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5 octobre  2020 
(20-6762) Page: 1/25 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
  
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE: RENSEIGNEMENTS  
COMMUNIQUÉS PAR LES MEMBRES  
ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE  
La communication ci -après, datée du 18 septembre  2020, est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation des États -Unis d'Amérique.  
 
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1.  Le présent document fait rapport sur les programmes d'assistance technique menés par le 
gouvernement des États -Unis concernant la protection et l'utilisation des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle (DPI) et les moyens de les faire respecte r, y compris les brevets et les marques , en 
faveur des  pays en développement et les pays les moins avancés (PMA) . Il porte sur les activités 
menées de septembre  2019 à septembre  2020. 
2.  Même si les programmes de formation traditionnels en présentiel n'ont pa s eu lieu de la mi -mars 
à septembre  2020, le gouvernement des États -Unis a continué à remplir ses obligations en matière 
de formation pendant cette période sans précédent en utilisant davantage les diverses technologies  
à sa disposition  pour offrir une for mation en ligne en direct sur la propriété intellectuelle . Grâce à 
ces initiatives de formation  à distance largement  suivies et bien accueillies, les organismes du 
gouvernement  des États -Unis ont fourni un contenu adapté aux pays développés et en 
développe ment ainsi qu'aux PMA.  
3.  Au moyen de son vaste programme de formation des fonctionnaires étrangers venant de pays 
développés et en développement et de PMA, le gouvernement des États -Unis fait progresser de 
manière constante la protection et le respect des DPI . En collaboration avec de nombreux 
organismes publics nationaux et régionaux et de nombreuses organisations du domaine de la 
propriété intellectuelle, telles que l'Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) et 
INTERPOL, il aide tous les pays à élaborer et à appl iquer leurs lois et politiques en matière de DPI 
afin de promouvoir le développement économique, social et culturel . L'assistance technique fournie 
par le gouvernement des États -Unis vise principalement à aider les pays à atteindre un 
développement et une croissance durables au moyen de la simplification et de la rationalisation des 
procédures d'obtention de droits de propriété intellectuelle, de l'administration des traités et des 
systèmes permettant de réaliser cet objectif ainsi que de la formation et de  l'assistance technique 
destinées à améliorer le fonctionnement et l'utilisation des régimes de propriété intellectuelle, 
conformément à l'Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au 
commerce (ADPIC).  
4.  L'assistance techniqu e fournie par le gouvernement des États -Unis est fonction de la demande et 
des besoins prioritaires individuels des pays bénéficiaires . La diversité des besoins et des intérêts 
identifiés par les pays bénéficiaires a conduit à la mise en place d'activités d'assistance technique 
sur mesure dans des domaines d'intérêt spécifiques.  
5.  Cette assistance technique couvre un large éventail de questions liées aux DPI, y compris:  
• la protection et la gestion de la propriété intellectuelle;  
• l'administration des offices de la propriété intellectuelle et la mise en valeur des ressources 
humaines liées à l'administration des offices de la propriété intellectuelle;  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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  • la mise en place de mécanismes efficaces pour faire respecter les DPI à la frontiè re; 
• le règlement efficace des affaires de propriété intellectuelle, y compris la transparence du 
processus de décision;  
• des méthodes spécifiques à chaque pays pour mener les enquêtes et les poursuites 
relatives aux infractions pénales en matière de DPI;  
• les recherches et les techniques d'application de la loi;  
• la lutte contre la contrefaçon, y compris dans le domaine des produits pharmaceutiques 
et médicaux contrefaits;  
• l'utilisation de techniques informatiques de pointe pour rechercher, arrêter et poursuiv re 
les contrevenants en matière de DPI ; et 
• la sensibilisation du public et des consommateurs à l'importance de la propriété 
intellectuelle, qu'il s'agisse de sa protection, de l'innovation et de la créativité dans ce 
domaine ou des moyens de faire respecte r les DPI.  
6.  Les organismes et services du gouvernement des États -Unis qui fournissent une assistance 
technique dans le domaine des DPI sont notamment les suivants : le Bureau du Représentant des 
États-Unis pour les questions commerciales internationales (UST R); l'Agence des États -Unis pour le 
développement international (USAID) ; l'Office du droit d'auteur de la Bibliothèque du Congrès 
(USCO) ; le Département de l'agriculture (USDA) ; le Département du commerce (DOC), y compris 
le Programme pour le développement  du droit commercial (CLDP), l'Administration du commerce 
international (ITA) et l'Office des brevets et des marques (USPTO) ; le Département de la sécurité 
intérieure (DHS), y compris par le biais du Bureau des douanes et de la protection des frontières 
(CBP) et du service de l'immigration et du contrôle douanier (ICE) ; le Département de la justice 
(DOJ), y compris par le biais de la Section de la criminalité en matière d'informatique et de propriété 
intellectuelle (CCIPS), le Federal Bureau of Investigatio n (FBI) et l'Office d'assistance et de formation 
pour le développement des poursuites judiciaires à l'étranger (OPDAT) ; le Département d'État 
(DOS) ; et l'Agence des États -Unis pour le commerce et le développement (USTDA).  
7.  La coopération technique prévue pa r l'article 67  de l'Accord sur les ADPIC comprend la fourniture 
d'une assistance, sur demande, pour l'élaboration des lois et réglementations relatives à la 
protection et au respect des DPI ainsi qu'à la prévention des abus.  
8.  Des renseignements complémentai res, sur les  programmes  passés et à venir  sont disponibles 
par le biais des  organismes du gouvernement des États -Unis qui dispensent une formation et une 
assistance technique sur la protection des DPI et les moyens de les faire respecter.  
9.  L'Académie mondia le de la propriété intellectuelle (GIPA) , un programme du Bureau chargé de 
la politique et des affaires internationales de l'USPTO,  propose des programmes de renforcement 
des capacités aux États -Unis et dans le monde entier portant sur la protection des DP I et les moyens 
de les faire respecter et d'en tirer profit . La GIPA joue un rôle essentiel dans les efforts déployés par 
le gouvernement des États -Unis pour améliorer les pratiques en matière de protection et de respect 
des DPI dans le monde . Ont particip é aux programmes de la GIPA : des fonctionnaires des offices 
nationaux de la propriété intellectuelle;  des fonctionnaires de justice ; des policiers/enquêteurs ; des 
procureurs ; des fonctionnaires des douanes ; des fonctionnaires des ministères de la santé ; des 
fonctionnaires d'organismes de transfert de technologie ; des fonctionnaires d'organismes de 
protection des consommateurs ; des représentants d'établissements universitaires, des étudiants ; et 
des représentants de petites et moyennes entreprises (PME) . La GIPA offre à la fois des programmes 
multilatéraux et des programmes par pays . Certains de ces programmes sont conçus pour traiter 
des questions juridiques spécifiques, des questions administratives ainsi que des domaines 
spécifiques de la propriété intelle ctuelle . La capacité bien établie  de la GIPA  en matière 
d'apprentissage en ligne a permis d'assurer le succès de la mise en œuvre à distance de tous ses 
programmes au milieu de l'exercice 2020 . Cela supposait notamment de développer les capacité s 
technologique s nécessaire à l'organisation  de réunion s internationales virtuelles avec interprétation 
simultanée . Les efforts ont permis une augmentation de 250 % des activités d'apprentissage à 
distance  en glissement annuel . Pour en savoir plus, consultez la page www.uspto.gov/GIPA . 
10.  La GIPA propose des programmes en présentiel et à distance  auprès de l'USPTO et partout dans 
le monde , notamment les suivants:  
• Programmes relatifs aux brevets : Ces progra mmes sont axés sur un éventail de questions 
comprenant l'administration des offices et la budgétisation, les pratiques de base en 
matière d'examen, les questions relatives à l'examen dans certains domaines IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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  technologiques tels que la biotechnologie et les p roduits pharmaceutiques, l'examen des 
dessins et modèles industriels, les pratiques en matière de transfert de technologie . Les 
programmes approfondis qui sont proposés font appel à des études de cas et à des 
exemples dans la mesure du possible afin de mie ux faire comprendre les concepts . Les 
programmes relatifs aux brevets visent à diffuser les meilleures pratiques et ainsi à 
améliorer la qualité des brevets dans le monde entier.  
• Protection des obtentions végétales : Ces programmes comprennent la sensibilis ation au  
système de protection des obtentions végétales de l'UPOV, ainsi qu'un programme plus 
détaillé de formation des formateurs.  
• Programmes relatifs aux marques : Ces programmes sont axés sur l'administration, la 
budgétisation, le recrutement et la forma tion, et les protocoles de traité . Ils comprennent 
des analyses et des études de cas sur les procédures d'examen . Ces programmes peuvent 
également être axés sur les indications géographiques.  
• Programmes relatifs aux droits d'auteur : Dans le cadre de ces pr ogrammes, des questions 
épineuses sont analysées avec des spécialistes réputés dans leur domaine . Parmi les sujets 
abordés, mentionnons les droits exclusifs, la responsabilité et le piratage.  
• Programmes relatifs aux secrets commerciaux : Ces programmes donn ent un aperçu 
général de la législation et des politiques en matière de secrets commerciaux.  
• Programmes relatifs aux moyens de faire respecter les droits : Ces programmes sont axés 
sur les mesures pénales, civiles, douanières et frontalières appliquées pour  faire respecter 
les droits . Les programmes sont techniques et proposent un ensemble de cours complet.  
• Apprentissage à distance, y compris modules d'apprentissage en ligne en direct et à la 
demande sur tous les thèmes de la  propriété intellectuelle  en plus ieurs langues . 
 
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ANNEX E I1 
Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/1/2019  9/1/2019  Canada, United States of America  24th Annual Anti -
Counterfeiting/Anti -Fraud 
Conference  Toronto, 
Canada  Canadian Crime stoppers 
Association, U.S. DOJ FBI  
9/1/2019  9/1/2019  South Africa  2019 International Law 
Enforcement IP Crime Conference  Cape Town, 
South Africa  INTERPOL, South Africa 
Police Service 
Directorate, Underwriters 
Laboratories, and 
International Anti-
Counterfeiting Coalition 
(IACC), U.S. DOJ FBI  
9/5/2019  9/13/2019  Single Country Project - Ethiopia  U.S.-Africa Collaboration in African 
Economic Integration  Washington 
D.C./ 
Baltimore, 
United States 
of America  U.S. DOS IVLP  
9/6/2019  9/6/2019  Thailand, United States of America  Unsafe and Counterfeit Medicines 
Panel and Public Awareness 
Campaign Launch "Safe Meds, 
Save Lives"  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO  
9/10/2019  9/11/2019  Brunei Darussalam  USPTO -BruIPO  Train the Trainer 
Educational Intellectual Property 
Conference  Bandar Seri 
Begawan, 
Brunei 
Darussalam  USPTO, BruIPO  
9/10/2019  9/13/2019  Kenya  IPRs Enforcement Training  Mombasa, 
Kenya  U.S. HSI  
9/12/2019  9/13/2019  Turkey  Pharmaceutical and Mechanical 
Patent Examination in the United 
States  Zurich, 
Switzerland  USPTO  
 
1 En anglais seulement.  
2 Programme start date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.  
3 Programme end date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/15/2019  9/18/2019  Egypt  Trademark Examination Workshop  Cairo, Egypt  USPTO  
9/17/2019  9/18/2019  Brazil  Workshop on Combating Digital 
Piracy  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  USPTO, U.S. DOJ FBI  
9/17/2019  9/20/2019  Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao PDR, 
Thailand, Viet Nam  IPRs Enforcement Training  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO, U.S. DOJ, U.S 
HSI 
9/17/2019  9/19/2019  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  Central Asia Expert Level Working 
Group on Intellectual Property 
Rights  Almaty, 
Kazakhstan  U.S. DOC CLDP, USTR, 
USPTO  
9/24/2019  9/27/2019  Bhutan; Brunei Darussalam; Fiji; 
Indonesia; Kuwait, the State of; 
Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; 
Philippines; Qatar; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of; Sri Lanka; Thailand; 
United States of America; Vanuatu; 
Viet Nam  Asia Regional Workshop on 
Enforcement Agai nst Trade in 
Counterfeit Goods  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO, U.S. DOJ, ASEAN 
Secretariat, U.S. FDA, 
U.S. DHS, and U.S. DOS  
9/25/2019  9/26/2019  Malaysia  Patent Examination Training In 
Pharmaceuticals and 
Biotechnology  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  USPTO  
10/1/2019  9/30/2020  Kuwait, the State of  Copyright law support  Virtual  USPTO, USTR  
10/1/2019  10/4/2019  Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei 
Darussalam, Singapore, Cambodia, 
Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Lao 
PDR US-ASEAN Cyber Policy Dialogue  Singapore  U.S. DOS, U.S. DOJ  
10/2/2019  10/3/2019  North America, Central America, 
South America  2019 Latin America Brand 
Protection Summit  Orlando, 
Florida, United 
States of 
America  International Anti -
Counterfeiting Coalition 
(IACC); U.S. DHS IPR  
Centre, U.S. DOJ FBI  
10/7/2019  10/25/2019  Single Country Project - Ukraine  Intellectual Property Rights 
Protection and Enforcement  Washington 
D.C./ New 
York/ L.A./ 
Reno/ Chicago  DOS IVLP, USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/7/2019  10/7/2019  Turkey and United States of America  Summit on the Role of Intellectual 
Property in Promoting Creativity 
and Innovation for a Strong and 
Competitive National Economy  Istanbul, 
Turkey  Government of Turkey, 
U.S. DOJ  
10/7/2019  10/12/2019  Myanmar  IPRs Enforcement Workshop  Naypyidaw, 
Myanmar  U.S. HSI  
10/8/2019  10/9/2019  Hong Kong, China  UAGO Transnational Crime 
Program: Intellectual Property 
Rights (IPRs) Cases  Nay Pyi Taw, 
Myanmar  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/9/2019  10/11/2019  Myanmar  Myanmar IP Office Study Visit to 
the Thai Department of 
Intellectual Property (DIP)  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO, Thai DIP  
10/9/2019  10/9/2019  Italy INDICAM Counterfeiting & 
Intellectual Property Rights Annual 
Forum  Milan, Italy  INDICAM, U.S. DOJ FBI  
10/16/2019  10/16/2019  Malaysia  Business FM Radio Interview: Tech 
Talk (as part of U.S. National 
Cybersecurity  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  Business FM Radio, U.S. 
DOJ 
10/18/2019  10/18/2019  Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech 
Republic, European Union, Germany, 
Japan, Mexico , Netherlands, Peru, 
Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, 
Chinese Taipei, United Kingdom, 
United States of America, Zimbabwe  WTO TRIPS: IP and Innovation 
Side Event: Public -Private 
Collaboration  Geneva, 
Switzerland  USTR, USPTO, the 
Permanent Mission of 
Japan,  the Permanent 
Mission of Switzerland, 
and the Permanent 
Mission of Geneva  
10/18/2019  10/21/2019  Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, 
Brazil, Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, Fiji, Indonesia, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Lao PDR, Malawi, 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, 
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, 
Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 
Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, 
Zimbabwe  Use of Digital Evidence in the 
Detection, Investigation, 
Prosecution and Adjudication of 
High-Profile Corruption Cases  Tokyo, Japan  United Nations Far East 
Institute (UNAFEI)    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/21/2019  10/24/2019  Algeria  Development of Innovation 
Ecosystems Through Technology 
Transfer: Workshop on IP and the 
Negotiation of Technology 
Licenses  Algiers, Algeria  U.S. DOC CLDP  
10/22/2019  10/24/2019  Colombia  Illicit Timber Trafficking Workshop  Bogota, 
Colombia  U.S. DOJ  
10/22/2019  10/24/2019  Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Viet Nam  Wildlife Trafficking Symposium  Nairobi, Kenya  U.S. HSI Commercial 
Fraud  
10/25/2019  10/25/2019  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa 
Rica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El 
Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; 
Italy; Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; 
Peru; Switzerland; United States of 
America; Uruguay; Venezuela  Anti-Counterfe iting program  Lima, Peru  USPTO  
10/25/2019  10/25/2019  Malaysia  Talk on Cybersecurity: Global 
Trends & Challenges  Shah Alam, 
Selangor, 
Malaysia  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/28/2019  10/29/2019  Hong Kong, China; Viet Nam  Workshop for the Viet Nam 
Ministry of Public Security and the 
Viet Nam Supreme  
People 's Procuracy on Intellectual 
Property Rights Enforcement  Hanoi, Viet 
Nam U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. 
DOS INL  
10/28/2019  10/31/2019  Romania; Austria; Bulgaria; France; 
Germany; Italy; Moldova, Republic of; 
Spain; S erbia; Ukraine; Hungary; 
Belgium; Czech Republic; Israel; 
Netherlands; Slovak Republic; 
Norway; United States of America  16th Regional Meeting of the 
Heads of Organized Criminality 
Structures in South -East Europe  Brasov, 
Romania  Hanns  Seidel Foundation 
and U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/31/2019  11/1/2019  Hong Kong, China; Viet Nam  Workshop for the Viet Nam 
Ministry of Public Security and the 
Viet Nam Supreme  
People 's Procuracy on Intellectual 
Property Rights Enforcement  Ho Chi Minh 
City, Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
U.S. DOS INL    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/4/2019  11/8/2019  Singapore; Brunei Darussalam; 
Malaysia; Indonesia; Philippines; 
Thailand; Cambodia; Viet Nam; 
Myanmar; Lao PDR; Hong Kong, China  4th Singapore -United States Third 
Country Training Program 
(TCTP )/INTERPOL Southeast Asian 
workshop on Cybercrime  Singapore  U.S. DOJ, INTERPOL, 
U.S. DOS EAP, Singapore 
Police Force (SPF)  
11/7/2019  11/7/2019  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  Introduction to IP Policy  Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  USPTO  
11/7/2019  11/8/2019  Albania; Australia; Austria; Belarus; 
Belgium; Botswana; Bulgaria; 
Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Chile; 
China; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech 
Republic; Democratic Republic of the 
Congo; Denmark; Ecuador; Eritrea; 
Eswatini; Ethiopia; Finland; France; 
Gabon; the Gamb ia; Germany; 
Ghana; Greece; Guinea Bissau; 
Hungary; India; Indonesia; Ireland; 
Italy; Jordan; Kenya; Latvia; Lesotho; 
Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Malaysia; 
Mauritania; Moldova, Republic of 
Montenegro; Namibia; Nepal; 
Netherlands; Nigeria; North 
Macedonia; No rway; Paraguay; Peru; 
Portugal; Romania; Russia; Rwanda; 
Seychelles; Singapore; Slovak 
Republic; Slovenia; Somalia; South 
Africa; Korea, Republic of; South 
Sudan; Spain; Sudan; Sweden; 
Switzerland; Tanzania; Thailand; 
Togo; Uganda; Ukraine; United 
Kingdom;  Uruguay; United States; 
Zambia; Zimbabwe  OPSON Operational Meeting  Athens, Greece  Europol and Interpol  
11/11/2019  11/13/2019  Egypt  IPRs Judicial Exchange  Cairo, Egypt  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/12/2019  11/12/2019  Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, 
Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, 
France, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, 
Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Morocco, 
Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, 
Romania, South Africa, Spain, 
Switzerland, United States of America, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe  Implementing Farmers' Rights: 
Farmers and Innovation  Rome, Italy  Hosted by the 
Government of Canada 
and the United States 
Government  
11/12/2019  11/18/2019  Pakistan  Discussion of Technical Assistance 
for IPRs Enforcement  Islamabad and 
Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP  
11/13/2019  11/13/2019  Kazakhstan  ABA ROLI - USPTO Workshop with 
Kazakhstan Judiciary  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, United 
States of 
America  USPTO, ABA ROLI  
11/13/2019  11/14/2019  Myanmar  Digital Evidence and Cybercrime 
Workshop  Rangoon, 
Myanmar  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/13/2019  11/14/2019  Pakistan  Meetings with Education 
Institutions  Islamabad and 
Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP  
11/14/2019  11/22/2019  Regional Project - Belgium, France, 
Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, 
Romania, Spain, United States of 
America  Intellectual Property and Customs 
Enforcement  Washington 
D.C./ Miami, 
United States 
of America  IVLP Department of 
State, USPTO  
11/19/2019  11/20/2019  Hong Kong, China; Macau, China and 
Chinese Taipei  2019 Seminar on Combating 
Smuggling  Taipei, Chinese 
Taipei  HSI Hong Kong, China, 
and Chinese Taipei 
Customs  
11/19/2019  11/19/2019  Pakistan  Judicial Capacity Building in IPRs 
Enforcement: Meetings with select 
judges to discuss IP rights 
enforcement matters  Islamabad and 
Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/20/2019  11/22/2019  Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia  OCTOPUS Conference on 
Cooperation Aga inst Cybercrime  Strasbourg, 
France  Council of Europe  
12/1/2019  12/1/2019  Ethiopia  National Workshop on Building 
Respect for Intellectual Property  Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia  USPTO, WIPO, FBI  
12/2/2019  12/13/2019  Single Country Project - Israel  Managing Foreign Investment  Washington 
D.C./ San 
Francisco/ 
L.A./ New 
York, United 
States of 
America  DOS IVLP  
12/3/2019  12/5/2019  Brazil, Mexico, Peru  Regional Workshop on Combating 
Trafficking of Counterfeit 
Medicines  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, United 
States of 
America  USPTO  
12/3/2019  12/5/2019  Romania; Moldova, Republic of; 
Bulgaria; United States  New Challenges in Cybercrime 
Investigations  Sibiu, Romania  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
12/4/2019  12/6/2019  Viet Nam  Judicial Education & Exchange on 
IP Enforcement 1/3 - Hanoi  Hanoi, Viet 
Nam USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
U.S. Embassy Hanoi, Viet 
Nam Judicial Academy  
12/5/2019  12/5/2019  Malaysia  Cybercrime trends in Southeast 
Asia and U.S. government efforts 
in confronting cybercrime  Kuala Lumpur , 
Malaysia  ITECHLAW Association  
12/9/2019  12/10/2019  Viet Nam  Judicial Education & Exchange on 
IP Enforcement 2/3 - Da Nang  Da Nang, Viet 
Nam USPTO, U.S. Embassy Ho 
Chi Minh City, DOJ 
OPDAT, Viet Nam Judicial 
Academy  
12/10/2019  12/10/2019  South Africa  Workshop on IP Crime  Pretoria, South 
Africa  U.S. HSI    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/10/2019  12/12/2019  Kenya, Ghana, Namibia, Malawi, 
Botswana, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, 
Liberia, Sierra Leone  African Regional Pharma 
Roundtable  Abuja, Nigeria  U.S. HSI , U.S. DOJ, U.S. 
DOS INL  
12/11/2019  12/13/2019  Viet Nam  Judicial Education & Exchange on 
IP Enforcement 3/3 - Ho Chi Minh 
City Ho Chi Minh 
City, Viet Nam  USPTO, U.S. Embassy Ho 
Chi Minh City, DOJ 
OPDAT, Viet Nam Judicial 
Academy  
12/11/2019  12/13/2019  Morocco  Workshop on IP and Technology 
Transfer  Casablanca, 
Morocco  U.S. DOC CLDP  
12/12/2019  12/12/2019  Kingdom of Bahrain  Workshop on Intellectual 
Property/Negotiation of 
Technology Licenses  Manama, 
Kingdom of 
Bahrain  U.S. DOC CLDP  
1/1/2020  2/28/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Framework agreement for 
cooperation between the 
University of Kingdom of Bahrain 
and George Mason University  N/A U.S. DOC CLDP  
1/8/2020  1/8/2020  Romania  Cybercrime and Intellectual 
Property Crimes Criminal 
Enforcement  Alexandria, 
Romania  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
1/21/2020  01/21/20  Kuwait, the State of  US Patent Law and the USPTO 
Patent Examination Process  Kuwait City, 
Kuwait, the 
State of  USPTO  
1/21/2020  1/21/2020  Cambodia  Cybercrime 2020: Cybercrime 
2020: Threat, Risks and Protecting 
Your business  Cambodia  U.S. DOS, American 
Chamber of Commerce 
Cambodia  
1/22/2020  1/22/2020  Cambodia  Roundtable discussion on drafting 
of new Cambodian Cybercrime 
Law Cambodia  DOS 
1/27/2020  2/4/2020  Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, 
France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, 
Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom  IVLP Intellectual Property and 
Customs Enforcement: EU II  Washington 
D.C./ New 
York, United 
States of 
America  U.S. DOS IVLP, USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
2/10/2020  02/11/20  Kingdom of Bahrain; Egypt; Jordan; 
Kuwait, the State of; Oman; Qatar; 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; Tunisia  MENA Regional Pharm Innovation 
Program  Kuwait City, 
Kuwait, the 
State of  USPTO  
2/11/2020  02/12/20  Mexico  Copyright in the Digital Age  Mexico City, 
Mexico  USPTO, U.S. Copyright 
Office  
2/11/2020  2/13/2020  Brazil  DOJ ICHIP IP Workshop  Sao Paulo, 
Brazil  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, HSI NY  
2/12/2020  02/14/20  Australia, Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Fiji, Guam, 
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, 
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, 
Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, 
Vanuatu  OCO / INTA / PSI / React / USPTO 
- Workshop on Intellectual 
Property and Border Security  Nadi, Fiji  OCO, INTA, PSI, React, 
USPTO  
2/18/2020  2/18/2020  Guatemala  Counterfeit Merchandise ID 
Workshop  Guatemala 
City, 
Guatemala  U.S. HSI  
2/19/2020  2/20/2020  Croatia  Intellectual Property for the 
European Union in a World of 
Challenges Conference  Zagreb, 
Croatia  U.S. IPEC, U.S. DOJ, U.S. 
DHS IPRs Centre, 
Croatian Presidency of 
the Council of the 
European Union, USPTO  
2/25/2020  02/25/20  Cambodia  IVLP- Advancing Womens  
Participation in Technology Sector  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, United 
States of 
America  USPTO, U.S. DOS IVLP  
2/10/2020  2/13/2020  Israel  CPC Training for ILPO  Jerusalem, 
Israel  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/3/2020  03/06/20  Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin 
Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, 
Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, 
United States of America  Intellectual Property Rights 
Enforcement Training Dominican 
Republic  Punta Cana, 
Dominican 
Republic  USPTO, U.S. DHS HSI 
IPRs Centre  
3/3/2020  3/5/2020  Niger, Benin; Chad, Senegal, 
Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, 
Mali, Togo, Burkina Faso, Morocco, 
Gabon, Burundi, Cote d 'Ivoire  African Regional Pharma Crime 
Workin g Group Roundtable for 
Francophone Countries  Accra, Ghana  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Pfizer 
Inc, Interpol West Africa, 
Ghana Narcotics Board, 
DPMED Benin Republic  
3/3/2020  3/4/2020  Pakistan  Workshop on the Licensing of 
University -Developed IP  Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP  
3/4/2020  03/05/20  Angola, AU, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mauritius, 
Nigeria, Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, 
South Africa, Sudan, United States of 
America  African Union Intellectual Property 
Seminar  Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia  USPTO, U.S. Copyright 
Office, U.S. DOS, USTR  
3/5/2020  3/5/2020  Pakistan  Continuing Legal Education Master 
Class  Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP  
3/9/2020  3/9/2020  Ghana  What Musicians Need to Know 
about the New Mechanical 
Licensing Collective  Accra, Ghana  GHMusic Publishing; 
GHAMRO (Ghana Music 
Rights Organization; 
collective management 
society), U.S. Copyright 
Office  
3/11/2020  3/11/2020  Nigeria  The Digital Creative Economy: 
Copyright, Law and Policy in Africa  Lagos, Nigeria  IP Associations l ike ACC, 
IPLAN, University IP 
clubs and Government 
institutions like Nigerian 
Copyright Commission  
4/13/2020  04/13/20  Bolivia, Plurinational State of  An Overview of Certification Marks 
and the Application Process for 
Certification Marks  Virtual  USPTO  
4/15/2020  4/15/2020  Brazil  Fighting Fake COVID -19 Website 
Scams  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
4/29/2020  4/29/2020  Malaysia  Webinar on Digital Forensics with 
Malaysian Anti -Corruption 
Commission (MACC)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/30/2020  04/30/20  Kingdom of Bahrain  Intellectual Property Policy 
Priorities for Entrepreneurs and 
Start-ups Virtual  USPTO  
4/30/2020  4/30/2020  Barbados  Fighting Fake COVID -19 Website 
Frauds  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/30/2020  4/30/2020  Romania  United in Combatting Intellectual 
Property and Cybercrime: 
Intellectual Property Crime and 
Cybercrime During the COVID -19 
Pandemic  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
INTERPOL  
5/1/2020  5/1/2020  Latvia  COVID -19 Round Table  Virtual  FBI Legal Attache  Office - 
Riga, US Embassy - Riga 
(POL Section), 
DOJ OPDAT, Latvian 
School of Public 
Administration (LSPA), 
FBI 
5/1/2020  6/30/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Revision of University of Kingdom 
of Bahrain 's IP Policy  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP, USPTO  
5/6/2020  5/6/2020  Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Peru; 
United States of America  USPTO IP Attaché CBP Border 
Training for Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. CBP  
5/7/2020  5/7/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Patents: Policy, Strategy and 
Protection – What It All Means 
(Part 1)  Virtual  USPTO  
5/7/2020  5/7/2020  Azerbaijan  Webinar on Negotiating 
International Software 
Agreements  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
5/11/2020  5/11/2020  Brazil  Fighting COVID -19 Website Frauds  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Patents: Policy, Strategy and 
Protection – What It All Means 
(Part 2)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Strategic IP Capture 
Considerations – Part 1: Identify, 
Prioritize and Protect  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Malaysia  Webinar on COVID -19 fraud with 
Malaysian National Cybersecurity 
Agency (NACSA)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  North Macedonia  Cyber Awareness for Prosecutors 
and Judges  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Pakistan  COVID Working Group  Islamabad, 
Pakistan  COVID Working Group  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Kosovo  Capacity Building for Institutions 
that Enforce IPRs: Webinar for 
Kosovo Customs  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
5/20/2020  05/20/20  Belgium; Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of; Ecuador; United States of America  CMO Issues for SENAPI and 
SENADI (1 of 2) (2 part webinar)  Virtual  USPTO  
5/20/2020  05/20/20  China; Indonesia; Myanmar; 
Philippines; Singapore; Korea, 
Republic of Thailand; United States of 
America; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Taking Down 
Fraudulent Websites  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
5/21/2020  5/21/2020  Romania  Ernst & Young (EY) Webinar: 
Remove the h ook - a hands -on 
cybercrime approach  Virtual  Ernst & Young  
5/21/2020  5/21/2020  The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, 
Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, 
Uganda  Taking Down Fraudulent COVID -
19 Websites & Cell Phone Digital 
Forensics (Webinar #1 in our 
Fighting Frauds and Fake Meds in 
the Time of COVID series)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
5/27/2020  5/27/2020  Liberia, The Gambia, Ghana, Sierra 
Leone, Nigeria, Botswana, Egypt, 
Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, 
Zambia,  Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, 
Uganda  Taking Down Fraudulent Websites  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/27/2020  5/27/2020  Romania  Danger in the Dark – Combating 
Dark Web Marketplaces during the 
COVID -19 Pandemic  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/1/2020  6/1/2020  Algeria  Contribution to workshop on 
"Artificial Intelligence and 
Intellectual Property"  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
6/2/2020  6/2/2020  Romania  Chasing Criminals and their Money 
during the COVID -19 Pandemic – 
Money Laundering and 
Cryptocurrency  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/3/2020  06/03/20  Australia; Brazil; Cambodia; 
Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; Fiji; India; 
Indonesia; Lao PDR; Malaysia; 
Myanmar; Papua New Guinea; Hong 
Kong, China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Solomon Islands; Thailand; United 
States of America; Vanuatu; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Common COVID -
19 Crimes and Options for 
Prosecutors to Charge Them  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
6/8/2020  6/8/2020  Nigeria  National Workshop on Building 
Respect for Intellectual Property  Virtual  USPTO, WIPO, FBI, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT  
6/9/2020  06/09/20  El Salvador  Webinar 1: Introduction to IP: 
Trademarks and Likelihood of 
Confusion  Virtual  USPTO  
6/10/2020  06/10/20  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Fiji, France, Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Ni ue; Hong Kong, 
China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Solomon Islands; Thailand; Timor -
Leste; United States of America; Viet 
Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO From Border 
Enforcement to Criminal 
Enforcement: What Prosecutors 
Need From Customs  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/10/2020  06/10/20  El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Mexico, Spain, United States of 
America  Better Practices in the 
Identification of Counterfeited 
Products  Virtual  USPTO, DHS IPRs Centre  
6/11/2020  06/11/20  El Salvador  Webinar 2: Cancellation of 
Trademark Registration Due to 
Abandonment  Virtual  USPTO  
6/11/2020  06/11/20  Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, 
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, United States of America, 
Viet Nam, WIPO  Webinar on Patent Landsc ape for 
Thailand  Virtual  USPTO  
6/11/2020  6/11/2020  Nigeria  Webinar in collaboration with 
American Business Council to 
mark World Anti -Counterfeiting 
Day Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
American Business 
Council  
6/11/2020  6/11/2020  Romania  Advanced Cryptocurrency – 
Tracing Cryptocurrency to Make 
Cases  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/11/2020  6/11/2020  Philippines  Protecting IP in Time of COVID  Virtual  U.S. HSI  
6/12/2020  6/12/2020  Malaysia  Webinar on Live Imaging with 
MACC  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/13/2020  6/13/2020  Tunisia  Presentation on " How to ensure 
the viability of technology start -
ups" Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
6/15/2020  6/15/2020  Nigeria  Common COVID -19 Related 
Crimes  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/15/2020  6/15/2020  Romania and Poland  Ernst & Young (EY) Webinar: 
Cybercrime during the COVID -19 
Pandemic  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/15/2020  6/15/2020  The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, 
Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, 
Uganda  Recent COVID -19 Crimes 
(Webinar #2 in our Fighting 
Frauds and Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID series)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/16/2020  6/16/2020  Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte 
d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, 
Liberia, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, 
Senegal, and Tunisia  Cybercrime in Africa and the 
Challenges of International 
Cooperation  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
Council of Europe  
6/17/2020  06/17/20  Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; 
Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; Fiji; France; India; 
Indonesia; Japan; Lao PDR;  Malaysia; 
Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Hong 
Kong, China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Korea, Republic of; Thailand; United 
States of America; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO - Turning 
Regulatory Investigation and 
Enforcement Against COVID -
related Counterfeit and Fraud 
Activities Into Criminal 
Enforcement  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/17/2020  06/17/20  Peru  How to protect your invention in 
the United States  Virtual USPTO  
6/17/2020  6/17/2020  Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Serbia, Bulgaria, and Latvia  Chasing Criminals and their Money 
during the COVID -19 Pandemic – 
Money Laundering, 
Cryptocurrency, and Digital 
Evidence  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/18/2020  06/18/20  El Salvador  Webinar 3: Domain Names, 
Trademarks and The Digital 
Frontier  Virtual  USPTO  
6/18/2020  6/18/2020  Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Serbia, Bulgaria, and Latvia  Advanced Cryptocurrency – 
Tracing and Seizing 
Cryptocurrency to Make Cases and  
How to Use the Evidence to 
Successfully Prosecute the 
Offenders in Court.  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/18/2020  6/18/2020  Malaysia  Webinar on Cryptocurrency with 
MACC  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/23/2020  6/23/2020  Romania  Introduction to Investigating and 
Prosecuting Online Digital Piracy  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/23/2020  6/23/2020  Algeria  Webinar on "Identifying and 
Remedying Vulnerabilities of 
Technology Start -ups" Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
6/24/2020  06/24/20  Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; 
Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; Fiji; Indonesia; 
Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; Hong 
Kong, China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Thailand; United States of America; 
Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO - Turning 
Consumer Complaints About  
COVID -19-related Crimes into 
Criminal Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO  
6/24/2020  06/24/20  Peru  Patents and Artificial Intelligence  Virtual  USPTO  
6/24/2020  6/24/2020  Romania  Advanced Topics and Practical 
Exercises in Investigating and 
Prosecuting Online Digital Piracy  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/25/2020  6/25/2020  Romania  Cybercrime and Cryptocurrency – 
Challenges and Threats in the 
Digital Environment  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/29/2020  6/23/2020  The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone  Fighting Romance Scams (working 
title) (Webinar #1 in Virtual Cyber 
and Financial Crime Workshop 
series)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/1/2020  07/01/20  Peru Enforcing IP Rights  Virtual  USPTO  
7/1/2020  07/01/20  Thailand, United States of America  Plant Variety Protection for 
Thailand: Overview of Plant Varity 
Protection  Virtual  USPTO  
7/2/2020  7/2/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  IP Capture Considerations – Mock 
Cases: Part 2  Virtual  USPTO  
7/7/2020  7/7/2020  Brazil  Combating Online Frauds 
Connected to COVID -19: Taking 
Down Fraudulent Websites  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
7/8/2020  07/08/20  China, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Myanmar, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, United States of 
America  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Online Evidence 
Gathering and Presentation in 
COVID -related Counterfeit and 
Fraud Cases  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/8/2020  7/8/2020  Tunisia  Webinar on Strategies for 
Research Commercialization  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
7/9/2020  7/9/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  IP Capture Considerations – Mock 
Cases: Part 3  Virtual  USPTO  
7/14/2020  07/14/20  Belgium; Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of; Ecuador; United States of America; 
WIPO  CMO Issues for SENAPI and 
SENADI (2 of 2) (2 part webinar)  Virtual  USPTO  
7/15/2020  07/15/20  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, China, Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, Fiji, 
Germany, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New 
Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Law Enforcement 
& Private Sector Cooperation 
Against COVID -related Counterfeit 
& Fraud  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/16/2020  07/16/20  Unknown, Brunei Darussalam, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand  Overview of TTAB Practice 
Concerning Appeals, Oppositions 
and Cancellations  Virtual  USPTO  
7/16/2020  7/16/2020  Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the 
Philippines and Thailand  Chasing COVID Criminals the 
Dark: "Cryptocurrency Seizure 
Protocols  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/16/2020  7/16/2020  Malaysia  IPRs criminal enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/16/2020  7/16/2020  Netherlands  Europol IOS Operation Kickoff  Video  Europol, DHS IPRs 
Centre    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
7/21/2020  07/21/20  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  IPRs Enforcement Discussion with 
Saudi IP Authority  Virtual  USPTO  
7/21/2020  7/21/2020  Malaysia  Cryptocurrencies - Seizing, 
Preserving and Analyzing  as 
Evidence in Criminal Cases  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/21/2020  7/21/2020  Tunisia  Webinar on the VISTTA 
Methodology  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
7/22/2020  07/22/20  Pakistan, United States of America  IPRs Border Enforcement 
Exchange between Government of 
Pakistan and the United States 
Government  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/22/2020  07/22/20  Australia; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands; Cook 
Islands; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Papua 
New Guinea; China, Hong Kong; 
China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Solomon Islands; Thailand; Tuvalu; 
United Kingdom; United States of 
America; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Valuation of 
Online Criminal Cases  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/22/2020  7/22/2020  Romania, Albania, Kosovo, North 
Macedonia, and Georgia  Open Source Intelligence Tools: 
The Convergence of Investigating 
Intellectual Proper ty Crime, 
Organized Crime, Human 
Trafficking, and Cybercrime  Virtual  INTERPOL and U.S. DOJ  
7/23/2020  7/23/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Patent Application Preparation – 
What is the Goal?  Virtual  USPTO  
7/23/2020  07/23/20  Ukraine  Trade Secrets in the U.S.  Virtual  USPTO  
7/23/2020  7/23/2020  Malaysia  COVID -19 Fraud IPRs Criminal 
Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
7/27/2020  7/27/2020  Algeria  Webinar on "Identifying and 
Remedying Vulnerabilities of 
Technology Start -ups" Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
7/27/2020  07/28/20  China  USPTO -CNIPA Patent and Pharma 
Training Program  Virtual  USPTO  
7/27/2020  7/30/2020  Azerbaijan  CPIM Workshop  Virtual  U.S. DHS IPRs Centre  
7/28/2020  7/28/2020  Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, 
Botswana, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and 
Namibia  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/29/2020  07/29/20  Philippines  IP Enforcement Coordination (Part 
1 in a series)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DHS IPRs 
Centre  
7/29/2020  07/29/20  Brunei Darussalam; Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands; Fiji; 
India; Indonesia; Malaysia; New 
Caledonia; Papua New Guinea; Hong 
Kong, China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Sri Lanka; Thailand; United States of 
America; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Criminal 
Penalties and Sentencing in 
COVID -19-related Counterfeit and 
Fraud Cases  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/29/2020  7/29/2020  Philippines  IP enforcement coordination  Virtual  USPTO and U.S. DOJ  
7/30/2020  7/30/2020  Malaysia  IP Criminal Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
8/4/2020  8/4/2020  Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, 
Botswana, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and 
Namibia  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
8/5/2020  08/05/20  Australia; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands; Cook 
Islands; Fiji; India; Indonesia; 
Malaysia; New Caledonia; Papua New 
Guinea; Hong Kong, China; 
Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; 
Thailand; Tonga; United States of 
America  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Forensic 
Evidence Gathering and 
Presentation in COVID -related 
Counterfeit and Fraud Case  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
8/5/2020  8/5/2020  Malaysia  Seizing & Managing Assets Used in 
Money Laundering, Terrorism, and 
Terrorist Financing  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
8/6/2020  8/6/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Patent Application Preparation – 
Part 2  Virtual  USPTO  
8/11/2020  08/11/20  Colombia  Madrid Protocol Program  Virtual  USPTO  
8/11/2020  08/11/20  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US 
Trademark Systems in cooperation 
with CLDP (Part 1 in a series)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOC CLDP  
8/11/2020  8/11/2020  Philippines  Dark Web Investigation (Part 2 in 
a series)  Virtual  USPTO  
8/11/2020  8/11/2020  Sri Lanka  Investigation of Online IPRs 
Infringement  Virtual  USPTO and U.S. DOJ  
8/12/2020  8/12/2020  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, 
Indonesia, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tonga, United 
States of America  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Criminal 
Investigation in COVID -related 
Counterfeit and Fraud Cases: HSI 
Case Study  Virtual  U.S. DOJ, USPTO  
8/13/2020  8/13/2020  Colombia  Overview of USPTO Practice in 
Select Topics  Virtual  USPTO  
8/13/2020  8/13/2020  Nigeria  COVID -19 Pharmacrimes  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
8/19/2020  8/19/2020  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, China, 
Indonesia, Malaysia, Northern Mariana 
Islands, Papua New Guinea, 
Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri 
Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, Uni ted States 
of America  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Criminal 
Investigation in COVID -related 
Counterfeit and Fraud Cases: HSI 
Case Study  Virtual  U.S. DOJ, USPTO  
8/20/2020  8/20/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational  State 
of; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; United 
States of America  Best Practices in Identifying and 
Combating Fraudulent Products  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPAT  
8/25/2020  8/25/2020  Philippines  Webinar for IP Enforcement 
Personnel of the Philippines on 
Dark Web C ase Prosecutions  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
8/25/2020  8/25/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US 
Trademark Systems in cooperation 
with CLDP (Part 2 in a series)  Virtual  USPTO  
8/26/2020  8/26/2020  Bangladesh  Business Email Compromise  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
8/27/2020  8/27/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Patent Application Preparation – 
Part 3  Virtual  USPTO  
8/27/2020  8/27/2020  Nigeria  Sensitization Webinar on the U.S. 
Music Modernization Act  Virtual  NCC (Nigeria Copyright 
Commission), U.S. 
Copyright Office  
8/28/2020  8/28/2020  Thailand  Cybercrime and Digital Evidence 
for Thai judges  Virtual  UNODC, U.S. DOJ  
9/4/2020  09/04/20  Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, 
Dominican Republic, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Nicara gua, Panama  WIPO Pilot Program of Training for 
patent examiners in the area of 
computer -implemented inventions  Virtual  WIPO, USPTO  
9/15/2020  9/15/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US 
Trademark Systems in cooperation 
with CLDP (Part 3 in a series)  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP, USPTO  
9/15/2020  09/17/20  Bangladesh  IPRs Border Enforcement for 
Bangladesh Customs  Virtual  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/17/2020  9/20/2020  Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei 
Darussalam, Singapore, Cambodia, 
Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Lao 
PDR TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies  Virtual  U.S. DOS, USPTO, IPOS  
9/22/2020  9/22/2020  Sri Lanka  IPRs Border Enforcement with Sri 
Lankan Customs  Virtual  USPTO  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  United Kingdom  UKIPO Business Support Webinar  Virtual  UKIPO, USPTO  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei 
Darussalam, Singapore, Cambodia, 
Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Lao 
PDR Webinar on Protection of flags and 
Emblems of States under Article 
6ter of the Paris Convention and 
US Trademark Registration  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN 
Secretariat  
9/28/2020  09/29/20  APEC Economies  APEC IPEG Workshop on Industria l 
Design Protection  Virtual  USPTO, USTR, APEC  
9/30/2020  9/30/2020  Romania  Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
9/30/2020  9/30/2020  Malaysia  Electronic Evidence for Malaysian 
Judges and Judicial Officers  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
9/28/2020  9/28/2020  Philippines  Combating Counterfeit Medicines 
in an Online Environment  Virtual  USPTO  
Late 2019  Late 2019  Mali Fighting the Counterfeiting of 
Products Affecting Public Health: 
Awareness Campaign  Virtual  U.S. DOC 
CLDPB193:G195, U.S. 
DOS USAID, Mali 
Customs, Mali IP Office 
(CEMAPI), Mali Copyright 
Office (BUMDA), Mali 
Ministries of Agriculture 
and Health.  
 
 
 
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