The 13th BRICS Heads of Intellectual Property Offices Meeting Held
The 13th BRICS Heads of Intellectual Property Offices Meeting (HIPO) was held virtually on August 25. Shri Rajendra Ratnoo, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (India) chaired the meeting. Dr. Shen Changyu, Commissioner of CNIPA (China), Mr. Cláudio Vilar Furtado, President of INPI (Brazil), Mr. Grigory Ivliev, Director General of ROSPATENT (Russia), and Adv Rory Voller, Commissioner of CIPC (South Africa), attended the meeting along with their respective delegations.
Heads of the five IP offices listened to the reports on the progress of their projects and the next steps to be taken under the "BRICS Intellectual Property Offices Cooperation Roadmap". With a focus on the application of digital technology and other emerging technologies, attendees shared their successful experience and discussed possible cooperation in the future.