Nazarbayev University held a training seminar on the creation and development of a network of Technology and Innovation Support Centers in Kazakhstan

On November 27-28 and 29, a three-day training seminar was held at Nazarbayev University.

The event was organized by the RSE “NIIP” in cooperation with WIPO and Innovative cluster of Nazarbayev University “NURIS”.

The first two days of the seminar were devoted to the development of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) project - the program of Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISCs), where WIPO representative - program coordinator Nathalie Montillot acted as the main speaker.

Nathalie Montillot presented the WIPO program for the establishment of technology and innovation support centers (TISCs), showed in practice and examples the search for patents using the PATENTSCOPE database, as well as spoke about the access and use of WIPO TISCs resources.

Representatives of the Russian Patent Office Ekaterina Belova and Zoya Voitsekhovskaya shared their experience in developing the TISC network with participants. The speakers spoke about the usefulness and value of patent information in supporting innovations, resources and services of the TISC network in the Russian Federation, demonstrated tools and strategies for patent search, and showed how patents are searched using the Espacenet system.

In turn, the head of the Commercialization Office of the PI “Nazarbayev University Research and Innovation System” Daniyar Zhumagulov told the public about innovation support services at Nazarbayev University.

It is important to note that, at the Nazarbayev University, a Technology and Innovation Support Center has been created on the basis of the Commercialization Office where inventors, students, scientists, and business representatives will be able to get expert advice on intellectual property protection.

The results of the two days of the seminar were summed up at a round table where a discussion was held on the further development of the national TISC network in Kazakhstan.

On November 29, the speakers of NIIP and Nazabaev University held a seminar for students on the protection and protection of intellectual property.

The first part of the speeches was devoted to the commercialization and management of intellectual property at Nazarbayev University, as well as the activities of ABC incubation and ABC acceleration PU “NURIS”.

The first part of the speeches was devoted to the commercialization and management of intellectual property at Nazarbayev University, as well as the activities of ABC incubation and ABC acceleration “NURIS”.

In the second part of the seminar Guldana Ilyasova, Head of the Department of inventions, utility models and selection achievements of RSE “NIIP”, told the seminar participants about the legal protection of inventions and utility models and the international system of patenting (PCT). Chief expert of Abdumutalip Abzal explained to the audience the issues of legal protection of trademarks and appellations of origin of goods (AOO). At the end, the Head of the Copyright Department of RSE “NIIP” Sayat Shiderbekov, telling the audience about the basics of copyright in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Kuanysh Tursunov, Managing Director of the Eurasianbrands International Patent Center, spoke on the protection of intellectual property in practice.

During the three days, the participants included representatives of technical higher education institutions, research institutes, the business community, patent attorneys and other interested persons. The speakers provided detailed answers to all the questions asked during the presentations.