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2 octobre  2019 
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Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
  
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE: RENSEIGNEMENTS  
COMMUNIQUÉS PAR LES MEMBRES  
ÉTATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE  
Addendum  
La communication ci -après, datée du 19 septembre 2019 , est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation des États -Unis d'Amérique.  
 
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1.  Le présent document fait rapport sur les programmes d'assistance technique menés par le 
gouvernement des États -Unis concernant la protection et l'utilisation des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle (DPI) et les moyens de les f aire respecter, y compris les brevets et les marques , en 
faveur des  pays en développement et les pays les moins avancés (PMA). Il porte sur les activités 
menées en 201 8 et 201 9. 
2.  Au moyen de son vaste programme de formation des fonctionnaires étrangers vena nt de pays 
développés et en développement et de PMA, le gouvernement des États -Unis fait progresser de 
manière constante la protection et le respect des DPI. En collaboration avec de nombreux 
organismes publics nationaux et régionaux et de nombreuses organ isations du domaine de la 
propriété intellectuelle, telles que l'Organisation mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) et 
INTERPOL, il aide tous les pays à élaborer et à appliquer leurs lois et politiques en matière de DPI 
afin de promouvoir le dével oppement économique, social et culturel. L'assistance technique fournie 
par le gouvernement des États -Unis vise principalement à aider les pays à atteindre un 
développement et une croissance durables au moyen de la simplification et de la rationalisation d es 
procédures d'obtention de droits de propriété intellectuelle, de l'administration des traités et des 
systèmes permettant de réaliser cet objectif ainsi que de la formation et de l'assistance technique 
destinées à améliorer le fonctionnement et l'utilisa tion des régimes de propriété intellectuelle, 
conformément à l'Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent au 
commerce (ADPIC).  
3.  L'assistance technique fournie par le gouvernement des États -Unis est fonction de la demande 
et des besoins prioritaires individuels des pays bénéficiaires. La diversité des besoins et des intérêts 
identifiés par les pays bénéficiaires a conduit à la mise en place d'activités d'assistance technique 
sur mesure dans des domaines d'intérêt spécifiques.  
4.  Cette assistance technique couvre un large éventail de questions liées aux DPI, y compris:  
• la protection et la gestion de la propriété intellectuelle;  
• l'administration des offices de la propriété intellectuelle et la mise en valeur des ressources 
humaines l iées à l'administration des offices de la propriété intellectuelle;  
• la mise en place de mécanismes efficaces pour faire respecter les DPI à la frontière;  IP/C/W/655/Add.2  
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  • le règlement efficace des affaires de propriété intellectuelle, y compris la transparence du 
processus de décision;  
• des méthodes spécifiques à chaque pays pour mener les enquêtes et les poursuites relatives 
aux infractions pénales en matière de DPI;  
• les recherches et les techniques d'application de la loi;  
• la lutte contre la contrefaçon, y compris  dans le domaine des produits pharmaceutiques et 
médicaux contrefaits;  
• l'utilisation de techniques informatiques de pointe pour rechercher, arrêter et poursuivre les 
contrevenants en matière de DPI; et  
• la sensibilisation du public et des consommateurs à l'importance de la propriété intellectuelle, 
qu'il s'agisse de sa protection, de l'innovation et de la créativité dans ce domaine ou des 
moyens de faire respecter les DPI.  
5.  Les organismes et services du gouvernement des États -Unis qui fourni ssent une assistance 
technique dans le domaine des DPI sont notamment les suivants: le Bureau du Représentant des 
États-Unis pour les questions commerciales internationales (USTR); l'Agence des États -Unis pour le 
développement international (USAID); l'Offi ce du droit d'auteur de la Bibliothèque du Congrès 
(USCO); le Département de l'agriculture (USDA); le Département du commerce (DOC), y compris 
le Programme pour le développement du droit commercial (CLDP), l'Administration du commerce 
international (ITA) e t l'Office des brevets et des marques (USPTO); le Département de la sécurité 
intérieure (DHS), y compris par le biais du Bureau des douanes et de la protection des frontières 
(CBP) et du service de l'immigration et du contrôle douanier (ICE); le Départemen t de la justice 
(DOJ), y compris par le biais de la Section de la criminalité en matière d'informatique et de propriété 
intellectuelle (CCIPS), le Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) et l'Office d'assistance et de formation 
pour le développement des pour suites judiciaires à l'étranger (OPDAT); le Département d'État 
(DOS); et l'Agence des États -Unis pour le commerce et le développement (USTDA).  
6.  La coopération technique prévue par l'article 67 de l'Accord sur les ADPIC comprend la fourniture 
d'une assistanc e, sur demande, pour l'élaboration des lois et réglementations relatives à la 
protection et au respect des droits de propriété intellectuelle ainsi qu'à la prévention des abus.  
7.  Des renseignements complémentaires, y compris un calendrier des programmes, son t 
disponibles dans la Base de données mondiale du gouvernement des États -Unis sur les programmes 
de formation en matière de propriété intellectuelle à l'adresse suivante: http://usipr.uspto.gov/ . 
Cette base de donnée s est tenue à jour par les organismes du gouvernement des États -Unis qui 
dispensent une formation et une assistance technique sur la protection des DPI et les moyens de les 
faire respecter.  
8.  L'Académie mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (GIPA) propose des programmes de 
renforcement des capacités aux États -Unis et dans le monde entier portant sur la protection des DPI 
et les moyens de les faire respecter et d'en tirer profit. La GIPA joue un rôle essentiel dans les efforts 
déployés par le gouvernement de s États -Unis pour améliorer les pratiques en matière de protection 
et de respect des DPI dans le monde. Ont participé aux programmes de la GIPA: des fonctionnaires 
des offices nationaux de la propriété intellectuelle;  des fonctionnaires de justice; des 
policiers/enquêteurs; des procureurs; des fonctionnaires des douanes; des fonctionnaires des 
ministères de la santé; des fonctionnaires d'organismes de transfert de technologie; des 
fonctionnaires d'organismes de protection des consommateurs; des représentant s d'établissements 
universitaires, des étudiants; et des représentants de petites et moyennes entreprises (PME). La 
GIPA offre à la fois des programmes multilatéraux et des programmes par pays. Certains de ces 
programmes sont conçus pour traiter des questi ons juridiques spécifiques, des questions 
administratives ainsi que des domaines spécifiques de la propriété intellectuelle. Pour en savoir plus, 
consultez la page www.uspto.gov/GIPA . IP/C/W/655/Add.2  
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  9.  Le descriptif des programmes de la GIPA est disponible  auprès de l'USPTO et partout dans le 
monde. Ces programmes incluent les suivants:  
• Programmes relatifs aux brevets: Ces programmes sont axés sur un éventail de que stions 
comprenant l'administration des offices et la budgétisation, les pratiques de base en matière 
d'examen, les questions relatives à l'examen dans certains domaines technologiques tels 
que la biotechnologie et les produits pharmaceutiques, l'examen des  dessins et modèles 
industriels, les pratiques en matière de transfert de technologie. Les programmes 
approfondis qui sont proposés font appel à des études de cas et à des exemples dans la 
mesure du possible afin de mieux faire comprendre les concepts. Les  programmes relatifs 
aux brevets visent à diffuser les meilleures pratiques et ainsi à améliorer la qualité des 
brevets dans le monde entier.  
• Protection des obtentions végétales: Ces programmes comprennent la sensibilisation au  
système de protection des ob tentions végétales de l'UPOV, ainsi qu'un programme plus 
détaillé de formation des formateurs.  
• Programmes relatifs aux marques: Ces programmes sont axés sur l'administration, la 
budgétisation, le recrutement et la formation, et les protocoles de traité. Il s comprennent 
des analyses et des études de cas sur les procédures d'examen. Ces programmes peuvent 
également être axés sur les indications géographiques.  
• Programmes relatifs aux droits d'auteur: Dans le cadre de ces programmes, des questions 
épineuses son t analysées avec des spécialistes réputés dans leur domaine. Parmi les sujets 
abordés, mentionnons les droits exclusifs, la responsabilité et le piratage.  
• Programmes relatifs aux secrets commerciaux: Ces programmes donnent un aperçu général 
de la législati on et des politiques en matière de secrets commerciaux.  
• Programmes relatifs aux moyens de faire respecter les droits: Ces programmes sont axés 
sur les mesures pénales, civiles, douanières et frontalières appliquées pour faire respecter 
les droits. Les prog rammes sont techniques et proposent un ensemble de cours complet.  
• Apprentissage à distance, y compris modules d'apprentissage en ligne en direct et à la 
demande sur tous les thèmes de la  propriété intellectuelle.  
 
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ANNEX I1 
Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
9/9/2018  9/9/2018  Hong Kong, China  IPR Enforcement Training  Hong Kong, China  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
9/10/2019  9/12/2019  Egypt  USDA US -Egypt Technology 
Transfer Workshop  National Agricultural 
Library, Beltsville, 
MD, USA  USDA; DOS; AUTM; Department 
of Commerce Commercial Law 
Development Program; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/11/2018  9/15/2018  Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR,  Malaysia, 
Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, 
Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  Asia Regional Workshop on Effective 
Practices in Border Enforcement of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark O ffice 
Global IP Academy; DOS, 
International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs; DOJ, Office 
of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training; Smithsonian Institution  
9/11/2018  9/13/2018  El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras  Combating Intellectual Property 
Crime  San Salvador, El 
Salvador  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DOS, 
International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs; DHS, 
Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
9/12/2018  9/14/2018  Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, 
China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam  Sixth Meeting of the IP Crimes 
Enforcement Network  Hong Kong, China  DOS, International Narcotics and 
Law Enforcement Affairs; DOJ, 
Office of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
9/12/2018  9/12/2018  Indonesia  IPR Enforcement Training  Indonesia  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
                                                
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Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
9/13/2018  9/14/2018  Indonesia  Intellectual Property Rights: Border 
Enforcement Workshop  Jakarta, Indonesia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/18/2018  9/21/2018  Pakistan  USPTO IPO Pakistan: Patent 
Examination  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/24/2018  9/26/2018  Indonesia  Biotech Patent Examination 
Training  Jakarta, Indonesia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/27/2018  9/28/2018  Indonesia  Intellectual Property Rights: 
Seminar on the Protection of 
Geographical Indications  Bogor , Indonesia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/25/2018  9/25/2018  Mexico  IPR Enforcement Training  Chetumal, Mexico  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
9/26/2018  9/28/2018  Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, 
Belize, Bermuda, Suriname, Trinidad 
and Tobago, Grenada, Guyana, 
Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint 
Lucia Investigation and Prosecution of 
Intellectual Property Crimes  Bridgetown, 
Barbados  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; International 
Narcotics and L aw Enforcement 
Affairs; DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
10/1/2018  10/5/2018  Viet Nam  IPR Judicial Colloquium series  Hanoi and Ho Chi 
Minh City, Viet Nam  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assista nce, and Training; U.S. 
Embassy Hanoi; U.S. Consulate 
General Ho Chi Minh City, the 
Motion Picture Association and 
the Viet Nam Supreme People's 
Court; DHS, Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement; DOJ -
CCIPS  
10/1/2018  10/5/2018  Chinese Taipei  USPTO -TIPO Examiner Exchange 
Program  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy    
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Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
10/1/2018  10/3/2018  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, 
Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam  Promoting Excellence of Collective 
Management Organizations (CMOs) 
in Transparency, Accountability, 
and Governance  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
10/2/2018  10/3/2018  Jordan  USPTO IPR Border Enforcement 
Workshop  Amman, Jordan  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy, USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
10/12/2018  10/12/2018  China  Visit of Delegates from Guangdong 
Intellectual Property Office  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
10/15/2018  10/15/2018  Singapore  Cybercrime and Intellectual 
Property Rights Enforcement 
Workshop  Singapore  U.S. Department of State; DHS, 
Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
10/16/2018  10/19/2018  Kingdom of Bahrain, Bhutan, Brazil, 
Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, 
Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, 
Jamaica,  Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, 
Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, 
Republic of Korea, Suriname, 
Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Viet Nam  Intellectual Property Protection for 
Designs: An International 
Perspective  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
10/17/2018  10/19/2018  Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, 
Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, 
Spain, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, 
Guatemala  USPTO / WIPO - 20th Regional 
Seminar on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty for Latin American Countries  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
10/22/2018  10/26/2018  Bhutan  Best Practices in Trademark 
Examination  Thimphu, Bhutan  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program    
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Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
10/22/2018  10/23/2018  United States  Experts' Meeting on Copyright 
Registration and Infrastructure in 
the Digital Age  U.S. Copyright 
Office, Library of 
Congress, 
Washington DC  U.S. Copyright Office  
10/24/2018  10/24/2018  Nigeria  International Visitors Leadership 
Program: Nigeria, Intellectual 
Property Rights  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
10/28/2018  10/29/2018  Jordan  Patent Examination Training  Jordan  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
10/29/2018  10/29/2018  Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United 
Arab Emirates  IP Management Workshop  Kuwait City, Kuwait  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
10/29/2018  10/31/2018  India Patent Policy Discussion and Patent 
Examination Workshops  New Delhi, India  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
11/7/2018  11/9/2018  Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, 
Philippines, Viet Nam  ASEAN -USPTO Workshop on IP 
Enforcement, Public Awareness and 
Consumer Behavior  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
11/13/2018  11/15/2018  Botswana  Criminal investigations and 
prosecutions of pharma ceutical 
crime violations for Eastern and 
Southern African countries  Gaborone, 
Botswana  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; DHS, 
Immigrations and Customs 
Enforcement; South African 
Police Service, Directorate for 
Priority Crime Investigation  
11/14/2018  11/15/2018  Indonesia  Indonesia Examiners Training  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy    
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Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
11/15/2018  11/15/2018  China  Visit of Officials from the Shanghai 
Free Trade Zone (SFTZ)  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
11/19/2018  11/21/2018  Botswana, Estonia, The Gambia, 
Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao 
Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, 
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, 
Zimbabwe  USPTO -UPOV Training on Plant 
Related IP for ARIPO Members  Windhoek, Namibia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; UPOV  
11/27/2018  11/30/2018  China  Workshop on Trademark 
Examination  Shanghai and 
Guangzhou, China  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
11/27/2018  11/28/2018  Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, 
Hungary, Republic of North 
Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, 
Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine  Combating intellectual property 
theft through increased container 
security  Southeast European 
Law Enforcement 
Center  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosec utorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
11/30/2018  11/30/2018  Brazil  DVC with INPI Brazil on the USPTO 
Telework Program  Live online from 
Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Acad emy 
12/3/2018  12/7/2018  Pakistan  CLDP-USPTO IP Judicial Program for 
Pakistan  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
12/3/2018  12/3/2018  The State of Kuwait  IP Crime and Organized Crime and 
Terrorism  Kuwait City, The 
State of Kuwait  USPTO IP Attaché Program    
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Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
12/4/2018  12/4/2018  The State of Kuwait  Proliferation of Counterfeit and 
Pirated Goods Entering Sensitive 
Supply Chains  Kuwait City, the 
State of Kuwait  USPTO IP Attaché Program  
12/6/2018  12/6/2018  China  Meeting with Delegation of Ningxia 
Department of Technology, China  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
1/28/2019  1/30/2019  Afghanistan; Cambodia; Jamaica; 
Kazakhstan; Liechtenstein; 
Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; 
Nigeria; Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines; United Arab Emirates; 
Viet Nam; Zambia; Zimbabwe  Workshop on Drafting Legislation in 
Accordance with the UPOV 
Convention  Geneva, 
Switzerland  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; UPOV  
1/29/2019  1/31/2019  Dominican Republic  Workshop for Caribbean 
prosecutors, customs, and police 
officers  Punta Cana, 
Dominican Republic  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
1/30/2019  2/1/2019  Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam  ASEAN/USPTO GIPA  Judicial 
Colloquium on Civil and Criminal 
Infringement of Intellectual 
Property  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; ASEAN 
Secretariat  
2/4/2019  2/6/2019  Bangladesh  IPR workshop  Chittigong, 
Bangladesh  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
2/13/2019  2/15/2019  Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Viet Nam  ASEAN / USPTO GIPA - Advanced 
Workshop on Three -Dimensional 
and Other Non -Traditional Marks  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; ASEAN 
Secretariat  
2/18/2019  2/19/2019  Philippines  USPTO / IPOPHIL  Workshop on 
Advanced Trademark Examination  Manila, Philippines  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; IPOPHIL  
2/25/2019  2/25/2019  Spain  USPTO Visit by Delegation from the 
Embassy of Spain and other 
European Embassies  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy    
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Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
2/26/2019  2/26/2019  Canada, Chile, China, Japan, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, 
Russian Federation, Republic of 
Korea, Chinese Taipe i APEC IPEG Seminar on Patent Grace 
Period  Santiago, Chile  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USTR; APEC  
2/27/2019  3/1/2019  Austria  Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 
User's Seminar in Vienna and 
Program on U.S. Office Practice for 
APO Patent Management and 
Examiners  Vienna, Austria  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
3/1/2019  3/1/2019  Austria  U.S. Office Practice for APO 
Trademark Management and 
Examiners  Vienna, Austria  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
3/4/2019  3/6/2019  Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El 
Salvador, Honduras,  Panama  Judicial Workshop on the Protection 
and Enforcement of Intellectual 
Property Rights  Tegucigalpa, 
Honduras  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP  
Attaché Program  
3/11/2019  3/12/2019  Peru Seminar on Patent Examination and 
IP Administration  Lima, Peru  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
3/12/2019  3/12/2019  Qatar  Patent Examination Training 
Workshop  Doha, Qatar  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
3/14/2019  3/15/2019  Chile Seminar on Patent Examination and 
IP Administration  Santiago, Chile  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
3/25/2019  3/28/2019  Chinese Taipei  Exchange of Best Practices in 
Trademark Examination with 
Chinese Taipei Intellectual Property 
Office (TIPO)  Chinese Taipei 
Intellectual Property 
Office  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy    
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Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
4/1/2019  4/5/2019  Albania, Cambodia, Colombia, India, 
Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, 
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam  Asia Regional Workshop on Trade in 
Counterfeit Food, Beverages, 
Cosmetics, and Fast Moving 
Consumer Goods  Ho Chi Minh City, 
Viet Nam  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Ac ademy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; DOJ; FDA; 
EUIPO  
4/2/2019  4/3/2019  Israel  Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 
User's Seminar in Israel and 
Program on U.S. Patent 
Examination Practices  Tel Aviv/Jerusalem  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
4/4/2019  4/5/2019  Uruguay  Trademark Examination Training  Montevideo, 
Uruguay  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
4/8/2019  4/9/2019  Colombia  Trademark Examination Training  Bogota, Colombia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
4/9/2019  4/10/2019  Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, 
Uruguay  IPR Center International IP 
Workshop  Sao Paulo, Brazil  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy; USPTO IP Attaché 
Program; DOJ; DOS  
4/10/2019  4/11/2019  Indonesia  USPTO -DGIP Examiner Training 
Program  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
4/11/2019  4/11/2019  Chinese Taipei  Workshop on Best Practices for 
Stemming Digital Piracy  Taipei, Chinese 
Taipei  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program;  DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
4/12/2019  4/12/2019  Chinese Taipei  Workshop on Best Practices for 
Trade Secret Enforcement  Taipei, Chinese 
Taipei  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program;  DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training    
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start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
4/15/2019  4/17/2019  Argentina  Workshop on the Investigation and 
Prosecution of IP Crimes  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DHS, 
Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; USPTO IP Attaché 
Program  
4/22/2019  4/25/2019  Nigeria  Train-the-trainer workshop on IP 
enforcement for judicial officers  Abuja, Nigeria  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; Africa 
Regional Intellectual Property 
Office (ARIPO); INTERPOL; 
Government of J apan 
4/23/2019  4/26/2019  Algeria, Botswana, Eswatini, The 
Gambia, Lesotho, Mozambique, 
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, 
Botswana, Malawi, Sao Tome and 
Principe, Tanzania, Zambia  Africa Regional Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Training For Judicial 
Instru ctors Gaborone, 
Botswana  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DOJ, Office 
of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
4/26/2019  4/26/2019  Brazil  World IP Day Celebration Event 
"Reach for Gold: IP and Sports"  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil and live online  USPTO IP Attaché Program  
4/23/2019  4/25/2019  United States, Barbados, Brazil, 
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago  USPTO -NAAG  Workshop on 
Intellectual Property and Consumer 
Protection  USPTO Texas 
Regional Office, 
Dallas, TX  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; NAAG  
4/29/2019  4/29/2019  Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of 
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  Workshop on USPTO's Patent 
Appeal Process  Kuwait City, The 
State of Kuwait  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
5/1/2019  5/1/2019  Qatar  Patent Examination Program  Doha, Qatar  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
5/6/2019  5/8/2019  Romania  IPR training  Bucharest, Romania  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
5/13/2019  5/13/2019  Senegal  DOJ ICHIP  IP Crimes Training 
Pharma Workshop  Dakar, Senegal  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training    
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start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
5/13/2019  5/21/2019  Uzbekistan  Intellectual Property Rights: A 
Project for Uzbekistan  Washington, D.C.; 
Baltimore, MD; 
Raleigh, NC  U.S. Department of State; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
5/16/2019  5/17/2019  Thailand  Workshop on the Prosecution of 
Intellectual Property Cases for 
Provincial Public Prosecutors  Pattaya, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; Thai Attorney 
General Office  
5/21/2019  5/23/2019  Chile, Colombia, Peru  Digital Piracy: Challenges and Best 
Practices for Prosecutors and Police  Bogota, Colombia  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
5/21/2019  5/23/2019  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan  USPTO GIPA  Judicial Dialogue on 
the Protection of Intellectual 
Property Rights  Nur-Sultan, 
Kazakhstan  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
5/22/2019  5/23/2019  Thailand  Training on Advanced Industrial 
Designs Examination  Bangkok, Thailand  DIP; U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office Global IP Academy; USPTO 
IP Attaché Program; Government 
of Japan  
5/27/2019  5/29/2019  Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa 
Rica, Mexico, Peru, Spain  International Course on Emerging 
Topics in IP for Judges and Public 
Attorneys  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  World International Property 
Organization (WIPO); U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; MRE Brazil; 
EMARF and AJUFE with INPI 
Brazil; CEJ, TRF2  
6/3/2019  6/6/2019  South Africa  Patent Office Administration 
Training for South African Officials  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
6/4/2019  6/7/2019  Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Tajikistan, 
Turkey  IP Enforcement Training  Vienna. Austria  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement    
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Programme 
start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
6/10/2019  6/19/2019  Argentina, Kingdom of Bahrain, 
Barbados, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Ethiopia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japa n, 
Jordan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Oman, 
Peru, Republic of Korea, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Uganda, Viet Nam  Advanced Trademark Examination 
Training  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
6/11/2019  6/14/2019  Burundi, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, 
Morocco, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, 
Senegal  Regional workshop on 
pharmaceutical and pesticide crime  Dakar, Senegal  DOJ, Office of Oversea s 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
6/11/2019  6/12/2019  Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka UBL  Cells: United States 
Intellectual Property Law and Policy  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
6/18/2019  6/21/2 019 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  Saudi Authority for Intellectual 
Property visit  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy;  
6/18/2019  8/21/2019  Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Viet Nam  Workshop on Enforcement Against 
IP Criminal Infringement  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; DOJ; ASEAN 
Secretaria t; DOS; FDA; DHS  
6/19/2019  6/19/2019  Ecuador  ISP Liability and Safe Harbors  Quito, Ecuador  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; Servicio 
Nacional de Derechos 
Intelectuales  
6/20/2019  6/20/2019  Ecuador  Collective Management 
Organizations  Quito, Ecuador  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; Servicio 
Nacional de Derechos 
Intelectuales  
7/7/2019  7/9/2019  Kingdom of Bahrain, The State of 
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  Copyright Management Workshop  Oman  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program    
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start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
7/10/2019  7/11/2019  Oman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 
Qatar  Patent Examination Workshop  Oman  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
7/15/2019  7/19/2019  Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, 
Ethiopia, Greece, Indonesia, 
Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, 
Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, 
South Africa, Spain, Thailand, 
Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine  USPTO Copyright Seminar 2019  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
7/25/2019  7/26/2019  Tajikistan  Trademark Examination Workshop  Dushanbe, 
Tajikistan  U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
7/29/2019  7/30/2019  Uzbekistan  Trademark Examination Workshop   Tashkent, 
Uzbekistan  U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
7/23/2019  7/26/2019  Argentina, Australia, Kingdom of 
Bahrain, Botswana, Cambodia, 
Canada, Chile, The Gambia, Georgia, 
India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, 
Nigeria, Norway, Romania, Pakistan, 
Peru, Serbia, South Africa, 
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 
Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, 
Uruguay  USPTO/WIPO/AUTM Workshop on 
Technology Transfer an d 
Management of Government 
Intellectual Property  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; World 
Intellectual Property 
Organization; AUTM  
7/23/2019  7/24/2019  Myanmar  International Trademark 
Association / Myanmar Customs 
Department / Pharmaceutical 
Security Institute / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy - 
Workshop on Brand Protection and 
IP Border Enforcement for Myanmar 
Customs  Yangon, Myanmar  U.S. Patent and T rademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program    
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start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
7/23/2019  7/26/2019  Bermuda, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Jamaica, Panama, Saint Lucia, 
Trinidad and Tobago, United 
Kingdom  Intellectual Property Rights 
Enforcement Training  Grand Cayman, 
Cayman Islands  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
7/29/2019  7/29/2019  Paraguay  DOJ Financial Workshop  Asuncion, Paraguay  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement;  DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
8/5/2019  8/8/2019  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, 
Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, 
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, 
Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan , 
Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR, 
Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, 
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Turkey, Uganda  IP Office Administration Training  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademar k Office 
Global IP Academy  
8/7/2019  8/9/2019  Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet 
Nam, Singapore  Workshop on Utilizing ADR in IP 
Disputes  Manila, Philippines  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
8/8/2019  8/9/2019  Thailand  Workshop for Thai Public 
Prosecutors  Udon Thani, 
Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
8/19/2019  8/22/2019  Afghanistan  Trademark Examiners Workshop  New Delhi, India  U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
8/20/2019  8/22/2019  Bangladesh  IPR Enforcement Workshop for 
Bangladesh  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy    
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start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
8/20/2019  8/20/2019  Kenya  Intellectual Property Rights 
Enforcement Training  Nairobi, Kenya  DHS, Immigr ation and Customs 
Enforcement  
8/22/2019  8/23/2019  Madagascar  Trademark Examination Training  Antananarivo, 
Madagascar  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
8/27/2019  8/20/2019  South Africa  Trademark Examination Training  Pretoria, South 
Africa  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
8/29/2019  8/30/2019  Singapore  IP Program, IP Week in Singapore  Singapore  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; IPOS  
9/2/2019  9/3/2019  Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, 
Senegal, Sierra Leone  investigations and prosecutions of 
pharmaceutical crime violations for 
West African countries  Accra, Ghana  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistan ce, and Training  
9/7/2019  9/9/2019  Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, 
Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Togo  Western Africa Counterfeit 
Pharmaceutical Workshop  Accra, Ghana  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
9/10/2019  9/11/2019  Brunei Darussalam  Workshop on IP Education  Brunei Darussalam  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; Brunei 
Darussalam IP Office  
9/12/2019  9/13/2019  Turkey  Pharmaceutical and Mechanical 
Patent Examination in the United 
States  Ankara, Turkey  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/15/2019  9/20/2019  Egypt  USPTO GIPA Exchange of Best 
Practices in Trademark Examination  Cairo, Egypt  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy    
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start date  Programme 
end date  Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
9/16/2019  9/17/2019  Nigeria  IP Symposium  Lagos, Nigeria  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
9/17/2019  9/18/2019  Brazil  Workshop on Combating Digital and 
Broadcast Piracy  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
9/17/2019  9/19/2019  Thailand  Intellectual Property Rights 
Enforcement Training  Bangkok, Thailand  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy: NIP RC; DOS  
9/24/2019  9/26/2019  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei 
Darussalam, Cambodia, 
Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong 
China, India, Indonesia, The State of 
Kuwait, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, 
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua 
New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Tonga, United 
Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Viet Nam  Asia Regional Workshop on 
Enforcement Against Trade in 
Counterfeit Goods  Bangkok, Thailand  USDOJ; ASEAN Secretariat; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DOS; OCO; 
ASEAN Secretariat  
9/25/2019  9/26/2019  Malaysia  Workshop on Advanced Patent 
Examination in Pharmaceuticals and 
Biotechnology  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
 
 
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