Chairman of Board of the Intellectual Property Agency Dr. Kamran Imanov received Cemil Bashpinar, Acting Chairman of the Patent and Trademark Office (Turkpatent) under the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey, who attended in the Technofest-Azerbaijan festival.

During the meeting, which was held in an atmosphere of mutual sincerity, the parties provided detailed information on the scope, structure and relations of the institutions they represent, stressed the importance of coordinating the theoretical and practical factors of the intellectual property system, and discussed prospects for future cooperation, including training.

Speaking about the management of the newly formed intellectual property sector within the policy of deep reforms of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, K. Imanov noted that currently there are 4 legal entities of public law under the Agency: Republican Scientific and Technical Library, Patent and Trademark Examination Center, Center for Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and newly established Technology Commercialization and Transfer Center.

According to him, the main task of these organizations operating under a single umbrella is to form and ensure the effectiveness of the intellectual property ecosystem in our country in accordance with the changing role of intellectual property in modern era.

He also stressed that the Agency, in accordance with its management model, considers the development of both branches of intellectual property - copyright and industrial property - as one of its main tasks. In this context, among the theoretical research conducted by the Agency, K. Imanov clarified the contradictions between patent law and copyright, conducted research on patent analytics, artificial intelligence and work with Big Data (large volume data).

K. Imanov also informed about the PANAH (Open Target on Patents and Trademarks) system operating in the Agency, as well as the training center, the establishment of the "Intellectual Property Law" department at the Law Faculty of Baku State University and the application of the educational program for masters. Regarding the Agency's call center, he noted that the Agency's specialists provide accurate answers to inquiries and questions from stakeholders across the full spectrum of intellectual property, and direct them.

In turn, C. Bashpinar thanked for the reception, noting that he appreciates the attitude they see in Azerbaijan as friendship, brotherhood and sincerity.

He was also interested in the details of the management model of the Azerbaijani intellectual property system, and after receiving answers from his interlocutor, he expressed intention to benefit from this experience.

C. Bashpinar noted his readiness to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with the Agency, and stressed the importance of implementing the activities provided by the provisions of this document as soon as possible.

K. Imanov also supported the signing of the document, emphasizing that more priority should be given to communication between employees in bilateral relations.

At the end of the meeting, C. Bashpinar expressed great hope for the future cooperation of the two organizations, and K. Imanov said that this cooperation and cooperation came from the heart.