WORLD TRADE IP/C/W/77/Add.4
15October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4472)
Original: English Council forTrade-Related Aspects
ofIntellectual Property Rights
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: INFORMATION FROM
DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
Addendum
UNITED STATES
Thepresent document reproduces theupdated information ontheUnited States 'technical and
financial cooperation activities relevant totheimplementation oftheTRIPS Agreement, which has
beenreceived from thePermanent Mission oftheUnited States totheWorld Trade Organization by
means ofacommunication, dated 19September 1997.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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UNITED STATES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ONINTELLECTUAl PROPERTY
TODEVELOPING COUNTRY AND LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRY
MEMBERS OFTHE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
1September 1996 -Present
TheUnitedStatesisproudoftheleadingroleitplaysinadvancingintellectualpropertyprotection
around theworld. Bothagencies oftheUnited States Government andindividual USfirms andtheir
trade associations havebeenheavily involved inproviding technical assistance todeveloping country
andleast-developed country Members oftheWorld Trade Organization inthepastyear.
USGovernment, corporate andassociation officials havetravelled tomore than30developing
countries toofferdirect bilateral technical assistance onvirtually every aspect ofintellectual property
protection, from assistance indrafting legislation topolice enforcement techniques todiscussions of
theWIPO Copyright Treaty. Wehaveassisted more thandouble thatnumber ofcountries through
presentations byexpert speakers atmultilateral seminars. Inaddition, representatives ofbothprivate
andpublic-sector organizations from dozens ofcountries havecome totheUnited States inthelast
yeartoattend seminars, visitourexperts, andattend training programmes.
Weoffer thefollowing review ofmajor activities:
REGIONAL AND MULTILATERAL ACTIVITIES
Business Software Alliance
November 1996 TheBusinessSoftwareAllianceparticipatedintheASEANIntellectualProperty
Group, comprised ofrepresentatives from seven countries andthree
private-sectorgroups.On1November,BSAdiscussedon-linecommunications
andtheireffects onauthors andhowtheWIPO Copyright Treaty would address
those concerns.
November 1996 BSAparticipated intheWIPO regional seminar inAfrica on7-9November.
15African countries were represented atthemeeting.
November 1996 BSAparticipatedintheAsianRegionalWIPOmeetinginChiangMai,Thailand,
on20-23 November. 19countries participated. BSAargued thattemporary
copying wasalready within theambit ofArticle 9(1)oftheBerne Convention,
thatexceptions were bestlefttoageneral treaty formulation anddetailed
treatment atthenational level, andthatauthors needed theWIPO treaties to
dealwithvarious types ofon-line piracy.
March 1997 BSA, along withSEDISI (theSpanish Association ofTechnology Companies)
co-sponsored theFirstInternational Police Conference onComputer Software
Crimes inMadrid. TheSpanish national police hosted theconference, which
wasattended bymore than100police officials from25countries. Theseminar
provided avaluable forum formaking contacts andforsharing information
about howbesttocombat software piracy. Speakers included officials from
DGXVoftheEuropean Commission, theUSFederal Bureau ofInvestigation,
andnational police organizations from theNetherlands, France, Spain and
Germany.Topicsaddressedincludedcorporateend-user,counterfeitCD-ROM,IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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andInternet piracy. Anoff-line round tableheldaftertheconclusion ofthe
conference provided anopportunity forpolice officials fromcountries where
enforcement efforts arelessadvanced todiscuss investigative andlegalissues
withtheirmore experienced counterparts fromtheWestern Europe. 36media
outlets, including allmajor Spanish TVnetworks, covered theevent.
Participants came from:
Argentina
Austria
Belgium
Chile
Colombia
Czech Republic
Croatia
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russian Federation
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
July1997 BSAspoke ataWIPO symposium inRabat, Morocco, ontheimportance of
prompt ratification oftheWIPO Copyright Treaty toassure adequate protection
ofauthors 'rights inthedigital age.WIPO organized theseminar formembers
oftheIslamic Educational, Scientific, andCultural Organization (ISESCO)
andwasattended bygovernment officials from 39Islamic nations.
International Copyright Institute
July1997 TheInternationalCopyrightInstitute,atrainingprogrammeoftheUSCopyright
Office andtheWorld Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), co-sponsored
aSymposium onCopyright andNeighboring Rights forAsian andPacific
Countries inJuly1997. Fourteen high-level government officials fromBrunei
Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji,India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Nepal, the
Philippines, theRepublic ofKorea, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, andWestern
Samoa participated inaseries oflectures anddiscussions thataddressed such
topics asinternational treaties inthefieldofcopyright andneighbouring rights,
thecultural andeconomic importance ofcopyright andneighbouring rights,
enforcement, andtheimplications ofnewtechnology.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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International Intellectual Property Alliance
March 1997 TheInternational Intellectual Property Alliance participated intheWIPO/WTO
Regional Symposium forLatin American andCaribbean Countries onthe
Economic Importance ofIntellectual Property andonEnforcement ofRights
under theTRIPS Agreement, inCartagena, Colombia, on12-14 March 1997.
IIPA gavetwopresentations, oneontheeconomic value ofcopyright and
neighbouring rights, andthesecond oncriminal enforcement against copyright
infringement.
International Trademark Association
May1997 TheInternational Trademark Association invited theheads ofthetrademark
offices ofanumber ofdeveloping countries toattend INTA 'sannual meeting
inSanAntonio, Texas. These officials attended lectures onawide variety
oftopics dealing withtrademark lawandpractice andenforcement oftrademark
rights.
Officials fromthefollowing countries attended: African Regional Industrial
Property Organization (ARIPO), Argentina, Aruba, Colombia, Croatia,
Hungary, Hong Kong -China, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Lithuania, the
Netherlands Antilles, Peru, Slovak Republic, andVanuatu.
Pharmaceutical andResearch Manufacturers ofAmerica
Continuing ThePharmaceutical andResearch Manufacturers ofAmerica anditsmember
companieshaveprovidednumerouscountries,suchasBrazil,Argentina,China,
India, Egypt, andJordan withassistance inunderstanding andinterpreting
TRIPS aswellasenforcement activities. OnePhRMA member company
organized agroup ofexperts thattravelled toIndiainSeptember 1997towork
onintellectual property enforcement procedures withIndian officials. In
addition, PhRMA hassupported andparticipated inseveral seminars on
intellectual property protection andpharmaceuticals inEgypt andJordan to
educate government andindustry officials onTRIPS implementation. PhRMA
hashostedseveraldelegationsfromChinatodiscussthestructureoftheindustry
andtheimportance ofintellectual property protection forpharmaceuticals.
PhRMA isalsoaregular participant inatrade andinvestment programme
mounted bytheMeridien Center forInternational Affairs which brings public
andprivate sector officials from theMiddle EasttotheUnited States.
USDepartment ofJustice
Continuing Attorneys fromtheComputer Crime andIntellectual Property Section ofthe
Criminal Division oftheDepartment ofJustice haveprovided regular training
andeducation intheinvestigation andprosecution ofintellectual property
crimes. Inthepastyear, CCIPS attorneys havehosted approximately twenty
groups ofvisiting foreign officials, from theRussian Federation, theNIS,
China, Peru, Argentina, Mexico, Cyprus, andseveral countries inAfrica.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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USCustoms Service
Continuing TheUSCustoms Service isaco-host, along with Japan, foranAPEC
Sub-committee onCustoms Procedures Conference onBorder Enforcement.
Weanticipate thatCustoms evaluation andtraining willfollow overaperiod
ofyears forAPEC member economies, asappropriate.
USPatent andTrademark Office 'sVisiting Scholar 'sProgramme
November 1996 29participants intheUSPatent andTrademark Office 'sVisiting Scholar 's
Programme attended theUSPTO 'sPatent Academy, learning about various
aspects oftheadministration ofindustrial property law,withfocuses onpatent
andtrademark examination, gaining anunderstanding oftheroleofintellectual
property protection asatoolfornational economic development. Thecourse
included classification, search, office action creation, communication with
applicants, andfinalapplication processing.
ParticipantsintheVisitingScholar'sProgrammeinNovember1996camefrom:
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
China
Estonia
India
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
Venezuela
Twovisiting scholars were funded bytheCommercial LawDevelopment
Programme oftheDepartment ofCommerce.
USPatent andTrademark Office andUSCopyright Office Review ofCountry Laws
Continuing Attherequest ofdeveloping countries andcountries transforming toa
market-based economy, theUSPatent andTrademark Office andtheUS
Copyright Office review draftintellectual property lawsandprovide comments
andadvice about theconsistency ofthelawwithinternational obligations,
including those oftheTRIPS Agreement, andprocedural aspects ofthelaw.
In1996-1997, theUSPTO provided comment ondraftlawstothefollowing
countries:
Cambodia
China
Costa Rica
Croatia
Dominican Republic
Indonesia
Kuwait
Kyrgyz RepublicIP/C/W/77/Add.4
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Lebanon
Mexico
Paraguay
Philippines
Romania
SanMarino
South Africa
Trinidad andTobago
Ukraine
Uruguay
TheUSCopyright Office reviewed anumber ofcopyright lawstoassist countries intheirefforts
tohelpcountries draftandrevise theircopyright lawstobecompatible withtherequirements ofTRIPS
andtheBerne Convention.
United States Information Agency
February 1997 TheUnited States Information Agency andtheGovernment ofBenin
co-sponsored aconference onIPRfor20representatives from 12African
nations on13-15 February inCotonou. Theconference produced adeclaration
calling forthecreation ofnational commissions involving government and
private industry tocoordinate protection ofintellectual property rights. This
"Declaration ofCotonou" isamajor stepinreducing piracy (mainly ofmusic)
andinstopping theproduction andflowofpirated goods inAfrica. Through
media coverage, theconference reached twomillion Beninese citizens.
March 1997 USIA sponsored aregional IPRseminar inHong Kong-China on15-18 March
forofficials from Hong Kong-China, Thailand, China, Australia, Vietnam,
Malaysia,thePhilippines,PapuaNewGuinea,Myanmar,theRepublicofKorea
andSingapore. Copyright discussions were ledbyrepresentatives from the
International Intellectual Property Alliance, theMotion Picture Association,
theSoftware Publishers 'Association, andtheUSCopyright Office.
Continuing USIA ’sInternational Home Page Internet website onUSPolicy andthe
Protection ofIPRwasupdated andre-designed inJanuary 1997. Newsections
wereadded for"Recent Developments" andtoseparate USGovernment texts
andtranscripts from staff-produced articles. Newlinks were alsoadded to
relevant Internet sites produced bytheUSGovernment, international
organizations, professional associations andorganizations, anduniversities.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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BILATERAL ACTIVITIES
Albania
December 1993- TheCommercial LawDevelopment Programme oftheDepartment of
December 1996 Commerce provided aWTO Adviser totheMinistry ofTrade, Industry and
Transport (MITT) inTirana.
Argentina
September 1997 AnAssistant USAttorney from SanDiego, California, willspeak in
Buenos Aires toArgentine police officers, prosecutors, andjudges oncomputer
crime andsoftware piracy. Thetripisbeing co-sponsored bytheArgentine
Federal Police University Institute, theLatin American Institute ofHigh
Technology, Computers andtheLaw, andtheAmerican Embassy.
Bahrain
April 1997 Representatives oftheMotion Picture Association trained officials ofthe
Ministry ofInformation ontheidentification ofpirate products andon
enforcement.
Bangladesh
June1997 Beginning inJune1997, theUnited States Information Agency inDhaka,
workingwithMicrosoft,beganworkingwiththeChairmanoftheGovernment’s
CommitteetoReviseandUpdatetheCountry’sCopyrightLaw.USIAprovided
theChairman withacopyoftheUSCopyright lawCode andother material.
TheChairman hasreturned toUSIA often formore materials andhasstated
thatUSIA support hasbeenimportant forthework ofhiscommittee.
Bulgaria
September 1996 ThechiefoftheIntellectual Property Rights Branch oftheUSCustoms Service
accompanied adelegation headed bytheOffice oftheUnited States Trade
Representative toSofia todiscuss andevaluate theadequacy andeffectiveness
ofIPRprotection inBulgaria. Discussions withCustoms andother relevant
Bulgarian agencies, specifically involving copyright andsound recordings,
outlined andexplored various aspects ofimproving protection, suchasSID
(source identification) codes.
March 1997 Seventy economic police officials fromthroughout Bulgaria attended atwo-day
seminar inPlodiv organized bytheBusiness Software Alliance onreducing
software piracy inBulgaria. Sixmajor Bulgarian software distributors also
tookpartintheseminar. Theseminar featured lectures byBSA'sBulgarian
counsel, aBSApolice expert fromPoland, andtheDirector oftheCopyright
Center attheBulgarian Ministry ofCulture. Attheconclusion oftheseminar,
selected police officials were provided with leads onresellers, with the
expectation thatatleastoneraidwould takeplace byEaster andthepending
elections. Theseminar received extensive media coverage, bothelectronic
andprint.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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Chile
September 1997 Anofficer oftheDepartment ofStatetravelled toChile under thesponsorship
oftheUnited States Information Agency todiscuss intellectual property law
protection withavariety ofgovernment, lawenforcement, andacademic
officials.
China
January 1997 Inmid-January, theUnited States Information Agency andtheInternational
Intellectual Property Alliance anditsmembers organized atraining programme
inGuangzhou, Chengdu, andBeijing, following onthe"GATTIZE" of
14Julyto2August 1996USIA/IIPA-sponsored visittotheUSby15Chinese
enforcement officials, ledbyDuan Ruichen oftheState Council.
Representatives fromtheBusiness Software Alliance andtheMotion Picture
Association trained officials from AIC(theAdministration ofIndustry and
Commerce), Customs, Copyright Bureau, Ministry ofCulture andjudges.
Theprogramme lasted twodays ineach cityandaround 100officials
participated inBeijing eachday. Theworkshops inChina attracted over250
senior customs andtrade officials, including 68ofthe72people responsible
forIPRenforcement inGuangdong province.
June1997 TheMotion Picture Association trained enforcement officials inWuhan, Hubei
Province.
July1997 MPA trained enforcement officials oftheMinistry ofCulture onanti-piracy
techniques inBeijing.
August 1997 Microsoft participated inafour-day training programme sponsored bythe
Chinese National Copyright Administration (NCA) inearly August. The
programme included representatives ofthemunicipal andprovincial offices
oftheNCA innorthern China. There were approximately 70participants.
August 1997 InlateAugust, Microsoft wasscheduled toparticipate inaprogramme for
approximately70municipalandprovincialNCArepresentativesfromShandong
Province.
Continuing Inearly October, Microsoft willparticipate inasimilar programme forNCA
representatives based insouthern China.
Continuing USIA ’sChina BookTranslation Programme willpublish amanual oncopyright
practices forChinese publishers. Inaddition, thepost-produced
Chinese-language magazine "Exchange" hasfeatured several articles onIPR.
Colombia
March 1997 COLVIDEO andtheUSMotion Picture Association, inconnection withthe
National Council Against Piracy organized atraining seminar addressed to
judges andjudicial police. Thisseminar wasthesecond ofitstypedeveloped
inColombia since theCouncil wascreated lastyear. Itwasalsosponsored
byother IPRindustry representatives anditisexpected tobedone more
frequently. Thepurpose oftheseminar istosupport theIPRprosecutors groupIP/C/W/77/Add.4
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recently appointed inBogota (15)thatareresponsible forthedevelopment of
anti-piracy cases.
Costa Rica
May1997 On22-23 Mayof"GATTIZE", theUSMotion Picture Association sponsored
aseminar forpenal judges, instructional judges, fiscales, andthetechnical
judicial police. Theseminar consisted intheanalysis ofcopyright laws, penal
sanctions, procedures, andoftheresolutions oftheCongressional Chamber.
June1997 TheUSMotion Picture Association sponsored around-table discussion for
thesame parties onthecopyright lawsofthecountry, theirinfluence, andthe
relative penal sanctions thataccompany theirviolation. Thismeeting wasthe
result oftaking advantage oftheformal setting ofthedonation bytheMPA
ofanoscilloscope. Thepresentation oftheoscilloscope attracted 75people
whohadnotbeentotheearlier presentation, soMPA usedtheoccasion to
conduct atraining session aswell.
July1997 The International Intellectual Property Alliance, the International
Anti-counterfeiting Coalition andtheUSPatent andTrademark Office
participated inaUnited States Information Agency Worldnet broadcast on
intellectual property rights protection toPanama, Managua andSanJose.
Croatia
November 1996 TheMotion Picture Association andtheAssociation forProtection of
Audiovisual Works (APAW), itslocal counterpart, sponsored seminars on
anti-piracy training forpolice officers inZagreb andSplit.
June1997 Business Software Alliance counsel spoke onsoftware piracy ataconference
oncomputer crime inDubrovnik. Theconference wasorganized bythe
Croatian Ministry oftheInterior andtheComputer Crimes UnitoftheUnited
Kingdom.Theconferenceattractedover75governmentattendeesfromCroatia
andincluded attendees from Ukraine andSlovenia.
Cyprus
Continuous TheBusiness Software Alliance trained recruits atthePolice Academy onthe
copyright lawofCyprus andintechniques foridentifying pirated software on
20March andon8,13and15May1997.
March 1997 TheBusiness Software Alliance provided training fortwoCypriot customs
officials incopyright infringement andpractical identification techniques at
theheadquarters ofMicrosoft Corp. inRedmond, Washington.
June1997 BSAtrained adecoy purchaser ofpirate software inNicosia.
Czech Republic
Continuous-1996 In1996,representativesoftheBusinessSoftwareAllianceconductedsixtraining
sessions forpolice investigators, criminal police, andstateprosecutors. The
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copyright law, technical issues andinvestigation techniques, along with
discussions ofthedelays BSAhadencountered inpastprosecutions andthe
difficulties theycause.
June1997 BSAandtheCzech Ministry ofJustice co-hosted asoftware piracy training
seminar forover70prosecutors andjudges fromacross theCzech Republic.
Representatives ofMicrosoft andC&B spoke attheconference, asdidaleading
Czechcopyrightspecialist.Simultaneously,BSA-Czechheldapressconference
announcing recent steps tostrengthen cooperation between BSAandCzech
lawenforcement andonanti-piracy actions todate. Approximately 20
journalists attended thepress conference.
Egypt
June1997 Anattorney from theComputer Crime andIntellectual Property Section of
theCriminal Division oftheDepartment ofJustice andthree agents ofthe
Federal Bureau ofInvestigation lectured inCairo ontheUSlegal system,
copyright law, trademark law, theEconomic Espionage Act, andthe
prosecutor 'sroleininvestigations. Theaudience comprised investigators,
prosecutors, judges, andmilitary personnel.
January 1997 TheInternational Intellectual Property Alliance andarepresentative fromthe
Department ofCommerce participated inaUnited States Information Agency
Worldnet broadcast oncopyright protection toCairo, Alexandria andTunis.
ElSalvador
October 1996- The United States Information Agency funded afour- week visit to
November 1996 theUnited States forthreesenior intellectual property officials. Theymetwith
USGovernmentofficials,industryassociations,individualcompanieswithspecific
perspectives onintellectual property issues, andobserved legalproceedings.
Estonia
May1997 Local counsel fortheBusiness Software Alliance conducted thefirstpolice
training seminar inTallinn forpolice fromthroughout thecountry on5-7May.
More than25police officials attended.
India
TheBusiness Software Alliance hasbeenmoving thefocus ofitscampaign
tocities other thanDelhi. In1997, BSAhasconducted enforcement actions
inMadras, Bombay andCalcutta andinadvance oftheseactions police training
isconducted.
Indonesia
Continuing Throughout 1997, theBusiness Software Alliance hasworked closely withthe
Attorney General 'sChambers and,uponnoting theirconcerns onIPRtraining,
hasprovided IPReducation to38prosecutors from27provinces attheAttorney
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courses heldinrecent months. Thistraining programme isongoing andit
isplanned fortheNational Police tobegiven similar training byBSA'sIPR
technical experts inthenearfuture.
Kazakstan
September 1997 Anattorney fromtheIntellectual Property Rights Branch oftheUSCustoms
worked withWIPO topresent aregional conference inAlmaty. Theattorney
presented apaper onUScustoms laws, procedures, andinternational activities
attheconference.
Korea
October 1996 TheUnited States Information Agency andtheBusiness Software Alliance
organized thefirstUS-Korean Certified Software Management Course with
theKorean Software Industry Association on18October. Thiswasthefirst
suchcourse offered inKorea, andtheSPAandKOSA weresopleased with
theturnout ofover 200people thattheypersuaded Korea ’sMinistry of
Information andCommunication toestablish aNational Computer Dayon
4December toraisepublic awareness ofsoftware piracy. BSAconducted
training sessions fortheKorean National Police on"How toInvestigate
Copyright Infringements under theComputer Programme Protection Actof
Korea" throughout thefourth quarter of1996. Itisbelieved thatthetraining
sessionshadadirectrelationshiptothedramaticincreaseinenforcementactivity
inKorea.
Latvia
January 1996- TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
present hasprovided aWTO Accession Adviser.
October 1996 TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
supported aWTO Accession Seminar to80participants inRiga. ThePatent
andTrademark Office supplied anexpert tomake major presentations.
Lithuania
January 1996- TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentCommerce
February 1997 provided aWTO Accession Resident Adviser inVilnius.
February 1997- TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
present provided aWTO Accession Resident Adviser inVilnius.
Macedonia
December 1996 TheMotion Picture Association andtheAssociation forProtection of
AudiovisualWorks(AAW),itslocalcounterpart,sponsoredaseminarinSkopje
forofficials from theMinistries oftheInterior andCulture, thePublic
Prosecutor 'sOffice andjudges onanti-piracy training.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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Mexico
February 1997 Anattorney from theComputer Crime andIntellectual Property Section of
theCriminal Division oftheDepartment ofJustice participated inbilateral
consultations onintellectual property. Theattorney made apresentation on
defects inMexican IPRenforcement. Thiswaspartofanongoing series of
regular intellectual property consultations between thetwogovernments. Other
meetings -which have included participation byrepresentatives from the
Departments ofStateandCommerce, theUnited States Customs Service, the
PatentandTrademarkOffice,theCopyrightOffice,andtheOfficeoftheUnited
States Trade Representative -tookplace inMayandAugust.
March 1997 TheUnited States Customs Service participated inaUSEmbassy-sponsored
IPRtraininginitiative.ThreeUScustomsofficialsprovidedtrainingtoMexican
customs officials during theseminar: afines, penalties, andforfeitures officer;
animport specialist andageneral physics scientist. Anattorney fromtheUS
Customs Intellectual Property Rights Branch continues toprovide expertise
whereby therelevant Mexican agency, IMPI, cannowmake more substantive
determinations about bothcopyright andtrademark infringement. Ourmutual
objective hasbeentoincrease theability oftheMexican Customs Service to
provide greater IPRborder enforcement. Arepresentative from thePatent
andTrademark Office discussed automation issues withtheDirector General
oftheMexican Industrial Property Institute.
April 1997 TheInternational Intellectual Property Alliance participated intheSecond
Meeting oftheTri-National Intellectual Property Committee, inCuernavaca,
Mexico, 3-4April 1997. TheUSCopyright Office alsoparticipated. Mexico 's
IMPI wasaco-sponsor ofthisevent.
TheInternational Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) conducted alarge
symposium ontrademark infringement inMexico also.
Nicaragua
July1997 The International Intellectual Property Alliance, the International
Anti-counterfeiting Coalition andtheUSPatent andTrademark Office
participated inaUnited States Information Agency Worldnet broadcast on
intellectual property rights protection toPanama, Managua andSanJose.
Panama
July1997 TheMotion Picture Association participated inaseminar coordinated with
WIPO.
July1997 The International Intellectual Property Alliance, the International
Anti-counterfeiting Coalition andtheUSPatent andTrademark Office
participated inaUnited States Information Agency Worldnet broadcast on
intellectual property rights protection toPanama, Managua andSanJose.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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Paraguay
March 1997 Representatives ofbothprivate industry andtheUSGovernment conducted
anIPRmission from 8-12March 1997, where theymetwithParaguayan
government authorities andprivate-sector representatives todiscuss potential
areas ofcooperation onIPR. Thismission wasviewed asthefirststepinan
assessment oftheenforcement needs oftheGovernment ofParaguay.
Peru
July1997 The23JulySecond International Seminar onIntellectual Property inLima
washosted bytheUSEmbassy inconjunction withthePeruvian Committee
Against Piracy (CAP). Participants included representatives fromtheFederal
Bureau ofInvestigation, theStateDepartment, theMotion Picture Association,
theBusinessSoftwareAlliance,thePharmaceuticalResearchandManufacturers
ofAmerica, andtheLatin American Federation ofProducers ofPhonograms
andVideograms (FLAPF).
Philippines
July1997 InJuly,theBusinessSoftwareAllianceconductedproductidentificationtraining
withcustoms agents attheports andairports andalsoconducted atraining
seminar fortheNational Bureau ofInvestigation (NBI) inManila. BSAalso
hasmetwithManila Customs todiscuss howitcould more effectively stop
counterfeit products being imported intothecountry. Asaresult ofthat
meeting, BSA'scounsel willseekadirective fromthePresidential Inter-Agency
Committee onIPRthatallcustoms agents should seizeallcounterfeit products
(currently agents onlyseize suchproduct ifithadbeenincorrectly declared
fordutypurposes).
Poland
November 1996 TheBusiness Software Alliance, FOTA (thelocalcounterpart oftheMotion
Picture Association) andthePolish Ministry ofJustice heldajointseminar
on10-12NovemberforprosecutorsfromacrossPolandonthevalidityofpiracy
evidence obtained viaatestpurchase. Theprosecutors agreed thatsuch
evidence could support acriminal raidsolongastheseller wasnotinduced
tocommit acrime. Thisreversed previous Ministry ofJustice policy that
evidence obtained viaatestpurchase wasillegal itselfandthuscould notform
thebasisofaraid. Theseminar wasfollowed byahands-on training session
onhowsoftware iscopied, stored, anddeleted.
February 1997 Reebok, Adidas, theBusiness Software Alliance, Polish Police Headquarters
andtwolocalintellectualpropertyindustryassociationsconductedaneducational
seminar forpolice andprosecutors inKatowice thatalsofocused onanti-piracy
training. Theseminar wasalsosupported bytheMotion Picture Association.
March 1997 TheChief Police headquarters andSPAV andFOTA -twolocalintellectual
property trade associations -sponsored aseminar inWroclaw forpolice and
prosecutors. Theseminar, supported bytheMotion Picture Association,
focused onbasic education andanti-piracy training.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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April 1997 FOTA -alocal intellectual property trade association -andtheprovincial
prosecutor 'soffice sponsored aseminar inCiechanow forprosecutors. The
seminar, supported bytheMotion Picture Association, focused onbasic
education andanti-piracy training.
April 1997 Theappellateprosecutor'sofficeofBialystoksponsoredaseminarinBialowieza
forprosecutors. Theseminar, supported bytheMotion Picture Association,
focused onbasic education andanti-piracy training.
May1997 FOTA -thelocalcounterpart totheMotion Picture Association -andprovincial
police headquarters sponsored aseminar inSuwalki forpolice officers. The
seminar, supported bytheMotion Picture Association, focused onbasic
education andanti-piracy training.
June1997 TheChief Customs Inspectorate, Reebok, Levis, Adidas, SPAV andFOTA
-twolocalintellectual property trade associations -sponsored twoseminars
inSwider forcustoms officers. Theseminars, supported bytheMotion Picture
Association, focused onbasic education andanti-piracy training inboth
copyright andtrademark infringement.
June1997 Police Headquarters, Reebok, Adidas, theBusiness Software Alliance, and
SPAV andFOTA sponsored aseminar forpolice officers inOstroleka. The
seminar, supported bytheMotion Picture Association, focused onbasic
education andanti-piracy training.
Qatar
October 1996 Implementationofanewcopyrightlawbegan,followingmulti-yearcooperation
withtheUnited States Information Agency toencourage adoption ofIPRlaws.
USIA usedvisitor grants, speaker programmes, Worldnet television interactive
dialogues andother printed material toinform Qatar’sdecision-makers onthe
importance oftheissue. TheDirector ofQatar'sCopyright Bureau drew on
theexperience hegained during anInternational Visitor programme intheUS
tolaunch apublic awareness campaign about copyright law.
April 1997 TheMotion Picture Association trained Ministry ofInformation andCustoms
officials intheidentification ofpirate products andenforcement.
Romania
August 1993- TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
August 1997 provided aseries ofResident Advisers totheState Office ofInventions and
Marks. From JunetoAugust 1997, USPTO provided anadvisor toRomania
toassist withthedrafting ofaManual ofPatent Examining Procedures and
toadvise onother issues suchasamendments topatent laws, regulations for
qualifying attorneys topractise before thepatent office andother operational
advice.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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Russian Federation
January 1996- TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
August 1997 provided aWTO Accession Resident Adviser totheMinistry ofForeign
Economic Relations inMoscow.
September 1996 TheBusiness Software Alliance spoke ataconference forRussian Customs
officials inNovosibirsk ondistinguishing genuine fromcounterfeit software.
Theconference wassponsored bytheGerman Customs Department.
September 1996 Attorneys fromtheComputer Crime andIntellectual Property Section ofthe
Criminal Division oftheDepartment ofJustice metwithRussian StatePolice
(MVD)inMoscowandSt.Petersburgtodiscusscomputercrimeandintellectual
property law.
March 1997 TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
provided intellectual property rights enforcement training tonineparticipants
inWashington, DC.
March 1997 TheBusiness Software Alliance conducted itsfirsttraining seminar forpolice
inMoscow. Eleven officers oftheMoscow CityDistrict andRegional Police
Forces attended. Speakers included theBSAlocalcounsel andanadvisor to
theStateDuma. Theseminar covered topics suchastheconcept ofsoftware
piracy, specific features ofproduct identification andtheusage ofthenew
criminal codeagainst resellers andend-users.
June1997 On23June, BSAconducted aseminar onsoftware piracy forsenior officials
from theMoscow Prosecutor 'sOffice, including theheadofthedepartment
responsible foroverseeing theactivities ofallMoscow police andpolice
investigators. Theseminar wasalsoattended byMoscow Ministry ofInterior
(GUVD) officials andsenior officials oftheRussian Agency forComputer
Software (ROSAPO). Theprimary focus oftheseminar wastodevelop a
recommendation topolice onimplementation ofvarious aspects ofthenew
Russian criminal codethatapply tosoftware piracy.
July1997 TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
provided aSeminar ontheProtection ofIntellectual Property Rights tonine
participants inWashington, DC.
Slovakia
September 1997 ComeniousUniversityandSAPU(alocalintellectualpropertytradeassociation)
sponsored aninternational conference inBratislava forjudges, prosecutors,
university professors andstudents. Theconference, supported bytheMotion
Picture Association, focused onbasic education andanti-piracy training.
November 1997 TheInternational Federation ofthePhonogram Industry, SAPU, thePolice
Presidium andSOZA (another Slovak intellectual property tradeorganization)
sponsored aseminar inLiptovsky Janforpolice, police investigators, and
customs officials. Theseminar, supported bytheMotion Picture Association,
provided information oncopyright protection andprivacy.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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December 1997 SAPU sponsored aseminar, supported bytheMotion Picture Association, in
Bratislava forCustoms Officers, toprovide information oncross-border piracy
inSlovakia.
Slovenia
November 1996 Representatives oftheBusiness Software Alliance spoke ontheimportance
ofcopyright protection andenforcement ataseminar ofpublic prosecutors
andjudges inLjubljana. Thepurpose oftheseminar wastoencourage
prosecutors tousethecivilexparte search provisions ofthe1995 copyright
law. BSAhasalready conducted anumber ofcriminal raidsagainst resellers
andisworking withpolice toorganize thecountry 'sfirstend-user raid.
Thailand
May1997 InMay, theBusiness Software Alliance concluded athree-month series of
seminarsitconductedwithThailand'sDepartmentofIntellectualProperty(DIP).
Theseminars, which included speakers from theThaigovernment andfrom
BSAmember companies, discussed theimportance ofusing onlylegalsoftware
andtheimportance ofeffective software management programmes. Thetarget
audiences fortheseminars were business managers andlocal government
officials. More than500people participated intheseminars, which wereheld
throughout Thailand. Moreover, eachseminar received coverage inthelocal
press, andBSAhotline operators haveindicated amarked increase incalls
tothehotline thatrefer totheseminars andtheresulting press conference.
Following uponthesuccess ofthegeneral seminars, inJuneandJuly, BSA
conducted additional seminars targeted atuniversity students intheBangkok
area.
Tunisia
January 1997 TheInternational Intellectual Property Alliance andarepresentative fromthe
Department ofCommerce participated inaUnited States Information Agency
Worldnet broadcast oncopyright protection toCairo, Alexandria andTunis.
Turkey
November 1996 TheBusiness Software Alliance heldananti-piracy seminar inIstanbul on
29November for259district court judges, prosecutors, police chiefs,
magistrates, thePresident oftheTurkish Barassociation, andtheheads ofthe
legaldepartments ofseveral major corporations. Theseminar included press
outreach toreporters fromnineTVstations andabout 45magazines anddaily
newspapers.
April 1997 TheUnited States Information Agency andMicrosoft Turkey co-sponsored
aconference entitled "Intellectual Property Rights: Enriching OurLives" on
3April. Theconference brought American andTurkish speakers before a
select audience of100businessmen, lawyers, academics, andmedia. The
programmeclarifiedIPRissuesandhighlightedtheeconomicandsocialbenefits
ofprotecting thecreative process. TheConference alsoincluded presentations
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executive, aTurkish composer andspokesman forthecreative community,
andlocallawyers.
May1997 TheBusiness Software Alliance andMicrosoft Turkey conducted aseminar
for35participants inBursa on"The Judiciary, LawandSoftware Piracy".
May1997 BSAandMicrosoft Turkey provided aseminar for190judicial employees in
Ankara ontheInternet andsoftware piracy.
Ukraine
September 1995- TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
August 1997 provided aWTO Accession Resident Adviser toMinistry ofForeign Economic
Relations inKiev.
September 1996- TheCommercialLawDevelopmentProgrammeoftheDepartmentofCommerce
June1997 provided aWTO Accession Resident Adviser toMinistry ofForeign Economic
Relations inKiev.
Uruguay
November 1997 TheUSMotion Picture Association isinvolved inplanning forthethird
Latin-American Copyright Convention (LACC), tobeheldinUruguay under
theauspices ofWIPO inNovember. ThethirdLACC willbecoordinated by
Dr.Ricardo Antequera Parilli, whometrecently withtheUnion Uraguaya
deVideo. Dr.Antequera characterized theevent asimportant inthe
consolidation oftheapplication oftheCopyright LawinUruguay. The
convention willbesupported ingreat partbyWIPO andlocalassociations of
authors,interpreters,phonogramandvideogramownersofproducers'licences,
andbybroadcasting organizations.
United Arab Emirates
April 1997 TheMotion Picture Association trained officials oftheMinistry ofInformation
intheidentification ofpirate products andenforcement.
Venezuela
April 1997 On14-15 April, WIPO, together withtheNational Office ofAuthor 'sRights
(DNDA), andtheJudicial Police, gave acourse forlawenforcement and
customs officers. TheUSMotion Picture Association alsoparticipated.
Fifty-seven police experts andsixcustoms experts attended. Thecourse gave
special emphasis tothetopicofcombating piracy, procedures, litigation, and
aspects oftheestablishment ofevidence inthese cases.
From 16-18 April, WIPO, DNDA andtheSchool oftheJudicature gavea
course forjudges andattorneys ofthePublic Ministry witharather complete
programme. Dr.Ricardo Antequera Parilli presented papers onAuthorship,
Legal Entitlement, andIntroduction toIntellectual Property atthese courses.
Dr.Ricardo Antequera Hernandez (Anti-Piracy Programme inAudio-Visual
Works) andarepresentative oftheUSMotion Picture Association presentedIP/C/W/77/Add.4
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thetopics ofcivilactions, seizures andjudicial attachment measures aswell
ascertain practical cases oftheanti-piracy programme.
Inaddition, INVERECI hasbeendeveloping aprogramme against signal theft.
Thisprogramme hasbeencoordinated directly withthelocalcable operators
whowillbepartly funding theactions. Because ofthis,atraining programme
wasorganized among COMANPI andtheCopyright Office inorder toknow
andbetter handle thenecessary information.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
USCOPYRIGHT OFFICE
Information Sessions forForeign Visitors
Since August 1996, theUSCopyright Office hasmetwithover150visitors fromdeveloping
countries seeking agreater understanding bothofUScopyright lawandcopyright ingeneral.
Members ofthese governmental andprivate sector delegations included Chinese government
officials fromtheScience andTechnology Commission, publishers fromChina, judges from
KoreaandChineseTaipei,representativesoftheKoreanandChineseTaipeiprosecutors'offices,
private practitioners fromPanama, India andPakistan, government officials withintellectual
property responsibilities from theMiddle East, andtheDirector forIntellectual Property in
Bolivia.
Copyright Office attorneys made presentations tothevisitors onsuchtopics asUScopyright
law;theroleoftheUSCopyright Office, including registration anddeposit, licensing, and
computerized record keeping systems forcopyrights; international copyright; enforcement;
andcopyright andnewtechnology.
World Intellectual Property Organization Development Cooperation Programme
TheRegister ofCopyrights wasalecturer attheJuly1997WIPO regional training course held
inSriLanka forthedeveloping countries ofAsiaandthePacific. Herlectures covered copyright
basics, international copyright treaties, collective administration ofcopyright, andtheimpact
ofnewtechnology oncopyright. TheRegister alsoserved asalecturer onthesubject of
enforcement atacolloquium forSriLankan judges onthejudiciary andtheintellectual property
system.
Inaddition, theRegister participated intwoWIPO regional seminars heldinColombia inApril
of1997forLatinAmericanandCaribbeannations.TheRegister'slecturesinBogota,Colombia
addressed theimplications ofreprography inacademia andofcopyright onthepress.
CollaborativeEffortswiththeUSInformationAgencyandtheUSAgencyforInternationalDevelopment
InMarch of1997, theAssociate Register ofCopyrights forPolicy andInternational Affairs
participated inasymposium inHong Kong, China co-hosted bytheUnited States Information
Agency (USIA) andtheHong Kong-America Center concerning intellectual property rights
protection. Shepresented alecture onrecent developments inintellectual property asthey
impact EastAsia, andledadiscussion onthesubject ofeducation 'sroleinthecontext of
copyright andthenewtechnology.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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Inaddition tothissymposium, theUSIA, aswellastheUSAgency forInternational
Development, organized programmes thatbrought many oftheCopyright Office 'sforeign
visitors totheUnited States.
USPATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Inaddition tothemajor activities outlined above, theUSPatent andTrademark Office undertook a
widerange ofsmaller-scale activities, bothintheUnited States andabroad.IP/C/W/77/Add.4
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ACTVITIES INTHE UNITED STATES
Date Activity Participant(s)
October 1996 Mexican Industrial Office Training
ProgrammeMexico
March 1997 USIA Grant Visit Ghana
March 1997 USIA Grant Visit Panama
July1997 USIA Foreign Visitor Programme Egypt, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon,
Tunisia, United
Arab Emirates
January 1997 Turkish Patent Institute Turkey
July1997 Database Information Management and
Protection DiscussionKuwait
June1997 USIA Grant Visit Vietnam
USIA Grant Visit Bolivia
USIA Grant Visit Cambodia
March 1997 Speech onPTOOperations Vietnam
January 1997 Visit from Chinese Patent Office China
May1997 USIA Grant India, Pakistan
June1997 Computer Industry Representatives Chinese Taipei
June1997 Economic andCultural Representative
Office andtheInstitute forthe
Information IndustryChinese Taipei
June1997 Chinese Patent Office China
June1997 ASEAN Customs Training Programme Brunei Darussalam,
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Thailand, Vietnam
January 1997 State Science andTechnology
Commission andtheMinistry of
Chemical IndustryChina
December 1996 Industrial Property Association ofthe
Dominican RepublicDominican-
Republic
February 1997 Visit byForeign Minister Oman
May1997 Visit byofficials Croatia
February 1997 Visit byofficials Turkmenistan
February 1997 Visit byofficials Russian Federation
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ON-SITE ASSISTANCE INDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
June1997 Visit toassist withdraftofpatent laws Guatemala,
Nicaragua
March 1997 SIECA Meeting Mexico
April 1997 NAFTA Conference Mexico
April 1997 UNESCO/WIPO World Forum in
Folklore ProtectionThailand
April 1997 WIPO Symposium inBroadcast Philippines
November 1996 Consult withGovernment onIntellectual
Property LawsPeru
June1997 USIA Mission Qatar
June1997 USIA Mission Jordan
Protection ofIntellectual Property in
West AfricaNigeria
Protection ofIntellectual Property Ghana
June1997 WIPO Asian Sub-regional Seminar Thailand
April 1997 Radio/Television Broadcast Nigeria
June1997 Radio/Television Broadcast Lebanon
April 1997 Radio/Television Broadcast Venezuela
BUSINESS SOFTWARE ALLIANCE
Inaddition totheactivities noted above, theBusiness Software Alliance hasconducted the
following seminars between September 1996 andJuly1997:
LATIN AMERICA
Country Seminar Name Date
Argentina Software Piracy (Buenos Aires) March
Argentina Software Piracy (Mendoza) April
Argentina Software Piracy April
Argentina Software Piracy (Córdoba) May
Argentina Software Piracy (Buenos Aires) May
Brazil Adobe andMicrosoft Products February
Brazil Software Piracy March
Brazil AutoDesk Products March
Brazil Symantec Products April
Brazil Software Piracy May
Brazil Software Piracy May
Brazil Criminal International Congress September
Colombia Software Piracy (Bogotá)
Colombia Software Piracy (Medellin)
Colombia Software Piracy (Cali)
Costa Rica Software Piracy February
Costa Rica Intellectual Property Protection March
andEnforcement
Costa Rica How toExport Software June
Costa Rica Intellectual Property Protection July
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Costa Rica Intellectual Property Protection September
andEnforcement
Dominican Republic Intellectual Property Protection February
andEnforcement
Ecuador Licensing Protocol August
Mexico Copyright Law July
Mexico TheImpact ofPiracy onthe October
Software Industry
Peru Training Intellectual Property April
Peru Software Management Center February
Peru Licensing Seminar February
Peru Licensing Seminar March
Peru Licensing Seminar April
Peru Licensing Seminar April
Peru Chamber ofCommerce ofTrujillo March
Peru Annual Conference April
ofCatholic Schools
Peru Licensing Seminar June
Puerto Rico Management Information Systems January
Seminar
Puerto Rico Similar toManagement February
Information Systems Seminar
Puerto Rico Similar toManagement February
Information Systems Seminar
Venezuela International Seminar forPolice April
Officials
Venezuela International Copyright Seminar April
Venezuela Software Piracy October
Venezuela Software Piracy-Penal Procedure October
Code
Venezuela Intellectual Property November
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EUROPE &THE MIDDLE EAST
City/Country Date Seminar Name Target Audience
Cairo, Egypt Dec96 Software Management Enforcement staff/Egypt,
end-users
Dubai, UAE March 97 UAE Copyright Law UAE prosecutors and
Judges
Dubai, UAE Sept97 Latest Developments in Enforcement
Copyright Enforcement staff/MOI/UAE
GCC (UAE, Qatar, April 97 Anti-piracy Training Enforcement and
Bahrain) customs officials
Lyon, France Sept96 Anti-counterfeiting Interpol
Skopje, Macedonia Dec96 Anti-piracy Training Officers from Ministries of
Interior andCulture, Public
Prosecutor 'sOffice, and
judges
Zagreb/Split, Croatia Nov96 Anti-piracy Training Police officers