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SCC Chair received program manager of Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property

07 April 2006 [10:38] - TODAY.AZ
The chair of the State Customs Committee (SCC) Aydin Aliyev received the program manager of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property Daniel P. Keller.

As APA was informed from the Committee, Mr.Aliyev said at the meeting that fighting piracy and protection of intellectual property is important problem in the globalizing world and noted that certain works have already been implemented by international organizations in this direction. The SCC chair reminded the 2nd Global Congress "On Fighting Counterfeiting and Piracy" held in Leon city of France last year under organization of the World Customs Organization and Interpol, and particularly noted active participation of the Azerbaijani delegation at that congress.

The chair of the Committee told the guest that as a law-enforcement establishment, certain duties fall to share of the customs service in the field of protection of intellectual property and informed the guest about the works carried out in this direction.

According to Mr.Aliyev, the SCC Head Office of Customs Supervision Establishment is currently preparing a draft of the "Rules for customs clearance of goods including intellectual property objects". The chair of the Committee noted that as world countries, Azerbaijan also experiences problems in the field of intellectual property protection. Mr.Aliyev said that production of numerous foreign companies engaged in piracy accesses the Azeri market and stressed that systematic measures are implemented to prevent importation of counterfeit goods to the country.

The program manager of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property Daniel P. Keller, in his turn, expressed his satisfaction on the achievements gained in the field of intellectual property protection in Azerbaijan and highly valued works implemented. The guest speaking about the importance to improve human resources in this field noted that cooperation of the two countries is significant factor bettering the quality of the general work.

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