WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/108/Add.5
4 November 1998
(98-4292)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English/
                 French/                 Spanish
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION FROM
OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
Addendum
The present document reproduces the updated information on WIPO's technical and financial
cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, which has beenreceived from WIPO by means of a communication, dated 18 September 1998.
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Thank you for your letter of 26 May 1998, in which you invited WIPO to update the
information provided in 1997 on WIPO's technical and financial cooperation programmes in the area
of intellectual property that are relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  I have the
pleasure of sending you WIPO's Annual Report  for 1997 and the Program Implementation Overview
of 1 January to 31 May 1998 (document A/33/2), in English, French and Spanish.
I draw your attention, in particular, to the chapters on WIPO's Cooperation for Development
Program and Organizational Partners in the 1997 Annual Report programs 02, 06 and 07, especiallysub-programs 02.3, 06.1 and 07.1, in the Program Implementation Overview.
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The Annex reproduces the chapters on WIPO's  Cooperation for Development Program and
Organizational Partners in the 1997 Annual Report, and the texts relating to sub-programs 02.3, 06.1
and 07.1 in the Program Implementation Overview.  The complete 1997 Annual Report and the
Program Implementation Overview are available in the WTO Secretariat for consultation by
interested delegations.  The Program Implementation Overview is also available on the WIPO
 website at www.wipo.int.IP/C/W/108/Add.5
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ANNEX
ANNUAL REPORT 1997
Extracts from the Annual Report 97
WIPO's Cooperation for Development Program
The 1998-99 biennium brings with it a crucial milestone in the international protection of
intellectual property.  By 1 January 2000, many deve loping countries must, as Members of the World
Trade Organization (WTO), bring their national legislation and administrative structures into line withthe provisions of the Agreement on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS).  WIPO has already made significant efforts in providing assistance to many countries, in
particular developing countries (upon request) with draft legislation prepared by the secretariat.  The
Organization has also provided comments and suggesti ons on draft laws prepared by governments and
advice on the setting up or modernization of the necessary administrative infrastructure.
Assistance to developing countries
Following requests for additional assistance by developing member States, the resources
allocated to the Cooperation for Development Program during the 1996-97 biennium were double
those granted for the 1994-95 biennium.  This resulted in an accelerated pace of activities over the
biennium.  In addition to the work to help developing countries prepare for compliance with the
requirements of the TRIPS Agreement, WIPO's activities concentrated on:
• the development of human resources;
• modernization and computerization of intellectual property administration;  and
• assistance in the drafting and revising of legislation relating to intellectual property
rights.
A total of 124 developing countries, two territories, and 16 intergovernmental organizations
of developing countries benefited from WIPO's Cooperation for Development Program.  In all, morethan 150 courses, seminars, or other meetings were held at the global, regional, or national levels,
providing training or information directly to more than 10,000 men and women from the government
and private sectors.  As many of these people were themselves trainers or in supervisory positions,
they are expected to, in turn, pass on what they have learned, multiplying the impact of WIPO's
teaching and information programme.  The travel and living expenses of some 1,600 of these men and
women were borne by WIPO, donor member States of WIPO, and contributory intergovernmental
organizations.  Study visits were organized for 168 persons.  In addition, about 47 developing andindustrialized countries contributed to WIPO's Cooperation for Development Program by providing
trust funds, or help-in-kind in the form of traini ng facilities, meeting premises, or local speakers.
In total, some 630 consultants were engaged by WIPO on advisory missions or as speakers in
courses and seminars, more than half coming from developing countries.
The expansion of WIPO's activities has been accompanied by a significant increase in the
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Country projects
WIPO's priority work in favour of developing countries often comprises country projects.
These WIPO-financed country projects are nationally focused plans of action for a particular country,
drawn up jointly by WIPO and the authorities of that developing country.  This approach in theCooperation for Development Program was introduced in 1996 and flourished in 1997.  During that
period, 22 developing countries benefited from work on such country projects, and a number of
similar projects were being prepared for 1998.  The implementation of WIPO-funded country projects
was mentioned by numerous member States as an efficient means of meeting the specific needs of
developing countries in building effective systems to protect intellectual property.
In a number of developing countries, the foundations, structure, and administration system for
the protection of intellectual property rights is already in place, but these countries need furtherspecialized help from WIPO in order to modernize and consolidate them.  The secretariat will, over
the next biennium, take a more proactive approach to such modernization, providing a clear strategic
outlook in its work in developing countries.
The development of human resources:  the WIPO Academy
The development of human resources by the WIPO Academy has formed part of the
Cooperation for Development Program over the past  two biennia.  The WIPO Academy has focused
upon the training of senior advisors and managers in developing countries, so they become familiar
with the policy implications of government decisi ons or actions affecting intellectual property issues
in the larger context of trade, technological, a nd cultural development.  In 1997, there were four
sessions of the Academy in Geneva:  three sessions were organized for senior officials from African,
Arab, and Caribbean countries, and one session was targeted, for the first time, toward countries from
the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).  In all, government officials from some 37Cooperation for Development Training Activities:
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developing countries attended the two-week A cademy sessions at WIPO;  some 90 developing
countries have benefited from the Academy sessions since they began in 1993.
Academy sessions in the next biennium will continue to provide a forum to facilitate focused
debates on topical issues such as the protectio n of copyright in the digital environment on the
protection of biodiversity.  In  addition, there will be specialized sessions that will target special
groups, such as customs and law enforcement officials, senior executives from private enterprises, and
others, to promote a deeper understanding of the practical issues relating to the protection of
intellectual property.
Over the next biennium, significantly more funds will be devoted to the development of
human resources in general, which aligns with the Organization's ambitious plan to deliver training,teaching, and advice to as large a segment of the in tellectual property world as possible.  A keystone
of this effort is the Distance Learning Centre that will provide:
• distance learning programs;
• on-line information sharing;
• contractual partnerships for research and training;
• specialized training for inventors, scientists, business men and women, media
professionals, teachers, diplomats, and students;
• information products and training materials on video, CD-ROM, and the Internet to
assist with such training;  and
• training advisory services.
0 1 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 0Office modernization and computerizationCollective management of copyright and other copyright issuesAssistance with drafting legislation and related mattersThe TRIPS AgreementPatentsInternational classification systemsTrademark administrationTraining of magistrates and other legal personnelIndustrial designs and integrated circuitsPCT related matters specifically for developing countriesEnforcing intellectual property lawsOtherTeaching and researchAppellations of originDigital technologyFolkloreSubjects Covered in Training Courses, Seminars, and Workshops in 
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Assistance to countries in transition
The countries in transition in Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltic countries, and Central
Asia have reached different stages in the transformation of their centrally planned economies intofree-market economies.  Their needs for technical assistance vary, especially since many are recently
independent countries that are preparing new legislation and engaged in institution building.  The
majority of these countries have already acceded  to the Paris Convention, the Berne Convention, the
Patent Cooperation Treaty, and the Madrid Agreement/Protocol.  During 1997, WIPO's assistance to
these countries focused on institution building, advisory missions, training, assistance with the
drafting of legislative texts, and seminars.
WIPO's Agreement with the Eurasian Patent Organization to facilitate closer cooperation
between the two Organizations and among the countries concerned entered into force in October
1997.
During the next biennium, greater emphasis will be placed upon helping these countries
prepare for membership of the WTO, through specialized technical assistance plus specific programs
to increase the business sectors' awareness of intellectual property rights and their commercial value.
WIPO medals
In keeping with WIPO's goal of encouraging cr eative and inventive activity, the secretariat
continued its WIPO Gold Medal Award Program.  Some 64 men, women, and young inventors in 17
developing countries received medals in 1997.  Since the Program was launched in 1979, 472 medals
have been awarded to inventors and innovators from 73 countries, 45 of which were developing
countries.  Awards fall into a variety of categories and include:
• best invention;
• outstanding inventor;
• outstanding woman inventor;
• young inventor;  and
• student inventor.
In 1997, medalists were selected from a variety of international and national competitions and
exhibitions that included:  the First African E xhibition of Invention and Technological Innovation,
Dakar, Senegal;  the Third World Exhibition of Inventions and Innovations, Casablanca, Morocco;
the Indonesian Youth Entrepreneurs & Innovative Expo, Jakarta, Indonesia;  the Third Competitionfor National Inventors, Lima, Peru;  the Internati onal Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques, and
Products, Geneva, Switzerland;  and the World Exhibition of Invention, Research, and Industrial
Innovation, Brussels Eureka, Brussels, Belgium.
In 1997, the Organization of African Unity and WIPO presented the fifth Invention Award in
recognition of significant contributions to African innovation.  It was won by two inventors, a father
and son from South Africa, for their "dry non-flush sanitation composting toilet, activated by windpower and radiant heat, for use in rural areas with limited water supply".IP/C/W/108/Add.5
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Organizational Partners
WIPO and WTO
The World Trade Organization is one of WIPO's key partners.  In 1997, the secretariat
continued to work closely with developing countries and other Members of the WTO to help them
bring their national legislative and administrative structures into conformity with the requirements of
the TRIPS Agreement.  The deadline for compliance is 1 January 2000.  TRIPS implementation by
the new millennium will be a major step toward creating an ideal environment for the protection of
intellectual property rights, one where there is inte rnational homogeneity in the scope, standards, and
enforcement.
There were also close, regular contacts between the secretariats of the two Organizations in
two other areas.  One was the use of WTO officials as resources in WIPO meetings addressing the
TRIPS Agreement.  The other was the exchange of information on the intellectual property laws of
member States of WIPO and Members of WTO and the transfer of the same into the WIPO Collection
of Laws for Electronic Access (CLEA), which was in its test phase on WIPO's Intranet at the end of
1997.
WIPO officials attended the periodic meetings of WTO's TRIPS Council and the General
Council throughout the year, while WTO officials often participated in WIPO meetings.  Furthermore,
pursuant to the Agreement between WIPO and WTO concluded in 1995, the secretariat continued to
communicate to WTO Members which are not party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of
Industrial Property the emblems protected under Article 6 ter of that Convention.
Other major organizational partners
In addition to cooperating with WTO, WIPO continued in 1997 to maintain its close
cooperation with a number of other international and regional intergovernmental organizations,
including:
• the African Regional Industrial Property Organization (ARIPO);
• the Andean Group;
• the Asia-Pacific Economic Community (APEC);
• the Association of Southeast Nations Countries (ASEAN);
• the European Commission (EC);
• the European Patent Office (EPO);
• the Common Market of the Southe rn Cone Countries (MERCOSUR);
• the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI in French);
• the Organization of African Unity (OAU);
• the European Commission and the Southern African Development Community
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• the European Union Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trademarks
and Designs) (OHIM);  and
• the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Relations with these organizations took the form of financial support, exchange of
information, and visits, as well as joint efforts in providing assistance to WIPO's member Statesthrough advice, training, and the provision of equipm ent.  As WIPO provides important international
registration services and useful technical information to the business community, and as most, if not
all of the Organization's other activities are of direct interest to business and the professional
intellectual property circles, there were close and frequent contracts between the two sides in 1997.  In
total, WIPO officials were in direct contact through participation in seminars and meetings, as well as
through visits and consultations with over 110 n on-governmental organizations.  Those organizations
are international or regional or national, and represent industrial, commercial, research, academic, andlegal circles in both developing and developed countries.
Such organizations included:
• the International Association for the Pr otection of Industrial Property (AIPPI);
• the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA);
• the Asean Intellectual Property Society (AIPS);
• the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI);
• the International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI);
• the International Federation of Inventors' Associations (IFIA);
• the International Federation of the Phonograph Industry (IFPI);
• the International Trademark Association (INTA);
• the International Publishers' Association (IPA);
• the Licensing Executives Society (LES).
It is intended that from 1998 on, contacts with the market sector will be further  systematized
through the creation of an Industry Advisory Commi ssion.  High-level persons from this sector will
also be invited to sit with other eminent persons on a Policy Advisory Commission.  Both
Commissions will advise the Director General and assist him and the secretariat in improving their
capacity to monitor and respond in a timely and effective manner to international intellectual property
developments.
Treaty memberships
The importance of international protection of intellectual property was further underlined by
the increase in the number of States party to treaties administered by WIPO.  Throughout the yearthere were 60 new accessions to, or ratifications of treaties.
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Extracts from the Program Implementatio n Overview of 1 January to 31 May 1998
PROGRAM 02
OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT (SPPD)
Background
In the past, no particular sector in WIPO had been responsible for policy development and the
consequential strategic planning and coordinated management, or ensured coordination with other
agencies, governments and inter-governmental organizations.  Externally, relations with international
organizations had not been guided by an overall approach that covered all activities of the Secretariat,
and internally, there had been no coherent process to assist staff in learning about other organizationsand the implications for WIPO of broad international trends.
Objectives
• Provide a responsive, well-informed basis for WIPO's strategic planning and policy
development.
• Ensure that governments and international and regional organizations are assisted in
their decisions and planning with information on the activities and available expertise
of WIPO in all fields of intellectual property.
• Promote and strengthen relations with UPOV, the WTO, and elements of the United
Nations system, and ensure that WIPO staff are knowledgeable about the activities of
cooperating organizations.
• Provide a strategic management function that integrates planning and policy
development.
Sub-program 02.3
Cooperation with the World Trade Organization (WTO)
• WIPO officials, including from the SPPD, attended meetings of the WTO General
Council, the TRIPS Council, and the WTO Ministerial Meeting (Geneva, 18-20 May
1998). WIPO officials also attended the 50th anniversary of the multilateral tradingsystem on 30 April 1998, at WTO headquarters, at which a statement by the Director
General on WIPO and cooperation with WTO was circulated.
• WTO representatives participated actively in TRIPS-related meetings, seminars and
training courses organized by WIPO during the period (Programs 06 and 08).
Cooperation between the two Organizations was thus enhanced, especially after
meetings for that purpose were held between officials from both Organizations.
• On-going consultations and preparations were being conducted by both Organizations
for the planned WIPO/WTO Joint Symposium on "The Process of Implementation ofthe TRIPS Agreement", which is scheduled to take place on 16 September 1998, at
WIPO headquarters.IP/C/W/108/Add.5
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PROGRAM 06
COOPERATION WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Background
The activities described below were complemented by activities partly or wholly financed  by
extrabudgetary funds, namely those made available to WIPO by the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP);  the Governments of Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, and Japan;  and
the European Community (CEC):
Impending obligations under the TRIPS Agreement have increased the urgency of
modernizing intellectual property systems and st rengthening of administrative machinery.  In
addition, the impetus for change created by the international trading environment has led developing
countries to strengthen national capacities for protection, creation, and management of intellectual
property rights (IPRs).
Objectives
• Support national capacities and promote international cooperation for the
development, modernization, administration, and utilization of the intellectual
property system for the economic, social, cultural, and technological advancement of
developing countries;
• Provide assistance through action plans, legal and technical assistance, field missions,
and a complete up-to-date collection of laws;
• Promote the protection and development of industrial property, indigenous creations,
and innovations;
• Facilitate cooperation among governments, nongovernmental organizations,
intergovernmental organizations, and others.
Sub-program 06.1
Modernization of the Intellectual Property System and Implementation of the TRIPS
Agreement
Main activities and results
WIPO pursued the objective of capacity building and institutional modernization of the
intellectual property systems of developing countries with a multi faceted approach:  the creation andimplementation of nationally focused action plans (NFAPS);  legal and technical assistance through
field missions, the drafting of new laws or comments on current legislation;  national, subregional,
and regional training and learning conferences, seminars, and workshops;  study programs and visits;
and the provision of computer equipment and materials.
The following listing indicates the volume of services provided to developing countries by
each type of approach:
• NFAPS (31 countries):
Algeria, Barbados, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Cuba, Democratic People’s Republic of
Korea, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guinea, Grenada,
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Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Republic of
Tanzania, Uruguay, and Yemen.
• Field missions (40 countries):
Argentina, Bahrain, Barbados, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti,Kuwait, Indonesia, Jamaica, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco,
Nepal, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, Sudan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania,
Uruguay, and Yemen .
• Draft laws (11 countries):
Benin, Dominica, Jordan, Grenada, Keny a, Kuwait, Lesotho, Mongolia, Saudi
Arabia, United Republic of Tanzania, and Vanuatu.
• Comments on national legislation (32 countries):
Provided: Benin, Chad, Dominica, Jordan, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mongolia, Nepal,
Oman, Qatar, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Thailand, Togo, the United Arab
Emirates, the United Republic of Tanzania, and  Zambia.In preparation: Bahamas, Brunei Darussalaam, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Grenada,
Indonesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Qatar, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Suriname, the United
Republic of Tanzania, and Tunisia.
• Legal advice (12 countries and one organization):
Bhutan, Côte d’Ivoire, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Fiji, Ghana,
India, Kuwait, Nepal, Oman, Syria, Thailand, and Vanuatu and the Andean
Community.
• National meetings (nine countries, 500 participants):
Cambodia, Central African Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Morocco, Oman, Trinidad and
Tobago, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.Subjects discussed:  the law of indust rial property and copyright and neighbouring
rights, the implications of the TRIPS Agr eement for national legislation, intellectual
property licensing and dispute resolution mechanisms, IPRs enforcement, and new
developments in the international protection of copyright and neighbouring rights.
Subregional (three) and regional (six) meetings
Africa region:
• Expert Meeting on the Revision of the Copyright Part of the OAPI Agreement, Abidjan, four 
officials from each of the 14 OAPI member States.
Reviewed the copyright provisions of the OAPI Agreement and discussed their possible
revision in the light of current international standards.
Result:  draft provisions on copyright proposed by WIPO were adopted for consideration by
the OAPI Member States.
• WIPO African Subregional Symposium on the Role of Copyright Offices in the
Implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, Bamako.
Fourteen officials from each of the OAPI member States and 135 local participants.IP/C/W/108/Add.5
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Promoted better understanding of the implications of the TRIPS Agreement among
government departments dealing with copyright matters, including judicial and administrative
enforcement measures.
• Regional Training Course on Industrial Property for the Benefit of the Portuguese-speaking
Countries of Africa, Rio de Janeiro.
Eleven officials from the five Portuguese-speak ing countries of Africa (Angola, Cape Verde,
Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tomé and Principe).
Upgraded skills through a comprehensive training program and opportunities for cooperation
with the Brazilian office were identified.
Arab region:
• WIPO Arab Consultation Meeting on the Implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, Cairo.
Sixty officials from 16 Arab countries and the Palestinian National Authority and 100 localparticipants.
Reviewed current standards for intellectual property protection and enforcement measures in
the light of the TRIPS Agreement. Adopted a series of recommendations calling upon Arab
countries to modernize their intellectual property system, and requested WIPO’s assistance
particularly in the enforcement area.
• WIPO Arab Regional Conference on Intellectual Property, Beirut.
Forty officials from 16 Arab countries  and the Palestinian National Authority and over 100
local participants;  the Director General opened and attended.Reviewed current main intellectual property issues, including enforcement of IPRs, protection
of pharmaceuticals and copyright protection in the digital environment. Adopted
recommendations focusing on legal and administrative adjustments to be made by Arab
countries in the context of the TRIPS Agreement, and on the role of WIPO in assisting them
in the fields of legislative advice, institution building and training.
Asia and the Pacific Region:
• WIPO Asian Regional Symposium on Industrial Property Strategy for Economic
Development, New Delhi.
Twenty-nine officials from 20 countries of the region and some 70 local participants.
Reviewed strategies for strengthening the competitiveness of enterprises and promoting the
effective management of industrial property by those enterprises.
• WIPO Seminar for Asia and the Pacific Region on the Internet and the Protection of
Intellectual Property, Singapore.
Twenty-seven participants from 20 countries of the region and 100 local participants.Reviewed the implications of the Internet on IPRs, particularly in the areas of copyright and
trademark and domain names.  It allowed a discussion of issues related to issues deriving
from the new communication technologies, as well as opportunities for electronic networking
among offices of the countries of the region.
Latin America and the Caribbean:
• WIPO Subregional Workshop on the Revision of the Andean Common Regime on Industrial
Property ("Decision 344"), Lima.IP/C/W/108/Add.5
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Heads of office of the five Andean Pact countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and
Venezuela) and 40 local participants.
Allowed discussions on possible amendments to bring the Decision in line with international
norms and standards, including the TRIPS Agreement.
• WIPO Regional Seminar on New Treaties on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights for Latin
American Countries, Santa Fé de Bogotá.
Ten officials from ten countries of the region and over 100 local participants.
Organized in combination with an International Book Fair, it reached a vast audience and
sensitized policy-makers from the region on the advantages of accession to the WCT and theWPPT.
Orientation and study program:
• Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.
Fifteen senior custom officials from eight Asian countries.
Equipped the participants with appropriate knowledge and skills to deal effectively with
piracy and counterfeiting of intellectual property assets at national level.
Individual study visits:
• Twenty-two officials from Jordan, Mongolia, Syria, and Sudan studied the modernization of
intellectual property legislation and administration and implications of accession to certain
WIPO-administered treaties. Visited the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology
(ASRT) in Cairo, the Japanese Patent Office, the Swiss Federal Institute of IntellectualProperty in Berne, and WIPO headquarters.
Computer and other equipment and materials (36):
• Provided to the industrial property administrations of Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda,
Argentina, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Djibouti, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Jordan, Guyana, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica,
Lebanon, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakista n, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Qatar, Sudan,
Uruguay, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Viet Nam, and the Palestinian
National Authority.
• Began development of a common software for an industrial property automated management
system for Arab countries. When available, the software would be offered free-of-charge toall Arab countries.
• Completed and installed an automated system for the electronic handling of trademark
applications based on the new provisions of the Protocol of Amendments of the Central
American Convention on Trademarks in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and
Nicaragua.
• Completed and installed automated trademark and/or patent administration systems for
Caribbean countries in Trinidad and Tobago and in Honduras.
Other Activities
• Collecting, updating and making accessible intellectual property legislative texts, services in
connection with the notification of laws and regulations under Article 63.2 of the TRIPS
Agreement and offered under the WIPO/WTO Cooperation Agreement.IP/C/W/108/Add.5
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• In the period covered, 20 laws (464 pages) were communicated by WTO's Secretariat to
WIPO, and 18 laws (340 pages) were communi cated by the WIPO Secretariat to WTO.
Continued the development of a computerized database of intellectual property legislative
texts destined for the Internet (CLEA), and, pe nding the completion of the said CLEA project,
legislative texts continued to be published by WIPO in paper form (over 400 printed pages of
text in English and French).  Copies of legislative texts on intellectual property were provided
from WIPO's collection to 12 developing countries.
PROGRAM 07
COOPERATION WITH CERTAIN COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND ASIA
Background
The principal difficulties of the countries covered by the present Program reflect insufficient
knowledge and awareness concerning the commercialization and use of IPRs, and the lack of modern
technical means for storing and accessing industrial property information.  There is a need for
seminars and other training activities for entrepreneurs, managers, researchers, patent attorneys,
industrial property officers, and copyright experts to overcome the difficulties outlined above.
A number of countries covered by this Program are members of the World Trade
Organization and many have applied to join.  For WTO Members, legislation is generally due to be incompliance with the Agreement by 1 January 2000.  The general trend toward alignment with the
TRIPS standards has created a growing demand for WIPO's assistance in the revision of intellectual
property laws and the establishment of an appropriate system for the effective enforcement of
intellectual property rights (IPRs).  Also, some of the countries are not yet party to treaties
administered by WIPO, necessitating promotion activities.
Further efforts seem necessary in the establishment and development of institutions for the
administration and management of rights, particularly in the field of copyright and related rights.
Cooperation should be strengthened not only with the countries concerned, but also with regional
organizations.
Objectives
• Contribute to the adaptation of the intellectual property laws of the countries
concerned to the WIPO-administered treaties and the TRIPS Agreement.
• Establish and develop or strengthen institutions dealing with the administration and
enforcement of intellectual property rights by training officials of the relevantadministrations, of the customs and police and the judiciary, bearing in mind the fight
against piracy and counterfeiting.
• Promote accession of all the countries covered by the program to the PCT, the Madrid
system, the TLT, the Budapest Treaty, the classification agreements, and further
accession to the Berne Convention, as well as the ratification of, or accession to, the
WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty
(WPPT).
• Cooperate with the Interstate  Council for the Protection of Industrial Property of the
CIS countries, with the Eurasian Patent Organization and with the Standing
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Sub-program 07.1:
Modernization of the Intellectual Proper ty System and Implementation of the
TRIPS Agreement
Main activities
• WIPO provided legislative advice to governments on the modernization of national
intellectual property legislation for compatibility with the WIPO-administered treaties and the
TRIPS Agreement, including the following:
- recommendations on the modernization of the Law of the Russian Federation on
Copyright and Related Rights from the viewpoint of its compatibility with the TRIPS
Agreement, the WCT and the WPPT, and comments on the draft law amending the
Customs Code of the Russian Federation with regard to the enforcement ofintellectual property rights;
- detailed comments on the new draft Copyright Law of the Republic of Belarus from
the viewpoint of the compatibility with  the TRIPS Agreement, the WCT and the
WPPT;
- an analysis of the new Copyright Law and a Note on the Civil Code of Georgia, Book
Four, Section One, Copyright Law follow ing consultations with two government
officials visiting Geneva;
- comments on the Patent Law of the Republic of Lithuania.
• The Secretariat made a detailed study on "State Functions and State Organizations in the Field
of Intellectual Property Protection" for the Government of the Russian Federation.
• A workshop on collective management of copyright and related rights was held in
Switzerland for officials from Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and
Uzbekistan).
• A Symposium on Global Information Infrastructure and Intellectual Property was held in
Budapest in May, in which experts from eight Central and Eastern European countries
(Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary,  Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia)
participated.  Participation, with the exception of the host country, was financed by WIPO.
The Secretariat held consultations on intellectual property issues with a number of
governments of this region.  In March, a special series of consultations was organized in Moscow
between high-level officials of the Government and the State Duma (Parliament) and an official of
WIPO on current issues of intellectual property legislation, particularly the issues of whether
intellectual property provisions may be included in the Civil Code and of the adaptation of the
legislation to the requirements of the TRIPS Agreement and to the WCT and WPPT.
Results
• Ten countries deposited their instruments of accession or ratification to the following
WIPO-administered treaties:  Madrid Protocol (Georgia, Romania, Slovenia, and
Yugoslavia);  Nice Agreement (Belarus and Romania);  Locarno Agreement (Belarus and
Romania);  PCT (Croatia and Cyprus);  Strasbourg Agreement (Republic of Moldova and
Romania);  Vienna Agreement (Romania);  Budapest Treaty (Lithuania and Slovenia);IP/C/W/108/Add.5
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Nairobi Treaty (Slovenia);  Treaty on the International Registration of Audiovisual Works
(Hungary);  and the Trademark Law Treaty (Lithuania, Romania, and the Russian
Federation).
• The provision of legislative advice to the countries mentioned above contributed to the
harmonization of their national intellectual property legislation with the WIPO-administered
treaties and the TRIPS Agreement, and to more efficient protection against piracy and
counterfeiting.
• The Secretariat's training activities for officials from countries of Central Asia increased the
number of trained personnel and contributed to the establishment and appropriate operation of
institutions for the administration and management of copyright in Central Asia.
Consultations during a workshop also clarified the conditions for the accession of the
respective countries to the Berne Convention and to the WCT and the WPPT.
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