• The Managing Partner of Knyazyan & Partners IP Law Firm, Mr. Sarkis Knyazyan held a seminar on Intellectual Property Rights, for students of the Armenian School of Advocates.

  • Armenian School of Advocates, Gyumri Law School of the Yerevan Management University and Intellectual Property Rights Center (IPRC) held a seminar on Intellectual Property Rights for Litigators from Gyumri.

  • IPRC and Yerevan Management University (YMU) signed an Agreement on Cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property law education.

  • IPRC and Gyumri Branch of Yerevan Management University organized and held a seminar on Intellectual Property Rights for the Gyumri Technopark.

  • IPRC took a part in the seminar organized by Armauthor NGO, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the International Confederation of Authors and Composers Societies (CISAC), on Protection of Copyright, Related Rights and Collective Management.

  • Mr. Sarkis Knyazyan, the co-founder of the Technology Commercialization Assistance Project (TCAP) of the Intellectual Property Rights Center of Armenia (IPRC), participated in the Annual Meeting of the Association of the University Technology Managers in San Antonio, Texas, USA.

  • EU Twinning Program on strengthening the enforcement of IPR in Armenia held a training course on “EU Best Practices on Copyright and Related Rights' Protection and Enforcement”.

  • 2012-2013 IP Moot Court Competition - The winners of the competition.

  • Final Round of the IPRC’s 2013 IP Moot Court Competition - Judges (from right to left): Mr. Aram Orbelyan, Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia; Mr. Armen Azizyan, Head of the Armenian Patent and Trademark Office; Mr. Sarkis Knyazyan, Managing Partner of the Knyazyan & Partners IP Law Firm.

  • IPRC’s Seminar on IPR for 2013 CEED Top Class Program for Entrepreneurs and Managers - Mr. Sarkis Knyazyan, Chairman of the IPRC Board of Trustees, delivered a presentation on the importance of the protection of IPR, and the main concepts of the Intellectual Property Rights.

  • IPRC’s Seminar on IPR for 2012 CEED Top Class Program for Entrepreneurs and Managers - Mr. Sarkis Knyazyan, Chairman of the IPRC Board of Trustees, delivered a presentation on the importance of the protection of IPR, and the main concepts of the Intellectual Property Rights.

  • Symposiums on IPR for the Armenian Judges and Prosecutors - Mr. Sarkis Knyazyan, Chairman of the IPRC Board of Trustees, delivered several presentations on the importance of the protection of IPR, and the International Best Practices of IP Litigation.

  • TUMO Center for Creative Technologies hosted IPRC’s Workshop on Intellectual Property Rights for IT and High Tech Companies.

About IPRC

Intellectual Property Rights Center (IPRC) is an Armenian non-governmental, non-profit organization.
 
Mission
 
IPRC’s mission is to promote, support and facilitate Armenia’s shift to a knowledge based economy for the benefit of the Armenia’s economy and its society as a whole, through the implementation of its goals and objectives in the field of intellectual property rights.
 
Goals and Objectives
 
IPRC’s goals and objectives include but are not limited to the following:
 

  • support to the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) awareness raising in Armenia;

  • inform the public about the importance of the IPR protection;

  • support to the development of the IPR field in Armenia, including the IPR reforms;

  • support small technology companies, local authors and inventors with their IP matters;

  • support, organize and hold various activities stimulating science and creativity (creative activities).