Global copyrights body selects SL for its next session
The global body overseeing copyright administration across the world,
has selected Sri Lanka for its next international training session. “We
believe this is an important development for the Intellectual Property
Office under my Ministry and also an honour to us,” said Rishad
Bathiudeen, Minister of Industry and Commerce on January 24, upon
hearing of the latest development.
In November 2012, Sri Lanka’s National Intellectual Property Office (SLNIPO),
successfully concluded the first ever wide-ranging stakeholder
awareness-cum feedback WIPO Info Sessions on accession to Madrid and
Lisbon Systems held in Sri Lanka, held at the Sri Lanka Foundation
Institute in Colombo.
The session was jointly organised by the Geneva based World
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Lanka National Intellectual
Property Office (NIPO) and the Department of Commerce (DoC) for Sri
Lankan participants from various Chambers, private sector, government
regulatory agencies, including officials of NIPO and DoC and other
relevant stakeholders.
Experts from WIPO, the Philippines and Hungarian offices on Lisbon
and Madrid System were present at the November sessions.
The “Advanced Copyright Follow Up Programme,” aims to be a
collaborative effort to ensure exchange of copyright related experiences
and knowledge, specially in third world countries.
The next “Advanced Copyright Follow Up Programme” to be held in Sri
Lanka, which is the third in the series in February 2013, would see
participation of around 35 invitees from more than 20 countries.
WIPO has selected SLNIPO to facilitate the sessions of the third
programme. The sessions are organized by WIPO in cooperation with the
Government of Sweden and the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PRV).
The previous such session held in Kenya in February 2012, attracted 20
participants from 18 countries. |