In the knowledge-based economy of the 21st century, which is characterized by leading edge technology, heightened competition and the need for improved competitiveness, the importance of patent protection on a global level has become crucial. Consequently, the role of the international patent protection system offering high quality services has also become increasingly important. The PCT system, in our view, is an efficient provider of international patent protection. We highly appreciate the great success of the PCT system and the advantages it offers to users all over the world. At the same time, our region, the Central and Eastern European region miss a PCT Authority, which by sharing the workload could contribute to sustaining the high quality services of the PCT system. The VPI was established with the desire to foster innovation and creativity in this region by pooling the resources of the industrial property Offices of the V4 countries for the benefit of their users, in particular individual inventors, small and medium-sized enterprises, and publicly funded research organizations. The synergies and accumulated resources of the V4 industrial property Offices will enable the VPI to fulfill the criteria for appointment as ISA and IPEA and to better offer services meeting the international standards. On the other hand, the cooperation is foreseen to increase the quality and efficiency of the work performed by our individual industrial property Offices. Consequently, the in the V4 countries fully support the idea of establishing the VPI as a PCT Authority in the region. The headquarters of the VPI will be in Budapest with branch Offices in each Contracting State. The VPI shall be governed by an Administrative Board and administered by a Secretariat managed by a Director. Following the model of the Nordic Patent Institute, activities of the VPI as an ISA and IPEA will be carried out by the national Offices of the V4 countries on behalf of the VPI. We look forward to your favorable consideration and cooperation. Mr. Director General, please accept the assurances of our highest consideration, [signed by] [signed by] [signed by] [signed by] Kratochvíl Miklós Bendzsel Alicja Adamczak Knoth Ľuboš President President President President Industrial Property Hungarian Patent Office of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Intellectual Property Republic of Poland Office of the Slovak Republic Office Republic II follows]
In the knowledge-based economy of the 21st century, which is characterized by leading edge technology, heightened competition and the need for improved competitiveness, the importance of patent protection on a global level has become crucial. Consequently, the role of the international patent protection system offering high quality services has also become increasingly important. The PCT system, in our view, is an efficient provider of international patent protection. We highly appreciate the great success of the PCT system and the advantages it offers to users all over the world. At the same time, our region, the Central and Eastern European region miss a PCT Authority, which by sharing the workload could contribute to sustaining the high quality services of the PCT system. The VPI was established with the desire to foster innovation and creativity in this region by pooling the resources of the industrial property Offices of the V4 countries for the benefit of their users, in particular individual inventors, small and medium-sized enterprises, and publicly funded research organizations. The synergies and accumulated resources of the V4 industrial property Offices will enable the VPI to fulfill the criteria for appointment as ISA and IPEA and to better offer services meeting the international standards. On the other hand, the cooperation is foreseen to increase the quality and efficiency of the work performed by our individual industrial property Offices. Consequently, the in the V4 countries fully support the idea of establishing the VPI as a PCT Authority in the region. The headquarters of the VPI will be in Budapest with branch Offices in each Contracting State. The VPI shall be governed by an Administrative Board and administered by a Secretariat managed by a Director. Following the model of the Nordic Patent Institute, activities of the VPI as an ISA and IPEA will be carried out by the national Offices of the V4 countries on behalf of the VPI. We look forward to your favorable consideration and cooperation. Mr. Director General, please accept the assurances of our highest consideration, [signed by] Kratochvíl [signed by] Miklós Bendzsel [signed by] Alicja Adamczak [signed by] Ľuboš Knoth President President President President Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic Hungarian Intellectual Property Office Patent Office of the Republic of Poland Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic II follows]
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