China-Africa High-Level Seminar on IP System and Polices

2017/08/03

During the China-Africa High-Level Seminar on IP System and Polices held in Guangdong on July 24, SIPO (State Intellectual Property office) Commissioner Shen Changyu sat down respectively with some of the esteemed attendees, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Legal Counsel and Head, Legal and Constitutional Affairs Edward K. Kwakwa, African Regional IP Organization (ARIPO) Director General Fernando Dos Santos and South Africa's Companies and IP Commission (CIPC) Commissioner Rory Wayne Voller.
The seminar, organized by SIPO and WIPO was themed on IP system development and practice, IP promotion and service, public IP awareness raise. The seminar will last for a week. 50 senior representatives from WIPO, ARIPO and its member states, Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco, Nigeria, IP office of South Africa and China IP community participated this seminar.

Source: SIPO