The countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic committed to design public policies that incorporate intellectual property as a key axis in the development of the region.
This was established at the VII Ministerial Meeting on Intellectual Property, held in Santo Domingo, in which ministers and deputy ministers from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic participated, according to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. of the host country in a statement.
The meeting was closed by the director general of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Daren Tang, who expressed the willingness of that organization to collaborate and support the authorities of the countries gathered on intellectual property issues.
Tang pointed out that these issues would be associated mainly with tourism, archaeological, cultural, and musical heritage, as well as the production of coffee, bananas, or rum, characteristic activities of Central America and the Caribbean.
modern services
The Dominican Minister of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs, Víctor Bisonó, stressed that one of the main actions that the country takes to strengthen intellectual property is to promote the national strategy of modern services.
This tool, the official pointed out, has served to improve the competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies, as well as to reduce the procedures in the registration of trademarks and other distinctive signs and the denomination of origin that was achieved for Dominican rum.
“The promotion, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights plays a key role in developing projects with economic and social potential that impact all levels of Dominican society,” said Bisonó.
