Morocco

The AMAPIC and the TISC network in Morocco

OMPIC established as part of the national innovation strategy, a network of Technology, Innovation Support Centres (TISC). The aim is to place Morocco among the technology producers by supporting high value-added economic growth and to strengthen the Kingdom’s potential in R&D.

TISCs aim to provide :

• on-line access to patent and non-patent literature
• support in search and retrieval of technical information
• training in information search and retrieval on specialised databases
• technology watch services and patent landscaping
• information on relevant IP legislation, management and commercialisation of IP

This network facilitate access to patent information for local users: innovative companies, researchers, universities, inventors, technology incubators, technology centres.

A list of TISC focal points in Morocco can be downloaded here : http://www.tisc.ma/tisc/medias/upload/Liste_Membres_TISC_Complete.pdf

In order to further develop the Intellectual Property knowledge of the national innovation stakeholders, the OMPIC created the Moroccan Academy for Intellectual and Commercial Property (AMAPIC). Notably, the AMAPIC aims at :

• providing learning modules, at the Academy and via e-learning
• promoting strategic use of intellectual and commercial property
• contributing to dissemination of intellectual and commercial property culture through specialised conferences and seminars
• developing cooperation programmes and partnerships with foreign academies operating in the field of intellectual and commercial property.