Intellectual property becomes close to people, in every house and in every street. patent bas been invested and contributed in life's luxury, international famous trademarks and industrial designs that introduce products in new lovely shapes .in addition to copyrights of poets , artists, drawers , players and singers.
Ministry of Economy and Trade, based on the important steps which have been taken and led to our participation in a number of international treaties and accords in the scope of the intellectual property , is seeking more achievements and further use of Intellectual property. This will contribute in the economic prosperity and social welfare, especially in providing the suitable environment for the creative and innovative faculties of the youth as to provide and interact with life, and transferring such ideas into an economic development.
One of our basic goals which we are seeking is to accord the intellectual property with development and correlating universities with this property throughout expanding and promoting the obtainment of information technology contained in the relevant patents and databases.
Moreover, we are working to deepening and expanding the interest in the Medium and Small Enterprises, attracting the same to invest their rights. Furthermore, we are always attempting to associate the intellectual capital with the economic capital relying on the continuity of holding AL-Bassel Fair for Invention and Innovation which is considered a real opportunity to reflect the achievements and creativities of people in our homeland.
Ministry of Economy and Trade is pleased to present you this website (Patents Site on the Internet) in which tried bard to provide everything might be of necessity to inventors, innovators, , researchers , industrialists , merchants and fields of activity . We are fully confident and hopeful to cooperate in all aspects as to develop this website depending on your suggestions and thoughts.
It is worthy saying that coinciding with the occasion of opening Syrian patents website on the internet, we shall also open Servicing Internet Café that provide all requirements in patents' range. This is an outcome of our believe in the importance of patents, and the technical information contained in the patent documents that should be taken advantage of such technical information is accessible free of charges due to Syria membership to the Patent Cooperation treaty.
Our website shall introduce you to the international agreements governing the intellectual property rights, the way of using the free information services of WIPO to the developing countries, in addition to the most vital issue of how utilizing from the merits provided by the Patent Cooperation Treaty concerned with the citizens of the developing countries.
Dr. Amer Husni Lutfi
Minister of Economy and Trade
