International Copyright organizations convene in Ulaanbaatar

Oyundelger 2019-05-16 04:05

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With support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea, the Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia and the World Intellectual Property Organization jointly organized the meeting

With support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea, the Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia (IPOM) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) jointly organized the quadripartite meeting of Mongolian, Russian, Chinese, and South Korean copyright organizations under the theme “Sub-regional Meeting on Copyright as an enabler for Economic Development and Cultural Prosperity” in Ulaanbaatar. At the meeting, the parties discussed and shared their experience on copyright and related right issues, especially the actions and policies being undertaken by World Intellectual Property Organization and other international organizations in regard with cultural/creative production, value of copyright, contribution of cultural/creative production to the country’s economy as well as the issues of creating an efficient copyright system for cultural development, overcoming the challenges in copyright protection in digital era, and ensuring copyright protection in cyberspace. Moreover, the quadripartite meeting had a significant role in opening up opportunities for the neighboring countries to cooperate in the protection of copyright and related rights.