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>[12.Aug.08] General
- Cooperation in South America to be Financed by BID
Source: INPI/BR (Adapted)
At the “Meeting
on Integration of Industrial Property into the Social
and Economic Development Policies of the South American
Countries ”, INPI’s President defended the
creation of a common platform of systems and databases
and cooperation in examination procedures. The event
took place in Buenos Aires, on 7-8.Aug.2008.
The INPI emphasized
the need for the South American offices to broaden access
to the industrial property system for the citizens.
In order to provide more participation, the strategy
has been to improve the information technology system
and intensify the hiring and training of examiners.
The efficiency of such measures, however, becomes compromised
by the high costs and the long term nature of such objectives.
In this sense, added
INPI’s president, it would be more productive
to create common platforms of databases and systems
to be shared by all offices taking part in the project.
Likewise, the effective cooperation on examination procedures,
adding distinct efforts, would strengthen the united
character of the participating countries.
The representative
for the Inter-American Bank for Development –
BID - said that it was time to take the project to the
next level, moving past the phase of concept discussion.
This factor is associated with the chances for success
of a financial support fund administrated by BID, called
Regional Public Fund. Such fund receives from 80 to
90 proposals per year, approving from 10 to 15 projects
in each selecting process.
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