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Emin T.Teymurov: Integration of the Republic of Azerbaijan towards multilateral trading system

the development of intellectual property have been included in ―Azerbaijan 2020: the vision to

the future‖ development concept. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization

report [Global Innovation Index 2014: The Human Factor in Innovation, 2014; page: 147],

Azerbaijan was highly ranked on the following indicators: ease of starting a business (13),

market sophistication (26), micro-financing gross loans (15), investment (10), ease of protecting

investors (21), non-agricultural market access weighted tariff (9), foreign direct investment net

outflow (8), information-communication technologies and organization model creation (23).

Considering that, the development of intellectual property system and the expansion of

international cooperation in this field are considered as priorities, the long-term national strategy

on the development of intellectual property which combines fields of industrial property and

copyright has been elaborated. The very strategy clearly identifies medium and long-term

objectives, the implementation of which we have already begun. Elaboration of a national

strategy on intellectual property ensures the improvement of national legislation on intellectual

property and further adherence to international treaties and agreements, solving vital

matters, including the establishment of center for training and retraining, capacity-building

through the development of the technical infrastructure.

During recent years, the improvement process of administrative and legislative

framework in the field of copyright law has continued. A number of new legislative acts,

including the law on ―Enforcement of intellectual property rights and fighting against piracy‖

were adopted. Moreover, the Center for Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights has been

established in order to enforce intellectual property rights and organize the management of rights

in digital networks. Besides, positive results have been obtained in the field of enforcement of

rights and fight against piracy. This law will play an important role to strengthen the measures to

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