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IFIA 15th Virtual Executive

Asia IP Exchange:Asia's Committee Meeting

Largest IP Trade Platform

IFIA 15th Virtual Executive Committee meeting was organized on 14 January 2018 to discuss three issues of
importance and put them into voting.

Firstly, the members were requested to express their opinion about the organization of six free of charge we-
binars for IFIA Members by IDEATION, a company specialized in IP Management pursuant to the collaboration
between IFIA and IDEATION.

Developed and managed by Hong The members welcomed the idea stating that industrial property knowledge has to be widely shared among
Kong Trade Development Council, the inventors since some unlucky basic mistakes in the beginning of inventor´s work can ruin his/her chances
Asia IP Exchange (AsiaIPEX) is a free for strong patent.
online intellectual property trading
platform and database connecting The second issue was the application send by Mr. Jalal Alnakasah, founding member of the National Founda-
users to the global IP players from tion for Libyan inventors for IFIA Executive Committee membership after the specified deadline. A majority of
North America, Europe, the Chinese IFIA Executive Committee Members admitted to include him in the final list of candidates.
Mainland and other parts of Asia.
Finally, the members were informed of a newly-received membership request from Nigeria named Founda-
This user-friendly online IP portal tion for Design and Invention Nigeria (FDIN) which aims to organize inventors in Nigeria for purposes of raising
covers four main categories includ- awareness on Intellectual Property Rights, Design, Inventions and Innovations. FDIN gained the majority of
ing patent, trademark, copyright and positive votes and was admitted as IFIA Candidate Member.
registered designs. Users can conduct
targeted searches using the site’s Tag
Cloud and they can see the details of
more than 25,000 tradable IP listings
from around 20 countries and regions
and easily connect with the listing
owners.

Whether you are an owner interested
in selling your IP ranging from patent,
trademark, copyright to registered
design; a manufacturer looking to
buy technologies to upgrade your
operation; or an IP service providers
offering quality IP intermediary ser-
vices, you will find AsiaIPEX a useful
resource.

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