On January 31-February 1, CLDP hosted a workshop on intellectual property rights (IPR) for practicing lawyers and law students in Baku, in conjunction the American Chamber of Commerce - Azerbaijan conference on the enforcement and protection of IPR. The workshop included sessions on international...

On December 16, CLDP will facilitate the third meeting of the Caucasus and Eastern Europe Expert Level Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights (“Working Group”). The goal of the Working Group is to identify mutual challenges for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights...

On November 6-10, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) supported a team of Armenian academics and IP professionals as they promoted a plan to establish the Armenian Technology Transfer Foundation (ATTF), an independent and not-for-profit foundation that...

On May 17, 2023, CLDP participated in a Public-Private Dialog (PPD) on the recently drafted amendments to Georgia’s Copyright Law regarding Collective Management Organizations (CMOs). The PPD was hosted by the Culture Committee of the Georgian Parliament, Georgia’s Intellectual Property Agency...

On February 14th CLDP met with Ambassador Viorel Ursu at Moldova's Embassy to the United States in Washington, DC. CLDP's multiple workstreams, areas of future cooperation, and Moldova's transitioning government were all topics of the discussion. Ambassador Ursu will be participating in CLDP's...

On February 9, the Chairman of the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia – Sakpatenti, Soso Giorgadze, visited CLDP’s office to meet with Chief Counsel Steve Gardner and members of the Georgia program implementation team. CLDP and Sakpatenti reflected on their long-standing and productive...

On January 25-27, in coordination with USAID, the Culture Committee of the Georgian Parliament, and Sakpatenti, Georgia’s Intellectual Property Agency, CLDP lead a Roundtable discussion regarding policy justifications and sample legislative language for amendments to Georgia’s Copyright Law to close...

On February 19-22, 2023, CLDP convened government officials, academics, and other technology transfer professionals from Algeria, Armenia, Georgia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tunisia to attend the 2023 AUTM Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.  AUTM (formerly the Association of University Technology...

From March 20-24, 2023, CLDP will host an interethnic, interdisciplinary group of IP law experts in Washington, DC for a study tour of various aspects of US IP law. The working group is in the process of updating the first edition of CLDP-published IP law Benchbook from 2013 on Bosnian IP law. The...

On November 28-29, CLDP hosted a two-day workshop with stakeholders from the judiciary, the IP Institute, the private sector, and the academia on an update of a CLDP-published Benchbook on BiH IP Law from 2013. This second workshop focused on the submission of first drafts, as well as an outline of...