Rwanda celebrated the international Intellectual Property Day on the 24th and 25th of May 2012. The Ministry of trade and commerce (MINICOM) invited the Ministry of Sports and Culture along with Ishyo Arts Centre to collaborate in setting up this 3rd edition under the theme of "The importance, process and challenges of protection of Rwanda's National Heritage".
This year, MINICOM decided to organize a 2 days' workshop with an internationally renowned expert Mr. Getachew Mengistie Alemu of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) who initiated the Ethiopia's Fine Coffee Trademarking and Licensing and was head of the Ethiopian Intellectual Property Office. This workshop brought together several stakeholders of Intellectual Property rights in Rwanda and took place in Kigali and in Huye. These stakeholders were from MINICOM, the MINISPOC, the INMR (Institute of National Museums of Rwanda), Ishyo Arts Centre, the IRST (Institute of Scientific and Technological Research), and many more.
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