WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/306
19 September 2001
(01-4457)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION
FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
UNITED STATES
At the meetings of the Council for TRIPS in February and May 1996, it was agreed that
developed country Members would annually update information on their technical and financial
cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  At its meeting of 18-22
June 2001, the Council agreed that in 2001 this w ould be done in time for the Council's meeting
scheduled for 19-21 September 2001.
The present document reproduces the informati on which has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States by means of a communication dated 4 September 2001.
Communications from other developed country Memb ers will be circulated as addenda to this
document.
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TABLE OF TRAINING PROGRAMMEMES ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(September 2000-August 2001)
Date Agency Country Synopsis
09.2000 USCS/HQ
IPR
CMTEUSCS IPR Handbook Conference.  OI conducted/
participated in IPR Programme and IPR Center
Briefing and OI portion of the USCS IPR Handbook.
06.2001 DOS Albania Albanian government officials participated in the 2nd
meeting of the South-eastern European Regional
Advisory Committee on IPR Enforcement to assist in
preparations for the September 2001 regionalconference in Croatia.
06.2001 USPTO,
USAID,
DOC
CLDPAlbania,
Bosnia-
Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,
Costa Rica,
Croatia, CzechRepublic, El
Salvador,
Estonia,
Hungary,
Honduras,Israel,
Jamaica,
Jordan,
Republic of
Korea,
Macedonia,
Mexico,Nicaragua,
Panama,
RomaniaUSPTO Visiting Scholars' Programme. USAID
funded. Conducted by DOC CLDP.
06.2001 DOC
CLDP,
USAIDAlbania,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Macedonia,RomaniaMeetings of the Regional Advisory Committee on IPR
Enforcement. Government officials came to
Washington.
06.2001 DOC
CLDP,
USAIDAlbania,
Bulgaria,
Croatia,
Macedonia,
RomaniaConference on WTO Accession Issues. Held in
Budapest. USAID  funded.IP/C/W/306
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Date Agency Country Synopsis
11.2000 USPTO,
WIPOAlbania,
Bulgaria,
Republic of
Korea,
Nigeria,
Paraguay,Egypt,
Viet Nam,
Antigua and
Barbuda,
Barbados,
Belize, Fiji,
Gambia,Ghana, Saudi
Arabia, Sri
Lanka, Sudan,
Thailand,
ZambiaUSPTO-WIPO Enforcement Programme.
08.2001 USPTO Algeria Group of 4 officials from the IP Office of Algeria will
tour the USPTO and will meet with patent examinersand lawyers to discuss software and biotechnology
patent protection.
06.2001 USPTO,
DOC CLDP,
USAIDAlgeria,
Albania,
Bosnia-
Herzegovina,
Bulgaria,China, Croatia,
Estonia,
Guatemala,
Hong Kong,
China,Jamaica,
Jordan,
Macedonia,
Malaysia,
Mexico,Palestine,
Romania,
Chinese TaipeiUSPTO enforcement programme. USAID funded.
Conducted by DOC CLDP.
02.2001 USPTO,
DOSAlgeria,
Egypt,
Palestine,
OmanState International Visitors' Programme and Academy
for Educational Development.
09.2000 USPTO Argentina Independent Inventor 's Conference held in Argentina.IP/C/W/306
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Date Agency Country Synopsis
01.2001 USPTO,
DOSArgentina,
Armenia,
Bulgaria,
Burma,
Ecuador,
Ghana, India,Jordan, Kenya,
Kuwait,
Macedonia,
Latvia,
Nigeria,
Pakistan,
Philippines,Thailand,
Tunisia,State Dept IP Visitor's Programme.
09.2000 USPTO Argentina,
Barbados,
Belize,
Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile,Colombia,
Costa Rica,
Dominica,
Dominican
Republic,Peru, Ecuador,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Jamaica, India,
Mexico,Chinese
Taipei,
Panama,
Paraguay,
Venezuela,Antigua and
Barbuda,
Bahamas,
Grenada,
Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,Suriname,
Trinidad and
Tobago,
UruguayUSPTO gave technical assistance at the Symposium of
Americas.
12.2000 USPTO Armenia USPTO gave technical assistance during visit by
Armenian commissioner.IP/C/W/306
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Date Agency Country Synopsis
01.2001 DOS Armenia IPR Protection Multi-Regional Project. Project
designed to promote appreciation for rule of law in
global trade and business communities; encourage
accountability for implementing higher IP standards in
countries and business worldwide; examine impact of
technology on IP and major policy challenges posedby the internet and related technologies; familiarize
participants with the mechanisms used to promote
creative marketing processes and to protect resultant
creative products.
04.2001 USAID Armenia WTO expert from Chemonics and local counterpart
representatives held roundtable on WTO related
legislation issues with participation of 16 participantsfrom host country related organizations.
05.2001 USAID Armenia Roundtable discussion/training for National Assembly
(Parliament) Members.
06.2001 American
Chamber of
Commerce,
USAIDArmenia American Chamber of Commerce organized 2
conferences on Country Competitiveness in which IPR
protection and related legislation was discussed. In
both conferences, more than 150 participants took part
from various sectors of business, government, NGOs,
private individuals and media. At the conferences,issue of making the legislation on IPR protection
internationally accepted was raised. USAID organized
the 2nd conference which was specifically dedicated to
development of Armenia's information technology
sector.
07.2001 USAID Armenia USAID organized meeting with representatives of
National Assembly (Parliament) and American
Chamber of Commerce to discuss the Government of
Armenia's proposed amendments to Copyright Lawand Civil Code and future course of action regarding
amendments to the Customs Code and the draft
Criminal Code.
11.2000 Copyright
Office,
WIPOBahrain, Chile,
China, Costa
Rica, Egypt,
Ethiopia,Liberia, Peru,
Moldova,
Russia,
Slovakia,
Sudan,Thailand,
Trinidad and
Tobago,
Ukraine,
UnitedRepublic of
Tanzania,
Viet NamInternational Symposium on the Effects of
Technology on Copyright and Related Rights.IP/C/W/306
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Date Agency Country Synopsis
09.2000 USPTO Bangladesh,
Bhutan,
Brunei
Darussalam,
Cambodia,
China,Republic of
Korea, Fiji,
India, Laos,
Malaysia,
Mongolia,
Nepal,
Pakistan,Papua New
Guinea,
Philippines,
Samoa,
Singapore, SriLanka,
Thailand,
Viet NamTechnical assistance given on IP enforcement in
knowledge-based economy.
03.2001 DOS Bolivia IPR Seminar for Bolivian policymakers at US
Embassy La Paz. Seminar included presentations by
experts from the US and Bolivia. 100+ government
officials from the executive, legislative and judicialbranches attended. Extensive background materials
were provided to participants by the PAS Information
Resource Center (IRC). Business Facilitation Incentive
Funds (BFIF) and PAS funds were used to sponsor the
event.
06.2001 DOS Bolivia IV Programme in the US on IPR issues. Provided
extensive programme on comparative and bilateralIPR issues for the General Counsel to SENAPI.
06.2001 DOS Bolivia PAS Speaker on IPR and Textile Design. Provided
seminar on IPR to indigenous artisans, NGOs working
in textile production with indigenous communities,
and the Bolivian museum community. Seminar was
part of a broader programme sponsored by the
Bolivian Chapter of ICOM.
08.2001 DOS Botswana IPR seminar, organized by a TRIPS advisor.
10.2000 USPTO Brazil Technical assistance given during tour in US.
03.2001 USPTO Brazil USPTO gave technical assistance to Head of Brazilian
Office.
 03.2001  DOC  Bulgaria Visiting Commerce DAS met with Deputy Economy
Ministry to discuss data exclusivity.
 05.2001  USAID  Bulgaria USAID-funded seminar aimed at promoting
"Effective Enforcement Strategies of Bulgarian
Copyright Laws" took place in Plovdiv.
 01.2001  DOS  Cameroon Official of Ministry of Industrial Development &
Commerce to US as IV for IP consultations.IP/C/W/306
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01.2001 DOS Chile Post organized individual IV grant travel to Head of
Industrial Property Rights Department at Chile's
Ministry of Economy. He had the opportunity to meet
experts in both public and private sectors at different
levels in the area of IP issues. He looked specifically
at the new challenges posed by e-commerce in thisregard.
01.2001 USPTO Chile USPTO gave technical assistance during Industrial
Property Dept. visit.
09.2000 DOC China Training seminar on WTO. DOC officials presented
training workshops on key WTO principles, including
intellectual property issues to Chinese officials in
Beijing and Shanghai. Approximately 120 Chinese
officials from Beijing and Shanghai, representing mid-
level officials from the State Economic and TradeCouncil, MOFTEC, State Bureau of Quality and
Technical Supervision, and SDPC participated in the
workshops.
09.2000 DOS China Dozens of Chinese officials have participated in IPR
training programmes in computer software copyright
protection provided by the Joint Commission on
Commerce and Trade so far this year.
09.2000 USCS,
USSS, IRSChina USCS IPR Enforcement Briefing IPR Center & IPR
Programme to PRC Econ. Crimes Inv. Div.delegation.
09.2000 USPTO China WTO Seminar held in China.
11.2000 USPTO China USPTO gave technical assistance to SIPO and
ministries.
11.2000 USPTO China USPTO gave technical assistance during visit from
China to the US.
12.2000 USPTO China USPTO gave speech to Ministry of Science and
Technology of China.
01.2001 USPTO China USPTO gave technical assistance during visit from
China to the US.
01.2001 USPTO China USPTO gave technical assistance to Guangzhou Patent
Office.
03.2001 DOS China US delegation visited Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, and
Shenzhen under the IPR Exchange ProgrammePhase III.
03.2001 DOS China As part of the embassy-arranged expert exchange
programme, US speakers addressed an inter-agency
audience of Chinese IPR officials at the SIPO training
center.
03.2001 DOS China US ambassador gave speech at Renmin University on
IP and consumers' rights.
03.2001 USPTO China IPR/TRIPS.
05.2001 DOS China Post co-hosted with Beijing Normal University a
seminar on copyright protection under the WTO.IP/C/W/306
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Date Agency Country Synopsis
06.2001 DOC, DOJ China US-China IPR Enforcement Symposium. The
programme aimed at presenting issues and options to
Chinese officials and entrepreneurs on intellectual
property rights enforcement, including provisions of
(TRIPS) Agreement and comparative IP enforcement
practices and procedures engaged in by US customsofficers, prosecutors, and courts. Approximately
80-150 participants from China's IP enforcement
community attended the programme.
06.2001 DOS China Embassy, in conjunction with MOFTEC, arranged to
bring a group of US IPR experts to China to conduct
WTO-related training in Shenyang, Hangzhou, and
Xiamen. Participants included Chinese officials, aswell as some Chinese and US business
representatives.
08.2001 USPTO China Group of 3 officials fr om ministries of Science and
Technology from Henan province, China will tour
USPTO and meet with lawyers from the Office of
Legislative and International Affairs to discuss TRIPS
implementation.
11.2000 DOS, USTR,
USPTO,LOCDominican
RepublicRepresentatives from USTR, USPTO and LOC met in
Santo Domingo for over 8 hours with their Dominicangovernment counterparts to explain in detail USG
concerns with recently enacted patent and copyright
legislation. Meeting was followed up by a written
report detailing the provisions of the Dominican
patent law that US team considered non-TRIPS-
compliant.
11.2000 USPTO Dominican
RepublicUSPTO gave technical assistance on bilaterals.
05.2001 DOS,
USAIDDominican
RepublicUSAID participated in sponsorship of IPR seminar in
Santo Domingo hosted by local university. Seminar
aimed at increasing awareness and understanding ofthe need for the DR to adopt a more TRIPS-compliant
IPR regime. Speakers addressed shortcomings in
current patent law, and the need for greater
enforcement of IPR. Attended by legislators,
attorneys, news media, and private sectorrepresentatives.
08.2001 DOS Dominican
RepublicFollow-up discussion to November 2000 meeting in
Santo Domingo held between USG and GODR IPR
experts on the margins of the FTAA IPR committee
meeting in Panama City. Focus will be on GODR
progress toward conforming its patent law and
regulations of TRIPS standards and improvingenforcement of IP rights.
09.2000 DOS Egypt 2-3 "WrodlNet" video- dialogues with US speakers on
IPR protection for videos, books and pharmaceuticals.
Each was attended by an audience of approx. 12
journalists from the print and broadcast media.IP/C/W/306
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Date Agency Country Synopsis
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Training: patent training: consultants from the
project conducted three 1-day training courses for 20
Egyptian Patent Office examiners.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE technical assistance: professional reviews of
Egypt's draft IPR law: comments provided to the
government on TRIPS inconsistencies and technical
problems in the draft law.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE technical assistance: IPR law consultations.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Training: technical industrial design training:
training provided to 8 employees of the Egyptian
Patent Office on technical industrial design issues.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Training: franchising: project conducted a
workshop on franchising, attended by 100 persons
from a variety of interested private and public entities.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE  technical assistance: Patent Office operations:
recommendations provided to the governmentconcerning the Patent Office's study of space.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE technical assistance: Health Sector TRIPS
Implementation: a needs assessment was performed
for the Ministry of Health and Population, describing
Egypt's current status with regard to TRIPS
implementation in the area of pharmaceuticals and
measures that would be required in order to implementthese requirements fully.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Technical Assistance: TRIPS management:
improve management of the TRIPS contact point.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Technical Assistance: Trademark review:
project reviewed in the WIPO comments on the
trademark part of the new draft law. Consultant wrote
a legal memorandum on these issues.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Technical Assistance: Patent Office models:
project provided a discussion paper on utility models
for the Egyptian Patent Office. Paper provided the
Patent Office with background on the types of utilitymodels granted by other countries and the different
options available to Egypt.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Technical Assistance: Information protection:
project provided draft guidelines on the protection of
undisclosed information.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Training: legal training: at the request of the
Arab Union of Lawyers, project financed cost of 3
speakers for an IPR legal conference that was attended
by 150 Egyptian lawyers. Additionally, initiativefinanced cost of 14 attendees at conference.
09.2000 USAID Egypt SIPRE Training: Training of university law students:
project conducted 5-week training course on IPR in
the law school of Menoufiya University. Approx. 40
graduate and undergraduate students attended.IP/C/W/306
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Date Agency Country Synopsis
10.2000 DOS Egypt Speaker Programme: US trade lawyer undertook 5-day
programme in Cairo and Alexandria on WTO legal
issues, particularly IPR. He gave 2 public addresses to
audiences of several hundred journalists, jurists and
academics. He also participated in several additional
roundtables with jurists on the same issues.
10.2000 USP, TO Egypt USPTO gave 2-week training programme in US.
02.2001 USAID Egypt WTO Compliance for Competitiveness Workshop,
Geneva. USAID sponsored participation by 24
Egyptian officials and businessmen in a 3-dayworkshop on WTO issues. Among other topics, they
received presentations from senior officials
responsible for IPR issues at WIPO, WTO, and ITC.
02.2001 USPTO Egypt,
Algeria,
Oman,  JordanUSPTO gave technical assistance on US and
international copyright issues.
09.2000 USAID/SI
ECAEI Salvador USG provided valuable input to a government draft
trademark bill, ensuring that the legislation
incorporated world class IPR provisions.
08.2001 DOS Eritrea Public Affairs Office of US Embassy in Eritrea
sponsored a Hubert H. Humphrey fellowship trainingprogramme in IPR for an official at the Eritrean
Department of Trade. Fellowship comprises a 10-
month training programme at American University
and starts on 15 August 2001.
05.2001 USPTO Guatemala Intern Programmes.
05.2001 USPTO,
DOSGuatemala State - Independent Visitor's Programme.
02.2001 USAID Honduras Seminar on uses of the internet for 60 lawyers,
prosecutors and industry representatives; co-sponsored
by Secretariat of Economic Integration in Central
America.
10.2000 DOS Hong Kong,
ChinaSpeaker programme sponsored by Public Affairs
(DOS): "IP in the 21st Century: A View from theUSPTO". Speech to the HK IP Dept.
04.2001 DOS Hong Kong,
ChinaSpeaker programme sponsored by Public Affairs
(DOS): Cybercrime and E-commerce.
04.2001 DOS Hong Kong,
China, MacauSpeaker programme sponsored by Public Affairs
(DOS): Internet and IPR.
06.2001 USTR Hungary,
Albania,
Stability Pact
countriesIPR briefing at WTO-accession conference hosted by
Governments of Hungary and the Netherlands.
09.2000 DOS India Synopsis Bibliography of articles related to "Patent
prosecution and licensing strategies" was prepared for
distribution at a workshop conducted by the
Confederation of Indian Industry and the Centre for IPManagement in Mumbai.
09.2000 DOS India 16 articles/reports including the annual "Special 301"
Review on copyright piracy and market access
problems around the world, were sent out to 52 DRS
contacts.IP/C/W/306
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09.2000 DOS India Articles and websites on trade secrets, geographical
indicators, patent pooling, patent licensing
agreements, and cyber security have been provided to
other contacts.
09.2000 DOS India Info pack on IPR was provided to University of Pune
which has set up an IPR cell.
01.2001 DOS India 2 private IV visitors conducted programme on IP
rights.
03.2001 DOS India Embassy organized workshop series on biotech and
pharmaceutical product development.
03.2001 DOS India Workshop series on technology management in
biotechnology and pharmaceutical product
development, organized in New Delhi, Pune and
Hyderabad in association with CSIR.Organized/coordinated by Embassy Science Office
under the lndo-US Technology Management
Programme. 5 American technology management
experts attended the workshop series as speakers.
05.2001 DOS India Interactive session on IPR with local speakers.
07.2001 DOS India 3 Indian technology management experts attended
1-week IPR programme at Michigan State University
in US.
07.2001 DOS India 1-week international internship programme on IPR at
Michigan State University (Embassy Science Office
nominated 3 Indian technology management expertsto attend this programme).
11.2000 USPTO Indonesia USPTO gave technical assistance on IP issues.
07.2001 DOS Indonesia Embassy Jakarta and DOS's Bureau of Educational
and Cultural Affairs' sponsored a Voluntary Visitorprogramme for a leading Indonesian IPR lawyer and
special advisor to the Director General of IPR,
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. He visited
Washington for 1 week in early July for meetings with
USG officials and private sector associations workingon IP issues.
03.2001 DOS Israel DOS Public Diplomacy Speakers Programme
(Tel Aviv and Jerusalem): seminars and meetings with
an individual who is an attorney, professor, and author
on IPR issues. One seminar was specifically for key
IPR policy-makers in the government of Israel; other
events included government officials, members of theKnesset, academics, and private sector
representatives.
06.2001 USPTO Israel USPTO gave technical assistance to head of Israeli
Office.
06.2001 USPTO,
DOS INILIsrael, Poland,
AlbaniaUSPTO TRIPS IP Enforcement Programme in
Arlington, VA.
09.2000 DOS Jordan Public Affairs (DOS) conducted a US speaker event
focusing on IPR and the publishing industry (at some
point in the time period September 2000 to August
2001.)IP/C/W/306
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Date Agency Country Synopsis
09.2000 Agency
USAIDJordan Industrial Design Regulation. Provide legal assistance
to Ministry of Industry and Trade/Government of
Jordan in drafting regulations/instructions to
implement new industrial design law. Continuing
through present (as of August 2001).
09.2000 USAID Jordan Patent Regulation. Provide legal assistance to Ministry
of Industry and Trade/Government of Jordan in
drafting regulations/instructions to implement newpatent law. Continued through June 2001.
09.2000 USAID Jordan Integrated Circuits Regulation. Provide legal assistance
to Ministry of Industry and Trade/Government of
Jordan in drafting regulations/instructions to
implement new law on protection of integrated
circuits. Continuing through present (as of Aug 2001).
09.2000 USAID Jordan Customs Border Enforcement - Regulation. Provide
legal assistance to Customs Dept. in drafting
regulations to implement new border enforcementprovisions of the Customs Law. Continued through
Nov 2000.
10.2000 USPTO Jordan USPTO gave technical assistance on e-commerce.
11.2000 USAID Jordan Plant Variety Protection - Regulation. Provide legal
assistance to Ministry of Industry and
Trade/Government of Jordan in drafting
regulations/instructions to implement new plant
variety law. Continuing through present (as of
August 2001).
11.2000 USPTO Jordan USPTO gave technical assistance to Jordanian judges.
03.2001 USAID Jordan TRIPS Review. Provide legal assistance to the
Ministry of Industry and Trade in updating checklist
of issues and preparing for TRIPS review.
03.2001 USAID Jordan WIPO/WTO Committee Participation. Fund travel of a
representative of Ministry of Industry andTrade/Industrial Property Protection Department to
participate in selected IPO and WTO TRIPS meetings.
04.2001 USAID Jordan WIPO/WTO Committee Participation. Fund travel of a
representative of Ministry of Industry and
Trade/industrial Property Protection Department to
participate in selected IPO and WTO TRIPS meetings.
05.2001 USAID Jordan IP Automation - Industrial Property Protection
Department. Provide computers for Industrial Property
Protection Department of Ministry of Industry and
Trade to run WIPO Arabic language IP management
system.
05.2001 USAID Jordan IP Business Guidelines. Draft comprehensive "plain
language" guides for businesses on trademarks,
patents, and industrial designs to be published in print
and on Ministry website. Through July 2001.
06.2001 USAID Jordan Plant Variety Protection - Training. Provide training to
Ministry of Agriculture on requirements of new plant
variety law.IP/C/W/306
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06.2001 USAID Jordan Customs Border Enforcement Training. Provide
training to Customs officers on detection of infringing
and pirated goods. Continuing through present (as of
August 2001).
08.2001 USAID Jordan Restructuring Industrial Property Protection
Department. Provide assistance to Industrial Property
Protection Department in streamlining
procedures/improving business processes/design andimplement quality management system. Through
December 2001.
08.2001 USAID Jordan IP Automation - Nati onal Library. Provide computers
for National Library staff responsible for enforcement
of copyright law in Jordan.
01.2001 DOS Kuwait Post hosted President of McConnell International, an
information technology and management consulting
firm. He addressed Kuwaiti audiences concerning
Kuwait's "e-readiness", focusing much of thediscussion on the need for Kuwait to adopt a
necessary and efficient IPR enforcement regime.
03.2000 DOS Kuwait Embassy programmed visit by former DOJ Senior
Council and current Vice President of IP Policy for
IDSA.  He addressed Kuwaiti audiences on IPR
enforcement.
11.2000 USPTO Kuwait,
Indonesia,
Bulgaria,Chinese
Taipei,
Republic of
Korea, EI
Salvador,
Albania,
Paraguay,Nigeria,
Macau,
Viet Nam,
China, EgyptUSPTO gave technical assistance to Visiting Scholars.
09.2000 USAID,
Pragma
Corp.,Booz-Allen/
HamiltonKyrgyzstan Assistance to the State Agency for IP under the
Government of the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzpatent)
the form of review of IP-related national legislation.
09.2000 USAID,
Pragma
Corp.,
Booz-Allen/
HamiltonKyrgyzstan Assistance in drafting the Regulation on Well-Known
Trademarks, which was approved under Resolution
520 of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.IP/C/W/306
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09.2000 USAID,
Pragma
Corp.,
Booz-Allen/
HamiltonKyrgyzstan Assistance to Kyrgyzpatent on IPR border
enforcement issues, including providing legal
expertise regarding the draft Regulation on Customs
Control of Goods Incorporating IP Objects. Regulation
was enacted by Resolution 694 of the Government of
the Kyrgyz Republic on 27 November 2000.
09.2000 USAID,
PragmaCorp.,
Booz-Allen/
HamiltonKyrgyzstan Assistance to Kyrgyzpatent in its efforts to respond to
a 301 petition filed by the 11PA. In particular, theproject gave comments clarifying retroactive
protection of works and phonograms, initiation of
criminal cases in copyright infringement cases, civil
remedies in copyright cases, and enforcement of IP
Committee of Kyrgyzpatent, the main task of which isto coordinate IPR enforcement among all relevant
ministries, agencies, and other state bodies.
09.2000 USAID,
Pragma
Corp.,
Booz-Allen/
HamiltonKyrgyzstan Assistance to Kyrgyzpatent in meeting notification
requirements to the TRIPS Council/WTO, including
preparation of answers to follow-up questions of WTO
member states in response to the checklist on issues of
enforcement and notification under Article 63.2 of the
TRIPS Agreement.
01.2001 USPTO Latvia US-Latvian E-Commerce Working Group.
09.2000 USCS Malaysia Synopsis USCS (Singapore) officials consulted with
Malaysian enforcement officials on IPR enforcementand prosecution.
10.2000 DOS Malaysia Embassy Public Affairs and Economic sections
arranged for a judge from LSDLS to consult with the
Malaysian Bar Council and MIPA on strict and swift
prosecution of IPR violator s. The judge also conducted
a half-day seminar at ILKAP on IPR law in the US,
alternative dispute resolution, and court management.
02.2001 DOS, USTR Malaysia An inter-agency IPR delegation led by Deputy
Assistant from USTR visited Kuala Lumpur to consultwith Malaysian officials on the enforcement of the
Optical Disc Act 2000 and Malaysia's efforts to
strengthen its IPR.
03.2001 DOS Malaysia DOS Public Affairs funded participation of the
President, National IP Law Institute, in a conference
organized by MIPA and the Asian Patent Attorneys
Association Malaysia Group entitled "Recent
Developments in IP: the Impact on Emerging
Economies".
04.2001 DOS Malaysia The Embassy's Public Affairs Section and ISIDILS
sent 2 high court judges, the Deputy Registrar of the
High Court, and 4 lawyers to the US to look at
alternative dispute resolution and IPR law.
05.2001 USTR Malaysia During his visit to Malaysia, USTR Assistance met
with MDTCA Secretary General to discuss
enforcement of Malaysia's IPR regime and USTR's
30 April 2001, decision to keep Malaysia on the
Special 301 Priority Watch List.IP/C/W/306
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06.2001 DOS Malaysia Senior Fulbright Scholar begins 5-week programme in
Malaysia. Scholar worked on curriculum development
and taught continuing education programmes on
cyberlaws and IPR.
07.2001 USCS Malaysia USCS Customs Attaché consulted with MDTCA
enforcement officials and Royal Malaysian Customs
and Excise Department officials on enforcement of
Malaysia's IPR laws and opportunities for futuretraining.
10.2000 USPTO Moldova Trademark, GIs.
03.2001 DOS Moldova A judicial training seminar was presented by the NGO
Coalition for IPR.
12.2000 DOC,
CLP,USAIDNigeria CLDP, with USAI D funding, organized the
"Administration of IP Conference", held in Abuja.The Ministries of Commerce and Culture and
Tourism, IPLAn, NOTAP, entertainers and scientists
helped to convene the conference.  Focused on
egregious state of Nigeria's industrial property laws
and procedures and raised the issues of Nigeria'sintellectual obligations in the area of IPR.
12.2000 USPTO,
USAIDNigeria USAID funded Administra tion of Intellectual Property
Rights in Nigeria conference.
04.2001 DOC, CLDP,
USAIDNigeria CLDP, with USAID funding, organized the "IPR
Workshop" at the ECOWAS Secretariat.  Attended by
lawyers and government officials from several
ECOWAS member-states, including Nigeria.  Focus
was primarily on what member states must do to
become compliant with TRIPS and the WTO treaties.A diagnostic tool was used to compare national laws
with the TRIPS Agreement an identify amendments
needed to bring the national laws in compliance with
TRIPS.
04.2001 USPTO,
DOC, CLDP,
USAIDNigeria,
Burkina Faso,
Cameroon,GhanaIPR conference in Nigeria.
11.2000 USPTO Panama USPTO gave technical assistance on IP issues.
01.2001 DOS Panama Half-day seminar for supreme court justices and high
court judges and magistrates.
06.2001 DOS INL Paraguay Post conducted training seminar in the identification of
falsified goods for government officials and copyrightand trademark expert witnesses. Funded by INL,
training involved 36 participants drawn from Ministry
of Industry and Commerce, Office of the Attorney
General, National Police, the Judiciary, and the
Finance Ministry's tax compliance unit.
11.2000 DOC Poland Commerce Assistant Secretary visited Poland for
bilateral economic consultations. Major focus wasneed for improved IPR protection in Poland. His
discussions with various government officials covered
patents, copyrights, and data exclusivity.IP/C/W/306
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06.2001 DOS Poland Embassy co-sponsored and helped organize with the
Ministry of Health and the American Chamber of
Commerce's Local American Working Group of US
R&D pharmaceutical manufacturers conference on
innovation and medicine. Focused on benefits of
research-based medicines as well as need for strongIPR protection (patent protection and data exclusivity)
to promote better health, more research and new
product development, and increased investment. 300+
government officials, physicians, scientists, healthcare
firms.
04.2001 USPTO Qatar USPTO reviewed copyright law of Qatar.
09.2000 USPTO Russia USPTO gave technical assistance on trademark issues
with judges.
10.2000 USPTO Russia USPTO gave technical assistance on e-commerce.
12.2000 USPTO Russia American Russian Forum in Russia.
02.2001 USPTO Russia USPTO gave technical assistance to IP Working
Group.
05.2001 USPTO Russia UNECE Advisory Group.
06.2001 USPTO Russia AIPLA seminar in Moscow.
03.2001 USPTO Russia,
Ukraine,ColombiaSymposium on the Internet and IP Crime in London.
09.2000 USPTO San Marino Presentation to judges by USPTO.
09.2000 Agency
USPTOSan Marino USPTO gave technical assistance at judges visit.
09.2000 DOS Saudi Arabia Post has engaged Saudi authorities throughout the year
(09.2000 – 08.2001) on IPR issues and plans to
continue to do so in the coming year.
03.2001 DOS Saudi Arabia USG official travelled to Saudi Arabia as participant in
the International Speaker Programme. Met with the
Saudi IPR committee, which represents a variety of
ministries and government entities concerned with IPRissues, including Ministries of Commerce,
Information, Interior, the Saudi Patent Office, and
Ministry of Foreign Affairs. USG official also met
with various legal experts and officials at the GCC
Patent Office.
09.2000 US and
Foreign
Commercial
Service, INISlovakia,
Romania,
Hungary,
Slovenia,Czech
Republic,
Latvia,
Bulgaria,
Estonia,Lithuania,
Poland,
CroatiaConference on IP enforcement for pharmaceuticals in
Central and Eastern Europe held in Ilea Budapest.
09.2000 USPTO South Korea USPTO gave technical assistance at meeting with
Korean Embassy on computer software law.IP/C/W/306
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11.2000 USPTO South Korea USPTO gave technical assistance to Patent examiners.
11.2000 USPTO South Korea USPTO gave technical assistance on CFO and HR
visit.
04.2001 International
CopyrightEnforcementSouth Korea Assisted and trained local law enforcement in
identifying counterfeit books; provide expertidentification (when requested), logistical support in
criminal prosecutions, forensic analysis, legal
memoranda, equipment necessary to identify
counterfeits to local law enforcement
(e.g. microscopes, video cameras).
06.2001 USPTO South Korea USPTO gave technical assistance to Korean officials
in Korea.
09.2000 USAID Sri Lanka Introduction of an IPR Postgraduate Diploma
programme at the Sri Lanka Law College, $150,00.
Programme was introduced with assistance of George
Washington University and the Asia Pacific LawCollege, and is the 1
st IPR programme in Sri Lanka.
USAID's TIPS.  Project provided technical assistance,
including infrastructure to hold teleconferencing at the
Law College.  First group of 38 students will graduate
September 2001.  2nd group has already enrolled, and
the course is becoming a popular programme.
08.2001 USAID Sri Lanka Automation of Sri Lanka's National IPR office,
$70,000. Through the TIPS project, USAID funded the
automation of the Patent Division and the Industrial
Designs division of the National IPR office. Presently
these functions are done manually, causing significant
delays. Activity will be completed in August 2001.
11.2000 USPTO Syria USPTO gave technical assistance on IP issues.
10.2000 AIT,
USPTO,
DOJ, USCSChinese Taipei IPR Seminar for 160 officials on TRIPS standards and
enforcement.
10.2000 USPTO Chinese Taipei 4 judges attended USPTO training seminar in US.
11.2000 AIT, USTR,
DOCChinese Taipei IPR enforcement consultations between US officials
and Chinese Taipei IP authorities.
11.2000 USPTO Chinese Taipei Enforcement programme.
11.2000 USPTO, AIT Chinese Taipei IPR seminar for 40-50 lawyers.
02.2001 AIT, USTR,
USPTO,
CopyrightOfficeChinese Taipei IPR consultations between US officials and Chinese
Taipei authorities on optical disc and patent
legislation.
03.2001 USTR, AIT Chinese Taipei USTR official provides assistance on OD and patent
legislation.
04.2001 USPTO Chinese Taipei USPTO reviewed optical media disc law of Chinese
Taipei.
06.2001 DOS Chinese Taipei Dep. Director of IPO to US as IV for IP consultations.
06.2001 DOS Chinese Taipei IV seminar on IPR protection for hi-tech goods.IP/C/W/306
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02.2001 USAID Tajikistan USAID helped to find Tajik participation in a Civil
Code Drafting Workshop held in Germany. Training
event involved cooperation with the Majilisi Oli
(Parliament), Presidential Administration, and
National Patent Center. Participants served in working
group which prepared Civil Code Part Ill provisions onIPR legislation currently being circulated for comment
and review within the GOTI.
07.2001 DOS Tajilkistan Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajilkistan recently used Public
Diplomacy funds to order Russian-language
background booklets on IPR for distribution in
Tajilkistan.
09.2000 USPTO Thailand Enforcement Programme with WIPO.
11.2000 US District
CourtThailand Visit by US District Court judge from Wilmington,
Delaware. His activities included serving as panelist
for the 3rd Symposium of CIPIT Court, giving a
presentation on case management to a gathering ofCIPIT Court judges, and consulting with judges
responsible for court reform and court allocation
projects.
11.2000 USCS,
USPTOThailand Presentations by USCS Senior Special Agent on IPR
enforcement law and procedure and USPTO attorney-
adviser on semiconductor chip protection at 5th
APEC/P1FP Course on Management of IndustrialProperty Rights.
03.2001 USPTO Thailand USPTO gave technical assistance to judges from
Thailand.
05.2001 USPTO Thailand USPTO gave technical assistance on trademark and
patent practice to a Thai judge.
09.2000 USPTO Trinidad and
TobagoIP Office visit to the US.
09.2000 USPTO Trinidad and
TobagoUSPTO gave technical assistance at meeting on
biotechnology.
07.2001 DOS Tunisia, Japan,
Croatia,
Armenia,
MalaysiaInternational Visitor Programme. "Copyright in the
Electronic Age".
04.2001 DOS, MPAA Turkey European Direct or of MPAA made presentation at
Anadolu Univ. in Eskisehir comparing US and
European approaches to IPR issues and methods of
film production. Speech organized by EmbassyAnkara Public Affairs Office at request of Ministry of
Culture. Attended by government officials, university
professors, and Turkish film producers.
08.2001 DOS Turkey Head of EU Coordination Department of the Ministry
of Justice invited on International Visitors Programme
with 3 other Justice Ministry officials to visit US to
examine how IPR law is enforced in the US.
09.2000 USPTO Ukraine Technical assistance given via videoconference.
03.2001 USPTO Ukraine USPTO gave technical assistance on copyright
enforcement.IP/C/W/306
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04.2001 USPTO United Arab
EmiratesGovernment official from Ministry of Economy and
Commerce attended USPTO training programme in
Washington.
06.2001 USPTO Venezuela USPTO gave technical assistance to judicial.
09.2000 USPTO Viet Nam Technical assistance given during visit by
Commissioner to Viet Nam.
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