ISLAMABAD:National University of Science and Technology (NUST) and Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) Pakistan have signed Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to collaborate on different projects, especially development of a state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system for efficient examination of IP applications.
A high-level delegation from IPO, headed by Ms Shazia Adnan, Director General IPO, visited NUST H-12 Campus and met Rector NUST Engr Javed Mahmood Bukhari. Dr Rizwan Riaz, Pro-Rector Research Innovation and Commercialisation NUST, and DG IPO, signed the agreement to further strengthen the partnership between the two organisations, thus making NUST a digital partner of IPO Pakistan.
The project is aimed at enhancing the IP examination process across the country.
Both the organisations have also agreed to collaborate on several other projects for capacity building of IP managers and inventors to promote the IP culture, and are keen to promote IP filing in the country along with providing platforms to inventors, especially females where they can benefit from their intellectual work.