4, 10 The project aims at Under implementation General objective: N/A N/A Project on supporting Small and since January 2014. Contribute to two countries’ Intellectual Medium-Sized economic development by Property Enterprises (SMEs), To be completed in reinforcing their national IPR (IP) and which actively create and January 2016. design protection mechanism Design commercialize designs, strategy and use by SMEs. in the active use of the IP for system and the Specific objectives: Business development of To contribute to the business strategies that will development of SMEs in in encourage investment in participating countries by Developing design. encouraging investment in and Least design through the strategic Developed Through close use of IPR, in particular the Countries cooperation with lead proactive use of appropriate (LDCs)” agencies in the design protection participating countries, mechanisms that were the project will promote neglected so far; the strategic use of Intellectual Property To improve the capacities of rights, in particular, national design institutions, industrial design rights, including IP Offices, to by SMEs in those encourage the strategic use countries, thereby of the IP system for design encouraging a pro-active producing businesses, thus approach to design leading to an increased use protection in domestic of available design protection and export markets. mechanisms. [End of Annex II and of document]
4, 10 Project on Intellectual Property (IP) and Design for Business in Developing and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)” The project aims at supporting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), which actively create and commercialize designs, in the active use of the IP system and the development of strategies that will encourage investment in design. Through close cooperation with lead agencies in the participating countries, the project will promote the strategic use of Intellectual Property rights, in particular, industrial design rights, by SMEs in those countries, thereby encouraging a pro-active approach to design protection in domestic and export markets. Under implementation since January 2014. To be completed in January 2016. General objective: Contribute to two countries’ economic development by reinforcing their national IPR design protection mechanism strategy and use by SMEs. Specific objectives: To contribute to the business development of SMEs in participating countries by encouraging investment in design through the strategic use of IPR, in particular the proactive use of appropriate design protection mechanisms that were neglected so far; To improve the capacities of national design institutions, including IP Offices, to encourage the strategic use of the IP system for design producing businesses, thus leading to an increased use of available design protection mechanisms. N/A N/A [End of Annex II and of document]
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