The 4th Trilateral Intellectual Property Conference between Mongolia, Russia and China was held in Ulaanbaatar on 6 September, 2016. The theme of the conference was, “Protecting intellectual property rights; bringing intellectual property to the market; and encouraging innovation, technology, and SMEs.” Participants included the Head of the State Registration and Intellectual Property Rights Office of Mongolia R. Sodhuu, the Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China Shen Changyu, the Director General of The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property Grigoriy Ivliev and around fifty other intellectual property officials and representatives from all three countries.
Mongolia ranks 55th on the innovation index and the State Registration and Intellectual Property Rights Office of Mongolia representative G. Sarnai noted that although Mongolia conducts a great deal of research, little is being done to patent the research abroad and more needs to be done to bring the intellectual property to the market.
The Commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office of the People’s Republic of China Shen Changyu noted new policies adopted by State Council in regards to intellectual property development and protection of innovation, highlighted China’s focus on bring new intellectual property to the market in addition to promoting new effective measures for guarding against infringement of Intellectual property.
The Director General of The Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property Grigoriy Ivliev indicated that Russia also is increasing the investment for research and innovation, and pointed to positive results including new legislation for copyright protection Russia is also focused on decreasing the infringement of intellectual property online.
The conference is an important indication of the regions dedication to promoting Intellectual Property development and legal protection. The conference allows senior officials to share experiences and practical knowledge as regarding effectively promoting intellectual property development and legal protections. A key goal of the conference is to promote commercialization of intellectual property in all three participating countries through technology and innovation support centers and small and medium-sized factories. The conference is organized regularly each year.