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By Leman Mammadova

An exhibition-conference on "Development of Intellectual Property in Azerbaijan: Innovative and High-Tech Startups" was held in Geneva by the Ministry of Transport, Communication and High Technologies, Intellectual Property Agency, World Intellectual Property Organization and International Telecommunication Union.

Trend reporrts that the exhibition-conference, organized at the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization, is dedicated to the 100th jubilee of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.

Minister of Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ramin Guluzade spoke about the innovative development of our country at the opening ceremony.

The minister said that innovative development in Azerbaijan is one of the priorities of the country, and this issue is supported by the government. He noted that within the framework of institutional and economic reforms, serious steps are being taken for the establishment of the innovation ecosystem in the country and the development of startups.

Speaking about the achievements in the field of intellectual property in Azerbaijan, Francis Garry, Director of the World Intellectual Property Organization, said that the development of the legal framework in this area plays an important role in the socio-economic life of the country.

Houlin Zao, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union, underlined the high level of cooperation between Azerbaijan and the organization and noted that Azerbaijan was recently elected to the organization's governing bodies, saying that Azerbaijan is becoming an innovative HUB on international transport corridors as a country that pays special attention to the field of modern technologies.

Later, Azerbaijani startups were presented. The 16 most progressive local startup projects were selected by the working group set up for the event. The projects covered health, tourism, agriculture and industry.

Onbranch application is one of the projects supported by Baku Business Factory.

The project was elected the best start-up of Azerbaijan at the Seedstars World competition, conducted with the organizational support of the Barama Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of the mobile operator Azercell Telekom with the support of PASHA Bank, the Center for Patents and Trademarks, the Swiss Embassy in Azerbaijan, and the ADA University

The project is also one of the winners of the FastTrack Acceleration Program of the High Technologies Park of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and High Technologies

Onbranch is a social network that helps people get to know the people around them in the places they visit. In addition, many people use this application to see their customers and communicate with them. Owners of objects, seeing regular customers, can make them certain discounts.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is a specialized intergovernmental international organization of the United Nations. The official purpose of WIPO is to promote the protection of intellectual property by ensuring the administrative cooperation of the unions created by the participating countries. WIPO administers new international treaties, contributes to the development of measures designed to improve national legislation in this area, publishes research results and seminar texts

The Republic of Azerbaijan has joined to the WIPO in 1995. Currently, Azerbaijan is a party to many WIPO-administered treaties.

As of June 2018, the Azerbaijani government and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the development of intellectual property sphere in Azerbaijan and the expansion of international cooperation in this area.

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