WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/203/Add.3
14 September 2000
(00-3555)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION
FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
UNITED STATES
Addendum
The present document reproduces the updated information on the United States' technical
cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, which has been
received from the Permanent Mission of the United States by means of a communication, dated 6
September 2000.
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Please find below a synoptic table reflecting IP training programmes provided by the United
States since October of 1998.  During this period, the United States has provided training to officials
from approximately 65 countries, involving more than 240 different seminars, courses, or otherevents.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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TABLE OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (by country)
(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1999.10 USIA
USDOJ
US CustomsArgentina Customs provided training on Intellectual Property
Rights to various members of the Judicial System of
Argentina.
2000.03 USPTO Argentina Meeting of USPTO staff with Economic and
Commercial Affairs officials from Argentina.
2000.06 USPTO Armenia Meeting with representatives regarding protection of
trademarks in accordance with the TRIPS Agreement.
2000.01 US Customs Belarus A delegation from Belarus received fielding training in
the Port of New York on Intellectual Property Rights.Funded by AID.
2000.01 USPTO Belarus Visit to the USPTO funded by AID.  Provided technical
assistance on patent and trademark issues.
2000.05 USPTO Brazil Consultations with head of Copyright Office.
1998.10 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups:  BullACT
Title of event:  The Fight against Film Piracy – video
piracy, cable piracy, new formats (DVD, VCD)Location:  Slantchev Briag
Audience:  157 participants: officers of the national
service for Fighting Organized Crime and of theEconomic Police Department
Purpose:  To Acquaint the participants with Legal
Copyright Regulations, new Law on Radio and
Television, and new Law on Telecommunications.
Training on the identification of pirate product.
1998.11 USDOJ
ComputerCrimeBulgaria International Law Institute, Washington, DC:  Training
Programme for Bulgarian Law Enforcement Officials.Topic of discussion:  "Prosecution of Intellectual
Property Rights Infringement".
1999.02 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups:  PHARE
Title of event:  Protection against Unauthorized Use of
Audiovisual Works under the Penal CodeLocation:  Sofia
Audience:  205 cable operators
Purpose:  To acquaint participants with new Law on
Radio and Television and protection against
unauthorized use of audiovisual works under the Penal
Code.
1999.03 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups:  PHARE, GESAC/AIDAA, FIAPF
Title of event:  Intellectual Property, Legislation and
Fight against InfringementLocation:  Sofia
Audience:  60 participants from the National
Directorate of Customs, police, NSFOC, the Court ofCassation and the Court of Appeal
Purpose:  To acquaint participants with BullACT and
its efforts in the Anti-Piracy Fight.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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TABLE OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (by country)
(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1999.05 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups:  BullACT
Title of event:  Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location:  Sofia
Audience:  34 participants from Economic Police –
Sofia regionPurpose:  Training on the identification of pirate
product.
1999.06 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups:  BullACT, IFPI-Bulgaria
Title of event:  Activities and Interaction of the Judicial
Authorities with regards to the Protection of Intellectual
PropertyLocation:  Slantchev Briag
Audience:  41 officers of the Regional Department of
NSFOC, 43 officers from the Economic Police
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1999.06 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups:  BullACT, IFPI-Bulgaria
Title of event:  Activities and Interaction of the Judicial
Authorities with regards to the Protection of Intellectual
Property
Location:  Slantchev Briag
Audience:  41 officers from the Border Control Police,
18 experts from different police departments, 43
customs officersPurpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1998.10 US Customs Chile This training programme was sponsored by the APEC
(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) sub-committee.
Approximately 50 Customs officers from Chileincluding an officer on Chile’s overall TRIPS
implementation team attended the seminar.  The
technical assistance focused on structural and
implementation issues relating to the border
enforcement measures of the TRIPS Agreement.  TheWCO model legislation was discussed as a template for
implementation of the border measures.  Ad hoc
application procedures were discussed in addition to
procedures utilising a recordation system.  The
importance of inter-agency cooperation was alsohighlighted.
1999.10 USPTO Chile USPTO met with officials in Chile to discuss US
implementation of new WIPO treaties and provide
assistance in this area – USIA sponsored.
1998.11 DOJ China Judge and Chief, Criminal Division, in Guangdong
Procuratorate, briefing on IPR for Rule of Law reforms.
1998.12 MPA China Internal staff training - basic knowledge in optical
product identification. for Shanghai officials.
1998.12 MPA China Internal staff training - basic knowledge in optical
product identification. for Beijing officials.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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TABLE OF TRAINING PROGRAMMES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (by country)
(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1998.12 MPA China Internal staff training - basic knowledge in optical
product identification. for Guangzhou officials.  56participants from various government authorities.
1999.02 USIA China International Visitor Programme brought an academic
from the Harbin Institute of Technology to learn about
intellectual property protection.
1999.04 USIA China The Director of th e Lawyer Management Department
of the Sichuan Judicial Bureau travelled to the UnitedStates for one month to study, among other things,
legislation to protect intellectual property rights and the
US legal system.
1999.04 MPA China Methods to examine VCD DVD information
Introduction on Title Verification and Legal issues.  60
officials, consisting of 22 enforcement.  Sichuan
Provincial Copyright Administration
1999.05 USIA China Official from SIPO travelled to the United States under
the IVP to participate in a programme on the
"Protection of Intellectual Property Rights".
1999.07 USIA China Proposals have been made requesting that information
be exchanged and training be given to assist Chinese
officials' efforts directed against counterfeiting of alltypes of consumer and industrial goods.
1999.08 USPTO China Consultations with Guangxi China Patent Office
1999.08 MPA China Training in combating Optical Disc Piracy provided to
officials from Ministry of Culture, Police, Ministry of
Information.  Shanghai.
1999.08 MPA China Training in combating Optical Disc Piracy provided to
officials from Ministry of Culture, Police, Ministry of
Information.  Hangzhou.
1999.09 USPTO China Consultations betw een SIPO and Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks in Washington.
1999.11 US Customs China US Customs in coordination with Revenue Canada
conducted training for the People's Republic of China.
The training was delivered to 45 China Customs
officers.  Presentations were made on the importance ofTRIPS compliance, US approach to IPR border
enforcement, a case study, product identification,
disclosure issues, and administrative issues.  Private
industry was represented by Underwriters Laboratories,
the Business Software Alliance, InternationalFederation of the Phonographic Industry, the Interactive
Digital Software Association, and the Motion Picture
Association.
1999.11 USPTO China Visit to USPTO to gain assistance in learning about
TRIPS obligations and trademark application process.
2000.01 USPTO China Bilateral consultations.
2000.04 USPTO China US-China International Exchange Advancement
Association - Patent Administration officials – USPTOprovided briefings of US systems.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
2000.05 USPTO China Consultations with SIPO Commissioner.
2000.06 USPTO China Visitors to USPTO from Ministry of Science and
Technology
Visit to USPTO sponsored by Temple University LawProgramme.
1999.01 USIA
USDOJ
US CustomsCosta Rica International Visitor Programme: US Customs provided
informal training on enforcing rules and regulations
pertaining to Intellectual Property Rights to thefollowing representatives from Costa Rica.
1998.10 BSA Croatia Training for trade inspectors in Zagreb, focus on
channel piracy.
1999.02 MPA Croatia Sponsoring groups:  APAW
Title of event:  Training on anti-piracy activity
Location:  Rijeka
Audience:  Local Police detectives
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product
1999.03 MPA Croatia Sponsoring groups:  Police Academy
Title of event:  Police Tactics against Video Piracy
Location:
Audience:
Purpose:  Collecting of evidence, cooperation with
APAW and investigators, Copyright Law and
Copyright Protection.
1999.04 MPA Croatia Sponsoring groups:  APAW
Title of event:  Training Course on Anti-Piracy
Activities and Procedures and Public ProsecutorsLocation:
Audience:  Local Police detectives
Purpose:  Legal problems in collecting hard evidence in
cases of piracy, tactics of Police investigations.
1999.04 BSA Croatia Training for judges from Croatia's High Commercial
Court.  Special topic:  possibility of conducting ex partesearches under present Croatian law.
1998.111998.12MPA Cyprus Sponsoring groups:  CYFACT
Title of event:  Training on identification of pirate
video product, the Copyright Law and the Window
Legislation
Location:  Nicosia, Police Academy
Audience:
Purpose:  Educational/AP Training.
1999.021999.04
1999.05MPA Cyprus Sponsoring groups:  CYFACT
Title of event:  Training on identification of pirate
video product, the Copyright Law and the Window
Legislation
Location:  Nicosia, Police Academy
Audience:
Purpose:  Educational/AP Training.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1999.11 Customs
DOJUSPTO
Copyright
FBICzech Republic US Customs participated in a US intellectual property
enforcement programme conducted in the CzechRepublic composed of officials from the US
Department of Justice, Patent and Trademark Office,
Copyright Office and FBI.  The Czech participants,
approximately 40, consisted of individuals from the
Ministries of Culture, Finance, Industry & Trade,Interior, and Justice and the Office of Industrial
Property and members of the bench.  The conference
focused on the border enforcement measures under the
TRIPS Agreement.  US Customs met with Czech
Customs to discuss approaches to border enforcementof IPR.  The conference included a one day meeting
with industry representative, two and half days of
lectures to the entire group, one afternoon of breakout
sessions and one day of meetings with the ministries
involved in border enforcement.  Briefings on US
Copyright Law, international copyright, and
enforcement at Copyright Office.
1999.11 FBI Czech Republic Training seminar in IPR criminal investigative and law
enforcement techniques for host country law
enforcement personnel.
1999.03 USPTO Dominican
RepublicUSPTO reviewed draft patent legislation to determine
compliance with TRIPS.
1999.07 USIA Dominican
RepublicA Patent Office official travelled to the US for one
moth under the International Visitors Programme to
study intellectual property protection in the US,
especially policy formation and enforcement.
1998.11 US Customs Egypt US Customs provided informal training on border
enforcement of intellectual property rights under the
International Visitors Programmes through the Officeof International Affairs in Washington, D.C. to the
high-level officials from Egypt's Ministry of Trade and
Supply, Customs Authority, Cairo Airport, Ministry of
Interior, and Ministry of Culture.
1999.04 CLDPDB Egypt One USPTO and two US Customs Service advisors
travelled to Cairo for two weeks to work with GOEIC
(General Organization for Export and Import Control)on customs procedures related to IPR and the
implementation of the TRIPS Agreement with an
emphasis on border enforcement.
1999.05 CLDP Egypt Visit to US by GOE IPR delegation of four to discuss
and observe how an appropriate WTO enquiry point
system is established and operated.  CLDP organized
the first week and an additional two weeks of US
training were coordinated by SIPRE (Strengthening
Intellectual Property Rights in Egypt).IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1999.05 US Customs Egypt Customs provided fi eld training in Los Angeles, CA on
Intellectual Property Rights to seven Egyptiangovernment representatives.
1999.06 CLDP
USPTO
CopyrightEgypt One advisor from WIPO, one from the FBI, one from
the US Copyright Office, and one from the Business
Software Alliance travelled to Cairo and Alexandria to
implement an IPR seminar for GOE officials and
representatives from the private sector on the protection
of copyrights in Egypt, with a particular focus on
computer software.
2000.05 USPTO Egypt Consultations with head of office.
2000.06 USPTO Egypt Met on biotechnology policy issues
Officials from Egyptian Office visited USPTO.
1998.10 BSA Estonia Customs and Police training.
1999.03 BSA Estonia Training for 40 police officers.  Cooperation with
police, recent changes in legislation and the practicalaspects of conducting raids.
1999.04 BSA Estonia Identification of illegal software for Border Officers;
Customs policy, negative effects of software piracy,
recent and planed amendments to Estonian law for
Senior Officers.
1999.04 BSA Estonia Training for prosecutors of IP crimes.
1999.05 BSA Estonia BSA conducted judicial  training in conjunction with
Judicial Training Centre.
1999.05 State
USIAIIPAEstonia Training programme for film distributors and the
media.
1998.10 BSA Greece Training of 50-80 judges on software piracy.
1999.02 MPA Hong Kong,
ChinaTopic of seminar – "Trend on International Pirates".
43 participants from the industry.
1999.05 MPA Hong Kong,
ChinaCopyright & Licensing in Foreign Movies.  Intellectual
Property Investigation Bureau  & Prosecution Section of
Hong Kong Customs.  47 officers of inspectorate.
2000.04 Customs Hong Kong,
ChinaThree officers from the Cybersmuggling unit travelled
to Hong Kong to conduct a week-long training
programme on fighting Internet crime.  60 officers from
Hong Kong Customs and Hong Kong Police attended.
1999.04 BSA Hungary Consultations with Hungarian Police on two undercover
police operations involving cases of suspected software
piracy.
1999.05 BSA Hungary Training on raid techniques and software piracy
generally provided to Hungarian Police.
1999.09 USIA
IIEIndia Hosted four visitors to discuss intellectual property
rights.
2000.05 USPTO India Meeting with head of an Indian laboratory, CSIR,
USPTO staff discussed India's traditional knowledge
database and offered to provide comments.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1998.12 MPA Indonesia Seminar on "The role of copyright in building a video
market".  40 senior officials of the Department ofInformation representing all the departments district
and provincial branches.
1999.07 US Customs Indonesia US Customs conduc ted training on implementation of
the TRIPS border measures in coordination with
Revenue Canada.  Training was provided to 32
Indonesian Customs officials.  Also in attendance were
officials from the Ministry of Justice.  A representative
of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) was also present.  Presentations were madeby industry from the Motion Picture Association, the
international Federation of the Phonographic Industry
and Intel Semiconductor Ltd.
1999.08 MPA Indonesia Training in combating Optical Disc Piracy provided to
officials from Ministry of Culture, Police, Ministry of
Information.
1999 USAID Jordan Series of short-term technical assistance activities to
help Jordan implement a series of TRIPS Compliant
IPR laws, such as the Copyright, Patent, and TrademarkLaws.  USAID will also assist the Government of
Jordan with the MIS required for keeping a complete
record of patents, trademarks, etc.
1999 USAID Jordan Seminars directed at the Jordanian public and private
sectors explaining the benefit of strong IPR rules and
regulations for the Jordanian economy.
1999.04 USAID Jordan Seminar to businesses affected by TRIPS and the
participants will be businessmen.
1999.05 USAID Jordan Training on copyrights and patents and the participants
will be GOJ Employees.
1999.06 USAID Jordan Training on plant variety protection, trademarks,
commercial secrets, integrated circuits, enforcement,and copyright law to GOJ employees.
1999.09 USAID Jordan Training to judges on Administering Copyright Law,
plant variety protection.
1999.12 USAID Jordan For three days starting on 12/1/99, USAID is giving
training to business IP laws and the participants will be
businessmen.
1999.12 USAID Jordan For five days starting on 12/12/99, USAID is giving
training to lawyers and judges on IP laws.
2000.06 USPTO Jordan Consultations with director of Industrial Property
Office - IP experts meeting on Jordan FTA.
2000.07 USPTO Jordan In Jordan – meeting on FTA.
1999.07 USIA Kazakhstan A delegation of officials from the judiciary, patent, and
copyright offices travelled to the US under the
international visitors programme to study IP protection
in the US.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1999.03 USIA Korea Under the International Visitors Programme, USIA
sponsored the visit of a Korean prosecutor to the US tostudy intellectual property enforcement.
1999.10 USPTO Korea Visit to the USPTO to gain assistance on IT issues.
2000.05 USPTO Korea Korean Patent Office visit to USPTO to gain assistance
regarding human resource issues.
1999.05 State
USPTO
USTRKuwait US government agencies completed an analysis of draft
patent and trademark legislation.
1999.05 USPTO Kuwait Analysis of draft IP legislation.
2000.03 USPTO Kuwait USPTO meeting with visiting Judges.
2000.05 USPTO Kuwait USPTO staff met with Kuwait regarding patent
operations.
1999.12 US Customs Kyrgyz Republic Customs Headqua rters provided one-on-one training on
the Customs Regulations regarding IntellectualProperty Rights to Roman Omorov, Director of the
State Agency of Intellectual Property under the
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
1999.12 USPTO Kyrgyz Republic Briefing from the USPTO on Trademarks and TRIPS
1998.10 BSA Latvia Ministry of Interior, local copyright agency received
training in software piracy.
1999.02 BSA Latvia In cooperation with J udicial Training Center, BSA
provided training on IPR.
1999.05 State
USIA
IIPALatvia Training programme for film distributors and the
media.
1999.05 BSA Latvia Software Piracy and Copyright Protection:  legal
analyses, current investigation and practices.  Questions
about practical copyright violation disclosure.  Trainingprovided to police officers and customs authorities.
1999.05 State
USIA
IIPALithuania Training programme for film distributors and the
media.
1999.05 MPA Macau Training in identification of pirated products provided
to Macau Maritime Police School.
1998.11 MPA Malaysia Copyright Enforcement - Hong Kong & Mongolia's
Experience.  70 participants from:  MDTCA, RoyalMalaysian Police Force, Attorney General Chambers,
Anti-Corruption Agency, Board of Film Censors,
academicians from local universities and practising IP
attorneys.
2000.02 USPTO Malaysia Meeting with DG of Enforcement Division.
2000.04 USPTO Mexico Bilateral consultations.
1999.04 US Customs
USDOJMoldova Customs provided training in Washington, D.C. on
Intellectual Property Rights to General Director, StateAgency on Industrial Property Protection.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1999.06 CLDP Moldova Two US Federal judges and one USPTO Deputy
Solicitor travelled to Chisinau to conduct a two-dayconference on judicial enforcement of IPR laws.
2000.03 USPTO Nepal IPR Programm e:  State Department.
2000.03 State Nicaragua The Public Diplomacy Section in the US Embassy in
Managua conducted a Worldnet on Intellectual Property
Rights.  About 90 prosecutors and lawyers, students,
industry leaders, journalists, political leaders andgovernment officials discussed the importance of
continued action to pass and enforce needed IPR
legislation.
1999.04 CLDP,
USAIDNigeria Commerce DAS for Africa and CLDP Director
travelled to Lagos and Abuja to discuss development of
CLDP programme and intellectual property rights
conference.
1999.07 CLDP Nigeria Three USG advisors, a PTO official, a federal Judge, a
RIAA official travelled to Lagos for a seminar on the
importance of IPR protection with an emphasis on
copyrights.
1999.10 USPTO Nigeria Visit to USPTO by Nigerian parliamentarian officials.
2000.01 State Nigeria US copyright law expert met with IPR lawyers,
representatives of government officials, private
companies, manufacturers and publishers.  He gave aclear and comprehensive overview of the complexity of
copyright and patent law and persuasively argued the
benefits to Nigerians of vigorous enforcement of
international standards and agreements.
1999.03 MPA
BSA
RIAAOman Seminar on "The Effective Enforcement of Copyright
Laws".  Training on identification of pirate product,
common methods for duplicating and distributing
illegitimate products, the impact of piracy on the
market, the overall problem of counterfeits and an in-depth analysis of successful raids.
1999.01 US Customs Panama US Customs provid ed informal one-on-one training on
Customs' role in protecting and enforcing Intellectual
Property Rights to Jiovanni  Olmos, District Attorney
for the Third District of Colon in Washington, D.C.
2000.03 FBI Panama IPR criminal investigation and law enforcement
techniques and strategies for host government law
enforcement personnel.
1999.11 IDSA Paraguay IPR training.
1999.06 US Customs Papua New
GuineaUS Customs conducted training under the APEC
programme for Papua New Guinea.  Approximately 15
Papua New Guinea Customs officials participated in the
training portion of the mission, representing
enforcement, port managers, appraisers, lawyers and
managers.  The Australian Recording Industryparticipated in the industry portion of the training
programme.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1999.09 US Customs Peru US Customs in coordination with Japan Customs
conducted training for Peru Customs on compliancewith the border measure provisions in the TRIPS
Agreement.  The participants included 33 representative
from Peru Customs from Enforcement Division,
Technique Division, Seaport, Airport and Customs
National School.  Additionally, the Ministry of Industryand the National institute for the Defense of
Competition and Protection of intellectual Property
were present.  Industry participating in the training
included the Motion Picture Association, Recording
Industry Association, Microsoft and the internationalDigital Software Association.  The training stressed the
importance of a head unit responsible for IPR matters
and the importance of a database containing text and
images in facilitating IPR border enforcement.
1999.10 State Peru Professor from John Marshall Law School travelled to
Lima to meet with I NDECOPI, students at two
universities, and the Institute of Higher Police Studies.
1999.10 USPTO Peru Visit to the USPTO to focus on IP issues.
1999.01 US Customs Philippines Training was provided to Philippines Customs by US
Customs and Japan Custom s.  Approximately 30
individuals representing the entry, inspection and
investigative offices of Philippines Customs attended
the seminar.  The basic elements of the TRIPS
Agreement relating to border measures and a
comparison of US Customs and Japanese Customsefforts relating to IPR enforcement were discussed.
Intel, Levi-Strauss, Microsoft, Reebok and Novell
represented private industry.
1999.04 MPA Philippines Training in Identification of a pirated product to VRB
Staff & Investigators.
1999.01 BSA Poland Training in the identification of counterfeit products,
illegally copied software, video cassettes and music
recordings.  Provided to police, in conjunction with
anti-piracy coalition.
1999.01 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:  FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event:  Training
Location:  Koszalin
Audience:  50 Border Guard Officers
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1999.02 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:  FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event:  Training
Location:  Marki
Audience:  70 policemen
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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(October 1998 – Present)
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1999.02 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:  FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event:  Training
Location:  Wroclaw
Audience:  50 Border Guard Officers
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1999.04 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:  FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event:  Training
Location:  Muszyna
Audience:  50 custom officers
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1999.06 BSA Poland In conjunction with the Ministry of Justice, BSA
provided training to 62 prosecutors and 23 judges from
all over Poland.  The Chief Prosecutor noted the linkbetween piracy and organized crime, and announced
plans to form special copyright prosecution units.
1999.06 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:  FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event:  Training
Location:  Bialystok
Audience:  30 policemen
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1999.06 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:  FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event:  Seminar
Location:  Popowo
Audience:  100 judges and prosecutors
Purpose:  Discussion on Copyright.
1999.06 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:  FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event:  Training
Location:  Poznan
Audience:  40 policemen
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1999.09 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:
Title of event:  Road Show seminar, 1st part
Location:  Swider
Audience:  WCO representatives, custom experts and
observers from different countries, and Polish customs
officers
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate products.
1999.09 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:
Title of event:  Road Show seminar, 2nd part
Location:  4 border posts in Poland
Audience:  Polish customs officers, experts and
observers
Purpose:  Practical activities, using knowledge acquired
at the seminar.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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Date Agency Country Synopsis Updated 29 August 2000
1999.03 MPA
BSARIAAQatar Seminar on "The Effective Enforcement of Copyright
Laws".  Training on identification of pirate product,common methods for duplicating and distributing
illegitimate products, the impact of piracy on the
market, the overall problem of counterfeits and an in-
depth analysis of successful raids.
1999.06 BSA Romania BSA advised the Ministry of Justice on the application
of Romania's Copyright Act to computer software and
help coordinate efforts to combat software piracy in
Romania.
1998.10 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:  TASIS
Title of event:  Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location:  N. Novgorod
Audience:  7 prosecutors, 5 economic crime policemen,
12 tax police officers
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1998.11 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:  TASIS
Title of event:  Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location:  Moscow
Audience:  35 economic crime policemen, 10 tax police
officers, 17 tax inspectors
Purpose:  Training on identification of pirate product.
1998.12 BSA Russia BSA and Microsoft provided training to Police officers
from Units of Economic Crimes.
1999.02 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:  TASIS
Title of event:  Copyright Protection
Location:  St. Petersburg
Audience:  110 economic crime policemen, 95
prosecutors
Purpose:  Identification of pirate product.
1999.03 CLDP Russia Five GOR officials travelled to Washington, D.C., for
one week to discuss WTO IPR issues with USG
officials.
1999.03 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:  TASIS
Title of event:  Copyright Protection
Location:  Moscow
Audience:  140 customs officers, 90 policemen
Purpose:  Identification of pirate product.
1999.06 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:  TASIS
Title of event:  Copyright Theft
Location:  N. Novgorod
Audience:  students
Purpose:  Identification of pirate product.
1999.07 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:
Title of event:  Copyright Theft
Location:  Ufa
Audience:  420 policemen
Purpose:  Identification of pirate product.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.07 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:  TASIS
Title of event:  Protection of IP
Location:  St. Petersburg
Audience:  95 economic crime policemen
Purpose:  Russian Law and IP.
1999.07 State
Federal
Judicial
CenterRussia Russian judges and prosecutors travelled to Washington
for a training session at the Federal Judicial Centre.
Seminar included IP and enforcement issues.
1999.07 MPA Russia Title of event:  Copyright Theft
Location:  Moscow
Audience:  100 criminal experts
Purpose:  Identification of pirate product.
1999.08 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:  TASIS
Title of event:  Protection of IP
Location:  Kiev
Audience:  140 representatives of Ministry of Justice,
of Home Affairs, and of EconomyPurpose:  Introduction of IP protection.
1999.08 MPA Russia Title of event:  Protection of IP
Location:  Almaty
Audience:  75 crime police officers
Purpose:  Introduction of IP Protection.
2000.03 USPTO Russia Meeting with Russian officials on IP and copyrights.
2000.07 USPTO Russia Consultations with head of Russian Office.
1998.10 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups:  SAPU
Title of event:  Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location:  Police District Headquarters, Ziar
Audience:  3 policemen
Purpose:  Practical training on the identification of
pirate product.
1998.11 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups:  SAPU, IFPI
Title of event:  Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location:  Police District Headquarters, Zvolen
Audience:  10 policemen
Purpose:  Practical training on the identification of
pirate product.
1998.10 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups:  SAPU, IFPI
Title of event:  Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location:  Police District Headquarters, Banska
BystricaAudience:  8 policemen
Purpose:  Practical training on the identification of
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1998.12 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups:  PHARE
Title of event:  Seminar on Legislation and Fight
Against PiracyLocation:  Bratislava
Audience:  50 policemen, prosecutors and judges
Purpose:  Presentation on audiovisual piracy.
1999.02 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups:  SAPU
Title of event:  Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location:  Police District Headquarters, Martin
Audience:  3 policemen
Purpose:  Practical training on the identification of
pirate product.
1999.03 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups:  SAPU
Title of event:  Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location:  Police District Headquarters, Malacky
Audience:  2 policemen
Purpose:  Practical training on the identification of
pirate product.
1999.05 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups:  SAPU
Title of event:  Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location:  Police District Headquarters, Humenne
Audience:  3 policemen
Purpose:  Practical training on the identification of
pirate product.
1999.06 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups:  SAPU
Title of event:  Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location:  Police District Headquarters, Nove Zamky
Audience:  2 policemen
Purpose:  Practical training on the identification of
pirate product.
1999 BSA Slovenia BSA provided training on the economic impact of
software piracy, Slovenia's domestic and international
copyright obligations, product identification, and
practical aspects of criminal raids and internet piracy.
1999.04 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups:  SAFACT
Title of event:  Seminar on Case finalization and
evidentiary proceduresLocation:  Magistrates Court, Phoenix, Durban
Audience:  2 police members, 3 prosecutors
Purpose:  Public relations and evidentiary procedures in
order to get cases finalized more speedily.
1999.05 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups:  SAFACT, Film and Publications
Board
Title of event:  Seminar on enforcing Film and
Publications Act and evidentiary proceduresLocation:  FPB, Cape Town
Audience:  3 members of FPB, video distributors
Purpose:  Public relations with FPB and laws relating to
DVD importation.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.06 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups:  SAFACT, ASAMI
Title of event:  Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location:  Cash Converters Franchise (retail
organization), Johannesburg
Audience:  35 franchise store owners from across the
Gauteng provincePurpose:  Training on identification of product.
1999.07 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups:  SAFACT
Title of event:  Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location:  Commercial Crime Branch, Durban
Audience:  7 police members from Commercial Crime
Unit and Border Police, 1 Customs official
Purpose:  Training on iden tification of product, laws
and docket completion and preparation.
1999.08 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups:  SAFACT
Title of event:  Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location:  Commercial Crime Branch, Cape Town
Audience:  23 police members from Commercial Crime
Unit and Border Police
Purpose:  Training on iden tification of product, laws
and evidentiary procedures prior to upcoming raid.
1999.09 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups:  SAFACT
Title of event:  Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location:  Johannesburg International Airport
Audience:  1 Customs official, 13 Border Police
members
Purpose:  Training on iden tification of product, laws
and evidentiary procedures.
2000.03 USPTO South Africa Mini-TIFA video conference.
1998.10 IDSA Chinese Taipei Training for 75 customs officers, prosecutors, and
judicial authorities in Taiwan.
1998.11 DOJ Chinese Taipei International Visitor Programme:  A public prosecutor
focusing on IPR, received briefing on computer crime.
1999.08 US Customs Chinese Taipei Customs pr ovided informal one-day training to
Miao-rong Kuo, Specialist, International Trade
Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs in
Washington, D.C.
1999.08 USIA
DOJChinese Taipei International Visitor Programme:  Project Manager at
Science & Technology Centre, briefing on cybercrime.
1999.08 IIE
USIAChinese Taipei Hosted Chief Judge, Kaohsiung District Court for
training in IPR.
1999.08 USPTO Chinese Taipei Attorney from USPTO travelled to Taiwan to conduct
training in trademark examination and enforcement.
1999.09 DOJ Chinese Taipei International Visitor Programme:  Systems Analyst in
the Office of the President, briefing on computer
security policies.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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2000.01 US Customs Chinese Taipei US Customs Service representatives (Office of
Regulations & Rulings and LA Strategic Trade Center)provided technical assistance in the form of a two-day
training course to approximately 100 attendees at a
conference at National Taiwan University.  The training
included topics on:  Informed compliance,
administrative procedures in enforcing IPR, rulingsprocess, IPR seizures and petitioning process,
infringement determinations, targeting, IPR civil and
criminal statutes and regulations, USCS implementation
of the TRIPS Agreement, targeting and IPR
interventions. The conference was sponsored by theTaiwan Board of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic
Affairs and the Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of
Economic Affairs.  The participants consisted of
government officials from Customs, Intellectual
Property Rights Office, Finance Ministry and private
industry.  Subsequent to the training, the Assistant
Director General of Customs, Taiwan, met with the USCustoms representative (OR&R) on Border
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and
expressed concern over the recent US IPR seizure
statistics, in which Taiwan rose to the top country of
origin of infringing importations.
2000.01 USPTO Chinese Taipei USPTO briefing  of Taiwan's Public Prosecutor.
2000.04 USPTO Chinese Taipei Administrati ve Patent Judges visit USPTO.
2000.05 USPTO Chinese Taipei Visit by Taiwanese Judges
Consultations with head of Patent Office.
2000.07 USPTO Chinese Taipei APLI programme:  Visitors from universities in
Taiwan.  Participants wanted to learn more about patent
system in US.
1998.11 MPA Thailand The Regional Symposium on Intellectual Property,
Economy and Social Justice.  Central IntellectualProperty & International Trade Court, in conjunction
with Dept of Intellectual Property, Japan External Trade
Organization (JETRO),  European Patent Office (EPO)
and WIPO.
1998.12 MPA Thailand APEC-TRIPS Training Mission.  40 customs inspectors
and examiners and two representatives from
Department of Intellectual Property.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.01 US Customs Thailand Training was also provided to Thailand Customs and
conducted by US Customs and Revenue Canada.Approximately 40 Thai Customs officials participated
in the training, representing a variety of fields:
inspectors, examiners, appraisers, statisticians and
scientists.  The Department of Intellectual Property was
also represented during the training portions of themission.  Microsoft, Reebok, Novell, International
Federation of Phonographic Industry, Interactive
Digital Software Association and the Motion Picture
Association conducted the industry portion of the
training.
1999.07 MPA Thailand Training in technical identification of counterfeits.  60
Customs Inspectors and Examiners.
2000.01 FBI Thailand IPR criminal investigation and law enforcement
techniques training seminar for law enforcement
personnel.
2000.03 USPTO Thailand USPTO discussion of draft response concerning
enforcement.
1999.09 USPTO Turkey Analysis of draft IP legislation.
2000.03 USPTO Turkey Bilateral consultations.
1999.03 BSA Ukraine Training of 35 officials from the Police and Ministry of
the Interior.
1999.04 CLDP Ukraine Two USG officials travelled to Kiev to participate in a
CLDP sponsored TRIPS symposium to increase
awareness of IPR protection and enforcement in
Ukraine.  Over 100 people participated, including Radadeputies and key staff members.
1999.05 BSA Ukraine TACIS sponsored event:  Seminar on Intellectual
Property - Fight Against Infringement.  Participants
from Copyright Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1999.06 CLDP Ukraine US Enforcement of IPR laws and regulations.  Training
for Ukrainian Customs, Patent and Copyright Officials,
Washington.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.10CLDP
US CustomsUkraine US Customs Service hosted a delegation from Ukraine
as part of the US Department of Commerce TRIPSBorder Enforcement Training Programme.  The
Ukrainian delegation consisted of representatives from
the State Customs Service, State Committee on Science
and IPR, State Patent Office, State Copyright Agency,
Parliamentary Committee on Science and Education,Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice and Supreme
Arbitration Court.  The delegation was presented with
an over view of the border enforcement measures of the
TRIPS Agreement, WCO model legislation and US
Custom's implementation of the border measures in theTRIPS Agreement.  Presentations were also made by a
Customs inspector on identifying infringing goods,
strategic planning and statistics gathering in the IPR
arena and IPR investigations.  The delegation toured the
US Customs laboratory focusing on the work of the lab
in the area of intellectual property rights.  The
delegation also visited a local port and met with portofficials regarding IPR violations.
1999.09-1999.10US Customs Ukraine Customs Office of Investigation provided law
enforcement training at its Springfield, VA research lab
and at Dulles Airport to 13 officials and law
enforcement officers from the Government of Ukraine
with responsibility for IP and customs enforcement
matters.
1999.10 USPTO Ukraine Consultations with Ukranian Commissioner.
1999.12 USPTO Ukraine Visit to the USPTO to obtain general assistance in IP
matters.
1999.03 BSA
MPA
RIAAUnited Arab
EmiratesSeminar on "The Effective Enforcement of Copyright
Laws".  Training on identification of pirate product,
common methods for duplicating and distributing
illegitimate products, the impact of piracy on the
market, the overall problem of counterfeits and an in-depth analysis of successful raids.
1999.01 US Customs Venezuela Customs provided techniques of the Lab Services
Office on Intellectual Property Rights dealing with
copyrights and trademark issues.
1999.01 DOJ Venezuela International Visito r Programme:  Deputy commander
in Anti-Piracy Unit of Technical Judicial Police,briefing on IPR.
1999.07 USIA Viet Nam Georgetown University's Centre for Intercultural
Development and Development plans a two-week
workshop on "International Protection and Enforcement
of Intellectual Property Rights" in Hanoi.  The second
phase of the programme will be a two-week study tour
of the US composed of the most promising students ofthe Hanoi workshop.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.10 U.S Customs Viet NamUS Customs and New Zealand Customs conducted the
APEC training mission for Viet Nam.  The participantsconsisted of 25 Viet Nam Customs officials from:
Legal Department, Inspection Department, Scientific
Research Institute, Supervision and Control
Department, Investigation and Anti-smuggling
Department, Regional Custom s Departments, Customs
college and Information and Statistics Centre.
Training included IPR protection, TRIPS requirements
WTO model legislation, the US and New Zealand legal
frameworks, and US Customs recordation system and
enforcement actions.
2000.08 FBI Viet Nam IPR criminal investigation and law enforcement
training seminar for host government law enforcement
personnel.
1999.03 LOC Zregional Africa Policy Advisor from the US Copyright Office travelled
to Windhoek, Namibia, to participate in a WIPO
seminar on intellectual property rights.
1999.07 USPTO Zregional Africa Ipin the Digital Age, enforcement issues and
e-commerce regional consultation for government
officials and private practitioners from sub-Saharan
Africa.  Over 20 countries participated.
1999.12 USPTO Zregional Africa Roundtable w ith Southern African Development
Community.
2000.06 USPTO Zregional Africa USPTO sponsored Conference on Protecting and
Developing IP:  Meeting took place in Namibia.
2000.07 USPTO Zregional Africa USPTO/WIPO Symposium on Protecting and
Enforcing Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital
Age.
Met in Senegal.
1998 US Customs Zregional Asia APEC-US Customs will provide TRIPS training to the
following APEC economies in late 1998 and early
1999:  Chile, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines and Thailand.  (REG:98CUST3.3)
1999.08 LOC Zregional Asia US Copyright Offi ce Attorney lectured at the APEC
Course on Intellectual Property, Bangkok.
1999.01 Customs
IDSAZregional Asia APEC Customs training held in Bangkok, Thailand, for
30 customs officials.
1999.03 Customs
Justice
IDSA
MPAZregional Asia Customs training held at US International Law
Enforcement Academy in Bangkok, Thailand, for 30
customs officials and law enforcement officials.
1999.09 USPTO
LOCZregional Asia TRIPS IP border compliance programme for high-level
border officials from Asia.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.09 US Customs
and FBIZregional Asia A specialized intellectual property training course was
jointly presented by US Customs and the FederalBureau of Investigations at the International Law
Enforcement Training Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok,
Thailand.  ILEA Bangkok is a joint US – Thai
operation academy focusing on training law
enforcement officials in Asia.  The US Customs portionof the training took place during the first week of the
programme, focusing on US border enforcement
regulations and policy, border measures/field measures,
forensic science and standards, IPR investigations,
investigative techniques and related issues and matters.Private industry presentations included guest speakers
from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and from
Microsoft.  Attendees consisted of representatives from:
Brunei;  Hong Kong, China;  Indonesia;  Laos;
Malaysia;  Singapore;  Philippines;  Thailand;  and Viet
Nam.  The majority of the representatives were from
Customs administrations investigative branches andIPR units (legal, investigative and inspection), as well
as from tax and revenue offices.  A number of
prosecutors were also in attendance.
1999.10 USPTO Zregional Asia
and the Near EastIP Border programme at USPTO.  Programme was an
orientation and study effort for customs officials on IP
enforcement.  Participants included representatives
from:  Bangladesh, China, Fiji, India, Iran, Laos,Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
1999.10 USPTO Zregional Asia USTR IP trip.  Hong Kong, China;  Macau, China;
Thailand;  Malaysia.
2000.06 USPTO Zregional Asia USTPO's Border programme.  Programme was an
orientation and study effort for customs officials from
Asian countries on the enforcement of intellectualproperty rights.  Participants represented Cambodia,
China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Papua
New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
Viet Nam and Moldova.
1998.12 US Customs Zregional Europe Latvia, Lithua nia, and Estonia:  US Customs provided
informal field training on border enforcement of
intellectual property rights under the InternationalVisitors Programmes through the Office of
International Affairs in Los Angeles, CA and New
York, NY to IP and customs and law enforcement
officials from the Baltic states.
1999.02 BSA Zregional Europe Finnish, Estonian and Russian customs officials
received training in software piracy.
1999.02 USIA
BSAZregional Europe Training on software piracy to law enforcement and
judiciary officials from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.03 US Customs Denmark, Estonia,
Finland,Germany, Latvia,
Lithuania,
Norway, Poland,
Russia and
SwedenCustoms in the Port of Seattle, WA, provided one-day
training on Intellectual Property Rights borderenforcement and trademark infringement to
11 representatives from the 10 listed countries.
1999.04 USPTO Zregional Europe OLIA policy advisor travelled to Belarus to participate
in a WIPO roundtable in the rights of broadcasting
organizations and the protection of databases.
Participants included representatives from CIScountries.
1999.06 IIPA
WIPOZregional Europe WIPO Regional seminar for Central Asian countries on
WCT and WPPT, and fighting piracy.
1999.02 USIA ZRegional
North Africa
Near EastFor three weeks, the Phelps Stokes Fund takes
approximately 12 Arabic speaking visitors to four
distinct regions of the United States to examine
Intellectual Property Rights.
1998.11 RIAA Zregional Near
EastWIPO Sub-Regional Seminar for GCC Countries,
"Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights" (TRIPS Agreement).
1999.02 BSA, MPA Zregional Near
EastUS representatives from the Business Software Alliance
and the Motion Picture Association participated in a
WIPO-organized conference in Oman.  The conference
addressed topics such as the relationship between IP
protection and trade and investment;  the cost of IPRviolation;  patents and pharmaceutical products;
enforcement strategies;  and electronic commerce.
Participants included representatives from the UAE,
Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Sudan,
Egypt, Algeria, Djibouti, Syria, Tunis, Lebanon,Morocco, Palestine, Yemen, and Libya.
1999.02 USIA
IIPAZregional Near
EastIntellectual Property Rights Programme in Washington,
D.C., for Arabic-speaking participants from North
Africa and the Near East.
1999.09 IIPA
WIPOZregional Near
EastWorkshop on the enforcement on IPR for customs
officials, police officers, judges, and prosecutors held inBeirut, Lebanon.
2000.04 USPTO Zregional Near
EastUSPTO assistance with Rule of law-enforcement –
Bahrain, Egypt, Lebanon, West Bank Gaza, Qatar,
UAE.
1999.03 USPTO Zwestern
HemisphereUSPTO Attorney participated in a WIPO symposium
on IPR in Port of Spain.  Objective was to encourageparticipants to accede to international treaties and
agreements.  Delegates from Antigua, Argentina,
Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, St. Kitts,St. Lucia, Suriname, Venezuela, United Kingdom.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.05 USPTO Zwestern
HemisphereUSPTO Attorney-Advisor travelled to Buenos Aires to
participate in WIPO regional consultations onbroadcaster's rights and database protection.
2000.02 US Customs Zwestern
HemisphereUS Customs Service (Office of Regulations and
Rulings together with the Office of Investigations) will
be delivering a training programme on intellectual
property rights for CARICOM.  The seminar attendees
will be composed of Customs representatives from 14
English-speaking Caribbean nations.  The curriculum
will cover all aspects of intellectual property rights
from a law enforcement perspective, e.g., legal,operational and investigatory.
2000.03 State Zwestern
HemisphereThree country (El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama)
Worldnet programme on the protection of intellectual
property.
2000.05 USPTO Zwestern
HemisphereInternational Visitors Programme –  State Department
sponsored visitors from Latin America.  Visit to
USPTO to gain insight into the US approach to patent
and trademark protection.  Provided an overview of the
USPTO and of international efforts.
1999.01 USDOJ Zworldwide ASIS & ICC – Was hington, D.C.:  International
Computer Security Conference for Management level
security practitioners-Private and Gov't–international
attendees and presenters.  Presentation on current legalissues, especially international.
1999.03 LOC Zworldwide The International Copyright Institute of the US
Copyright Office and WIPO co-sponsored a symposium
on copyright and neighbouring rights in Washington,
D.C.
1999.04 USDOJ Zworldwide National Intellectual Property Law Institute -
Washington, DC: The International Cryptography
Institute- 1999 Legal and Technological Developments
in cryptography associated with meeting the
information protection needs of users and law
enforcement and national security needs of nations.
1999.06 USIA Zworldwide Under the International Visitors Programme, USIA
created a special programme on intellectual propertyrights.  Visitors travelled to the US for one month for
general and specialized sessions with government and
the private sector.  Officials from Argentina, Bulgaria,
Estonia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan,Palestinian Authority, Singapore, South Africa,
Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Turkey
1999.06 USDOJ
FTCZworldwide International Consum er Protection Workshop for US
and Foreign Law Enforcement Officials on whatgovernment, industry and consumers should do now for
protection in the Global E-Marketplace.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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1999.09 USDOJ Zworldwide Defending Cybers pace Conference, "Intellectual
Property - The Digital Millennium Copyright Act".Sponsor: Electronic Processes Initiatives Committee of
the President's Management Council.  Organizers
CardTech/SecurTech, Crystal City, VA.
1999.09 State
USDOJ
OASZworldwide Representatives of International Organizations,
government agencies and industry participated in
discussions about obstacles in Latin American law to
electronic commercial activities – Panel discussion –
Intellectual Property issues in E-Commerce Piracy in
the Internet Age.
1999.10 USPTO Zworldwide The US Patent and Trademark Office organized the
annual Visiting Scholars programme, which brought 35foreign officials from 20 economies to study the
American and international intellectual property
systems.
1999.10 USPTO Zworldwide USPTO staff spoke to officials at "Symposium on IP
and Knowledge-based economies" – Met in China.
1999.10&
2000.05USPTO Zworldwide Visiting Scholars Programme at the USPTO provides
participants with two-weeks of classroom and hands-on
study of various aspects of the administration of
intellectual property law, patent and trademark
examination and copyright protection.  It provides an
opportunity for participants to gain an understanding ofthe important role of intellectual property protection as
a tool for economic development.  The Visiting
Scholars Programme was first conducted in 1985.
1999.11 USPTO Zworldwide WIPO sponsored Enforcement programme – The
programme provides law enforcement and other
government officials with an in-depth overview of the
TRIPS substantive and enforcement provisions, and anunderstanding of how to create an effective IP
enforcement system.
2000.01 US Customs Zworldwide Enforcement mechanisms of Intellectual Property
Rights and counterfeiting training was provided inWashington, D.C. (1/10) by the Office of Regulations
& Ruling and the Office of Investigations, and field
training in the Port of Charleston, SC (1/18) to a
Delegation of Intellectual Property Rights Experts from
20 countries: Argentina, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Burma,Cameroon, Czech Republic, India, Indonesia, Ireland,
Jamaica, Jordan, Malta, Mongolia, Pakistan, Panama,
Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Yemen and Zambia.
2000.01 USPTO Zworldwide State Department's  International Visitors Programme
Visit by developing countries to the USPTO to gain
insight into the US approach to patent and trademark
protection.  Provided an overview of the USPTO and ofinternational efforts.  Visitors toured facilities.IP/C/W/203/Add.3
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2000.05 USPTO Zworldwide USPTO – WIPO Enforcement co-sponsored TRIPS IP
enforcement Programme designed to assist high-levelgovernment officials create a TRIPS compliant IP
enforcement system.  Participants are from customs or
judicial areas within governments.
2000.06 USPTO ZWorldwide USPTO spoke on pa tent and trademark issues at
Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights conference in
Moscow, Russia.  In attendance were reps. from
Kyrgystan, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Tajikistan,
Belarus, Lithuania, Brazil.
2000.06 USPTO Zworldwide International La w Institute sponsored.  USPTO
provided briefings to participants of IntellectualProperty and transfer of Technology Conference.
Participants included reps. From Cameroon, Egypt,
India, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela.
2000.07 USPTO
WIPOZworldwide IP enforcement Problem-solving exercise.
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