Holds the Awareness Seminar for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

Holds the Awareness Seminar for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

NayPyiTaw, Feb 22

With the objectives of disseminating knowledge to the judges and judicial officers who are to adjudicate Intellectual Property (IP) Rights related cases under Strategy 4.8 of the National IP Strategic Plan of the IP Central Committee; of training the judges and judicial officers concerned for preventing and combating the IP Rights infringement under Strategy 6 of the Plan; and of conducting knowledge sharing program related to IP Laws under Strategic Objective 5.2 of the Judicial Strategic Plan of the Supreme Court of the Union, the ‘Awareness Seminar for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights’ was held today afternoon 12:30 pm at the Judicial College of the Supreme Court of the Union in a hybrid system (in-person/virtual). And Union Chief Justice U Tha Htay attended the event and delivered his opening address.

In this Seminar, a total of six judges and judicial officers, including four officers from the Supreme Court of the Union, two judges from the Kyauktada District Court and the Bago Township Court, presented and discussed respectively with a variety of topics: Trademark Protection in Myanmar, Criminal Litigation regarding with Trademark in Myanmar, Protection of Well-known Trademark, Protection of Online Copyright Infringement in Myanmar, Monetary Relief for Copyright Infringements, and Comparative Study of Damages Resulting from Trademark Infringement: Focusing on Statutory Damages, which are related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

The seminar was attended by the Justices of the Supreme Court of the Union, the Chief Justices and Judges of the Region and the State High Courts, the Permanent Secretary, Directors General, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Deputy Directors General, Assistant Secretary, Directors and Judicial Officers of the Supreme Court of the Union, the Judicial Officers of the Region and the State High Courts, the Judges of the Courts of Self-Administered Zone, Judges of the District Courts and the Township Courts and 176 individuals attended in-person and 701 individuals via online, and a total of 877 judges and judicial officers joined the event.