectual property.
MOSCOW, 18 Jan./strong>. “Expocentre” and Rospatent signed on Monday an agreement on cooperation in the preparation and implementation of measures to protect intellectual property on the site of the exhibition complex in Moscow, including in the framework of the project Expocentre for counterfeit-free exhibitions”, said the correspondent.
Signatures under the document have put the General Director of “Expocentre” Sergei Bednov, and the head of Rospatent Grigory Ivlev.
“Our main task is to attract the attention of exhibitors to the protection of intellectual property. It is important to note that exhibitors are not always intentionally demonstrate counterfeit, copy someone else’s products. Often participants, especially the representatives of small and medium businesses do not realize this. However, ignorance of the law does not exempt them from liability. We also find that, when a copyright holder tries to submit improper claims for their competitors. We look forward to working together in the framework of our project Expocentre for counterfeit-free exhibitions”, — said at the signing ceremony Bednov.
According to him, the agreement will allow to more effectively prevent the entry of counterfeit goods at exhibitions.
In addition, the Fairgrounds plans to cooperate with Rospatent in the organization and conduct of thematic fora and seminars in the field of intellectual property.
Bednov recalled that in the framework of the international forum on intellectual property for several years Expocentre has been implementing the project “Expopriority”.
“As part of this miniforum that passes in the days Full of intellectual property, master-classes, seminars on such issues as the registration of intellectual property. Our main goal is to point out to our exhibitors that need to come to the exhibition with the registered inventions and trademarks. We hope that our experience can also be useful in developing proposals on improving legislation in the field of intellectual sobstvennosti”, — said the head of “Expocentre”.
In turn, Ivlev stressed that the agreement was the first document to the Federal service concluded with a commercial organization. “I am sure that with the “Expocentre” will be able to cooperate so that the invention is not left untapped. The creation of such tools as joint exhibition activities will determine the success of many inventions, which is currently still pending. Intellectual property price increases, and it leads our country to a new economic level”, — said the head of Rospatent.
