Visit of the delegation of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China headed by the Commissioner Mr. Shen Changyu was held in Astana

Visit of the delegation of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China (SIPO) headed by the Commissioner Mr. Shen Changyu was held in Astana on September 10-11, 2017.

Within the framework of the visit on September 10, a Memorandum was signed between SIPO, the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the National Intellectual Property Institute of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

In accordance with the Memorandum, it is planned to train Kazakh examiners in the field of intellectual property in the Patent Office of the People's Republic of China, exchange experience in the field of examination and granting of intellectual property rights, including the possibility of studying the issue on mutual recognition of the results of the examination, expanding exchange and cooperation in the acquisition, use and protection of intellectual property rights through, inter alia, the joint organization of seminars, trainings or roundtables.