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WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/34/Add.3/Suppl.3
11November 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4784)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: INFORMATION FROM
DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
Supplement
Denmark
Thepresent document reproduces information onDenmark 'stechnical andfinancial cooperation
activities relevant totheimplementation oftheTRIPS Agreement, which hasbeenreceived fromthe
Permanent Mission ofDenmark bymeans ofacommunication dated 7November 1996.
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TheDanish Patent Office executes thefollowing Technical Assistance Projects:
LITHUANIA
1. Duration
Theproject started in1992 andended on1November 1995.
2. General objectives oftheprogramme
- Support toLithuania inthecontext ofimplementing newIPRlaws.
- Training ofLithuanian patent andtrademark experts.
- Training ofLithuanian office-automation experts, andsupport toLithuania inthe
implementation ofanoffice-automation plan.
3. Description oftheproject
Thespecific objectives canbesummarized intwomajor points:
3.1 Legislation
TheDanish Patent Office (DPO) hasprovided legalassistance andtraining totheLithuanian
StatePatent Bureau (SPB). TheLithuanian patent andtrademark lawscame intoforce onrespectively
1February 1994 and1October 1993.IP/C/W/34/Add.3/Suppl.3
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3.2 Organizational matters
Incooperation between DPO, EPOandSPB, aplanforthedevelopment oftheorganization
oftheSPBwasmade. Theplaningeneral provides proposals fortheorganizational structure, the
needfortechnical equipment, staffandtraining, andbudgets forthefirstfive-year period.
TheDPO alsogaveassistance totheSPBinconnection withtheinvitation totender fora
computer-network, andtheimplementation ofoffice-automation, intheSPB.
4. Other matters
InNovember1994,aconferencewasheldinVilniuswiththepurposeofpromotingtheawareness
ofindustrial property. Among other things, DPO-representatives provided examples oftheusefulness
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MINOR ACTIVITIES OFTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND COOPERATION
(Summary)
1. Bilateral activities
1.1 In1994
- support toLatvia intheimplementation ofanautomation plan;
- counselling Bulgarian andRomanian experts inindustrial property information and
services toindustry (financed byPHARE/RIPP).
1.2 In1995
- assistance toAlbania indrafting automation tender;
- assistance toLithuania continued (training ofexperts).
1.3 In1996
- ...
2. Multinational activities
2.1 In1994
- arranging industrial property seminar inLithuania incooperation withEPO and
Lithuanian State Patent Bureau;
- hosting one-week seminar forexperts fromASEAN countries andChina incooperation
withEPO;
- training African/Asian experts under theWIPO Development Cooperation Project;
- technical coordination andsupervision oftheRIPP Common Software program in
cooperation withEPO;
- participation inhigh-level expert mission toASEAN countries andinregional ASEAN
Symposium.
2.2 In1995
- RIPP Common Software project continued.
2.3 In1996
- ...IP/C/W/34/Add.3/Suppl.3
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TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMMES -PLANT VARIETY PROTECTION
I. PROJECTS
ESTONIA
Information concerning Danish Estonian cooperation programme intheseedsector inrelation
toplant variety protection.
Thecooperation programme comprised anumber ofactivities including theparticipation of
private companies inDenmark andEstonia. Thecoordination oftheproject wascarried outbyDanagro
Adviser A/S.
1. Duration
November 1993 toDecember 1994.
2. General objectives oftheprogramme
- lectures onDanish legislation including plant variety protection;
- training courses inseedtesting, variety testing andseedcertification;
- seedsector study.
3. Description oftheproject
3.1 Legislation
Lectures onseedlegislation weregiven atanumber ofoccasions inDenmark toofficials from
theEstonian Ministry ofAgriculture.
Aseminar onseedlegislation andtechnical examination ofplant varieties forprotection was
given toanumber ofofficials from theEstonian Ministry ofAgriculture inTallinn, Estonia.
3.2 Training courses
Seedtesting
Atraining course inseedtesting ofoneweek'sduration washeldforfourofficials from the
Estonian SeedTesting Station.
Variety testing
Atraining course oftwoweeks 'duration washeldforfiveofficials fromEstonia. Thecourse
comprised among other things training intesting ofvarieties fordistinctness, uniformity andstability
onwhich criteria newvarieties canbeprotected. Thisproject willberepeated in1997.IP/C/W/34/Add.3/Suppl.3
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Seedcertification
Atraining course ofoneweek'sduration washeldfortwoofficials from Estonia.
3.3 Seedsector study
Astudy ontheEstonian seedmarket including thepossibilities forvariety testing, plantvariety
protection andtheimprovement oftheseedmarket wascarried outincluding astudy tripinEstonia
forone-and-a-half week'sduration.
II. OTHER ACTIVITIES
Visits
Assistance toanumber ofpersons fromother countries isgiven onbasisofvisits mostly within
thetechnical examination ofnewplant varieties.
Theduration ofsuchvisits isoften one-two daysandisnotconsidered tobetraining courses
assuch.
Written information
Onasimilar basisinformation isgiven about thelegislation onplantvariety protection aswell
asthetechnical examination ofplant varieties. Theinformation isgiven inreplies toanumber of
written enquiries. Often suchenquiries areofamore general nature.
Legal assistance
Thethree Nordic members oftheEuropean Union haveajointproject withthethree Baltic
states concerning theadjustment ofthelast-mentioned states'legislation inthefieldofplant variety
protection etc.toEUnorms.