On November 7 at a field meeting of the Council on issues of intellectual property “The role of Russian regions in development of the market of intellectual rights” held by Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matvienko, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that development of the market of intellectual property is important for all Russian regions.

He noted that development of the market of intellectual property is an important part of modern economic development. Tatarstan has chosen the strategy of innovative development and is intensively working in this area, he added.

Rustam Minnikhanov informed that the share of innovative products by industrial organisations and services makes 18.4 per cent, and according to results of 2012 it increased by 3.5 per cent. Last year employees of enterprises made 21 thousand innovation proposals.

Today Tatarstan is one of 5 top regions in Russia by the number of applications for discoveries sent to Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks.

For 10 years the whole sector for supporting innovative activity has formed in Tatarstan. Special premises for implementing new projects, including SEZ Alabuga, Innopolis, Himgard, industrial parks, business incubators were organized. Much emphasis is put on development of IT industry in Tatarstan. There are two IT parks with 200 companies working in the republic, the Innopolis project is under implementation.

“For further development of the republic we need to create the market of intellectual property. Cooperation with Federation Council, Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademark, Ministry of economic development, World Organisation of Intellectual Property, Association of Innovative Regions of Russia helps to carry out this work,” Rustam Minnikhanov summarized.