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WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/34/Add.5
17September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3652)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: INFORMATION FROM
DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
Addendum
Canada
Thepresent document reproduces theupdated information onCanada 'stechnical andfinancial
cooperation activities relevant totheimplementation oftheTRIPS Agreement, which hasbeenreceived
from thePermanent Mission ofCanada bymeans ofacommunication, dated 6September 1996.
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Please notethatallofthefollowing technical cooperation isconducted under theaegisofWIPO
andisongoing unless stated otherwise. Anyfunding forspecific activities ispaidforinpartorin
fullbyWIPO.
1. Human Resources
- TheCanadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) provides annual, in-house training
ofuptofourofficials intheadministration ofanindustrial property office.
- CIPOisplanningtoholdannual,two-weekin-houseformaltrainingcoursesforofficials
fromdeveloping countries inthemanagement oftrademark operations andtrademark
information services. Thefirstcourse willbeoffered intheSpring of1997.
- CIPO isconsidering offering asimilar formal two-week training course onpatents.
2. Assistance inthePreparation ofLaws andRegulations
- CIPO has,inthepast, provided assistance inthedrafting ofindustrial property
regulations. There hasbeennorecent activity inthisarea.
3. Institution Building
- CIPO provides search andexamination ofpatent applications filedwiththeAfrican
Regional Industrial Property Office (ARIPO).
- CIPO provides state-of-the-art technology searches fordeveloping countries, mainly
from Latin America.
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- CIPO provides copies ofspecific Canadian patents fordeveloping countries, upon
request from WIPO.
4. Other Assistance
- CIPO officials participate, upon request andonanadhocbasis, inWIPO training
missions andsymposia, seminars andother conferences.