WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/109/Add.3
17 September 1998
(98-3546)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English/
French/Spanish
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TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION FROM
DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THEIR MEMBER STATES
Addendum
The present document reproduces the updated information on technical and financial
cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement of the European
Communities and of Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UnitedKingdom.  The Secretariat has been informed that there are no changes to the previous notifications
by Denmark
2 and Finland3 regarding technical cooperation activities.
Information on technical cooperation activities of other Member States of the European
Communities will be distributed as supplements to this document.
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1 Information of the European Communities', Austria's, Germany's, the Netherlands', Sweden's and the
United Kingdom's activities in English, on France's activities in French, and on Spain's activities in Spanish.
2 See documents IP/C/W/34/Add.3/Suppl.3 and IP/C/W/77/Add.1./Suppl.1.
3 See Document IP/C/W/77/Add.1.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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TECHNICAL COOPERATION PROVIDED BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
I. EU-CHINA INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS COOPERATION 
PROGRAMME
1. Duration
The first phase of the programme ran from 1992 to 1994 and covered patents and trademarks.
The second phase of the programme is due to start in late 1998;  it foresees the widening of
cooperation to include copyright, enforcement, education and awareness issues.  It is envisaged to last
for three years.
2. General objectives of the programme
The main objective of the new programme is to support the efforts of the Chinese
Government to develop a modern, effective system of IPR protection to international standards by:
- Assisting China in the adoption of legislation and implementing regulations in all IPR
fields;
- creating an effective public administration of IPRs and mechanisms for their effective
protection, notably with regard to the procedures for the granting of IPRs as well as to
the enforcement of these rights.
3. Description of the programme
The programme envisages actions in three areas:
Support to IPR institutions:  Building on the experiences and goodwill generated in the pilot
projects, technical assistance and training would be provided to:
- State Intellectual Property Office/Chinese Patent Office – to complement cooperation
with the EPO;
- Chinese Trademark Office – to improve transparency of procedures;- National Copyright Administration of China – to support institutional growth;- geographical indications – to establish a structure in this important field.Support to the enforcement organs:  Administrative as well as judicial routes exist for
resolving IPR disputes in China.
- Training for judges and lawyers in these specialist areas would be offered;- administrative agencies.  IP and economic tribunals would be supported via
workshops and the establishment of a nation-wide information network;
- customs authorities would also benefit, assisting enforcement at borders.Horizontal measures:- Training opportunities would also be offered to IPR agents and attorneys;IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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- specific actions would encourage and improve IPR teaching in universities;
- analysis of changes required to implement TRIPS would be a priority;- actions aimed at increasing public aw areness of IPR issues are foreseen.
II. PHARE
The programme for the modernization of the intellectual and industrial property in the Central
and Eastern European countries (known as the PHARE countries) is drawn up as a regional
programme.  It covers all PHARE countries (which are currently:  Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Bosnia-
Herzegovina and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia).  The programme consists of two
separate technical assistance programmes:  the Regional Industrial Property Programme (RIPP) andthe horizontal programme(s) on intellectual property.
A. R
EGIONAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY PROGRAMME (RIPP)
1. Duration
The first phase of the programme started in 1992 and has subsequently been extended twice.
RIPP-III will officially expire on 31 December 1998, but certain activities (notably the ones related to
the Common Software project) will only be finalized in 1999.  Moreover, a fourth and last extension
until mid-2000 is currently being considered.
2. General objectives of the programme
- Improve patent and trademark protection;
- raise the quality of industrial property protection to a level similar to that in the
European Union;
- facilitate the accession of the central and eastern European countries to the main
international conventions on industrial property including the European Patent
Convention;
- improve existing national institutions responsible for industrial property systems and
help create relevant institutions in countries where no appropriate framework yet
exists;
- promote regional cooperation between the partner countries in the field of industrial
property.
3. Description of the programme
The specific objectives of the programme can be summed up in three major points.
Training:  Training courses and seminars for staff of national authorities and patent
professionals (judges, attorneys and other specialists).
Information technology:  Development and maintenance of software to administer patent and
trademark procedures (common software).IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Documentation, patent information, inter-office cooperation, technical assistance:
- Modernization of documentation centres so as to permit novelty searches at minimum
cost in particular by supplementing paper systems with CD-ROMs and on-line access
to commercial data bases;
- promotion of awareness of industrial property in the region through international
symposia and the publication of patent specifications and trademarks on CD-ROM;
- development of regional cooperation through an exchange programme involving the
offices in the region;
- technical assistance on project specification, tendering, implementation, legal and
institutional advice, work programme and evaluation of results.
B. REGIONAL PROGRAMME ON COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
1. Duration
The programme ran from 1 September 1994 to 31 December 1996.
2. General objectives of the programme
- Facilitation of the implementation in Central and Eastern Europe of a level of
protection for intellectual property (copyright, performing rights and protection
against piracy) similar to that in the European Union and to facilitate the accession of
the Central and Eastern  European countries to international conventions on these
issues;
- help to create and develop the cultural industry so as to encourage national and
foreign investment in this sector;
- facilitation and guarantee of the free movement of cultural works and performances
between Central and Eastern Europe and the European Union.
3. Description of the programme
The specific objectives of the programmes can be summarized in three major points:Technical assistance for the reform of the institutional and legislative framework:  In the
aim of introducing an effective system of legal protection and an adequate institutional framework,assistance has been provided to facilitate the process of reorganizing and modernizing existinginstitutions such as performing rights societies, cultural bodies and creative artist societies, culturalindustries and bodies combating piracy.  Legal expe rts have helped the recan t authorities in drafting
and/or reforming relevant laws and regulations, taking into account the legislation of the EU and itsMember States and the legal assistance will also facilitate accession to international conventions inthis field.  Furthermore, emphasis has been put on the development of know-how of thoseresponsible for protecting copyright and performing rights as well as the promotion of theawareness amongst the media on the intellectual property issues (press, TV, radio).
Training and awareness:  The training aimed at the institutional staff (ministries,
magistrates, lawyers, customs, universities) and the staff of the collecting societies.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Documentation and software:  The programme has funded the provision of relevant
documentation and software, including texts of EU legislation (directives, regulations, proposalsand judgements), texts of relevant national legislation of EU Member States, texts of articles ofassociation and rules of performing rights societies, materials relating to seminars organized underthe programme and books on intellectual property rights.
C. H
ORIZONTAL PROGRAMME ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION II
1. Duration
The programme has been approved at the end of 1995 and it will have to be implemented by
31 December 1998 with the help of several right-holders organizations.
2. General objectives for the programme
- Enhanced legal assistance to underline the importance of the protection of
neighbouring rights, as well as the enforcement procedures;
- creation of mechanism for the effective protection of neighbouring rights, including
the formation and training of collecting societies;
- fight against piracy.
3. Description of the programme
The specific objective of the programme can be summarized in three major points:
Legal assistance:  In countries, where local governments designated a special copyright
office to coordinate activities in the field of copyright (Poland, Bulgaria and Romania), these officeswill be assisted in collecting all necessary national and international documentation, training of staffmembers in the area of neighbouring rights protection and establishing communication channelsbetween such offices and relevant enforcement bodies.  General assistance in the PHARE region inconducting the necessary analyses of the local legislation and achieving the necessary compatibilitywith international instruments.
Neighbouring rights protection infrastructure:  In order to establish the necessary
mechanisms for furthering the right of producers of sound recordings, assistance will be given tothe legal companies in the PHARE region in creating their own industry groups and establishingcollecting societies.  These industry groups will serve as centres of legal and professionalinformation, as well as points of contact and exchange with the more experienced European market.The local industry groups are also coordination centres for anti-piracy activities.
Fight against piracy:  The establishment of effective enforcement mechanisms will be based
on intensive training of the police, prosecutors and judges and the installation of piracy preventiveprogrammes.  The main principles of the enforcement mechanism is well informed and well trainedpolice officers, specially designated to deal with the copyright piracy issues as well as closecooperation between police and prosecutors.  The piracy preventive programme contains theinstallation of source identifying devices (SID-codes), inception of hologram sticker programmes forlegitimate production and implementation of manufacturing verification systems, where appropriate.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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D. HORIZONTAL PROGRAMME ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY III
1. Duration
The programme has started on 17 March 1 997 and will last until 31 December 1999.
2. General objectives of the programme
The programme is a continuation of the 1994 programme on Copyright Protection and it
will complement the 1995 programme on Intellectual Property II.  Its main objective is to achieve a
level of protection of intellectual property similar to that which exists in the European Union.  Theprogramme will basically focus on the promotion of author rights and the enforcement thereof.
3. Description of the programme
The programme has the following components:Legal assistance and training:  The legal assistance and training will set out to continue the
procedure of improving the legislation in the field of intellectual property, e.g. on authors' rights,and to favour the implementation of structures permitting their application.  This component willinclude actions, such as:
- Missions by EU experts to the CEECs, taking into account the guidelines set out in
Chapter 19 of the Annex to the 1995 White Paper on the Preparation of theAssociated Countries of Central and Eastern Europe for integration into the Internalmarket of the Union.  Prio rity will be given to the countries where the level of
harmonization is not sufficient yet.  Mi ssions will also be conducted to countries
where the level of harmonization has been judged as satisfactory, albeit only toinform the legislator in these countries about the problems of intellectual propertyprotection, which will soon be posed by the new technologies of the Information
Society related to the digitization of carriers.
- Training of officials on intellectual property, either directly or via Train-the-
Trainers methods.  Training of academics and judges.  With regard to the trainingof academics, the programme will explore the possibilities of scholarships ininstitutes in the European Union specialized in authors' rights, such as the MaxPlanck Institute.
Support to collecting societies:  This component will include actions, such as:
- Training of the management and staff of the different authors' societies will
continue to be the main form assistance to authors' societies;
- legal assistance to enforce the application of laws;- material support to administration societies of authors' rights, which may include
basic equipment, hardware and software to facilitate the distribution of collectedroyalties.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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III. EC-ASEAN PATENTS AND TRADEMARK PROGRAMME
A first programme (ECAP-I) on technical assistance for the ASEAN countries funded by
the European Commission to assist the ASEAN countries in strengthening and developing their
intellectual property rights systems was conducted between October 1993 and June 1997.  Theprogramme consisted of a regional as well as national components and covered the followingcountries:  Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Phili ppines, Singapore and Thailand.  Viet Nam joined
ASEAN in 1995 and participated after in the regional elements of ECAP-I.  At present, a secondcooperation programme is under preparation (ECAP-II), which will,  like ECAP-I, consist of
national as well as regional elements.
1. Duration
The national as well as regional programme(s) is expected to last until December of the year
2002.
2. General objectives of the programme
- To assist in the adaptation of legal frameworks to TRIPS, in all fields of the
intellectual property protection;
- to improve the technical skills in the field of intellectual property rights in the
ASEAN region.  In addition to the upgrading of skills (institutional strengthening)in the industrial property offices of the region, particular attention will be paid toenforcement and to copyrights and related rights;
- to focus on informing local industries and other local users of the benefits they may
derive from an improved patent and trademark environment.  The Europeanindustry is closely involved in this part of the programme.
3. Description of the programme
ECAP-II aims at achieving effective results through sharing of information and experience
and by continuing a process of regional cooperation in the field of all industrial property rights. Theregional aspects will contribute to the uniform development of intellectual property right systems inthe targeted countries and limit the amount of overlap in this highly specialized field.  Cost-sharingis feasible through cooperation in the field of documentation, the organization of the grantingprocedure, publication, etc. which also facilitates the ease with which the European industry canoperate in ASEAN.  The more specific activities include:
- Preparation of modernization plans for national offices;- building a common intellectual property database;- production of certain common publications and documents;- providing EU best practices in intellectual property rights legislation, including
accompanying rules and regulations;
- computerization of administration of patent granting procedures and services;IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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- preparation of common procedures guidelines.
IV. EU-MACAU INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY PROGRAMME
1. Duration
The programme started in late 1995 and lasted 24 months.
2. General objectives of the programme
- To introduce reforms in the industrial property systems of Macau;- to prepare and update legislation and accompanying implementation rules and
regulations;
- to assist in the setting up and upgrading of the administrative institutions and
structures in charge of implementing the new industrial property legislation;
- to upgrade the professional skills of the st aff of the local administrative structures;
- to assist in training legal practitioners and enforcement officials;- to promote the awareness and teaching of industrial property.
3. Description of the programme
The specific objectives can be summarized in three major points:Legislation:  The legal assistance will consist of legal advice in drafting legislation
especially for patents, utility models, and industrial designs protection with emphasis onharmonization and conformity with GATT/TRIPS.  Furthermore, a comparative study will becarried out of the draft legislation of Macau and the international standards and EU regulations.
Administration: An analysis of the current administrative structures will help to prepare a
modernization plan defining the need, resulting from the new legislative situation in Macau.  Thisplan will include training for management, training for examination and administrative staff,training for lawyers and staff dealing with legal issues, training for technical staff - EDP andautomation and finally the establishment of provisions of IP literature and documentation.
Enforcement:  The target group includes all existing organizations and structures dealing
with the enforcement of IP laws and in particular:  judges, staff from customs authorities andpiracy/counterfeit repression units.  Specific trai ning seminars, workshops and colloquia will take
place in order to promote the exchange of information and know-how between the relevantstructures.
V. EU-VIET NAM INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY PROGRAMME
1. Duration
The programme started in July 1996 and is expected to last for three years.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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2. General objectives of the programme
The main objective of the programme is to strengthen Viet Nam's industrial property
system by:
- Assisting in the improvement of the legal and regulatory framework;- enhancing the patent and trademark granting administration, as well as upgrading
the skills of the patent agents;
- improving industrial property public awareness and strengthening enforcement
systems;
- cooperation in ASEAN regional activities in the field of industrial property rights.In addition to the above-mentioned objectives, the programme is constructed with an
element of flexibility in order to allow for particular situations, for example under the publicawareness and enforcement components, by covering other related areas of intellectual propertyrights.
3. Description of the programme
The specific objectives of the programme can be summarized in two major points:Legal framework and enforcement:  The programme aims at assisting to upgrade the
Vietnamese legislation and enforcement measures in line with the TRIPS Agreement.
Administration of industrial property and information services:  The current good record of
delivering patent, trademarks and designs should be maintained in spite of the substantial increase ofapplications expected. Applicants should be able to file applications in two different places by theend of the programme.
E. 
TACIS PROGRAMMES ON INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
1. General
In the past, two country-specific programmes have been established:  support to industrial
property protection in the Ukraine (1995 and 1996) and in Uzbekistan (1995-1997).  The generalobjectives of these programmes have been to ensure a high level of industrial property protection inthe two countries thus creating the necessary ground for market economy and strengthening theadministration responsible for the intellectual property system (e.g. patent offices).  InDecember 1996, a two year horizontal programme covering all CIS countries was agreed.  Afollow-up programme covering assistance to the Russian Federation, Azerbaijan, Georgia andUzbekistan running for two years is currently being established.
2. General objectives of the programme
- Ensure a high and common level of industrial property protection in the CIS
countries, in particular by the setti ng up of the Eurasian patent office;IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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- assistance to adjustment of regional and national legislation relating to the Eurasian
Patent Convention;
- assistance to adjustment of other national legislation relating to industrial property;- setting up and development of systems protecting industrial property at a regional 
level for patents (Eurasian Patent Office) and at national level for others industrial property rights.
3. Description of the programme
The major activities to be undertaken within the scope of the programme are the following:- Assistance to draft industrial property legislation and related rules, regulations and 
guidelines;
- language courses for staff of patent offices and selected professionals;- advice and assistance for the Eurasian Patent Office;- technical assistance, training, documentation, drafting of legislation, publication of 
the patents on CD-ROM, administration of the procedure based on the common software developed under the PHARE-regional industrial property protection programme;
- development of national facilities on industrial property including technical 
assistance, regional and local training, computerization of the administrative and financial management of the proceedings;
- promote and develop the means for disseminating patent information using modern 
technology, and promote the use of the industrial property system to potential users in industry, commerce and academic institutions;
- assistance to improve enforcement of IPRs.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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AUSTRIA
Technical cooperation activities in the field of industrial property conducted by the Austrian
Patent Office in 1997 and the first half of 1998:
1. In cooperation with WIPO
(a) WIPO - Austria - seminars
As in previous years, the Austrian Patent  Office hosted in 1997 a training course with
priority on patent examination and patent documentation for participants from
Argentina, Indonesia, Cuba, the Philippines, Zimbabwe and Thailand.  A similar
seminar is scheduled for September 1998.
(b) State-of-the-art search reports for developing countries
Continuing a tradition since 1975 and ba sed on a new agreement with WIPO out of
1986 patent search reports have been carried out for developing countries.  In 1997
the Austrian Patent Office handled seven requests from Argentina, Chile and Cuba.
In 1998, eight requests from Argentina and Morocco have been received so far.
(c) ICSEI-search reports
In 1997, 61 search reports were prepared for ARIPO, Argentina, Madagascar,
Malaysia, Morocco and Kenya participating in WIPO's ICSEI (International
Cooperation in the Search and Examination of Inventions) programme.  For the timebeing, seven requests have been filed in the current year.
(d) Activities as PCT-International Searching and International Preliminary Examining
Authority
In 1997, the Austrian Patent Office received and handled 367, and in 1998 until
August, 289 search requests.  In 1997, there have been 173, in 1998 up to the present
date, 138 requests for international preliminary examination.
2. In cooperation with the European Patent Office
(a) WIPO/EPO/APO seminar
As in 1996 and previous years, a one-week training course for participants from
developing countries with priority on patent examination and information has been
organized and partly conducted by the Austri an Patent Office in cooperation with the
European Patent Office in 1997.
(b) Expert missions
In the framework of the TACIS-Programme of the European Union a course on the
topic trademark  rights and trademark  examination was held for 18 participants.
3. Bilateral
Continuing its long-lasting cooperation with China, the Austrian Patent Office hosted
seminars for Chinese officials and provided patent data.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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In September 1997, the 8th Conference of the Mixed Chinese-Austrian Working Group on
Questions of Industrial Property Protection took place at the Austrian Patent Office.
In 1997 and 1998, experts from the Austrian Patent Office gave lectures on industrial property
topics in Beijing.
On the basis of bilateral agreements, training courses on different matters related to industrial
property protection for officials from other patent of fices are held.  In 1997 and during the first half of
1998, training groups from the offices of Latvia, Croatia, Slovenia and Uzbekistan stayed at the
Austrian Patent Office.
Experts of the Austrian Patent Office carried out training courses and assistance at the patent
offices of Belarus, Turkey and Hungary.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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FRANCE
I. LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PROPERTY
In the field of copyright and neighbouring rights, the French Government plays an active role
in technical cooperation on its own initiative and by m eans of a substantial contribution to the work of
international organizations (WIPO/UNESCO) and the European Community.
This action is directed at both the developing countries (particularly the French-speaking
countries in Africa) and countries in transition, with active cooperation in exchanges of experts and
receiving trainees, more particularly under the European Union's PHARE/TACIS programmes, and in
organizing technical training seminars.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Culture and Co mmunications promotes and cooperates in many
initiatives (organizing technical training seminars, exchanges of experts and receiving trainees, on
request from WIPO, for example) taken in this field by professional bodies and collective
administration societies.
II. INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
(a) Activities of the National Industrial Property Institute (INPI)
The INPI carries out both bilateral activities (university-level training and practical
training, teaching in French for officials from industrial property offices in aspecialized centre) and multilateral activities with the WIPO and the European Patent
Office (EPO).
(b) Geographical indications, appellations of origin and new plant varieties
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of the Economy, Finance
and Industry take part in technical cooperation activities conducted by internationalorganizations, particularly by the WIPO, the International Union for the Protection of
New Varieties of Plants and the EPO, and those organized by other French ministerial
departments, more specially in connection with geographical indications and new
plant varieties.
In addition, the National Interprofessional Seed Group (GNIS), some
interprofessional groups in the wine-growing sector and the National Institute of
Appellations of Origin (INAO), each within its area of competence, sometimes
participate in cooperation activities implemented by the aforementioned international
organizations and in the Community Programmes TAIEX and TACIS.
Assistance activities related to geographical indications, appellations of origin and
new plant varieties usually form part of agricultural and agri-food technical
cooperation, mostly within the framework of bilateral agreements signed with theMinistry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Directorate General of Customs and the
Repression of Fraud.
In addition, visitors from abroad are regularly received for talks and visits on the
topics of geographical indications and new plant varieties.
France's technical cooperation activities are summarized in the table below:IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Country Type of activity
French-
speaking Africa- Seminar organized in December 1997 in Burkina Faso to provide technical
assistance for seed protection in Africa.  To be followed by national
seminars;
- in October 1998, the Ministry of Culture and Communications will
organize a training course for ten representatives of governments of these
countries;
- missions by INPI experts to Madagascar, Senegal and Togo and seminars
in Madagascar and Guinea.
Argentina - Since 1996, technical cooperation on geographical indications and
appellations of origin and their protection in Argentina;  legal training
(recognition and protection of geographical indications and appellations of
origin), visit by an Argentine official from the Secretariat for Agriculture,
Stockbreeding and Fisheries;
- proposed seminar on appellations of origin in Mendoza.
ASEAN INPI seminar in Paris, 2 June 1997.
Brazil - French language training organized by the INPI, training of five officials
from the Brazilian INPI in France for three to four months.
Cambodia INPI seminar.
CIS - Under the Madrid Agreement (rule 2), French language course for
nationals of Uzbekistan, Georgia , Tajikistan and Estonia;
- mission by an INAO expert to Georgia for the preparation and
implementation of the law on appellations of origin;
- in relation to new plant varieties, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
supports cooperation and technical assistance operations in the Ukraine to
help in certification and the establishment of technical criteria for granting
protection to new plant varieties (distinctness, uniformity, stability) and to
combat counterfeit seeds;
- INPI audit mission, "trademarks and appellations of origin", to Georgia
and Armenia
Chile - Visit to the INPI by an official of the Chilean industrial property
department;
- in 1997, at the request of Chile, the introduction of a process of
cooperation in the agricultural sector, particularly for the protection of
appellations of origin and geographical indications.
China - Since 1996, bilateral cooperation programme on appellations of origin and
combating counterfeit spirits:  symposium on this question in Beijing in
1996, regular exchanges of delegations, adoption by China of a technical
standard on Cognac, restricting this name to the spirits with a French
appellation of origin;
- Symposium in Beijing in September 1998 requested by the Chinese
department responsible for the technical aspects of products;  protection of
appellations of origin in China and the measures to be taken as a result;IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Country Type of activity
- visit by the INPI to the new Chinese Intellectual Property Training Centre
visits by a delegation from the Chinese Patent Office to the INPI and the
CEIPI, training of two examiners from the Chinese Trademark Office onopposition at industrial property courts;  training of two Chinese officials
at the CEIPI ("trademark" cycle) for six months, visits by a delegation
from the Chinese Patent Office to the INPI and two of its regional
delegations, visits by a delegation from the Chinese Patent Office to the
INPI and training in databases (Pharmsearch).
Colombia Study trip organized by the INPI for an official from the Colombian Office.
South Korea Visit by the Director responsible for bilateral Korea – Japan affairs to the INPI.
Djibouti Mission of experts from the INPI.
Egypt In relation to new plant varieties, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
supports cooperation and technical assistance operations to help in certification andthe establishment of technical criteria for granting protection to new plant varieties
(distinctness, uniformity, stability) and to combat counterfeit seeds.
Haiti Mission by an expert from the INPI.
Japan Visit to the patent's department by an examiner from the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
and mission by an engineer from the INPI to the JPO, visit by an engineer and
delegation from the JPO to the INPI.
Morocco - In relation to new plant varieties, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries
supports cooperation and technical assistance operations to help incertification and the establishment of technical criteria for granting
protection to new plant varieties (distinctness, uniformity, stability) and to
combat counterfeit seeds;
- INPI seminar:  pharmaceutical products and itinerant awareness seminar,
visit by the Moroccan Secretary of State for Trade, Industry and
Handicrafts to the INPI, and visit by a delegation from the Moroccan
Office to the companies and commercial register.
Mexico - Expert INAO/WIPO mission on appellations of origin:  activities at the
Mexican Industrial Property Institute;
- Visit by a Mexican official to the INPI and the INAO;- Study trip organized by the INPI for an expert from the Mexican Office.
AIPO Training of two examiners at the INPI.
Peru - National seminar organized by the INPI in Lima and visit to the INPI by an
expert;
- INAO/WIPO expert mission concerning French experience in appellations 
of origin and PISCO alcohol (in January 1998)
DevelopingcountriesOrganization by the INPI of an accelerated training course at the WIPO in Geneva,
the CEIPI in Strasbourg and in Paris for ten French-speaking developing countries.
Poland Visit to the French Directorate-General of Customs by a delegation
Czech Republic - Visit to the French Directorate-General of Customs by a delegation;
- Visit by the Czech Office to the INPI.
Romania Visit to the French Directorate-General of Customs by a delegation.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Country Type of activity
Russian
Federation- Follow-up to the TACIS I programme and implementation of the TACIS II
programme;  visit by experts from the Russian Federation arranged by the
Ministry of Culture and Communications in May 1998 and organization ofa training seminar;
- establishment of a Franco-Russian working party on intellectual property;
work began on the recognition of French appellations of origin, especially
elimination of the misappropriation by Russia of the Cognac andChampagne appellations;
- proposed symposium in Moscow at the end of 1998 on the topic of
appellations of origin in the wine-growing sector;
- in relation to new plant varieties, cooperation and technical assistance
operations to help in certification and the establishment of technical
criteria for granting protection to new plant varieties (distinctness,
uniformity, stability) and to combat counterfeit seeds.
SlovakRepublic- Exchanges on the issue of the organization and management of
appellations of origin in the wine-growing sector;  French action in
Bratislava and visit by a Slovak delegation to Bordeaux under the TAIEX
programme;
- RIPP seminar on appellations of origin in the Slovak Republic
Slovenia Seminar in Ljubljana on the topic of appellations of origin and geographical
indications under the TAIEX programme
Thailand Visit by a delegation from the Department of Intellectual Property to the INPI and
training in the French language
Tunisia National seminar on the TRIPS Agreement organized by the INPI and mission by
an INPI expert to assist in setting up th e new computerized database system of the
INNORPI
Turkey In relation to new plant varieties, cooperation and technical assistance operations to
help in certification and the establishment of technical criteria for grantingprotection to new plant varieties (distinctness, uniformity, stability) and to combat
counterfeit seeds.
Viet Nam - Bilateral cooperation programme implemented in 1997 on geographical
indications and appellations of origin;  visit to France by a Vietnamesedelegation (to the authorities and the field) and organization of a
symposium in Hanoi on appellations of origin in July 1998;
- study trip by Vietnamese officials to the INPI and training of Vietnamese
in the French language;
- cooperation and technical assistance to help in certification and the
establishment of technical criteria for granting protection to new plant
varieties (distinctness, uniformity, stability) and to combat counterfeit
seeds;
- INPI seminar in Hanoi.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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GERMANY
Technical cooperation with developing countries under the aegis of the
Federal Ministry of Justice
German Patent Office:
Projects Completed in 1997
SLOVENIA
Assistance with training in the areas of copyright law and protection of industrial property.
Duration
The project began in June 1994 and ended officially in February 1997.
Aims
Practice-oriented training of Slovenian experts in patent, trademark  and industrial design
protection and in copyright law.
Description
Measures consisted of German experts spending time in Slovenia and Slovenian experts
receiving training at the German Patent Office.
CHINA
Cooperation with the Chinese copyright authority.
Duration
The project was launched in 1995 and concluded in October 1997.
Aims
To assist China in setting up and developing collecting societies.
Description
Various information visits (some of several months' duration) by delegations from China to
the German Patent Office, including visits to a number of collecting societies.
Ongoing projects
Training programme for officials from developing countries in cooperation with WIPO
Countries involved in 1998:  Argentina, Botswana, Egypt, Jordan, Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, Malawi, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago and Viet Nam .IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Duration
The programme was launched in 1973 for an unlimited period.  Three-week training courses
are run every year.
Aims
Modernization of patent systems and patent offices in developing countries.  The training
aims to give experts from developing countries in formation about how an examining patent office is
set up and organized and about how the different types of property rights are administered.
Participants should also become familiar with the procedure for granting patents and with the
activities of a patent examiner.
Description
The annual training seminars generally cover the following subjects:  patent documentation
and classification, structure and up-keep of search files, principles of law pertaining to utility models,
trademark s and employee inventions;  search procedures and drafting search reports.
Other training programmes in cooperation with WIPO
Countries involved in 1997 and 1998:  Chile, Cuba, India.
Duration
Unlimited
Aims
Information on matters concerning trademark s and patents.
Description
The German Patent Office receives groups of visitors in connection with the country projects
and study visits financed by WIPO, and provides information in-house, for example on patent and
trademark  procedures and on patents and patent documentation.
Drafting of search reports for developing countriesCountries involved in 1997:  Argentina, Chile,  China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, South Africa,
Viet Nam  and Zimbabwe.
Duration
Unlimited
Aims
To inform developing countries on the state of the art.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Description
The German Patent Office produces 100 search reports every year free of charge for
developing countries which request them.
Training programmes in cooperation with the European Patent OfficeCountries involved:  various Asian, Latin American and African countries.
Duration
Unlimited
Aims
Information on matters relating to industrial property protection.
Description
The German Patent Office, in collaboration with the European Patent Office and WIPO,
organizes seminars on subjects relating to industrial property rights which change each year.  In
March 1998, a seminar on the subject of "Rationalization in searches and examination" was held in
Munich and Geneva.
Newly Independent States and PolandCountries involved in 1997:  Georgia, Moldova, Poland, the Russian Federation, Ukraine.
Duration
Unlimited
Aims
Information on matters concerning protection of industrial property.
Description
Information and training events on the subjects of law pertaining to patents, trademark s and
utility models, as well as budget, fees, administration and personnel.
CROATIA
Projects:  "Improving protection of intellectual property"
Duration
The project was launched in July 1997 and is planned to run for three years.
Aims
Modernization of protection of industrial property in Croatia.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Description
In the second half of 1997, three groups were trained in the areas of information/
documentation, patent examination chemistry/physics and collective administration of copyright.  In
1998, seven measures have so far taken place in the fields of industrial design, patent law, trademark s
and information/documentation.  In addition, the Deputy Minister for Economics as well as the
President of the State Patent Office of the Republic of Croatia visited the German Patent Office in
February 1998.
CHINA
I. DEVELOPMENT OF A MODERN PATENT INFORMATION SYSTEM
Duration
The project was launched in 1997.
Aims
Assistance of China in developing a modern patent information system.
Description
Information visits to the German Patent Office by Chinese delegations.
II. TRAINING MEASURES IN THE FIELD OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY 
PROTECTION
Duration
1998
Aims
Information on matters concerning industrial property protection.
Description
In 1998 four training programmes are planned at the German Patent Office and the Federal
Patents Court on the subjects of automation, general administration and utility models and industrial
designs.
THAILAND
Improvement of the system of intellectual and industrial property rights
Duration
The project was launched in November 1995 and is expected to run for four years.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Aims
Modernization of Thai legislation and administrative procedures applicable to the protection
of intellectual and industrial property;  improvement of public access to information concerning
patents.
Description
Measures consist of German experts spending time in Thailand and training visits to the
German Patent Office.  Since 1996, a German expert has been on long-term secondment to the
Department of Intellectual Property in Thailand and coordinates various measures there.  In the
second half of 1997, courses were held at the German Patent Office on the subjects of product piracy,utility models, documentation and information.  In addition, a symposium on the subject of
"Collective administration of copyright" was held in Bangkok.  In 1998, German experts again spent
short periods of time in Thailand on the subject of patent examination procedures and law relating to
utility models and a symposium was held on the subject of trademark  law.  Measures of two weeks'
duration each were held at the German Patent Office focusing on the subjects of general
administration and the collective administration of copyright.
TURKEY
Modernization of industrial property protection
Duration
The project began in 1996 and is scheduled to run for four years.
Aims
Modernization of the administrative procedures applicable to all types of rights.
Description
From August until the end of 1997, six visits took place in the fields of patent law,
classification of trademark s and information and documentation.  Since January 1997, a German
expert has been on long-term secondment to Ankara.  In 1996, courses on the subjects of examination
procedures, service marks and practice courses for patent and trademark  examiners were held in
Munich and Ankara.  In June 1998, an international symposium on trademark s was held in Istanbul,
which is intended to be repeated in Germany in 1999 due to its success.
Exchange of search and examination resultsCountries involved:  Belarus, China, Croatia,  Hungary, Mongolia, the Russian Federation, the
Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Thailand.
Duration
Unlimited
AimsIP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Mutual information concerning registration of industrial property rights for which priority has
been asserted in the relevant partner country.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Description
The German Patent Office has entered into ag reements with the relevant offices in the
above-mentioned countries to engage in regular exchanges of search and examination results.
International exchange of literatureCountries involved:  Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China,
Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, Egyp t, Estonia, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel,
Japan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Democractic People's the Republic of Korea, Republic of
Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, the
Russian Federation, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United
Arab Emirates, the United States, Uzbekistan and Viet Nam .
Duration
Unlimited
Aims
Mutual information about publications on copyright and industrial property protection.
Description
The German Patent office exchanges patent specifications and other publications with the
above-mentioned countries.
German Association for International Judicial Cooperation e.V:
On-going projects
LITHUANIA
Cooperation with the Lithuanian Patent Office with respect to the protection of industrial
property.
Duration
Cooperation commenced in 1996 and is intended to continue in 1998.
Aims
Discussion of matters related to trademark  and patent law.
Description
Working visits and seminars bringing together experts from the Lithuanian and German
Patent Offices and of the Federal Patents Court.  An information visit to Germany by employees from
the Lithuanian Patent Office and by Lithuanian judges on the subject of matters of asserting industrial
property rights and copyright is scheduled to take place in Autumn 1998.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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RUSSIAN FEDERATION
I. COOPERATION WITH RUSSIAN PATENT INSTITUTIONS
Duration
Cooperation began in 1993 and is scheduled to continue in the long term.
Aims
Assistance with the implementation of the new Russian patent, trademark  and utility models
legislation.
Description
The German Association holds seminars focused on relevant subjects.  Draft amendments and
supplements to the Russian Patent Act and the Russian Trademark Act are currently being appraised.
II. COOPERATION WITH THE RUSSIAN CENTRE FOR PRIVATE LAW
Duration
Cooperation began in 1995 and will continue indefinitely.
Aims
Advisory function in the drafting or revision of statutory rules for the protection of copyright
and industrial property rights.
Description
As part of the third part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, copyright and related
rights are to be regulated.  Experts commissioned by the German Association are providing advice to
the Centre for Private Law on the drafting of the relevant provisions.
UKRAINE
Cooperation in the drafting of a new Ukrainian Civil Code
Duration
Cooperation began in 1993 for an indefinite period.
Aims
Support in the reform of statutory provisions  on copyright and industrial property rights.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Description
The Association provides support in an advisory capacity, produces expert reports, organizes
meetings between experts and runs specialist seminars.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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NETHERLANDS
I. INTRODUCTION
Most of the assistance given by the Netherlands is not provided on a purely bilateral basis.
Often it also contains a multilateral component.
For example, the Netherlands has provided financial support for technical assistance of the
WTO to developing countries. Part of this donation to the WTO is directed towards human
development and institution building in the area of intellectual property rights. This Dutch Trust fund,
amounting to f. 4 million, has become operative as of 1997.
II. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
The Ministry of Justice has received delegations from several developing countries. These
meetings were held to discuss certain issues of intellectual property rights. Over and above that
lectures were given on intellectual property legislation.
Since 1996, the Ministry of Justice is also participating in a project oriented toward the
development of a New Civil Code for the Russian Federation and the CIS-countries. With the
authorities of these countries, the experiences gained with the recent introduction of the new Dutch
Civil Code have been shared. Besides this, the content of the future intellectual property legislation of
the Russian Federation is under discussion.
III. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE OFFICE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Since 1988, the Office for Intellectual Property (OIP) organises yearly a course of three
weeks called “Practical Aspects of Patent Information”. This course deals with the granting of patents
and the provision of information on patents. It is organized in cooperation with the WIPO (i.e. the
course is partly financed by the WIPO) and it targets officials of developing countries that areworking for government bodies that deal with patents. Since 1988, officials from 30 different
countries have participated in this course. This year the participants originated from Argentina, China,
Egypt, Ghana, India, Mexico, Saudi-Arabia.
Besides this course, the OIP organizes also si nce a few years a two-day programme (as part of
a seminar “Adminstration Issues on Patents and Trademarks” by the European Patent Office)consisting of lectures and demonstrations.  Issues that are dealt with are the application and
development of legislation, financing, control, pu blic relations, library and documentation with regard
to intellectual property rights. Participants originate from Asian, African, Latin American and Eastern
European countries.
Also worth mentioning is the fact that in 1997 the  OIP has welcomed delegations from
China, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Macao, Sierra Leone and the Russian Federation and informed these
about the Dutch patent system and diffusion of knowledge in the Netherlands. Finally, the officials of
the OIP give presentations in the framework of activities organized by third parties/organizations in
the framwork of technical cooperation.
IV. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE BENELUX TRADEMARKS AND DESIGN
OFFICES
One of the activities of the Benelux Trademarks and Design Offices is the so-called Regional
Industrial Property Programme (RIPP). The RIPP programme is directed towards Central and EasternIP/C/W/109/Add.3
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European countries with the goal of modernizing their industrial property legislation with
international standards. The aims of the programme are to improve patent, trademark and industrial
designs protection with a view to promoting indus trial progress, innovation and economic growth and
to modernize and increase the efficiency of the national institutions responsible for industrial property
systems.
The RIPP has been implemented in 1993 and is coordinated by the European Patent Office.
The Benelux offices carry out the following activities:
- training courses on the administrative and legal aspects of trademarks and
industrial designs for officials of the national institutions;
- seminars for judges, ”Enforcement of industrial property rights: trademarks”;
- seminars for trademark attorneys.
Within the framework of the WIPO progra mme for development cooperation related to
Industrial Property, the Benelux Offices are participating actively since 1982 in the development ofhuman resources. In this area, two specialized training courses on trademarks are organized each year
for 50 trainees from developing countries. Furthermore, study visits are organized for individuals and
small groups of officials from developing countries.
V. CONTACT PERSON
If any party would like to know more about these programmes and activities, the following
contact person can be addressed for more information:
Bart Tonnaer
Ministery of Economic Affairs
Directorate-General for Foreign Economic Relations, Trade Policy Unittel: + 3 1 70 379 7707     fax: + 31 70 379 7221IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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SPAIN
Cooperation in the Area of Industrial Property
I. SPANISH TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF INDUSTRIAL 
PROPERTY
1. Description of the technical cooperation
(a) Multilateral cooperation
(i) Cooperation with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO):
- Specific training;
- information and/or training visits;
- participation in courses and seminars organized by WIPO;
(ii) cooperation with the European Patent Office (EPO)
(iii) trilateral cooperation (OEPM/WIPO/EPO)
(b) Bilateral cooperation
(i) Bilateral memoranda with Ibero-American countries;
- sending experts to Ibero-American offices;
- organization of information visits;- exchange of patent documents and CD-ROMs with Latin American 
countries;
(ii) memoranda of understanding with specific countries.
2. Spanish technical cooperation in the area of industrial property
(a) Spain has a long tradition of technical assistance to developing countries in the field
of industrial property, and has been carrying on activities to this end since 1982.
(b) The beneficiaries of this cooperation are basically the Latin American countries, with
which Spain has signed 18 bilateral memoranda.
(c) Spanish cooperation is financed from the general budget of the Spanish Patent and
Trademark Office (OEPM), which covers technical cooperation personnel costs and
other expenditures for various activities.
(d) In general, Spain prefers to provide technical assistance (personnel training, experts
for specific projects, seminars, exchange of  information, etc.) rather than "direct"
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3. Description of the technical cooperation
(a) Multilateral cooperation
The main forums through which Spain provides development aid in regard to
intellectual property are two international organizations:  the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Patent Office (EPO).
(i) Cooperation with WIPO
WIPO offers an extraordinarily wide range of cooperation activities, of which Spain
participates in the following:
- Specific training
On request from developing countries a nd WIPO, the OEPM has provided two-week
training courses for experts.
In September 1997, a training course for Ibero-American officials was held at the
OEPM in Madrid.
- Course on "legal, administrative and economic aspects of industrial 
property":
This seminar was first held in 1982, and has been conducted every year since then.  It 
is one of the oldest cooperation activities conducted by the OEPM in cooperation 
with WIPO.
The course covers legal and management aspects of trademarks and, to a lesser
extent, covers the subject of patents and utility models, technological information and
international conventions.  The OEPM provides travel and accommodation as well as
per diems for six or seven of the 14 to 16 trainees that usually attend, and covers thecosts of training staff, classrooms and equipment for the part of the course held in
Madrid.
The seminar was first held in 1982 and is one of the oldest cooperation activities
conducted by the OEPM.  Its purpose is to provide industrial property training forhigh-ranking Ibero-American officials.  To date, 225 officials have been trained,
including in some cases the directors of the actual intellectual property offices.
At the present time, the seminar is directed towards executive officials from the
Ibero-American industrial property offices.
- Information and/or training visits
At the request of WIPO, every year the OEPM receives delegations of experts of all
levels from developing countries.  These are one- or two-day visits designed to
demonstrate the structure or functioning of the OEPM, including mechanisms for the
examination of protection applications and the specific administrative and financialissues of concern to an industrial property office.
- Participation in courses and seminars organized by WIPOIP/C/W/109/Add.3
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Spain participates actively in the courses and seminars organized by WIPO every
year in the context of cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean by sending
out lecturers (officials of the OEPM and experts in various fields).
Notable in this connection is the traditio nal WIPO Academy, he ld every two years in
Geneva, to which an OEPM official is sent as a lecturer, generally on internationalaspects of industrial property.
(ii) Cooperation with the EPOThese technical cooperation activities focus exclusively on patents.  The EPO
establishes its own work programme, but also cooperates in programmes funded by
the European Union.
(iii) Trilateral coopera tion (OEPM/WIPO/EPO)
June saw the organization of the seminar "Patent Search and Examination" which was
first held in 1982 and has been held every year since then.  This is one of the oldestcooperation activities organized by the OEPM in cooperation with WIPO.  The
seminar basically focuses on technical aspects of patent search and examination
procedures.  The programme includes a number of practical sessions in which the
participants work on real cases that are of interest to them under the direct
supervision of OEPM patent examiners.
(b) Bilateral cooperation
(i) Bilateral memoranda with Ibero-American countries
This is the most important technical cooperation carried out by Spain in the field of
industrial property.  The bilateral memoranda, which date back some 15 years, are
periodically updated to include new activities and focus on new needs of the countries
concerned.
Broadly speaking, the cooperation activities are as follows:
- Sending experts to Ibero-American countries for the following tasks:- assistance in adjusting legislation to the TRIPS Agreement;
- assistance in carrying out patent examinations, including search 
reports on prior art;
- assistance in the organizational structuring of industrial property 
offices, including the drafting of standards;
- assistance in rationalizing procedures for granting trademarks;
- assistance in outreach activities (organization of seminars, 
exhibitions, inventors' fairs, etc.);IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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- assistance in activities relating to international patent classification 
(IPC) and classification of products and services for the purposes of 
the international nomenclature for the registration of marks 
established under the Nice Agreement.
- Organization of information visits
These visits involve on-site training of staff from Ibero-American countries with
which a cooperation memorandum has been signed.  Depending on the training
needed, OEPM tutors are assigned for à la carte  activities adapted to the trainee's
needs.  About ten such visits are received every year.
- Exchange of patent documents a nd CD-ROMs with Ibero-American 
countries
The purpose of the exchange of patent documents between the OEPM and Ibero-
American industrial property offices is the functioning of the Spanish Language
Patent Documentation Centre.
A list of bilateral memoranda concluded with Ibero-American countries is attached.
(ii) Memoranda of understanding with specific countriesTo date, various memoranda of understanding have been signed with several patent
offices, in the Russian Federation, Estonia and the Republic of Moldova.
The purpose of these instruments is mutual exchange of documentation, more
specifically the periodical bulletins of the offices, industrial property legislation,
annual reports of such offices, and patent documents published (microfiches).
II. TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
1. Spanish technical cooperation in the area of intellectual property
(a) Spain has been providing technical assistance to developing countries in the field of
intellectual property both through its public sector (department responsible for
intellectual property) and through its private sector (intellectual property rights
management agencies).
(b) While the beneficiaries of this cooperation are essentially the Spanish-speaking
countries, that is to say the Ibero-American countries, this year it has been extended
to the countries of Eastern Europe, specifically Poland.
(c) Public sector cooperation is funded from th e budget of the Ministry of Education and
Culture, which covers technical cooperation personnel costs and other expenditures
from various activities.
(d) Thus far, technical assistance has been provided both in the form of services (such as
personnel training, sending of experts, seminars, exchange of information, etc.), and
of funding of support material (publication of congress records, etc.).IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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2. Description of the technical cooperation
(a) Bilateral cooperation (WIPO)
The forum used this year by Spain to provide development assistance in the field of
intellectual property was WIPO.
Within the range of cooperation activities offered by that organization, the Spanish
Government cooperated with WIPO and the Governments of Portugal and Uruguay in
organizing and conducting the Third Ibero-American Intellectual Property Congress
held in Montevideo from 5 to 8 November 1997.
The Ibero-American congresses are directed towards any professionals in the field of
intellectual property, especially judges, magistrates and prosecutors, as well asexperts from public administrations and private sector lawyers.
The programme of the Third Congress included subjects specifically linked to the
TRIPS Agreement.
Another meeting was also held under the auspices of the Government of Spain and
WIPO in Montevideo, prior to the above-me ntioned Congress, for heads of copyright
offices of the Ibero-American countries, on the subject of intellectual property.
The Third Congress was the first to be celebrated on the other side of the Atlantic,
and the Spanish Government was not only the chief sponsor of the event, but also
contributed experts on intellectual property from the Ministry of Education and
Culture, and financial support.
In the way of experts, the Ministry of Education and Culture sent three lecturers from
the General Intellectual Property Branch, paying their travel, accommodation and per
diems.
Spain's economic support consisted in a contribution of 20,000 dollars for the
publication of the Congress records, which were distributed among assistants andspecialized libraries.
(b) Bilateral cooperation (Poland)
The Ministry of Education and Culture, through the appropriate Unit, the General
Intellectual Property Branch, received a three-member Polish delegation during the
week from 29 June to 3 July 1998.
The delegation was on a study visit covering different aspects of intellectual property 
law.
The experts from the above General Branch listened to the Polish delegation and
provided them with information on the subjects that were of the greatest interest tothem, in particular the intellectual property rights management agencies and all
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SWEDEN
Re:  Development cooperation activities/technical assistance in the field of intellectual property
In the course of 1998, the following activities relating to this assistance are being undertaken
in Sweden.  Those correspond basically to the same activities undertaken in 1997.
1. WIPO/Swedish Government Training Course on Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, during
two weeks, in Stockholm, for about 20 participants  from developing countries, financed by the
Swedish International Development Cooperation Ag ency (SIDA);  during th at course also the
contents and the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement are being dealt with, on the basis of
lectures by Swedish officials.
2. A course, organized by the Swedish Patent and Registration Office in cooperation with WIPO
and financed by SIDA, during five weeks, for a bout 10 participants, dealing mainly with patent
examination and patent information.
3. On-going cooperation between the Governments of Sweden and of Latvia for the
strengthening of the patent system in the latter country and bilateral cooperation between the Swedish
Patent and Registration Office and the Patent Office of China, also concerning the strengthening of
the patent system.
4. Swedish officials are being used as lecturers at various intellectual property seminars, either
on a bilateral basis or in the context of events organized by WIPO.
5. Assistance (financed by SIDA) is being given, through the Patent and Registration Office, to
developing countries as regards technology searches for the purposes of patent registration.IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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UNITED KINGDOM
UK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION ACTIVITIES IN 1997/98
(Main Items)
Date 1997 Purpose Venue Benefiting
countrySponsor
6-7 March Visit by two officials UK Patent Office Poland Private
24 March Visit by two officials UK Patent Office Latvia Private
March-April Visit by two officials UK Patent Office Poland Know
How Fund
5-16 May Training, documentation,
legislation (designs)Kuala Lumpar Malaysia WIPO
18-21 May Visit by two officials UK Patent Office Latvia Private
19 May Visit by two OHIM Officials UK Patent Office The
EuropeanCommunityOHIM
21 May Visit by two officials UK Patent Office The Czech
RepublicPrivate
2 June-1 August Visit by two officials UK Patent Office Japan Private
8 July Visit from the Russian Patent
OfficeUK Patent Office Russian
FederationPrivate
15-25 July Training (designs) UK Patent Office China None
4 August Visit by two officials UK Patent Office Chinese
TaipeiPrivate
1 week Sept. Training (designs) UK Patent Office South Africa WIPO
15 Sept.-8 Nov. Visit by Ms. Y. Williams to
Copyright, Patents &
TrademarksUK Patent Office St. Helena Private
26 Sept. Visit from the Director of the
EPO Receiving OfficeUK Patent Office The
EuropeanCommunityEPO
29 Sept.-1 Oct. Visit from the Argentinian
Patent OfficeUK Patent Office Argentina Private
1 Oct. Visit from Sachio Arai -
Japanese Patent ExaminerUK Patent Office Japan Private
6-10 Oct. Visit by eight officials (Patents,
Design & Trademarks)UK Patent Office South Africa WIPO
8-9 Oct. Visit by two officials Poland United
KingdomKnow
How Fund
13-24 Oct. Training (designs) Beijing China Private
27 Oct.-7 Nov. Visit by two Chinese officials
on trainingUK Patent Office Hong Kong,
ChinaPrivate
29 Oct. Visit by Ms. Lung to Copyright UK Patent Office China Private
Nov. Visit by four deputies from the
Chinese Patent OfficeUK Patent Office China Private
3 Nov. Visit from Japanese Industrial
DesignUK Patent Office Japan Private
17-21 Nov. Export mission, training
(designs)Ankara Turkey GT2IP/C/W/109/Add.3
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2 Dec. Visit from IP Office of Moldova UK Patent Office Moldova Private
4 Dec. Visit from Ukrainian Patent
OfficeUK Patent Office Ukraine Private
8-12 Dec. Training (designs) UK Patent Office Turkey GT2
Date 1998 Purpose Venue Benefitting
countrySponsor
16-17 Jan. Training UK Patent Office Hong Kong,
ChinaPrivate
2-4 March Visit by two officials UK Patent Office Slovak Republic Private
26 May Study visit to Copyright
by Chinese delegationUK Patent Office China WIPO
27 May Visit by 10 officials to all
sections of the OfficeUK Patent Office Russian
FederationPrivate
8-12 June Visit to the Chinese
Patent Office as part of
the Bilateral AgreementChinese Patent
OfficeUnited Kingdom Joint funded
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