Patent Office Advances 'K-Patent Administration' into Tunisia and Promotes Informatization Cooperation

The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) plans to expand the scope of patent administration informatization cooperation with Africa by distributing the patent administration system (hereinafter referred to as PatentNet) to Tunisia.

KIPO announced on the 5th that it will invite high-ranking officials, including the Commissioner of the Tunisian Patent Office, to hold a high-level meeting and an invited training session from the 5th to the 9th.

The high-level meeting and invited training are part of the "PatentNet Information System Development Project (hereinafter referred to as the Tunisia Informatization Project)" promoted as a 2023?2027 KOICA project.

The Tunisia Informatization Project consists of establishing and maintaining PatentNet locally in Tunisia, holding seminars to strengthen the capabilities of officials, and procuring equipment for the construction of PatentNet.

On the 6th, KIPO Commissioner Kim Wanki will have a meeting with the Tunisian Patent Office Commissioner, Mr. Nafaa BOUTITI, at the Government Complex Daejeon. At this meeting, Commissioner Kim will introduce the current status of informatization at KIPO and hold a Korea-Tunisia high-level meeting to discuss informatization cooperation measures related to intellectual property rights between the two countries.

During the training period, the Tunisian Patent Office Commissioner and others will receive know-how related to intellectual property in Korea and experience in the development of intellectual property informatization. They will also visit corporate research complexes such as the LG Innovation Gallery within LG Science Park to experience technological innovation.

Commissioner Kim Wanki said, "The Tunisia Informatization Project is a process for exporting PatentNet and is meaningful in terms of strengthening Korea's international status. KIPO will use the Tunisia Informatization Project as an opportunity to transfer Korean-style patent administration know-how to more countries so that the Korean Wave of intellectual property can gradually expand."

Meanwhile, KIPO has been promoting informatization projects with ARIPO (African Regional Intellectual Property Organization) and Egypt. The distribution of PatentNet locally in Tunisia is expected to serve as an opportunity to expand the scope of patent administration informatization cooperation with Africa.

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