EUIPO – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:17:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 EUIPO assessment mission reviews Albania’s progress on intellectual property https://en.ata.gov.al/2026/09/18/euipo-assessment-mission-reviews-albanias-progress-on-intellectual-property/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2026/09/18/euipo-assessment-mission-reviews-albanias-progress-on-intellectual-property/#respond Fri, 18 Sep 2026 19:17:48 +0000 https://en.ata.gov.al/?p=306672 TIRANA, Sept. 18 /ATA/ – An assessment mission by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) took place in Albania from Sept. 15-17 to review the country’s fulfilment of Closing Benchmark 3 under Chapter 7, Intellectual Property, focusing on administrative capacity and enforcement results.

The General Directorate of Industrial Property (GDIP) said Deputy Economy and Innovation Minister and Chapter 7 negotiator Martin Kajo took part in the meetings alongside EUIPO experts Ninoslav Babić and Silvie Froech, representatives of the EU Delegation in Tirana and officials from Albanian institutions responsible for administering and enforcing intellectual property rights.

Discussions focused on administrative capacity and human resources, technical systems and tools, enforcement results and statistics for 2023-2025, inter-institutional cooperation, and specific cases demonstrating the practical functioning of Albania’s intellectual property protection and enforcement system, the GDIP said.

The meetings were coordinated by the Chapter 7 Technical Secretariat at the GDIP, in cooperation with the institutions involved, as part of Albania’s efforts to close Chapter 7 in its EU accession negotiations.

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