THE NUMBER OF INVITATIONS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN THE ECONOMY KEEPS GROWING IN ARMENIA
11:44, 20 December, 2012
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 20, ARMENPRESS: 177 inventions have been recorded in
Armenia current year. According to the data of Intellectual Property
Agency of the Ministry of Economy conducted at the end of November,
2012, the applications as compared with the previous year have grown
by 25 %. 144 applications were submitted in 2011. Avetis Peryan,
the head of Intellectual Property Agency stated in the briefing with
Armenpress, the 20 of inventions were made in food and tobacco sectors,
19 refered to engines and pumps sphere . 2012 complete data will be
submitted coming year March. A part of invitations are practically
applied in various fields of economy of Armenia.
The National System of Intellectual Property Protection in Armenia
started by the establishment of the Patent Office Under the Government
of the Republic of Armenia in January 1992 and the National Agency of
Copyright in December 1993. Later, in 2002, the Intellectual Property
Agency of the Republic of Armenia was established by merger of the
two organizations, which has the status of separate division acting
within the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia Ministry of
Economy of the Republic of Armenia. In the same year the Government
of the Republic of Armenia adopted the statutes and the structure of
the Agency.
On June 10, 2011 The Government of the Republic of Armenia adopted the
Strategy of the Republic of Armenia on Intellectual Property Rights
Protection.At present the legal field of intellectual property is
regulated by laws legal acts as well as the international agreements
of the Republic of Armenia. The Republic of Armenia is a member of the
World Intellectual Property Organization ( WIPO) since 1993 and the
Eurasian Patent Office (EAPO) since 1995. The Agency cooperates with
the European Patent Office ( EPO), other international and regional
structures and foreign offices.