CLDP outlined recommendations and next steps at a USAID-organized Public-Private Dialog regarding Georgia’s ongoing reform of its Collective Management Organizations (CMOs). CLDP’s work focuses on both the legislative and institutional reforms required to bring Georgia’s CMOs into alignment with...

From November 14-18, CLDP will hold a workshop in Warsaw, Poland and online for Ukrainian lawyers and law students on IP law and practice fundamentals. Participants will hear from U.S., Ukrainian, and Polish private sector, government, and academic experts on the foundations of IP law, as well as...

On July 30-31, CLDP held a Judicial Workshop on the Adjudication of Civil Intellectual Property Infringement Cases (“Workshop”) for Georgian judges in Batumi, Georgia. CLDP brought two U.S. Federal District Court judges and a European Union IP expert to the Workshop to train judges from the Georgian...

On July 28, CLDP brought together delegations of IP government officials from Armenia, Moldova, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan for the Trans-Caspian Intellectual Property Forum (“Forum”) in Batumi, Georgia. Coming on the heels of the meetings of the...

On July 27, CLDP chaired the inaugural meeting of the Eastern Europe Expert Level Working Group on Intellectual Property Rights (“Working Group”) in Batumi, Georgia. CLDP convened IP government officials from Armenia, Moldova, and Georgia for the Working Group meeting and anticipate the...

On July 25-26, CLDP partnered with the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia (“Sakpatenti”) to host the 6th Annual International Conference “Georgia Against Counterfeiting and Piracy” (“Conference") in Batumi, Georgia. CLDP and Sakpatenti brought together intellectual property government...

CLDP is working with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Georgia Tech to launch a series of modules on Tech Transfer for technology transfer offices at public universities across Tunisia. The training is available on demand for a total of 40 participants for a period of four...

On September 6-9, CLDP conducted a workshop focused on regionally coordinated approaches to best practices in the interdiction of goods by customs agencies and the relevant legal processes that follow such interdictions. The Western Balkans region is particularly prone to the production, important...

On June 20-21, CLDP virtually supported a two-day workshop for a Working Group consisting of judges, private sector representatives, academics, and an Intellectual Property (IP) Institute representative gathered to work on an update of an existing IP Benchbook which was originally completed in 2013...

SOUTHERN CAUCASUS The Southern Caucasus is a critical component of the “Middle Corridor of the New Silk Road” trade route that connects China to Europe. The United States has recognized the strategic and economic import of this corridor and has played a critical role in its development through joint initiatives that increase regional connectivity. CLDP’s regional programs in the Southern Caucasus...