On December 7, at a meeting of the Committee on Culture of the Parliament, a presentation and public discussion of the ACT study "Assessment of the creative industries in Georgia on the collective management of intellectual property rights" took place. The dialogue was held within the framework of the Committee of Culture, the National Center for Intellectual Property of Georgia - Sakpatent, USAID in Georgia and the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) of the US Department of Commerce and with the involvement of representatives of the cultural sector.
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Before the discussion, ACT Analyst Ketevan Antadze presented the results of a study on collective governance in the creative industries in Georgia. After the presentation, the audience discussed the challenges and ways to overcome them in terms of collective management of copyright and related rights in Georgia. The parties also discussed recommendations developed by CLDP on improving the system of collective management of copyright and related rights in Georgia.
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The purpose of the event was to identify the prospects for changing the legislation of Georgia on copyright and related rights within the framework of the working group on copyright and related rights of the Committee of Culture, involving a wide range of stakeholders, in order to manage intellectual property rights in Georgia on a collective basis and edit the relevant legislation in line with international best practices and the market, to solve problems, provide a more favorable business environment for rights holders, and promote the development of creative industries.
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