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IFIA Magazine - March 2022 |

We want to congratulate the Government and inventor of Iraq on
joining the Patent Cooperation Treaty, PCT. After many events,
webinars, and seminars regarding the significance of member-
ship in the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Iraqi Government felt
the need to become a PCT member to achieve a better result
for their inventors and innovators. After many contemplations and
deliberations, Iraq finally joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty,
PCT, on January 31st.
In order to demonstrate the importance of the Patent Coopera-
tion Treaty to the invention and innovation ecosystem of Iraq, the TREATY, PCT AS THE 155TH MEMBER OF
International Federation of Inventors’ Associations has held many IRAQ JOINS THE PATENT COOPERATION
events and workshops for the community. For instance, Mr. Bijan
Nasiri Azam, IFIA’s Representative in WIPO and the IP Office Man-
ager of IFIA, had the chance to explain the intellectual property
and PCT by holding a workshop regarding IP in Baghdad, Iraq.
Moreover, he had the opportunity to indicate intellectual property
and the Patent Cooperation Treaty to the Deputy Minister of High-
er Education and Scientific Research of Iraq in the same event.
After all, on January 31st, 2022, the Government of Iraq officially
joined the Patent Cooperation Treaty, PCT, making Iraq the 155th
member of the PCT Union. The PCT will enter into force for Iraq
on April 30th, 2022.
By this treaty, IFIA hopes it encourages and assists the Iraqi re-
searchers, inventors, and innovators to participate in international
scientific conferences within their competence and present their
research abstracts and discussions within the patrols of the soci-
ety. Moreover, we hope that the Iraqi Government would develop THE PCT UNION
more cooperations with international organizations specialized in
this aspect and to support the innovators to elaborate their ideas
to inventions and provide them with the requirements to resolve
the obstacles of their progress.
Lastly, IFIA thanks Mr. Bijan Nasiri Azam, IFIA’s Representative in
WIPO and IP Office Manager, and Mrs. Traiza Jasim Ridha, the
President of the Iraqi Society of Inventors and Innovators, IIIS, for
all their hard work and efforts. We hope for a bright future for the
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