Azerbaijan Aims to Strengthen IP Protection to EU Standards

BAKU — Ranking officials from the government of Azerbaijan said they admitted the country was saddled with intellectual property problems but said they are working to strengthen their regulations in the area to meet with European Union standards over the next decade.

Ambassador Novruz Mammadov, head of foreign relations department for the administration of the president of Azerbaijan, told Bloomberg BNA in an interview that the area of intellectual property protection is an area where the country’s dizzying economic growth has lagged behind.

“Our goal is to build legislation to EU standards, but we are starting from very little in ...