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ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/203/Add.4/Suppl.2
21 May 2001
(01-2574)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of
Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  French
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION
FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
PORTUGAL
Supplement
The present document reproduces the updated information on Portugal's technical and
financial cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement in the area of
industrial property.  It supplements the information contained in document
IP/C/W/203/Add.4/Suppl.1, which contains updated info rmation on Portugal's technical and financial
cooperation activities in the area of copyright and related rights as well as on enforcement ofintellectual property rights.
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1. Countries to which assistance has been granted:
The following countries have received technical assistance:  Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-
Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe.
2. Fields concerned:
Protection of rights relating to patents, utility models, industrial designs, marks and
geographical indications.  Elaboration of legislation in each of these fields.
3. Nature and objectives of the assistance:
Project 1:  Improvement of the level of technical training in the Portuguese-speaking African
countries (PALOP) by means of courses at the National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) and in
specialized international organizations, covering the different areas of industrial property.
Project 2:  Provision of more intensive technical, legal and administrative assistance in the
PALOP by specialists of the INPI and the specialized international organizations, in order to establish
and refine the industrial property regimes of each country, including by means of seminars.
Project 3:  Presentation and defence of aspects of common interest within the international
organizations to which these countries belong, particularly with regard to all matters relating directlyor indirectly to the Portuguese language.
4. Duration of assistance:
Five years.IP/C/W/203/Add.4/Suppl.2
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5. Authorities concerned by the assistance:
The first two projects are co-financed by WIPO, the European Patent Office (EPO) and the
INPI, as well as by the Portuguese Cooperation Institute (ICP) in certain cases involving vocational
training or technical assistance missions specifically requested by the PALOP.
6. Impact of the assistance:
- Establishment of units specializing in industrial property, in particular in Angola and
Mozambique;
- approval of industrial property legislation, in particular in Angola and Mozambique;
- accession of certain countries to the principal WIPO conventions and treaties:
Angola:  WIPO and Paris Convention
Cape-Verde:  WIPO
Guinea-Bissau:  WIPO, Paris Convention and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT);
Mozambique:  WIPO, Paris Convention and Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT);
Sao Tome and Principe:  WIPO and Paris Convention.
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