Training on the topic “Judicial dialogue on the protection of intellectual property rights” was held in Nur-Sultan

On May 21, 2019 in Nur-Sultan, the Vice-Minister of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almat Madaliyev, together with the US Ambassador to Kazakhstan, William Moser, took part in the opening of the training for judges from Central Asian countries US patents and trademarks with the support of the US Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the US Department of Commerce.

A. Madaliev noted the importance of the functioning of an effective system of judicial protection of intellectual property rights, which has a positive effect on the improvement of the investment climate in the country and stimulates the growth of business activity.

The US experience in the protection of intellectual property rights is one of the foremost examples of law enforcement in the world, and will be useful for government bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Judges from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan take part in the training on various aspects of US judicial practice on intellectual property issues. The lecturers are US Federal Judges David O. Carter and Backey R. Thorson, representatives of the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the US Department of Justice.