IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
 
22 September 2022  
(22-7108) Page: 1/41 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
  
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
The following communication, dated 13 September  2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America.  
 
_______________  
 
 
1.  This document reports on the technical assistance programs provided by the US government 
concerning the protection, utilization, and enforcement of in tellectual property (IP), including 
patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, for developing and least developed countries 
(LDCs) . It covers activities undertaken from September  2021-September  2022. 
2.  In this unprecedented time, traditional face -to-face training programs were limited during the 
reporting period . Where in -person trainings were not possible, the US government continued to meet 
training obligations through increasing its leverage of various technologies to provide li ve online IP 
training . Through these well -attended and well -received distance learning initiatives, US government 
agencies provided tailored content to developed and developing countries and LDCs.  
3.  Through the US government's extensive training of foreign o fficials from developed, developing, 
and LDC countries, the advancement of the protection and enforcement of IP is steadily achieved . 
The US government, in collaboration with many national and regional government agencies and IP 
organizations, such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and INTERPOL, work to 
assist all nations to draft and implement their IP legislation and policy to promote economic, social, 
and cultural development . US government technical assistance focuses on helping cou ntries achieve 
sustainable development and growth, simplifying and streamlining procedures for obtaining IP 
rights, administering treaties and systems for accomplishing these objectives, and providing training 
and technical assistance to improve the functi oning and utilization of IP systems in accordance with 
the Agreement on Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).  
4.  US government technical assistance is driven by demand and individual priority needs of 
beneficiary countries . The divers ity of needs and interests identified by beneficiary countries results 
in tailored technical assistance activities on specific areas of interest.  
5.  The US government technical assistance covers a range of IP topics, including:  
• Protection and management of intellectual property;  
• Administration of IP offices and human resource development related to IP office 
administration;  
• Building effective IP border enforcement mechanisms;  
• Effective adjudication of IP cases, including transparency in decisio n-making;  
• Country -specific methodologies for investigating and prosecuting IP criminal cases;  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 2 - 
  • Conducting searches and law enforcement techniques;  
• Anti-counterfeiting, including in the area of counterfeit pharmaceutical and medical 
products;  
• Advanced comput er forensics to track down, arrest, and prosecute IP criminals ; and 
• Public education and consumer awareness of the importance of IP protection, innovation,  
creativity, and enforcement.  
 
6.  The US government agencies and agency subdivisions that provide IP tec hnical assistance include  
the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) ; the US Agency for International Development 
(USAID) ; the US Copyright Office of the Library of Congress (USCO) ; the US Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) ; the US Department of Commerce (DOC), including through the Commercial Law 
Development Program (CLDP), International Trade Administration (ITA), and the US Patent and 
Trademark Office (USPTO) ; the US Department of Homeland  Security (DHS), including through the 
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
(ICE) ; the US Department of Justice (DOJ), including through the Computer Crime and Intellectual 
Property Section (CCIPS), t he Food and Drug Administration, including the Office of Criminal 
Investigations, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Office of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) ; the US Department of State (DOS) ; and the 
US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).  
7.  Technical  cooperation pursuant to TRIPS Article 67 includes assistance, on request, in the 
preparation of laws and regulations on the protection and enforcement of IP, as well as on the 
prevention of abuse.  
8.  Further informa tion on past and upcoming programs is available through agencies of the 
US government  that provide training and technical assistance relating to protecting and enforcing 
IP. 
9.  The Global  Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA), a program of the USPTO 's Office o f Policy and 
International Affairs, offers capacity building programs in the United States and around the world on 
IP protection, enforcement, and capitalization . GIPA is an essential component of the 
US government's effort to improve IP protection and enf orcement practices around the world . 
Participants in GIPA programs include officials of national IP offices, judicial officials, 
police/investigators, prosecutors, customs officials, officials from health ministries, officials from 
technology transfer agen cies, officials from consumer protection agencies, representatives of 
academic institutions, students, and representatives of small and medium -sized enterprises (SMEs) . 
GIPA provides both multilateral programs and country specific programs . Some programs a re 
developed to address specific legal issues, administrative issues and specific IP areas . GIPA's 
established capacity for eLearning supported the successful mid -FY2020 pivot to all -remote delivery 
of its programs, which continued into FY2022 . This included developing the technological capability 
to run virtual international meetings with simultaneous interpretation . Efforts continued to yield 
significant year -on-year increase in distance learning activities . To learn more visit 
www.uspto.gov/GIPA . 
10.  GIPA provides in -person and virtual programs at USPTO and around the world and in 
cooperation with other US government agencies and other partners, such as:  
• Patent Programs : The patent programs are designed to focus  on topics that include 
office administration and budgeting, basic examination practice, examination issues in 
specific technology areas such as biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, industrial design 
examination, and technology transfer practices . In-depth p rograms are offered, 
employing case studies or examples when possible, to strengthen understanding of 
concepts . The patent program goals are to share best practices and therefore improve 
patent quality around the world.  
• Plant Variety Protection (PVP) : PVP programs include awareness of UPOV plant variety 
protection, as well as a more detailed "train the trainer " program.  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 3 - 
  • Trademark Programs : The trademark programs are designed to focus on administration, 
budgeting, recruitment and training, and treaty protoco l. These programs provide 
discussions and case studies on examination procedures . Trademark programs may also 
focus on geographical indications.  
• Copyright Programs : The copyright programs include challenging issues that are 
discussed with leading professio nals in their field . The program includes topics such as 
exclusive rights, liability, and piracy.  
• Trade Secrets Programs : The trade secret programs provide an overview of trade secret 
law and policy.  
• Enforcement Programs : The enforcement programs are desig ned to focus on topics of 
criminal, civil, customs, and border enforcement . These programs are technical and 
include a comprehensive course agenda.  
• Distance learning, including live online and on demand eLearning modules on all topics 
of IP in multiple lan guages.  
_______________  
 
 
 
 
 
   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 4 - 
 
ANNEX1 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
9/28/2021  9/29/2021  Ghana, The 
Gambia, Kenya, 
Sierra Leone  Africa Regional Cybercrime 
Training – Ransomware : 
Trends, Investigative 
Strategies, and Proactive 
Steps  Webinar  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Africa  Computer crimes/IP  
9/1/2021  9/30/2021  Cambodia, Lao 
PDR, Timor -Leste  IP and the Digital Economy  DVC USPTO / US DOS 
/ Singapore MFA 
/ IPOS      
9/20/2021  9/21/2021  Ukraine  IP National Moot 
Competition  Kiev, Ukraine  CLDP, Ukrainian 
Bar Association, 
USPTO, US 
Foreign 
Commercial 
Service, USAID's 
New Justice 
Program  Eastern Europe  On September  20 and 21, 2021, 
CLDP, in cooperation with the 
Ukrainian Bar Association, USPTO's 
IP Atta ché in Ukraine, the US 
Foreign Commercial Service, and 
USAID 's New Justice Program, 
conducted a seminar for Ukrainian 
law students on the basics of the 
intersection between IP law and 
commercial contract law.  
9/28/2021  9/29/2021  Ghana, The 
Gambia, Kenya, 
Sierra Leone  Africa Regional Cybercrime 
Training – Ransomware : 
Trends, Investigative 
Strategies, and Proactive 
Steps  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI      
9/30/2021  9/30/2021  Panama  A Three -Part Virtual 
Program on Ransomware 
Investigations for 
Panamanian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Program 
1 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
10/5/2021  10/8/2021  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, 
Croatia, Serbia, 
Albania, and 
Slovenia  A Cybercrime and Digital 
Evidence Workshop for 
Prosecutors and Judges  Dubrovnik, 
Croatia  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Croatian Judicial 
Academy's (CJA) 
Regional Judicial 
Center for Cyber 
Training (RJCCT)  Europe  Computer crimes/IP  
 
1 In English only.  
2 Programme start date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.  
3 Programme end date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 5 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
10/5/2021  10/6/2022  Algeria  Workshop on Viability of 
Advanced Techno logy 
Startups  Hybrid : 
Algiers, 
Algeria  CLDP, Algeria's 
Economic and 
Social Council, 
Algerian 
Information 
Technology 
Association  MENA  On October  5-6, 2021, CLDP, in 
collaboration with Algeria's 
Economic and Social Council and 
the Algerian Information 
Techno logy Association, conducted 
a two -day hybrid workshop on the 
viability of advanced technology 
startups . The workshop brought 
together over 100 participants in 
Algiers, including government 
officials, managers of technology 
incubators, startups, and Embassy  
officials . Experts from USPTO, the 
Georgia Institute of Technology, 
and the Algerian American 
Association for Science, 
Technology, and Entrepreneurship 
engaged virtually and presented 
pilot programs focused on strategic 
intellectual property capture, 
comm ercialization, university 
research, and coaching and 
mentoring of startups, which would 
be implemented in coordination 
with Algerian institutions in support 
of development of startups . This 
program is part of CLDP's ongoing 
efforts to promote innovation an d 
entrepreneurship in Algeria through 
technology transfer and intellectual 
property.  
10/7/2021  10/7/2021  Panama  A Three -Part Virtual 
Program on Ransomware 
Investigations for 
Panamanian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Program 
2 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
10/7/2021  10/7/2021  Pakistan  Best Practices in Combating 
Counterfeit Medical Products  Webinar  CLDP, USPTO, 
FDA, CBP, and 
Pakistan Customs 
Service  MENA  On October  7, 2021, CLDP, in close 
cooperation with USPTO, the US 
Food and Drug Administration 
(FDA), US Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP), and the Pakistan   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 6 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Customs Service (PCS) began 
planning for Module 4 of the 
multi-series program on stopping 
counterfeit goods transiting through 
ports of entry in Pakistan . Modules 
1- 3 were conducted virtually, 
whereas Module 4 is being 
structured as in -person training 
consisting of delegations traveling 
to the US and Pakistan to observe 
on-the-ground activities combating 
counterfeit goods transiting through 
ports of entry . The program 
continues to focus on the 
enforcement of intellectual property 
rights as a primary tool in the 
identification, interdiction, and 
seizure of contraband (e.g., 
counterfeit medical products) 
transiting through air, land, and sea 
ports. US and UK capab ilities and 
practices, concentrating on air 
freight  and air mail facilities, serve 
as aspirational goals for improving 
Pakistan's anti -counterfeiting 
activities.  
10/12/2021  10/15/2021  Brazil  A Two -Part Virtual Series on 
Cryptocurrency and 
Cybercrime for Brazilian 
Prosecutors and Police  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, 
MLARS, FBI, OIA  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
10/12/2021  10/12/2021  Ethiopia, Liberia, 
Madagascar, 
Rwanda, Sao 
Tome and 
Principe, The 
Gambia, Uganda, 
Zambia  ARIPO CMO pr ogram Day 1   Virtual   USPTO, USCO, 
ARIPO    USPTO developed and delivered 
this program in collaboration with 
ARIPO.  
10/13/2021  10/13/2021  Burkina Faso, 
Liberia, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, Rwanda, ARIPO - CMO Program Day 
2  Virtual  USPTO, USCO, 
ARIPO    USPTO developed and delivered 
this program in collaboration with 
ARIPO.    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 7 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
The Gambia, 
Uganda  
10/14/2021  10/14/2021  Panama  A Three -Part Virtual 
Program on Ransomware 
Investigations for 
Panamanian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Program 
3 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
GCFA  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
10/14/2021  10/14/2021  Myanmar , 
Lesotho, Liberia, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, Rwanda, 
Tanzania, The 
Gambia, Uganda, 
Zambia  ARIPO - CMO Program Day 
3 Virtual  USPTO, USCO, 
ARIPO    USPTO developed and delivered 
this program in collaboration with 
ARIPO on collective management 
organizations.  
10/14/2021  10/14/2021  Panama  A Three -Part Virtual 
Program on Ransomware 
Investigations for 
Panamanian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Program 
3 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
GCFA      
10/18/2021  10/21/2021  Dominican 
Republic, Costa 
Rica Study Tour for Latin 
American Countries to Study 
DOJ and Interagency 
Response to IPR Crimes  Washington, 
D.C. DOJ/OPDAT,  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
10/18/2021  10/18/2021  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  Workshop on Challenges of 
Intellectual Property 
Protection in the 
Information Technology Age  Banja Luka, 
Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  CLDP Southern 
Europe/Balkans  On October  18, 2021, CLDP held a 
roundtable with ICT companies in  
BiH to address some of the key 
challenges for the private sector in 
protecting IP rights . The workshop 
was a comparative approach to 
protection of software, database, 
and trademark law among the US, 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 
Serbia, which served as a re gional 
example . Importantly, experts and 
participants discussed gaps in IP 
protections with respect to the 
current BiH law during a panel 
discussion with the Institute for 
Intellectual Property and the 
experts and identified next steps .   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 8 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Strengthening intel lectual property 
rights will help BiH to develop as a 
knowledge -based economy, 
improving employment 
opportunities and economic 
stability, and will protect the IP of 
both Bosnian and US companies.  
10/20/2021  10/22/2021  Bulgaria, Croatia, 
Estonia, Latvia, 
and Romania  Workshop for the Regional 
Cryptocurrency Working 
Group  Dubrovnik, 
Croatia  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Chainalysis, HSI  Europe  Computer crimes/IP  
10/20/2021  10/20/2021  Bangladesh, 
Cambodia  Workshop on Patents and 
Innovation    Asian 
Development 
Bank Institute 
(ADBI) / 
KIPO/USPTO      
10/20/2021  10/22/2021  Bulgaria, Croatia, 
Estonia, Latvia, 
and Romania  Workshop for the Regional 
Cryptocurrency Working 
Group  Dubrovnik, 
Croatia  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Chainalysis, HSI    The working group is a training and 
networking opportunity for the 
investigators and prosecutors who 
deal with crypto . The skillset is 
transferrable to IP investigations 
when needed.  
10/21/2021  10/22/2021  Brazil  In Person After -Action 
Review of Operação 404.3 in 
São Paulo, Brazil for 40 
Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Law Enforcement Officers  Sao Paulo, 
Brazil  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
10/25/2021  10/26/2021  Nigeria  An Intellectual Property 
Rights Enforcement and 
Cyber Workshop for 
Nigerian Federal Judges  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT , 
National Judicial 
Institute  Africa  IP 
10/26/2021  10/26/2021  Bangladesh, 
Nepal  Copyright Considerations in 
Machine Learning   Virtual   USPTO    Explore machine learning in 
practice, how existing copyright 
laws apply to the training of 
artificial intelligen ce, and what the 
future may hold in this fast -moving 
policy space.  
10/28/2021  10/28/2021  Georgia  A Virtual Roundtable on 
Digital Evidence for Judges 
from the Country of Georgia  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
HSOJ  Asia Computer crimes/IP  
10/28/2021  10/28/2022  Brazil  A Virtual Program on 
Ransomware Investigations Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 9 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
for Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Investigators : Program 3  
11/1/2021  11/30/2021  Egypt  Interagency Review of 
Trademark Registration 
Manual  Virtual  CLDP, USPTO  MENA  In November  2021, CLDP, in close 
cooperation with USPTO, initiated 
an interagency review of the 
existing guidelines for trademark 
examination and registration (the 
Guidelines) by the Egyptian 
Trademarks and Ind ustrial Designs 
Office (ETMO) . Prior to initiation of 
the interagency review, CLDP 
arranged for the translation of the 
Guidelines and related documents 
to facilitate the timely completion of 
the review, which will inform the 
discussions and program plannin g 
to occur in the 2nd Quarter of 
FY2022.  
11/2/2021  11/5/2021  Brazil  A Two -Part Virtual Series on 
Cryptocurrency and 
Cybercrime for Brazilian 
Prosecutors and Police  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, 
MLARS, FBI, OIA  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
11/3/2021  11/3/2021  Brazil  A Series of Virtual Programs 
for Brazilian Judges : 
Program 7  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, US 
District Judges  Western 
Hemisphere  Cybercrimes/IP  
11/4/2021  11/4/2021  Ghana, Kenya, 
Mauritius, 
Nigeria, South 
Africa, Tanza nia, 
Zambia  A Regional Virtual Program 
on Ransomware and Cyber 
Attacks for Law Enforcement 
Officials from Six African 
Countries  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
UNODC  Africa  Computer crimes/IP  
11/10/2021  11/10/2021  Brazil  A Series of Virtual Programs 
for Brazilian Judges : 
Program 8  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, US 
District Judges  Western 
Hemisphere  Cybercrimes/IP  
11/10/2021  11/10/2021  Brazil  Virtual Overview of the G7 
24/7 Network to Preserve 
Electronic Evidence and Best 
Practices to Obtain Evidence 
from the United States  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
11/10/2021  11/10/2021  Georgia  Recommendations on 
Collective Copyright 
Management  Webinar  CLDP, 
Sakpatenti, 
Georgian 
Parliament's Europe/Eurasia  On November  10, 2021, CLDP led a 
technical session with the National 
Intellectual Property Center of 
Georgia and members of the   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 10 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Culture 
Committee 
Working Group 
on Int ellectual 
Property  Georgian Parliament's Culture 
Committee Working Group on 
Intellectual Property, to review 
CLDP recommendations on 
strengthening the legal and 
institutional framework for 
collective copyright management in 
Georgia . The recommendations 
were produced after a March  2021 
CLDP webinar on the collective 
management system and a gap 
analysis of Georgia's La w on 
Collective Management of Copyright 
and Related Rights . Georgia has 
been a model for collective 
management in the Caucasus and 
Central Asian region, but due to 
recent developments in the 
collective management field, right 
holders and users are confused  
about the system and concerned 
about royalty collection and 
distribution.  
11/15/2021  11/18/2021  Kiribati, Solomon 
Islands, Tuvalu, 
Vanuatu  OCO IP Legislative Project 
Dialogue Meeting - Days 1 -4 Virtual  USPTO   Australia, 
South Pacific   Legislative project  
11/16/2021  11/16/2021  Brazil  In Person After -Action 
Review of Operação 404.3 in 
São Paulo, Brazil for 40 
Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Law Enforcement Officers  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
11/17/2021  11/17/2021  Brazil  A Series of Virtual Programs 
for Brazilian Judges : 
Program 9  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, US 
District Judges  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
11/24/2021  11/24/2021  Panama  A Three -Part Follow -up 
Virtual Program on 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Panamani an Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Program 
1 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI, 
AUSA, DOJ Trial 
Attorney  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 11 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
11/30/2021  11/30/2021  African Joint 
Pharmacrime 
Working Group  Two Virtual Programs on IP 
Crime Investigations for the 
Africa Joint Pharmacrime 
Working Group : Program 1  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, CBP  Africa  IP 
11/30/2021  11/302021  Multiple African 
Nations  Africa Joint Pharmacrime 
Working Group : Recordation 
Systems for Prosecutors, 
Investigators, and Customs 
Officials : How the US 
System Has Helped Fight 
Counterfeits  Virtual  DOJ/iCHIP  Africa  This DOJ -sponsored Working Group 
is comprised of 40+ prosecutors, 
investigators, customs officials, and 
regulators from over 20 coun tries in 
Africa  
12/7/2021  12/7/2021  Benin, Liberia, 
Madagascar, 
Mozambique, 
Senegal, 
Tanzania, 
Uganda  Best Practices for the 
Disposal and Destruction of 
IP-Infringing Goods  Virtual  OAPI / USPTO  Africa  USPTO developed and delivered 
this program in collabor ation with 
OAPI.  
12/8/2021  12/8/2021  Malawi, 
Mozambique, 
Rwanda, 
Senegal, 
Tanzania, The 
Gambia, Uganda  Best Practices for the 
Disposal and Destruction of 
IP-Infringing Goods  Virtual  OAPI / USPTO  Africa  USPTO developed and delivered 
this program in collaboration with 
OAPI.  
12/9/2021  12/9/2021  Panama  A Three -Part Follow -up 
Virtual Program on 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Panamanian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Program 
2 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI, 
AUSA  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
12/9/2021  12/9/2021  Bulgaria, 
Moldova, 
Ukraine, and 
Romania  A Virtual Program on 
Combating Counterfeit 
Pesticide  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
United Nations 
Food and 
Agriculture 
program, DG 
Santé, Croplife, 
Europol, 
Netherland's 
Prosecution's 
Service, 
European 
Anti-Fraud Office, 
Public Europe  IP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 12 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Prosecutor's 
Office of Antwerp, 
Environmental 
Crimes Section of 
DOJ 
12/9/2021  12/9/2021  Afghanistan, 
Myanmar , 
Comoros, 
Madagascar  Practical Aspects of the 
Madrid System for the 
International Registration of 
Marks for Advance d User   Virtual  USPTO  North and 
South America  International IP infrastructure  
12/14/2021  12/14/2021  African Joint 
Pharmacrime 
Working Group  Two Virtual Programs on IP 
Crime Investigations for the 
Africa Joint Pharmacrime 
Working Group : Program 2  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
12/15/2021  12/15/2021  Pakistan  Distinctiveness, Acquired 
Distinctiveness, and 
Disclaimers in Trademark 
Examination  Webinar  CLDP, USPTO  South Asia  On December  15, 2021, CLDP, in 
close cooperation with USPTO, 
conducted the second 2 -hour 
session for the Intellectual Property 
Organization of Pakistan (IPO) 
Trademark Directorate (IPO -TM) in 
a series of webinars focusing on the 
critical elements of trademark 
examination, classification, 
registration and appeal . Session 2 
focused on USPTO practices 
concerning the element of 
distinctiveness, including acquired 
distinctiveness and the use of 
disclaimers . USPTO experts 
employed a  lecture format 
interspersed with examples and a 
question and answer period, 
followed by open discussion to 
deliver effective understanding of 
the subject matter.  
12/15/2021  12/17/2021  Ukraine  Intellectual Property 
Moot/Licensing Webinar  Webinar  CLDP Eastern Europe  On December  15 – 17, 2021, CLDP 
and a group of stakeholders 
conducted a series of interactive 
lectures and trainings for Ukrainian 
law students . This built off of a 
September in -person training for 
students that introduced them to 
high-level con cepts in IP law . This   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 13 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
program focused more specifically 
on domestic and international legal 
concepts surrounding licensing 
agreements . In addition to 
substantive topics, students will 
hear from practicing IP attorneys 
about various careers in the field . 
The webinar is part of CLDP's 
Ukraine IP Moot initiative aimed at 
increasing interest and appreciation 
for IP law and protection among 
Ukrainian law students.  
12/16/2021  12/16/2021  Panama  A Three -Part Follow -up 
Virtual Program on 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Panamanian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Program 
3 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
1/11/2022  1/11/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fr aud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 1  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
1/13/2022  1/13/2022  Cambodia, Lao 
PDR Webinar on USPTO Practice 
Concerning Examination of 
Three -Dimensional and 
Motion Marks, and Related  Virtual  USPTO / US 
Dept. of State  ASEAN 
member States Non-traditional trademark 
examination  
1/20/2022  1/20/2022  Bahrain  Technology Transfer Online 
Consultations  Webinar  CLDP, University 
of Maryland's 
Technology 
Transfer Office, 
George Mason 
University Office 
of Technology 
Transfer  MENA  On January  20, 2022, in 
collaboration with the University of 
Maryland technology transfer office, 
and on January  24, with the George 
Mason University Office of 
Technology Transfer, CLDP 
conducted online consultations for 
representatives from the Bahrain 
Innovation and Technology Transfer 
Center (BITTC) to meet with 
directors of the aforementioned 
US-based centers to learn the 
structure and management of 
technology transfer offices . 
Collaboration between BITTC and   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 14 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
US universities will provide 
opportunities t o commercialize 
innovations developed in Bahrain 
and increase access to the Gulf 
Cooperation Council market for 
innovations developed in US 
universities.  
1/25/2022  1/25/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 2  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
1/25/2022  1/25/2022  Malaysia  Artificial Intelligence 
Webinar for Malaysian 
Securities Commission : 
Program 1  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Asia Computer crimes/IP  
1/26/2022  1/26/2022  Brazil  A Virtual Program on 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Investigators : Program 2  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
1/27/2022  1/27/2022  Pakistan  Non-Traditional Trademarks 
and Madrid Protocol 
Obligations  Webinar  CLDP, USPTO  South Asia  On January  27, 2022, CLDP, in 
close cooperation with USPTO, 
conducted the third 2 -hour virtual 
session for the IPO -TM. Session 3 
focused on non -traditional 
trademarks, with an emphasis on 
the US legal tests of functionality 
and distinctiveness, including 
examples and discussion of the 
types of non -traditional marks 
registrable in the US Additionally, 
USPTO experts discussed the 
handling of out -going trademark 
applications under the Madrid 
Protocol.  
2/8/2022  2/8/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 3  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 15 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
2/8/2022  2/8/2022  Latvia  Virtual Trade Secrets 
Workshop for Public and 
Private Sector Officials  Riga, Latvia/ 
Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Europe  IP 
2/8/2022  2/11/2022  Mexico, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa 
Rica, and 
Panama  Western Hemisphere 
Cryptocurrency Working 
Group and Chainalysis 
Reactor Certification : CFCC Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT,  
Chainalysis  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
2/9/2022  2/9/2022  Brazil  A Virtual Program on 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Investigators : Program 3  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
2/9/2022  2/9/2022  Brazil  Virtual Presentation to 
Brazilian Officials on 
Countering Unlawful 
Internet Streaming  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
USPTO, Motion 
Picture 
Association  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
2/9/2022  2/9/2022  Brazil  A Virtual Program on 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Investigators : Program 3  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI      
2/10/2022  2/11/2022  Lao PDR  A Series of Three Hybrid 
Digital Evidence and 
Cybercrime Programs for 
Laotian Judges  Hybrid : 
Vientiane, 
Lao PDR  and 
Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, 
GCFA, INL  Asia Computer crimes/IP  
2/16/2022  2/16/2022  Kiribati, Solomon 
Islands, 
Timor -Leste, 
Vanuatu  Brand Protection & Product 
Identification Workshop 
Series - Day 2  DVC USPTO  Australia, 
South Pacific  Workshop series w ill discuss brand 
protection and border enforcement, 
as well as feature specific product 
identification presentations by 
brand owners.  
2/16/2022  2/16/2022  Switzerland  Innovation Promotion and 
Technology Transfer Best 
Practices  Washington 
D.C. NIST   Workshop to discuss partnerships 
between academia and the market 
through various funding 
instruments, innovation projects, 
networking, training and coaching.  
2/17/2022  2/18/2022  Lao PDR  A Series of Three Hybrid 
Digital Evidence and 
Cybercrime Programs for 
Laotian Judges  Hybrid : 
Luang 
Prabang, Lao 
PDR and 
Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, 
GCFA, INL  Asia Computer crimes/IP  
2/22/2022  2/22/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fr aud Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 16 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Working Group Series : 
Session 4  
2/22/2022  2/25/2022  Panama  Intellectual Property 
Enforcement In -Person 
Workshop for Panamanian 
Police, Prosecutors, and 
Border Officials  Panama City, 
Panama  DOJ/OPDAT, DHS 
IPR Center, HSI  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
2/23/2022  2/23/2022  Kiribati, Solomon 
Islands, Tuvalu  Brand Protection & Product 
Identification Workshop 
Series - Day 3  DVC USPTO  Australia, 
South Pacific  Workshop series will discuss brand 
protection and border enforcement, 
as well as feature specific product 
identification presentations by 
brand owners.  
2/23/2022  2/23/2022  Burkina Faso, 
Guinea, Mali, 
Niger, Togo  The US Copyright 
Registration System  Virtual USPTO, USCO    USPTO and the USCO developed 
and delivered this program in 
collaboration with ARIPO and OAPI.  
2/23/2022  2/23/2022  Pakistan  Trademark Opposition, 
Appeal and Cancellation, 
and Operational Procedure  Webinar  CLDP, USPTO  South Asia  On February  23, 2022, CLDP, in 
close cooperation with USPTO, 
conducted the fourth 2 -hour virtual 
session for IPO -TM officials . Session 
4 focused on trademark opposition, 
appeal and cancellation, and 
operational procedure followed by 
USPTO's Trademark Trial an d 
Appeal Board (TTAB) . The session 
began with an overview of the 
TTAB, including its make -up and 
mission . USPTO experts then 
discussed TTAB opposition and 
cancellation proceedings in general, 
before covering the specifics of ex 
parte appeals and inter -partes 
oppositions practice, both of which 
occur before trademark 
registration . Actions after 
trademark registration, such as 
inter-partes cancellations practice, 
were discussed in detail and 
included in a question and answer 
period.  
2/24/2022  2/25/2022  Lao P DR A Series of Three Hybrid 
Digital Evidence and Hybrid : 
Champasak, DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, 
GCFA, INL  Asia Computer crimes/IP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 17 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Cybercrime Programs for 
Laotian Judges  Lao PDR  and 
Virtual  
3/1/2022  3/1/2022  Malaysia  Artificial Intelligence 
Webinar for Malaysian 
Securities Commission : 
Program 2  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Asia Computer crimes/IP  
3/2/2022  3/2/2022  Cyprus  Cybercrime and 
Cryptocurrency Webinars for 
the Republic of Cyprus and 
Northern Cyprus  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Embassy Nicosia  Europe  Computer crimes/IP  
3/2/2022  3/2/2022  Kiribati, Solomon 
Islands, Tuvalu  Brand Protection & Product 
Identification Workshop 
Series - Day 4  DVC USPTO  Australia, 
South Pacific  Workshop series will discuss brand 
protection and border enforcement, 
as well as feature specific product 
identification presentations by 
brand owners.  
3/3/2022  3/3/2022  Northern Cyprus  Cybercrime and 
Cryptocurrency Webinars for 
the Republic of Cyprus and 
Northern Cyprus  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Embassy Nicosia  Europe  Computer crimes/IP  
3/8/2022  3/8/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 5  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
3/9/2022  3/9/2022  Brazil  In-Person Training of Best 
Practices in Investigating 
and Prosecuting Digital 
Piracy for 40 Brazilian 
Prosecutors  Brasilia, 
Brazil  DOJ/OPDAT, 
GAECO  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
3/9/2022  3/9/2022  Kiribati, Solomon 
Islands, Tuvalu  Brand Protection & Product 
Identification Workshop 
Series - Day 5  DVC USPTO  Australia, 
South Pacific  Workshop series will discuss brand 
protection and border enforcement, 
as well as feature specific product 
identification presentations by 
brand owners.  
3/14/2022  3/18/2022  Central Asia  Roundtable Discussions on 
Intellectual Property Rights  Nur-Sultan, 
Kazakhstan 
and Bishkek, 
Kyrgyz 
Republic  CLDP, DOJ  Central Asia  On March  14-15 and March  17-18, 
2022, CLDP partnered with the US 
Department of Justice to conduct 
roundtables with government 
officials a nd intellectual property 
(IP) private -sector stakeholders in 
Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan and 
Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic to discuss   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 18 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
the protection and enforcement of 
IP rights . These meetings were part 
of CLDP's support of the Central 
Asia IP Working Group, establ ished 
under the US-Central Asia Trade 
and Investment Framework 
Agreement . The discussions 
focused on counterfeit goods and 
digital piracy issues and will help 
develop regional case studies for 
the Central Asia IP Working Group 
in July 2022. CLDP's technical 
assistance to the Central Asia IP 
Working Group seeks to strengthen 
and improve IP protections to 
increase foreign direct investment 
and trade in the region.  
3/15/2022  3/15/2022  Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright 
Education  DVC  USCO      
3/15/2022  3/15/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series 
(Overview of IP Laws) Day 1  DVC Asia IP Attache   ASEAN 
member States Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
3/16/2022  3/16/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series (Federal 
Judicial Review in Pat ent & 
Trademark Matters) Day 2  DVC  Asia IP Attache  ASEAN 
members 
States Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
3/16/2022  3/16/2022  Kiribati, Tuvalu  Brand Protection & Product 
Identification Workshop 
Series - Day 6  DVC  USPTO  Australia, 
South Pacific   Workshop series discussed brand 
protection and border enforcement, 
featured specific product 
identification presentations by 
brand owners.  
3/17/2022  3/17/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series (IP issues 
and the Impact on Courts) 
Day 3  DVC  Asia IP Attache  ASEAN 
member States Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
3/21/2022  3/21/2022  Bhutan  Overview of USPTO TTAB 
and Practice concerning 
appeals, oppositions, and 
cancellations  DVC Asia IP Attaché 
Office  South 
Asia/India 
Subcontinent  Best practices in the area of 
appeals, oppositions and 
cancellations using the USPTO 
practice as a model.  
3/21/2022  3/31/2022  Sri Lanka  Technology Transfer 
Workshop Series #3  Webinar  CLDP, Sri Lankan 
Ministry of Higher 
Education  South Asia  On March  31, 2022, CLDP, in 
cooperation with the Sri Lankan 
Ministry of Higher Education 
(MoHE), conducted the third   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 19 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
works hop in a series for the 
managers of university technology 
transfer offices (TTOs) . The 
workshop of recorded presentations 
and live discussions focused on 
concepts and issues related to 
software licensing agreements and 
negotiations . This workshop series 
builds on previous programs 
conducted by CLDP with MoHE, 
USPTO, and others to establish and 
enhance TTOs in public and private 
universities across Sri Lanka . TTOs 
play a key role in creating and 
maintaining an ecosystem of 
innovation and contribute to the 
strengthening of Sri Lanka's IP 
rights enforcement regime.  
3/22/2022  3/22/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 6  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
3/22/2022  3/22/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series 
(Challenges for Consumers 
& Rights Holders 
Global/Online) Day 4  DVC Asia IP Attache 
Office  ASEAN 
member States Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
3/23/2022  3/23/2022  Brazil  Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions and 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Investigators : Program 1  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
3/23/2022  3/23/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series 
(Adjudicating Disputes and 
Transparency in Proceedings 
and Decision -making) Day 5  DVC  Asia IP Attache  ASEAN 
member States  Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
3/24/2022  3/24/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series 
(Provisional Remedies, Use 
of Expert Witness Testimony 
in IP Civil Cases) Day 6  DVC  Asia IP Attache  ASEAN 
member States Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
3/28/2022  4/1/2022  Mexico, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa Western Hemisphere 
Cryptocurrency Working Panama City, 
Panama  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Chainalysis  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 20 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Rica, and 
Panama  Group and Chainalysis 
Reactor Certification : CRC 
3/28/2022  3/28/2022  Bhutan  Madrid Protocol : USPTO 
Examination of Incoming 
Requests for Extensions of 
Protection  DVC S. Asia IP Attaché 
Office   South 
Asia/India 
Subcontinent  Providing information about the 
legal obligations of receiving 
incoming requests for extensions of 
protection and the examination 
process for determining the grant 
or denial of protection, using the 
USPTO practice as a model  
3/28/2022  4/1/2022  Mexico, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa 
Rica, and 
Panama  Western Hemisphe re 
Cryptocurrency Working 
Group and Chainalysis 
Reactor Certification : CRC Panama City, 
Panama  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Chainalysis      
3/29/2022  3/29/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series (Use of 
Alternative Dispute 
Resolution (ADR) in IP and 
Related Disputes) Day 7  DVC  Asia IP Attache  ASEAN 
member States Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
3/30/2022  3/30/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series (Criminal 
Prosecution in IP Cases and 
Achieving Deterrence) Day 8  DVC  Asia IP Attache  ASEAN 
member States Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
3/30/2022  3/30/2022  Burkina Faso, 
Mali, Senegal, 
Togo OAPI-USPTO : Rights 
Implicated in Digital 
Business Models  DVC OAPI, USPTO      
3/31/2022  3/31/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, 
Solomon Islands  Roundtable Series (The 
Future of IP and the Courts : 
Some Observations & 
Thoughts) Day 9  DVC  Asia IP Attache  ASEAN 
member States Best practices on intellectual 
property enforcement/protection.  
4/4/2022  4/4/2022  Romania  Trade Secrets Workshop  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Europe  Computer crimes/IP  
4/5/2022  4/5/2022  Botswana, 
Kenya, Liberia, 
Malawi, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone, Tanzania, 
and Uganda  Series of Meetings and 
Workshops to Develop an 
Africa Regional Intellectual 
Property (IP) Bench Book : 
Program 2  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
ARIPO, USPTO, 
US Federal 
Judicial Center  Africa  IP 
4/5/2022  4/5/2022  Singapore  Developing a National 
Innovation & IP Ecosystem  Virtual  NIST   Workshop on best practices in 
translating and commercializing IP 
from government -funded R&D to 
derive good economic outcomes.  
4/7/2022  4/7/2022  Albania, Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, 
Kosovo, 
Montenegro, Digital Evidence Webinar for 
Regional Judges and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, US 
District Court 
Judge Paul 
Grimm  Europe  Computer crimes/IP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 21 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
North 
Macedonia, 
Serbia, and 
Croatia  
4/9/2022  4/10/2022  Brazil  In-Person Training of Best 
Practices in Investigat ing 
and Prosecuting Digital 
Piracy for 40 Brazilian 
Prosecutors  Porto Alegre, 
Brazil  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
4/12/2022  4/12/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 7  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
4/13/2022  4/13/2022  Brazil  Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions and 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Investigators : Program 2  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
4/13/2022  4/14/2022  Namibia  Cybercrime Training 
Workshop for Namibia  Windhoek, 
Namibia  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  Computer crimes/IP  
4/13/2022  4/13/2022  Brazil  Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions and 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Brazilian Prosecutors and 
Investigators : Program 5  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
4/14/2022  4/20/2022  Central Asia  Consultations on IP Rights  Webinar  CLDP Central Asia  Virtual meetings with the delegates 
of the Central Asia Expert Level 
Working Group on Intellectual 
Property Rights from Kazakhstan 
and Kyrgyz Republic, respectively.  
4/15/2022  4/25/2022  Sri Lanka  Technology Transfer 
Workshop Series #4 and #5  Webinar  CLDP South Asia  On April 15 and April 25, 2022, 
CLDP, in cooperation with the 
former director of Cornell 
University's technology transfer 
office, conducted two workshops on 
pre-negotiation valuation of 
licensing agreements . The 
workshops, which com bined 
recorded presentations with live 
virtual discussion sessions, were 
the fourth and fifth in a series for   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 22 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
the managers of university 
technology transfer offices (TTOs).  
4/18/2022  4/19/2022  Central Asia  Roundtable Discussions on 
IP Rights  Webinar  CLDP Central Asia  On April 18-19, 2022, CLDP hosted 
roundtable discussions with the 
Uzbekistan delegates to the Central 
Asia Expert Level Working Group on 
Intellectual Property Rights . The 
discussion focused on the roles of 
government agencies responsible 
for identification and interdiction of 
counterfeit goods and the upcoming 
meeting of the Working Group 
planned for July . CLDP's support of 
the Expert Level Working Group on 
Intellectual Property Rights, 
established in conjunction with the 
US-Central Asia Trade  and 
Investment Framework Agreement, 
focuses on addressing the 
deficiencies in protection of 
intellectual property rights in 
Central Asia.  
4/19/2022  4/19/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 8  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
4/20/2022  4/20/2022  Brazil  Virtual Program for Brazilian 
Judges on Sentencing  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, US 
District Judge 
Ricardo Hinojosa 
(Southern District 
of Texas) and 
DOJ Attorney 
Jonathan 
Wroblewski  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
4/20/2022  4/20/2022  Nigeria, Nigeria, 
Senegal  Intro to CMO of Copyright 
and related rights & CMO 
Best Practices  Virtual  OAPI, WIPO, 
USPTO    USPTO developed and delivered 
this program in collaboration with 
OAPI and WIPO.  
4/20/2022  4/20/2022  Brazil  Virtual Program for Brazilian 
Judges on Sentencing  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, US 
District Judge 
Ricardo Hinojosa       
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 23 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
(Southern District 
of Texas)  
4/21/2022  4/26/2022  Central Asia  Consultations on Intellectual 
Property Rights  Webinar  CLDP Central Asia  From April 21 – 26, 2022, CLDP 
conducted consultations with the 
governments of Turkmenistan and 
Tajikistan to help guide planning for 
the next meeting of the Central 
Asia Expert Level Intellectual 
Property Rights Working Group . 
CLDP and government officials 
discussed the responsibilities and 
challenges of combatting the trade 
of counterfeit goods, which will 
ultimately strengthen and improve 
intellectual property protection and 
increase  foreign direct investment 
and trade in the region.  
4/25/2022  4/26/2022  Nigeria  Intellectual Property (IP) 
Symposium and Workshop 
for IP Enforcement agencies 
for World IP Day 2022  Hybrid : 
Lagos Nigeria 
and Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Mission Nigeria  Africa  IP 
4/26/2022  4/26/2022  Panama  Virtual Program for World 
Intellectual Property Day : 
Protecting and Enforcing IP 
Rights  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
USPTO  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
4/27/2022  4/27/2022  Uruguay  Multi-Part Series of 
Trainings on Cybercrimes, 
Electronic Evidence, and 
International Cooperation 
for Uruguayan Prosecutors, 
Judges, and Police : Program 
1 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
4/27/2022  4/28/2022  Philippines  Virtual Intellectual Property 
Program for Philippines Law 
Enforcement and IP Officials 
to Commemorate World IP 
Day Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, Econ 
Section Embassy 
Manila  Asia IP 
4/27/2022  4/29/2022  Bulgaria, Croatia, 
Estonia, Latvia, 
and Romania  US-European 
Cryptocurrency Working 
Group Workshop  Dubrovnik, 
Croatia  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Chainalysis  Europe  Computer crimes/IP  
4/27/2022  4/27/2022  Azerbaijan  Basic Tenets of IP Rights  Webinar  CLDP, US 
Embassy Baku, Europe/Eurasia  On April 27, 2022, CLDP , in 
coordination with US Embassy   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 24 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Azerbaijani 
Justice Academy, 
USPTO  Baku, the Azerbaijani Justice 
Academy, and USPTO, held a 
webinar on the basic tenets of 
intellectual property (IP) rights for 
judges in Azerbaijan . The webinar 
is part of a series of workshops and 
consultations to strength en IP in 
Azerbaijan and focus on rule of law 
technical assistance.  
5/6/2022  5/6/2022  Botswana, 
Kenya, Liberia, 
Malawi, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone, Tanzania, 
and Uganda  Series of Meetings and 
Workshops to Develop an 
Africa Regional Intellectual 
Proper ty (IP) Bench Book : 
Program 3  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
ARIPO, USPTO, 
US Federal 
Judicial Center  Africa  IP 
5/6/2022  5/6/2022  Moldova  Moldova Intellectual 
Property (IP) Roundtable 
Program  Chisinau, 
Moldova  DOJ/OPDAT, 
AmCham Moldova  Europe  Computer crimes/IP  
5/10/2022  5/10/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 9  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
5/10/2022  5/26/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, Lao 
PDR, Timor -Leste  ASEAN Workshop on 
Developments in Copyright 
Law and Enforcement  DVC USPTO  ASEAN 
member States Focus on the development and 
issues in copyright laws, copyright 
and machine learning/AI, 
registration v. recordation systems, 
copyright infringement and piracy, 
anti-piracy awareness campaigns, 
challenges in civil infringement 
cases, and alternate dispute 
resolution (ADR) in 
copyright -related disputes.  
5/11/2022  5/11/2022  Uruguay  Multi-Part Series of 
Trainings on Cybercrimes, 
Electronic Evidence, and 
International Cooperation 
for Uruguayan Prosecutors, 
Judges, and Police : Program 
3 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
5/11/2022  5/12/2022  Malaysia  Artificial Intelligence (AI) 
Insider Trading Webinar for Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
FINRA, SEC  Asia Computer crimes/IP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 25 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Malaysian Securities 
Commission  
5/11/2022  5/11/2022  Argentina  Series of Six Overseas 
Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions and 
Ransomware Inve stigations 
for Argentinian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Chapter 
1 & 2  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere    
5/12/2022  5/12/2022  Argentina  Series of Six Overseas 
Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions and 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Argentinian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Chapter 
2 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere    
5/16/2022  5/20/2022  Chile Dark Web Market 
Enforcement In -Person 
Workshop for Chilean Police 
and Prosecutors  Santiago, 
Chile DOJ/OPDAT, FBI, 
DEA, J -CODE, 
AUSA, IRS -CI Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
5/16/2022  5/27/2022  Panama  Network Intrusions 
Investigations Course for 
Panamanian Police, 
Prosecutors, and Forensic 
Analysts  Panama City, 
Panama  DOJ/OPDAT, HSI, 
Panamanian 
Banking and 
Critical 
Infrastruc ture 
Organizations  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
5/17/2022  5/17/2022  Dominican 
Republic  Virtual Cryptocurrency 
Course for Dominican 
Republic Investigators and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
5/17/2022  5/18/2022  Azerbaijan  Intellectual Property 
Adjudication  Baku, 
Azerbaijan  CLDP, US 
Embassy Baku, 
Azerbaija ni 
Justice Academy, 
Azerbaijan 
Intellectual 
Property Agency  Europe/Eurasia  From May 17-18, 2022, CLDP, in 
coordination with US Embassy 
Baku, the Azerbaijan Justice 
Academy, and the Azerbaijan 
Intellectual Property Agency, led a 
workshop focused on intellec tual 
property rights enforcement on 
issues related to technology and 
software licensing for judges in 
Azerbaijan . Following a virtual 
program on the basic tenets of IPR, 
the workshop focused on case   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 26 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
studies and hypothetical scenarios 
that addressed challen ging and 
nuanced licensing and technology 
disputes.  
5/18/2022  5/18/2022  Uruguay  Multi-Part Series of 
Trainings on Cybercrimes, 
Electronic Evidence, and 
International Cooperation 
for Uruguayan Prosecutors, 
Judges, and Police : Program 
2 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
5/18/2022  5/18/2022  Uruguay  Multi-Part Series of 
Trainings on Cybercrimes, 
Electronic Evidence, and 
International Cooperation 
for Uruguayan Prosecutors, 
Judges, and Police : Program 
4 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
5/18/2022  5/18/2022  Uruguay  Multi-Part Series of 
Trainings on Cybercrimes, 
Electronic Evidence, and 
International Cooperation 
for Uruguayan Prosecutors, 
Judges, and Police : Program 
4 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT      
5/19/2022  5/19/2022  Dominican 
Republic  Digital Piracy Course for 
Dominican Republic 
Investigators and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
5/23/2022  5/27/2022  Chile Dark Web Market 
Enforcement In -Person 
Workshop for Chilean Police 
and Prosecutors  Santiago, 
Chile DOJ/OPDAT, FBI, 
DEA, J -CODE, 
IRS-CI Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
5/23/2022  5/23/2022  Malaysia  Workshop on Digital 
Evidence for Malaysian 
Judges of Sabah and 
Sarawak  Hybrid : Kota 
Kinabalu, 
Malaysia and 
Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Asia Computer crimes/IP  
5/24/2022  5/24/2022  Niger  Francophone Cryptocurrency 
Program for Niger  Niamey, 
Niger  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI,  Africa  Computer crimes/IP  
5/24/2022  5/24/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 27 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Francophone 
African Countries  Working Group Series : 
Session 10  
6/1/2022  6/1/2022  Guyana  Digital Evidence Workshop 
for Guyanese Police and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS  Wester n 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/1/2022  6/3/2022  Argentina, Brazil, 
Chile, Costa 
Rica, Mexico, 
Paraguay, Peru 
and Uruguay  Combatting Counterfeiting 
and Piracy : Consumer 
Health and Safety.  Panama City, 
Panama  WCO Secretariat, 
CBP Central and 
South America  On June 1 – 3, the IP Enforcement 
Branch of CBP co -facilitated an IPR 
Workshop in Panama City, Panama, 
alongside the World Customs 
Organization (WCO) Secretariat, 
entitled Combatting Counterfeiting 
and Piracy : Consumer Health and 
Safety . The worksh op is focused on 
enhancing the skills of nine 
customs administrations 
(Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa 
Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru and 
Uruguay) in IPR border 
enforcement procedures in advance 
of an Operation planned by the 
WCO in the Latin America, Centra l 
America and Caribbean region, 
named SEASC APE 2. 
6/1/2022  6/1/2022  Guyana  Digital Evidence Workshop 
for Guyanese Police and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS      
6/2/2022  6/3/2022  Central Asia  Bilateral Meetings of Central 
Asia Expert Level 
Intellectual Property 
Working Group  Webinar  CLDP Central Asia  On June 2-3, 2022, CLDP held 
virtual bilateral meetings with 
members of the Central Asia Expert 
Level Intellectual Property Working 
Group (IP Working Group) . The 
meetings gathered officials 
responsible for the protection and 
enforcement of intellectual property 
rights in preparation for the next 
meeting of the IP Working Group, 
which will focus on best practices in 
the identification and interdiction of 
counterfeit goods . Aligning 
protection and enforcement of IP 
rights in Central Asia with 
international best practices   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 28 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
promotes innovation and economic 
diversification leading to increased 
trade and investment in the region.  
6/6/2022  6/7/2022  Kenya  Advanced Cybercrime 
Training for Investigators 
and Prosecutors, Module I 
for Kenya and Tanzania  Nairobi, 
Kenya and 
Dar Es 
Salaam, 
Tanzania  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS  Africa  Computer crimes/IP  
6/8/2022  6/10/2022  Botswana, 
Kenya, Liberia, 
Malawi, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone, Tanzania, 
and Uganda  Series of Meetings and 
Workshops to Develop an 
Africa Regional Intellectual 
Property (IP) Bench Book : 
Program 4  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
ARIPO, USPTO, 
US Federal 
Judicial Center  Africa  IP 
6/8/2022  6/9/2022  Bulgaria, Greece, 
Hungary, 
Moldova, Servia, 
Romania  Intellectual Property (IP) 
Program "Teaming Up : 
Combatting IP Crime in 
Eastern Europe " Bucharest, 
Romania  DOJ/OPDAT, HIS, 
Private Sector IP 
Stakeholders  Europe  IP 
6/8/2022  6/8/2022  Argentina  Series of Six Overseas 
Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions a nd 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Argentinian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Chapter 
3 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/8/2022  6/8/2022  Brazil  Brazil's National Institute of 
Metrology, Standardization 
and Industrial Quality 
(INMETRO) Visit to NIST  Gaithersburg, 
Maryland, US NIST   An overview to learn about NIST 
programs and services to assist US 
industry.  
6/9/2022  6/9/2022  Argentina  Series of Six Overseas 
Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions and 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Argentinian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Chapter 
4 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/9/2022  6/10/2022  Tanzania  Advanced Cybercrime 
Training for Investigators 
and Prosecutors, Module I 
for Kenya and Tanzania  Dar es 
Salaam, 
Tanzania  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS  Africa  Computer crimes/IP  
6/13/2022  6/13/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 29 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Francophone 
African Countries  Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 11  
6/14/2022  6/14/2022  Dominican 
Republic  Virtual Case -Based 
Mentoring Session for 
Dominican Republic 
Investigators and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Chainalysis  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/15/2022  6/15/2022  Uruguay  Multi-Part Series  of 
Trainings on Cybercrimes, 
Electronic Evidence, and 
International Cooperation 
for Uruguayan Prosecutors, 
Judges, and Police : Program 
5 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/15/2022  6/17/2022  Botswana, 
Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, Chad, 
Cote D'Ivoire, 
Ghana, Kenya, 
Liberia, Namibia, 
Niger, Nigeria, 
Senegal, Sierra 
Leone, South 
Africa, The 
Gambia, 
Tanzania, Togo, 
Uganda, and 
Zambia  Africa Joint Pharmacrime 
Working Group Meeting  Dakar, 
Senegal  DOJ/OPDAT, IPR  
Center, 
INTERPOL, 
Private Sector 
Pharma 
Representatives  Africa  IP 
6/20/2022  6/21/2022  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  IP Bench Book Update  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  CLDP Southern 
Europe/Balkans  On June 20-21, 2022, CLDP  
supported a workshop for a working 
group consisting of judges, private 
sector representatives, academics, 
and an IP institute representative 
to update an existing intellectual 
property (IP) bench book . This 
workshop, a follow -up to monthly 
virtual idea ex changes and drafting 
exercises, is designed to facilitate 
collaboration among Republika 
Srpska and Federation entities, as 
well as to encourage private sector,   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 30 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
institutional, and judiciary 
collaboration . The bench book 
update will be used as a reference 
point and an educational tool to 
boost IP adjudication capacity in 
the country.  
6/22/2022  6/22/2022  Argentina  Series of Six Overseas 
Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions and 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Argentinian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Chapter  
5 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/22/2022  6/22/2022  Brazil  Program for Brazilian Judges 
on Sentencing  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Brazilian National 
Judicial Council  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/23/2022  6/23/2022  Argentina  Series of Six Overseas 
Virtual Programs on 
Computer Intrusions and 
Ransomware Investigations 
for Argentinian Prosecutors 
and Investigators : Chapter 
6 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/27/2022  7/1/2022  Argentina  Intellectual Property 
Enforcement In -Person 
Workshop for Argentinian 
Police, Prosecutors, Judges, 
and Border Officials  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina  DOJ/OPDAT, 
USPTO, DHS IPR 
Center, HSI 
Office Buenos 
Aires Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
6/28/2022  7/1/2022  Bulgaria, Croatia, 
Estonia, Latvia, 
and Romania  Advanced Digital Evidence 
Training for Judges and 
Prosecutors in Eastern 
Europe  Zagreb, 
Croatia  DOJ/OPDAT  Europe  Computer crimes/IP  
6/28/2022  6/28/2022  12 Anglophone 
and 8 
Francophone 
African Countries  African Regional Pharma 
Crime and Public 
Health -related Fraud 
Working Group Series : 
Session 12  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Africa  IP 
6/28/2022  6/30/2022  Thailand, 
Viet Nam, Lao 
PDR, Cambodia, 
Malaysia, the 
Philippines, Intellectual Property 
Program for Indo -Pacific 
prosecutors and IP Officials  Bangkok, 
Thailand  DOJ/OPDAT, 
USPTO, HSI 
Bangkok, CBP, 
FDA-OCI Asia IP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 31 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Indonesia, 
Brunei, India, 
Pakistan, Sri 
Lanka, Maldives, 
Bangladesh, 
Bhutan, Nepal, 
Mongolia, and 
Fiji 
6/28/2022  6/30/2022  India, 
Bangladesh, 
Pakistan, Nepal, 
Maldives, Sri 
Lanka, 
Timor -Leste, and 
Mongolia  Intellectual Property (IP) 
Program for Indo -Pacific 
Prosecutors and IP Officials  Bangkok, 
Thailand  DOJ/OPDAT, 
USPTO  Asia IP 
6/29/2022  6/29/2022  Dominican 
Republic  Dark Web Marketplaces 
Course for Dominican 
Republic Investigators and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, 
AUSA, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
6/29/2022  6/29/2022  Guyana  Digital Evidence Workshop 
for Guyanese Police and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
6/29/2022  6/29/2022  Multiple  The Role of Customs 
Authorities and Border 
Measures in the Effective 
Enforcement of Intellectual 
Property Rights  Webinar  WIPO, CBP  Worldwide  On July 29, the IP Enforcement 
Branch of CBP co -presented a 
webinar organized by the World 
Intellectual Property O rganization 
(WIPO) on the role of customs 
authorities and border measures in 
the effective enforcement of 
intellectual property rights . The two 
speakers were the Chief of the 
Intellectual Property Enforcement 
Branch at CBP and the Compliance 
and Technical Officer in charge of 
IPR, Health, and Safety Program at 
the World Customs Organization 
(WCO) . The webinar attracted over 
200 participants and is part of a 
WIPO webinar series called 
"Respect for IP. "    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 32 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
6/29/2022  6/29/2022  Lesotho, 
Mozambique, 
Uganda  
Nigeri a 
South Africa  
Other African 
countries 
attended  Blockchain for IP 
Enforcement  Virtual   USPTO   Africa  USPTO developed and delivered 
this regional program in 
collaboration with the American 
Business Council in Nigeria.  
7/6/2022  7/6/2022  Malaysia  Cryptocurrency Webinar for 
Malaysian Securities 
Commission Officials  Webinar  DOJ/OPDAT, SEC  Asia Computer crime s/IP 
7/6/2022  7/6/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, Lao 
PDR ASEAN -USPTO Advanced 
Patent Searching and 
Examination : 
Chemical/Biotechnology/AI 
Part 1 (Day 1)  DVC USPTO / ASEAN  ASEAN 
member States Patent search training for member 
states  
7/7/2022  7/7/2022  Myanmar , 
Cambodia, Lao 
PDR ASEAN -USPTO Advanced 
Patent Searching and 
Examination : 
Chemical/Biotechnology/AI 
Part 1 (Day 2)  DVC USPTO / ASEAN  ASEAN 
member States Patent search training for member 
States 
7/8/2022  7/8/2022  Botswana, 
Kenya, Liberia, 
Malawi, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone, Tanzania, 
and Uganda  Series of Meetings and 
Workshops to Develop an 
Africa Regional Intellectual 
Property (IP) Bench Book : 
Program 5  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
ARIPO, USPTO, 
US Federal 
Judicial Center  Africa  IP 
7/11/2022  7/20/2022  Brazil  Study Tour on Best Practices 
for Collection and use of 
Electronic, Social Media and 
Dark Web Evidence and 
Computer Forensics, and 
creating Task Forces to 
Combat Violent 
Transnational Criminal 
Organizations  Washington, 
D.C., Boston, 
MA, US DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS, FBI, 
USSS, DEA, 
Treasury  Western 
Hemisphere  Organized Crime/Computer 
crime/IP  
7/11/2022  7/14/2022  Albania, Bosnia 
and Herzegovina, 
Kosovo, Serbia, 
Montenegro, 
North 
Macedonia, Regional Ransomware 
Workshop for Eastern 
Europe  Izmir, Turkey  DOJ/OPDAT, CoE, 
EU Europe  Computer crimes/IP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 33 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Turkey, Bulgaria, 
Croatia, Romania  
7/12/2022  7/26/2022  Myanmar , Lao 
PDR ASEAN IP Academy -USPTO 
Train-the-Trainers Program 
on Trademark Protection  DVC USPTO  ASEAN  ASEAN IP Academy -USPTO 
Train-the-Trainers Program on 
Trademark Protection  
7/18/2022  7/22/2022  Dominican 
Republic and 
Costa Rica  Study Tour for Latin 
American Countries to 
Observe DOJ and 
Interagency Response to 
IPR Crimes  Santo 
Domingo, 
Dominican 
Republic, San 
Jose, Costa 
Rica, 
Washington, 
D.C., US DOJ/OPDAT, CBP, 
National IPR 
Center, Port of 
Baltimore  Western 
Hemisphere  IP 
7/18/2 022 7/22/2022  Brazil, Paraguay, 
Argentina, 
Dominican 
Republic  Chainalysis Cryptocurrency 
Fundamentals Certification 
and In -Person Meeting of 
the Southern Cone Cohort of 
the Western Hemisphere 
Cryptocurrency Working 
Group  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
7/19/2022  7/22/2022  Rwanda, 
Botswana, 
Kenya, Liberia,  
Malawi, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone, Tanzania, 
Uganda, 
Ethiopia, Ghana, 
Lesotho  Workshop to Develop an 
Africa Regional Intellectual 
Property (IP) Bench Book  Kigali, 
Rwanda  DOJ/OPDAT, 
USPTO, ARIPO, 
US Federal 
Judges  Africa  IP 
7/20/2022  7/22/2022  Republic of 
Kazakhstan, the 
Kyrgyz Republic, 
the Republic of 
Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan, 
and the Republic 
of Uzbekistan  Central Asia TIFA Regional 
Expert Level Working Group 
on Intellectual Property 
Rights  Tbilisi, 
Georgia  CLDP Central Asia  On July 20-22, the Branch Chiefs of 
IP Enforcement and Penalties, 
Regulations and Rulings Directorate 
presented at the meeting of the 
Central Asia Regional Expert Level 
Working Group on Intellectual 
Property Rights under the US – 
Central Asia Trade and Investment 
Framework Agreement (TIFA), led 
by the Unit ed States Trade 
Representative . This was the fifth 
meeting of the Working Group . IP 
protection and enforcement has   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 34 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
been a priority for the Working 
Group since its inception in 
October  2018, and its first meeting 
in 2019.  
7/20/2022  7/22/2022  Central Asia  Central Asia Expert Level 
Working Group on 
Intellectual Property 
Rights - Meeting 3  Tbilisi, 
Georgia  CLDP, USTR, 
CBP, USPTO  Central Asia  CLDP, in partnership with the 
USTR, CBP  and USPTO, hosted the 
fourth meeting of the Central Asia 
Regional Expert Level Working 
Group on Intellectual Property 
Rights (IP Working Group) in Tbilisi, 
Georgia . The meeting included 
participants from all five Central 
Asian Republics and discussed 
processes and best practices for 
successful identification and 
interdiction of counterfeit goods at 
the border crossings . A set of 
recommendations were developed 
and, once finalized, will be sent for 
country adoption as well as 
US-Central Asia Trade and 
Invest ment Framework Agreement 
(TIFA) and C5+1 Platform adoption . 
CLDP's technical assistance to the 
IP Working Group seeks to 
strengthen and improve IP 
protections in the region and to 
increase foreign direct investment 
and trade among Central Asian 
countries a nd between Central Asia 
and other regions of the world.  
7/21/2022  7/22/2022  Bulgaria  Intellectual Property (IP) 
Program : Digital Piracy and 
Cyber Threats  Sofia, 
Bulgaria  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI, 
DOJ/CCIPS/NCET, 
UK Law 
Enforcement  Europe  IP 
7/21/2022  7/21/2022  Costa Rica, 
Dominican 
Republic  LATIN AMERICA TO US 
STUDY TOUR ON NATIONAL 
IP STRATEGY 
DEVELOPMENT, 
ENFORCEMENT AND 
PROSECUTIONS  Washington, 
D.C., US CBP/OPDAT  Latin America  Overview of CBP  IP Border 
Enforcement Processes and 
Procedures    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 35 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
7/25/2022  7/26/2022  Georgia  6th Annual International 
Conference "Georgia Against 
Counterfeiting and Piracy " Batumi, 
Georgia  CLDP, 
Sakpatenti, 
USPTO, DOJ, 
WIPO, WCO, 
EUIPO, Europol  Europe/Eurasia  On July 25-26, CLDP partnered with 
the National Intellectual Property 
Center of Georgia ( "Sakpatenti ") to 
host the 6th Annual International 
Conference "Georgia Against 
Counterfeiting and Piracy " 
("Conference ") in Batumi, Georgia . 
CLDP and Sa kpatenti brought 
together intellectual property 
government officials from Armenia, 
Moldova, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, 
Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan ; experts 
from the US Patent and Trademark 
Office (USPTO), US Department of 
Justice (D OJ), World Intellectual 
Property Organization (WIPO), 
World Customs Organization 
(WCO), European Union Intellectual 
Property Organization (EUIPO), and 
Europol ; and private sector 
representatives from the textile and 
pharmaceutical industries for the 
two-day Conference . Experts 
addressed current trends and 
challenges in the protection and 
enforcement of intellectual property 
rights ( "IPR"), private sector 
representatives explored the impact 
of counterfeit and pirated goods 
across the region, and government 
officials shared best practices and 
common challenges faced by their 
respective countries . The roughly 
150 attendees thus came away 
from the Conference with a deeper 
understanding of the challenges, 
solutions, and best practices in 
cross-sector and cross -border IPR 
issues across the region.  
7/26/2022  7/26/2022  Dominican 
Republic, Chile, Regional Intellectual 
Property Enforcement Asunción, 
Paraguay  DOJ/OPDAT, 
USPTO  Western 
Hemisphere  IP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 36 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Peru, Uruguay, 
and Paraguay  Program on Agricultural 
Piracy  
7/26/2022  7/28/2022  Dominican 
Republic  Cybercrime and Digital 
Evidence Workshop for 
Dominican Prosecutors, 
Investigators, and Analysts  Santo 
Domingo, 
Dominican 
Republic  DOJ/OPDAT, HSI, 
DOJ/CCIPS, FBI, 
IRS Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
7/27/2022  7/27/2022  Uruguay  Multi-Part Series of 
Trainings on Cybercrimes, 
Electronic Evidence, and 
International Cooperation 
for Uruguayan Prosecutors, 
Judges, and Police : Program 
6 Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
7/27/2022  7/27/2022  South Caucasus  Eastern Europe Expert Level 
Working Group on 
Intellectual Property Rights  Batumi, 
Georgia  CLDP, Sakpatenti  Europe/Eurasia  On July 27, CLDP chaired the 
inaugural meeting of the Eastern 
Europe Expert Level Working Group 
on Intellectual Property Rights 
("Working Group ") in Batumi, 
Georgia . CLDP convened IP 
government officials from Armenia, 
Moldova, and Georgia for the 
Working Group meeting and 
anticipate the participation of 
Azerbaijan and Ukraine in the 
Working Group going forward . The 
Working Group will promote greater 
harmonization, cooperation, and 
information sharing in the 
protection and enforcement of IP 
within the region and will increase 
the efficiency and 
commercialization of IP utilization 
in line with internationa lly accepted 
standards and best practices . The 
assembled delegations agreed upon 
several baseline procedures to 
guide future meetings of the 
Working Group and engaged in an 
open discussion of salient IP topics 
and issues to be addressed by the 
Working Grou p going forward . CLDP 
will continue stewarding the   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 37 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Working Group through its early 
stages with the goal of developing 
it into an integral, self -sustaining 
piece of the multilateral IP 
landscape in Eastern Europe.  
7/28/2022  7/28/2022  South Caucasus  Trans -Caspian Intellectual 
Property Forum  Batumi, 
Georgia  
 
 
 
 CLDP, Sakpatenti  Europe/Eurasia  On July 28, CLDP brought together 
delegations of IP government 
officials from Armenia, Moldova, 
Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, 
Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan for the 
Trans -Caspian Intellectual Property 
Forum ( "Forum ") in Batumi, 
Georgia . Coming on the heels of 
the meetings of the Eastern Europe 
and Central Asian Expert Level 
Working Groups, the Forum allowed 
the assembled delegations to 
engage in direct dialogue with their 
counterparts from across the 
Trans -Caspian region on best 
practices in the enforcement and 
protection of intellectual property 
rights . CLDP divided the country 
delegations into groups to address 
different aspects of IP pr otection 
and enforcement, including internal 
markets, customs and 
transshipment, and digital markets, 
with each group reporting on the 
most pressing regional issues, best 
practices, and proposed solutions to 
their assigned topic . By the end of 
the Forum, p articipants had not 
only broadened their perspective of 
IP issues affecting other countries 
throughout the region, but also 
gained valuable insight into how to 
best address these issues in their 
home countries.    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 38 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
7/30/2022  7/31/2022  Georgia  Workshop on Adjudication of 
Civil Intellectual Property 
Cases  Batumi, 
Georgia  CLDP, 
Sakpatenti, US 
Courts  Europe/Eurasia  On July 30-31, CLDP held a Judicial 
Workshop on the Adjudication of 
Civil Intellectual Property 
Infringement Cases ( "Workshop ") 
for Geo rgian judges in Batumi, 
Georgia . CLDP brought two US 
Federal District Court judges and a 
European Union IP expert to the 
Workshop to train judges from the 
Georgian local, appellate, and 
Supreme Court levels on the legal 
principles governing the 
adjudication of civil intellectual 
property cases in the US and 
European systems . The US judges 
and the National Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 
("Sakpatenti ") each led the 
Georgian judges through case 
studies from both the US and 
Georgian courts, allowing the 
Georgian judges to practically apply 
and cement th e concepts learned 
throughout the Workshop . Through 
this Workshop, CLDP continued its 
ongoing efforts to strengthen the 
capacity of the judiciary and the 
rule of law in Georgia.  
8/1/2022  8/2/2022  Nigeria  Advanced Cybercrime 
Training for Investigators 
and Prosecutors, Module I  Abuja, 
Nigeria  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS  Africa  Computer crimes/IP  
8/1/2022  8/2/2022  Ghana  Advanced Cybercrime 
Training for Investigators 
and Prosecutors, Module I  Accra, Ghana  DOJ/OPDAT, 
DOJ/CCIPS      
8/2/2022  8/2/2022  Angola, Nepal  State Department's 
International Visitor 
Leadership Program (IVLP) 
Science and Technology 
Entrepreneurship Meeting  Alexandria, 
United States 
of America  USPTO   None State Department's "Science and 
Technology Entrepreneurship " IVLP 
Program. USPTO presented on 
promoting of IP protection  
8/8/2022  8/12/2022  Paraguay, Brazil, 
Argentina  Intellectual Property 
Enforcement In -Person 
Workshop for Paraguayan, Asunción, 
Paraguay  DOJ/OPDAT, 
USPTO, HSI IPR 
Center  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 39 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
Brazilian and Argentinian 
Police, Prosecutors, Judges 
and Border Officials  
8/8/2022  8/12/2022  Malaysia  Workshop on Digital 
Evidence for Malaysian 
Police Officers  Kuala 
Lumpur, 
Malaysia  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI 
Legat, FBI  Asia Computer crimes/IP  
8/9/2022 8/11/2022  Panama, Peru, 
Dominican 
Republic, Costa 
Rica Global Cyber Forensic 
Advisor (GCFA) Regional 
Electronic Evidence Program  Panama City, 
Panama  DOJ/OPDAT  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
8/10/2022  8/12/2022  Botswana, 
Kenya, Liberia, 
Malawi, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone, Tanzania, 
and Uganda  Series of Meetings and 
Workshops to Develop an 
Africa Regional Intellectual 
Property (IP) Bench Book : 
Program 6  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
ARIPO, USPTO, 
US Federal 
Judicial Center  Africa  IP 
8/10/2022  8/10/2022  Paraguay  Workshop on Combatting 
Digital Piracy Crime  Asuncion, 
Paraguay  H.S.I./OPDAT  South America  August  10 – 12, Department of 
State, Office of International 
Intellectual Property the IP 
Enforcement Branch of CBP 
participated in a Workshop on 
Combatting Digital Piracy Crime in 
Paraguay organized by the US 
Department of Justice ICHIP as the 
National IPR Coordination Center . 
IPE/RR provided instruction on 
CBP's ex officio IP enforcement and 
how CBP enforces copyrights at the 
border.  
8/16/2022  8/18/2022  Dominican 
Republic  Virtual Advanced 
Cryptocurrency Training for 
Dominican Republic 
Investigators and 
Prosecutors  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, FBI  Western 
Hemisphere  Computer crimes/IP  
8/23/2022  8/23/2022  Haiti Likelihood of Confusion in 
Relative Trademark 
Examination  DVC,  USPTO  Latin America    
9/26/2022  9/28/2022  Sri Lanka  Technology Transfer 
Workshop #6  Colombo, Sri 
Lanka  CLDP, USPTO, Sri 
Lankan Ministry 
of Higher 
Education  South Asia  CLDP, in partnership with USPTO 
and the Sri Lankan Ministry of 
Higher Education (MoHE), 
conducted the sixth workshop in 
the Technology Transfer series,   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 40 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
focused on exercises and mock 
negotiations . This in -person 
workshop was held in Colombo and 
tied-in the major elements 
identified and discussed in t he 
earlier virtual sessions . The 
workshop adopted a conference or 
workshop format with small 
group/breakout exercises, 
culminating with mock negotiations 
of a license agreement, including 
presentations and critiques of the 
negotiations and results.  
10/7/2 022 10/7/2022  Malaysia  Webinar on Digital Forensics 
for Malaysian 
Anti-Corruption Commission 
(MACC), Royal Malaysian 
Police (RMP) and Malaysia 
Attorney General's 
Chambers (AGC)  Virtual  DOJ/OPDAT, 
Malaysian 
Anti-Corruption 
Commission 
(MACC), the 
Royal Malay sian 
Police (RMP) and 
Malaysian 
Attorney 
General's 
Chambers (AGC)  Asia Computer crimes/IP  
9/1/2021  2/29/2022  Pakistan  Trademark Webinars for 
Intellectual Property 
Organization of Pakistan  Webinar  CLDP, USPTO  South Asia  CLDP and USPTO are conducting 
2-hr trademark webinars for 
IPO-TM on specific subjects and 
issues as agreed by CLDP, USPTO 
and IPO -TM. Virtual training 
sessions are conducted on a 
monthly basis, until such time as 
travel and in -person programs are 
allowed and resources available . 
Upcoming programs include 
protocols for assessment of 
well-known trademarks, national 
branding and brand restrictions, 
processes for joining international 
instruments related to trademarks 
(e.g., NICE, VIENNA) . Additional 
programs may be requested by 
IPO-TM, such as going into further   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/3  
- 41 - 
 
Program me 
Start Date2  Program me 
End Date3  Participating 
Country(s) / 
Organizations  Program me Title Venue  Sponsor(s)/ 
Contributors  Region  Program me Description  
detail on subject matter discussed 
in earlier sessions . Vienna 
classifications, distinctiveness, 
non-traditional marks, Madrid 
Protocol obligations, and appeals, 
oppositions and cancellations h ave 
been identified in program 
evaluations as subjects where 
program participants request 
further training.  
 
 
__________