On April 27, 2022, CLDP led a training on the basic tenants of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for judges in Azerbaijan in coordination with U.S. Embassy Baku, the Azerbaijan Justice Academy, and USPTO. CLDP’s virtual program was a refresher on the basics of IP in preparation for an extensive...

On May 17-18, CLDP, in coordination with U.S. Embassy Baku and the Azerbaijan Justice Academy, led a workshop focused on IPR enforcement with respect software licensing and other areas of ICT for judges in Azerbaijan. The workshop included two judicial experts, including Sixth Circuit Court of...

CLDP, in cooperation with USAID, is assisting the Cultural Committee of the Parliament of Georgia and the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia to reform legislation on collective copyright management.  USAID will initially conduct factual research from Georgian stakeholders to determine...

On December 15-17, CLDP and a group of stakeholders will conduct a series of interactive lectures and trainings for Ukrainian law students. This will build off of a September in-person training for students that introduced them to high-level concepts in IP law. This program will focus more...

On November 10, CLDP, in collaboration with the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia, organized a virtual consultation for members of the Georgian Parliament’s Culture Committee Working Group on Intellectual Property. CLDP and international experts presented recommendations for...

CLDP hosted a workshop on the fundamentals if international and Ukrainian IP law focused on law students from throughout Ukraine. This workshop was the kick-off event for a school-year-long IP Moot competition that CLDP will sponsor along with local Ukrainian partners including key universities and...

On October 5 and 6, 2021, CLDP, in collaboration with the US embassy in Algeria, Algeria’s Economic and Social Council (CNESE) and the Algerian Information Technology Association (AITA), organized a two-day hybrid workshop on the viability of advanced technology startups. On October 5, CLDP...

On September 20-21, CLDP, in coordination with USPTO, several Ukrainian universities, and the Ukrainian National Bar Association hosted a workshop for Ukrainian law students on intellectual property law and legal writing/oral advocacy. This event was the kick-off event for the CLDP-organized 2021-22...

CLDP, in collaboration with the National Intellectual Property Center of Georgia ‘Sakpatenti’ and the European Law Students’ Association, will facilitate a training session on international best practices in trademark enforcement for a moot court on intellectual property law.  The moot court program...

On Monday, March 29, 2021, CLDP led the working group session of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting. CLDP reported on the work of its Expert Level Working Groups on Customs, Women’s Economic Empowerment, Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures, and...