WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/377/Add.8
15 November 2002
(02-6347)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:
INFORMATION FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
Addendum
NEW ZEALAND
The present document reproduces the updated information on New Zealand's technical and
financial cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, which hasbeen received from the Permanent Mission of New Zealand by means of a communication dated
11 November 2002.
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1. Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement provides that "developed country Members shall provide,
on request and on mutually agreed terms and conditions, technical and financial cooperation in favour
of developing and least-developed country Members… [this] shall include assistance in the
preparation of laws and regulations on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights
as well as the prevention of their abuse, and shall include support regarding the establishment or
reinforcement of domestic offices and agencies relevant to these matters, including the training ofpersonnel".
2. The New Zealand Agency for International Development has provided comprehensive
training in trade issues, including trade-related aspects of intellectual property, in a number of
developing and least-developed countries, includin g in the 2001/02 financial year, Laos PDR, Viet
Nam, Cambodia, Mongolia, Lesotho, East Timor, Tonga, China, in the Pacific Region and withinAPEC.
3. The Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand also provides technical assistance, on
request, to help developing and least-developed countries to establish intellectual property offices.  In
the past IPONZ has helped to train officers, and provided equipment for, the Tongan intellectual
property office.
4. In addition, the New Zealand Government (the Ministry for Economic Development) recently
hosted a group of copyright officials from China, as part of a study tour focused on the
implementation of intellectual property legislation and enforcement.
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