INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS UNITED STATES
Addendum
The following communication, dated 25 October 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United States. It was circulated as an advance copy for the Council's October 2005 meeting.
The attachment contains a table providing information on the US technical cooperation activities in the area of intellectual property, covering the period from 1 October 2004 to 30 September 2005. Further information is available on the website of the Intellectual Property Rights Training Program Database: http://www.training.ipr.gov.
Training Date Title Countries Sponsor Synopsis/Comments
5-8 October 2004
USPTO Fall 2004 Enforcement Academy
China, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, Thailand
Others
USPTO Location: Washington, DC.
Training Recipient: Police, Customs officials, Prosecutors, Judges - civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts
Training, interactive exercises and case studies on IPR enforcement, including criminal prosecution, civil infringement actions and border measures, with focus on provisional measures, investigative techniques, Customs best practices, deterrent penalties and digital infringement.
Contact: Michael Adlin, USPTO, Office of Enforcement, Tel: (703) 305-9300 Additional country involved: Bermuda
Others: Algeria, Hong Kong, Iceland, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macao, China, Mauritius, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro,Yemen, Swaziland, ChineseTaipei, Tunisia, Uruguay, South Africa
21-22 October 2004
ASEAN/USPTO Workshop
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam
USPTO Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, Police, Customs officials, other enforcement officials, Culture officials, other executive branch officials, Legislators
Workshop on effective practices in the regulation of optical media production and the implementation of effective anti-piracy efforts and activities.
Additional sponsor: ASEAN Contact:
Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel for Enforcement, USPTO, Tel: 703-305-9300, email: [email protected]
8-9 November 2004
Hong Kong IP and Telecom Conference
China Hong Kong
DOS USPTO
Location: Hong Kong, China
Training Recipient: Economy officials IP training for US Econ Officers.
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Training Date Title Countries Sponsor Synopsis/Comments
Sponsored by DOS and USPTO.
Contact: Dominic Keating 4-8 April
2005
ASEAN-USDOJ USPTO
Workshop
Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
DOJ USPTO
Location: Thailand
Training Recipient: Customs officials, other enforcement officials, Prosecutors Workshop on Effective Practices in combating Trade in Hard Goods Counterfeiting.
Sponsored by ASEAN, USDOJ, AND USPTO.
Contact Persons: Peter Fowler, USPTO or Eric Klumb, USDOJ.
18-29 April 2005
USPTO Visiting Scholars Program
Argentina Bahrain China Czech Republic Hong Kong, china Jordan Kenya Lebanon Lithuania Macao, China Moldova Morocco Portugal Romania Saudi Arabia Singapore Turkey Yemen
USPTO Location: Alexandria, VA.
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, Trademark officials, Patent officials, other The USPTO's Visiting Scholars Programme provides participants with two weeks of classroom and hands on study of the US system for protecting intellectual property.
Presentations by US government officials on substantive patent, copyright and trademark policy and examination are given to the participants. The goals of the programme are to foster a better understanding of international property obligations and norms; to expose participants to at least one method of providing TRIPs level protection for a variety of intellectual property disciplines and to promote discussion of intellectual property issues in a friendly and supportive environment.
Training Recipients also included other government officials/experts having substantial involvement in intellectual property issues. Other countires involved included: Bermuda, Palestinian Authority, and South Korea. Point of Contact: John Rodriguez, Attorney-Advisor, Office of International Relations, USPTO.
Tel: (571) 272-9300; [email protected]
Tentative 1−31 May 2005
IPR Crime Law Enforcement Training
India Location: India
Training Recipient: Police
The Department of Justice Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training Office (OPDAT), using US$ 100,000 in State Department INL crime funds,
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Training Date Title Countries Sponsor Synopsis/Comments
and in consultation with Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Rights Section (CCIPS) and Embassy New Delhi, shall send a USG team of prosecutors and investigators to India to present seminars on combating IPR crime for Indian senior level prosecutors, judges, legislators and other relevant government officials. The USG team and Embassy New Delhi, in planning and delivering the seminars have been encouraged to closely coordinate with private industry groups supportive of strong IPR enforcement. The target date for delivery of this training is the second quarter of 2004.
For further information contact [email protected].
29-30 June 2005
ASEAN-USPTO Seminar on IPR Capacity Building
Brunei Cambodia Indonesia Laos PDR Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Viet Nam
IIPI USPTO
Location: Thailand
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, Trademark officials, Patent officials, Commerce officials, Economy officials, Trade officials, other
A capacity-building seminar for small and medium-sized enterprises. A capacity-building seminar for government officials responsible for economic
development, trade promotion, exports, and SME development, and representatives of the private sector from NGOs concerned with same.
Sponsors also included: ASEAN Working Group on IP Cooperation, and Kenan Institute Asia. Contact: Peter Fowler, Senior Counsel, USPTO
9-10 July 2005
Coordinating the Roles of Collecting Societies
China USPTO Location: China
Training Recipient: Legal professionals Coordinating roles of collecting societies.
Contact: Elaine Wu, USPTO Sponsor - Pierce Law Programme Participants included professional associations, in-house counsel, and outside law firms.
25-29 July 2005
USPTO-WIPO Academy for Judiciary - IPR Enforcement
Cambodia China Indonesia Korea Laos PDR Philippines Sri Lanka Thailand Viet Nam Others
USPTO Location: Washington, DC
Training Recipient: Judges - civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts Academy for the judiciary on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Sponsors included: WIPO
Others; Costa Rica, Egypt, Jamaica, Zambia, Nigeria, Russian Fed, Saudi Arabia, St.
Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Yemen, Kenya
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UNITED STATES Addendum
The following communication, dated 20 October 2006, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United States.
The attachment contains a table providing information on the US technical cooperation activities in the area of intellectual property, covering the period from 1 October 2005 to 30 September 2006. Further information is available on the website of the Intellectual Property Rights Training Program Database: http://www.training.ipr.gov.
Training Date Title Countries Sponsor Ｓynopsis/Comments
9-10 July 2005 Coordinating the Roles of
Collecting Societies
China USPTO Location: China
Training Recipient: Legal professionals Coordinating roles of collecting societies.
Contact: Elaine Wu, USPTO Sponsor - Pierce Law Programme Participants included professional associations, in-house counsel, and outside law firms.
25-29 July 2005
USPTO-WIPO Academy for Judiciary - IPR Enforcement
Cambodia China Indonesia Korea Laos PDR
Philippines Sri Lanka Thailand Viet Nam Others
USPTO Location: Washington, DC
Training Recipient: Judges - civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts
Academy for the judiciary on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Sponsors included: WIPO
Others; Costa Rica, Egypt, Jamaica, Zambia, Nigeria, Russian Fed, Saudi Arabia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Yemen, Kenya
13 Feb. 2006 to 24 Feb. 2006
USPTO GIPA Visiting Scholars Program
Cambodia China Indonesia Korea Malaysia
Pakistan Philippines Viet Nam
*Others
USPTO Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Training Recipient: trademark officials, patent officials Provided government officials from patent and trademark backgrounds an overview of the US system of patent and trademark examination.
*Others; Brazil, Colombia, Ukraine, Hong Kong, China, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Estonia 21 Feb. 2006 to
24 Feb. 2006
USPTO GIPA Enforcement of Intellectual
Indonesia Mexico Nepal
USPTO Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Training Recipient: customs officials, organized crime task force members, other enforcement officials, prosecutors, judges -
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Property Rights Thailand Viet Nam
civil/administrative courts, judges - criminal courts
This programme discussed the US system for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
*Others; Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Guinea, Jordan, Russian Fed, Lesotho, Lithuania, Oman, Paraguay, Romania, Kenya
13 May 2006 IPOP Internet Searching
Pakistan CLDP
USPTO
Location: Karachi, Pakistan Training Recipient: patent officials
Training on publicly available internet resources for patent search/examination.
19 May 2006 USPTO GIPA Patents Program
Mexico Nepal Philippines
Thailand Viet Nam
*Others
USPTO Location: Alexandria, VA, USA Training Recipient: patent officials
This programme presented a detailed view of the US system of patent examination and procedures. In addition, part of the course focused on international IP agreements.
*Others: Albania, Brazil, Cape Verde, Iraq, Kenya, Lesotho, Oman, Paraguay, Romania, Russian Fed, Swaziland, Uzbekistan, Zambia
22 May 2006 to 25 May 2006
USPTO-CTMO Seminar on Geographical Indications
China USPTO Location: Beijing (May 22-23) and Xiamen (May 25) Training Recipient: trademark officials, administrative officials, other enforcement officials, commerce officials, industry officials (i.e., ministry of), trade officials, other executive branch officials, legislators, journalists, legal professionals, right holder groups, other, academics
The focus of the programme was on the benefits of using the trademark-based system for GI protection, discussion of the WTO Panel Report, and WTO TRIPS Council discussions on the GI issue. The seminar also focused on US industry's view concerning the benefits of using the trademark system and the
"economic advantage for rightholders."
Additional Sponsor: China Trademark Office 5 Jun. 2006 to
9 Jun. 2006
Seminar:
Traditional
Knowledge/Genetic Resources/Folklore
China United States
USPTO Location: Beijing and Kunming, China
Training Recipient: copyright officials, patent officials, other enforcement officials, commerce officials, culture officials, industry officials (i.e., Ministry of), Ministry of Public Health officials, trade officials, journalists, legal professionals, right holder groups, other, academics
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Seminar to discuss new developments in the protection of traditional knowledge, genetic resources, and folklore.
Additional Sponsor: State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO)
27 Jun. 2006 to 28 Jun. 2006
Resolving Complex IPR Disputes
India DOJ Location: San Jose, CA
Training Recipient: judges - civil/administrative courts, legal professionals, academics
Indian judges met with DOJ, USPTO, and US District Court Judges to discuss the use of ADR in resolving IPR cases among other IPR issues.
Additional Sponsor: State/INL 1 Aug. 2006 to
4 Aug. 2006
USPTO GIPA Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Peru Mexico
他中南米諸国17ヶ国 Spain
USPTO Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Training Recipient: police, customs officials, organized crime task force members, prosecutors, judges - civil/administrative courts, judges - criminal courts
The training was offered to foreign government officials responsible for enforcing intellectual property rights, including:
police, custom officials, organized crime taskforce members, prosecutors, and judges - civil/administrative/criminal
15 Aug. 2006 to 18 Aug. 2006
USPTO Global IP Academy
Copyright Program
China Indonesia Mexico Philippines Thailand Viet Nam
*Others
USPTO Location: Alexandria, VA
Training Recipient: copyright officials, administrative officials, other executive branch officials, legal professionals
programme provided copyright training to foreign government officials featuring presentations, panel discussions, and
case-studies on broad range of legal and policy issues, including the purposes of copyright; the subject matter of copyright, ownership, transfer and collective management, rights and limitations, copyright infringement and liability; and copyright's role in economical and cultural development.
*Others
Cameroon Zambia Hong Kong, China Lesotho Nigeria Saudi Arabia Ukraine Uzbekistan Colombia
21 Aug. 2006 to 23 Aug. 2006
Judges Seminar - Law of IP and Related Civil
United States Viet Nam USAID USPTO
Location: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Training Recipient: judges - civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts
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Procedure A training seminar for provincial judges on the new IPR law in
Viet Nam and related civil litigation procedures for IP enforcement and dispute resolution.
Additional Sponsor: STAR-Viet Nam 24 Aug. 2006 to
25 Aug. 2006
Public Prosecutor Seminar on IP Law/Criminal Procedure
United States Viet Nam USAID USPTO
Location: Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Training Recipient: judges - civil/administrative courts, judges - criminal courts
A training seminar for public prosecutors on the new IPR law in Viet Nam and related criminal procedures for IP enforcement and dispute resolution.
Additional Sponsor: STAR-Viet Nam 7 Sep2006
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8 Sep. 2006
Patent
Examination of Inventions
Chile
Colombia Dominican Rep.
El Salvador Guatemala Mexico Peru
USPTO Location: Alexandria, VA
Training Recipient: patent officials
Lecture on search and examination of inventions involving traditional knowledge and genetic resources.