IPRC's 3rd International Conference on Intellectual Property

Tatiana Pogrebinskaya, Ph.D., Counsel, Russian Trademark Attorney (Gorodissky&Partners, Moscow), took part in the IPRC's 3rd International Conference on Intellectual Property (Yerevan, Armenia) where gave a presentation on “Countering the spread of counterfeiting in the field of folk art crafts in Russia”.

The focus was on issues related to the fight against counterfeiting and illegal import of goods with violation of rights of intellectual property and means of individualization, as well as possible methods of struggle, including through improving the legislative framework and law enforcement practice.

Among the guests were deputies of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, Head of the Intellectual Property Agency of the Republic of Armenia and Vice President of the Eurasian Patent Organization, who in their speeches emphasized the importance of the topics discussed and the need to address issues related to the prevention and suppression of violations of rights in areas of intellectual property both at the national, interregional, and international levels.

More than 40 lawyers and patent attorneys from 8 countries (Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Russia, Uzbekistan and Ukraine) attended the conference.

The conference was organized by the Intellectual Property Rights Center of Armenia (IPRC) and the Knyazyan & Partners IP Law Firm.