Oman mulls setting up National Centre for Intellectual Property

Business Monday 05/June/2023 14:30 PM
By: Oman News Agency
Oman mulls setting up National Centre for Intellectual Property

Muscat: A workshop was held here today on a program to promote the national cooperation intellectual property system and ongoing projects between the Sultanate of Oman and the World Intellectual Property Organization "WIPO".

The two-day workshop comprises visual presentations and sessions on ongoing cooperation projects, notably those related to the specifying training materials in intellectual property, training diplomats and commerce officials, considering a master's program in intellectual property and other areas of cooperation of higher education. These include organizing summer schools in cooperation with the WIPO and projects implemented by WIPO that generate employment opportunities.

The two sides also elaborated on developing intellectual property assets in member states and projects that can be implemented in the Sultanate of Oman.

The workshop discussed scopes for establishing a national training center to be entrusted with intellectual property affairs, opportunities and challenges facing intellectual property. In this context, the workshop reviewed the national strategies for intellectual property that support the "Oman Vision 2040" and innovative industries that facilitate economic growth.