NEW DELHI - Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) will be joining law firms, research institutes and educational organizations in a three-week training course on Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) to be held in Tokyo, July 16 - August 6, 2008.
The Training Course for Advanced IP Practitioners is organized by the Tokyo-based Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS) and the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII) entrusted by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
The course aims to deepen comprehensive understanding of IPRs-related business and enhance professional ability through lectures and discussions on management of IPRs in enterprises, IPRs laws, patent application practices and trademark strategies.
Ms. Samita Kapoor, patent attorney at AGIP India Office, expressed the need for organizing such courses that are intended mainly for people working within the IP field in the private sector.
“This is one of the courses which will bring IP practitioners, IP lawyers and patent attorneys under one umbrella to discuss and learn the latest techniques required for smooth utilization of the IPRs system,” Kapoor said.
The course will shed light on other IP-related themes, including technology transfer and licensing, unfair competition prevention and countermeasures to counterfeiting.