From June 13 to June 14, 2023, the Regional Seminar "Intellectual Property - a Key Factor of Integration in the Eurasian Space" was held in Nesvizh (Belarus).

The seminar was organized by the Eurasian Patent Office of the Eurasian Patent Organization, the State Committee for Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus, the National Center for Intellectual Property with the support of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

The opening ceremony was attended by Chairman of the State Committee on Science and Technology of the Republic of Belarus Sergei Shlychkov, President of the Eurasian Patent Office of the Eurasian Patent Organization Grigory Ivlev, Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Alexander Kilchevsky, Director General of the National Center for Intellectual Property Vladimir Ryabovolov and others.

Section 1 of the seminar addressed the issues of integration in the field of intellectual property within the Eurasian space, section 2 - the problems of the functioning of the intellectual property system in the face of modern challenges, section 3 considered practical issues of managing intellectual property in the territory of the Eurasian space.

The program of the seminar can be downloaded here (in Russian).

The seminar revealed the following problems in the EAEU countries:
1. Lack of markets for intellectual property (IP) objects in the EAEU countries and, as a result, the absence in the EAEU countries of such a tool for transfer and commercialization of technologies as IP auctions;
2. Reducing the number of applications for intellectual property items filed with the patent offices of the EAEU countries;
3. Lack of unified approaches to remuneration for the use of intellectual property items in the EAEU countries;
4. Lack of qualified specialists in the field of transfer and commercialization technology, management and protection of intellectual property in the EAEU countries.

As part of the solution of the above problems, the participants of the seminar:
- Exchanged experience in IP management in the territory of the EAEU countries;
- Discussed the prospects for interaction between the patent offices of the EAEU countries;
- Were informed about the establishment of the Eurasian Association of Patent Attorneys, information resources and services provided by WIPO to countries, organizations and individuals in the field of transfer and commercialization technology, management and protection of intellectual property;
- Outlined further steps aimed at the adoption of regulations that will accelerate the registration and mutual recognition of intellectual property items (trademarks, utility models, patents, etc.) in the EAEU countries.