The 11^th Meeting of BRICS Heads of Intellectual Property Offices

On April 15, 2019 (local time), the 11^th Meeting of BRICS Heads of Intellectual Property Offices was held in Cape Town of South Africa. Mr. Shen Changyu, Commissioner of China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), and his delegation attended. Mr. Rory Voller, Commissioner of Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) of South Africa, took the chair. Mr. Claudio Villa Furtado, Commissioner of National Institute of Industrial Property ( INPI) of Brazil, Mr. Om Parkash Gupta, Commissioner of the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) of India and Mr. Grigory Lvliev, Commissioner of Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) attended. Ms. Saule Tlevlessova, president of Eurasian Patent Office (EPO) was also invited as non-voting delegate. (Translated from CNIPA Website Chinese Version)