WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/154/Add.5
1 December 1999
(99-5211)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION FROM
DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
UNITED STATES
Addendum
The present document reproduces the updated information on the United States' technical and
financial cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, which has
been received from the delegation of the United States on 20 October 1999.
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TABLE OF TRAINING PROGRAMS ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (by country)
(October 1998 – Present)
Date            Agency               Country                      Synopsis               Printed October 17, 1999
1998.11 BSA Austria Training for judges in conjunction with Ministry of
Justice.
1999.04 BSA Austria Economic impact of software piracy, Austria's
domestic + European Union copyright obligations,
specific civil law issues concerning copyright
protection of software + databases, and practical
aspects of criminal raids + customs seizures
1998.10 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups: BullACT
Title of event: the Fight against Film Piracy – video
piracy, cable piracy, new formats (DVD, VCD)
Location: Slantchev Briag
Audience: 157 participants: officers of the nationalservice for Fighting Organized Crime and of the
Economic Police Department
Purpose: To Acquaint the participants with Legal
Copyright Regulations, new Law on Radio and
Television, and new Law on Telecommunications.Training on the identification of pirate product
1999.02 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups: PHARE
Title of event: Protection against Unauthorized Use of
Audiovisual Works under the Penal Code
Location: Sofia
Audience: 205 cable operatorsPurpose: To acquaint participants with new Law on
Radio and Television and protection against
unauthorized use of audiovisual works under the Penal
Code
1999.03 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups: PHARE, GESAC/AIDAA, FIAPF
Title of event: Intellectual Property, Legislation and
Fight against Infringement
Location: SofiaAudience: 60 participants from the National
Directorate of Customs, police, NSFOC, the Court of
Cassation and the Court of Appeal
Purpose: To acquaint participants with BullACT and its
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date            Agency               Country                      Synopsis               Printed October 17, 1999
1999.05 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups: BullACT
Title of event: Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location: Sofia
Audience: 34 participants from Economic Police –Sofia region
Purpose: Training on the identification of pirate
product
1999.06 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups: BullACT, IFPI-Bulgaria
Title of event: Activities and Interaction of the Judicial
Authorities with regards to the Protection ofIntellectual Property
Location: Slantchev Briag
Audience: 41 officers of the Regional Department of
NSFOC, 43 officers from the Economic Police
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1999.06 MPA Bulgaria Sponsoring groups: BullACT, IFPI-Bulgaria
Title of event: Activities and Interaction of the Judicial
Authorities with regards to the Protection ofIntellectual Property
Location: Slantchev Briag
Audience:  41 officers from the Border Control Police,
18 experts from different police departments, 43
customs officersPurpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1998.12 MPA China Internal staff training - basic knowledge in optical
product identification. for Shanghai officials.
1998.12 MPA China Internal staff training - basic knowledge in optical
product identification. for Beijing officials.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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(October 1998 – Present)
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1998.12 MPA China Internal staff training - basic knowledge in optical
product identification. for Guangzhou officials.  56
participants from various government authorities.
1999.02 USIA China International Visitor Program brought an academic
from the Harbin Institute of Technology to learn aboutintellectual property protection.
1999.04 USIA China The Director of th e Lawyer Management Department
of the Sichuan Judicial Bureau traveled to the U.S. forone month to study, among other things, legislation to
protect intellectual property rights and the U.S. legal
system.
1999.04 MPA China Methods to examine VCD  DVD information
Introduction on Title Verification & Legal issues.  60
officials, consisting of 22 enforcement.  Sichuan
Provincial Copyright Administration
1999.05 USIA China Official from SIPO traveled to U.S. under the IVP to
participate in a program on the "Protection of
Intellectual Property Rights."
1999.07 USIA China Proposals have been made requesting that information
be exchanged and training be given to assist Chinese
officials' efforts directed against counterfeiting of all
types of consumer and industrial goods.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.08 USPTO China Consultations with Guangxi China Patent Office
1999.08 MPA China Training in combating Optical Disc Piracy provided to
officials from Ministry of Culture, Police, Ministry ofInformation.  Shanghai.
1999.08 MPA China Training in combating Optical Disc Piracy provided to
officials from Ministry of Culture, Police, Ministry ofInformation.  Hangzhou.
1999.09 USPTO China Consultations betw een SIPO and Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks in Washington.
1998.09 MPA Croatia Sponsoring groups: APAW
Title of event: Seminar on Copyright Law and Penal
Code Location: Zagreb
Audience: Police High School students
1998.10 BSA Croatia Training for trade inspectors in Zagreb, focus on
channel piracy.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.02 MPA Croatia Sponsoring groups: APAW
Title of event: Training on anti-piracy activity
Location: Rijeka
Audience: Local Police detectivesPurpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1999.03 MPA Croatia Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Police Tactics against Video PiracyLocation:
Audience:
Purpose: Collecting of evidence, co-operation with
APAW and investigators, Copyright Law and
Copyright Protection
1999.04 MPA Croatia Sponsoring groups: APAW
Title of event: Training Course on Anti-Piracy
Activities and Procedures + Public ProsecutorsLocation:
Audience: Local Police detectives
Purpose: Legal problems in collecting hard evidence in
cases of piracy, tactics of Police investigations
1999.04 BSA Croatia Training for judges from Croatia's High Commercial
Court.  Special topic : possibility of conducting exparte searches under present Croatian law.
1998.111998.12MPA Cyprus Sponsoring groups: CYFACT
Title of event: Training on identification of pirate videoproduct, the Copyright Law and the Window
Legislation
Location: Nicosia, Police Academy
Audience:
Purpose: Educational/AP Training
1999.021999.041999.05MPA Cyprus Sponsoring groups: CYFACT
Title of event: Training on identification of pirate videoproduct, the Copyright Law and the Window
Legislation
Location: Nicosia, Police Academy
Audience:
Purpose: Educational/AP TrainingIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date            Agency               Country                      Synopsis               Printed October 17, 1999
1998.09 BSA Czech Republic Training in IPR for prosecutors and judges, in
conjunction with BSA and Ministry of Justice.
1998.10 BSA Denmark Seminars were held for 7 local customs regions in the
said period. The local customs regions have beenhappy about the seminars which dealt with legislative
issues/ identification of pirated products customs
believe that follow-up is needed.
1999.03 USPTO Dominican
RepublicUSPTO reviewed draft patent legislation to determine
compliance with TRIPS.
1999.07 USIA Dominican
RepublicA Patent Office official traveled to the U.S. for one
moth under the International Visitors Program to study
intellectual property protection in the U.S., especially
policy formation and enforcement.
1999.04 CLDPDB Egypt One USPTO and two US Customs Service advisors
traveled to Cairo for two weeks to work with GOEIC
(General Organization for Export and Import Control)
on customs procedures related to IPR and the
implementation of the TRIPS Agreement with anemphasis on border enforcement.
1999.05 CLDP Egypt Visit to US by GOE IPR delegation of four to discuss
and observe how an appropriate WTO enquiry point
system is established and operated.  CLDP organized
the first week and an additional two weeks of US
training were coordinated by SIPRE (StrengtheningIntellectual Property Rights in Egypt).IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.06 CLDP Egypt One advisor from WIPO, one from the FBI, one from
the US Copyright Office, and one from the Business
Software Alliance travelled to Cairo and Alexandria to
implement an IPR seminar for GOE officials andrepresentatives from the private sector on the
protection of copyrights in Egypt, with a particular
focus on computer software.
1998.09 BSA Estonia Training for parliamentarians.  Legislators will be
trained on basic AP legal issues; cross industry effort
connected with law reform
1998.10 BSA Estonia Customs and Police training
1999.03 BSA Estonia Training for 40 police officers.  Cooperation with
police, recent changes in legislation and the practical
aspects of conducting raids.
1999.04 BSA Estonia Identification of illegal software for Border Officers;
Customs policy, negative effects of software piracy,
recent and planed amendments to Estonian law for
Senior Officers.
1999.04 BSA Estonia Training for prosecutors of IP crimes.
1999.05 BSA Estonia BSA conducted judicial  training in conjunction with
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1999.05 State
USIA
IIPAEstonia Training program for film distributors and the media.
1998.09 BSA Finland Cross industry training over 2 days.  WIPO film on
Intellectual Property Rights, BSA and its activities in
Finland, Software Piracy, Product Identification,
Finnish Copyright and Trademark legislation.
1998.11 BSA Finland Full day training in Vantaa, Finland,  w/press by on
internet piracy.  WIPO film on Intellectual Property
Rights, Software Piracy, Product Identification, BSA in
Finland , Investigation of Software Piracy and Internet
Piracy.
1999.03 BSA Finland Training in Orivesi, Finland, for police officers on the
legal protection of Software, Investigation of different
forms of Software Piracy and Product Identification.
1999.05 BSA Finland Training for police.  This event is first target to Police
and also to the general public, Radio and TV.
1999.01 MPA France Sponsoring groups: ALPA
Title of event: Training conferenceLocation: Fontainebleau
Audience: 30 gendarmerie officers
Purpose: Educational/AP TrainingIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.01 MPA France Sponsoring groups: ALPA
Title of event: Training conference on the protection of
intellectual property
Location: ParisAudience: lawyer students
Purpose: Educational/AP Training
1999.01 MPA France Sponsoring groups: ALPA, Phare/Tacis Program
Title of event: Conference on IP protectionLocation: Bucharest
Audience: magistrates, police representatives
Purpose: Educational/AP training
1999.04 BSA France Training of 30 officers from the gendarmerie on
software piracy.
1999.04 MPA France Sponsoring groups: ALPA
Title of event: Conference on intellectual property
Location: Paris
Audience: 200 studentsPurpose: Educational/AP Training
1999.06 MPA France Sponsoring groups: ALPA, Phare Program
Title of event: Training on fight against audiovisual
piracy
Location: LyonAudience: 30 Police Officers from Eastern European
countries
Purpose: Educational/AP Training
1999.06 MPA France Sponsoring groups: ALPA, National Institute for
Audiovisual Industry
Title of event: Seminar on property and piracyproblems
Location:
Audience:
Purpose: Educational/AP Training
1999.09 BSA France Judicial training for 30 people on software piracyIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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Date            Agency               Country                      Synopsis               Printed October 17, 1999
1998.09 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Neuss
Audience: 20 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1998.09 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: HessenAudience: 26 participants
Purpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1998.10 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Bavaria
Audience: 23 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1998.11 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Brandenburg
Audience: 21 participants
Purpose: Part of four-week further training course forpolice officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1998.12 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Saxon Ministry of Justice
Title of event: Training
Location: Dresden
Audience: 32 participantsPurpose: Training courses for judges and public
prosecutors dealing with copyright infringements
1998.12 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Neuss
Audience: 23 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
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1998.12 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Lower Saxony
Audience: 47 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1999.01 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: FreiburgAudience: 24 participants
Purpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1999.01 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police
Title of event: Training
Location: Magdeburg
Audience: 23 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1999.01 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Hessen
Audience: 25 participants
Purpose: Part of four-week further training course forpolice officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1999.01 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Neuss
Audience: 25 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date            Agency               Country                      Synopsis               Printed October 17, 1999
1999.02 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Lower Saxony
Audience: 24 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1999.03 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: FreiburgAudience: 21 participants
Purpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1999.06 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Lower Saxony
Audience: 20 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1999.07 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Freiburg
Audience: 25 participants
Purpose: Part of four-week further training course forpolice officers qualifying for the white collar crime
squad
1999.09 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Police Academy
Title of event: Training
Location: Lower Saxony
Audience: 23 participantsPurpose: Part of four-week further training course for
police officers qualifying for the white collar crime
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date            Agency               Country                      Synopsis               Printed October 17, 1999
1999.09 MPA Germany Sponsoring groups: Customs
Title of event: Training
Location: Munich
Audience: 35 participantsPurpose: Training course for customs officers
1998.09 MPA Greece Sponsoring groups: EPOE
Title of event: Training session on copyright theft andproduct ID
Location: Athens, tax interdiction unit of Ministry of
Economy
Audience:
Purpose: Educational/AP Training
1998.10 BSA Greece Training of 50-80 judges on software piracy.
1998.11 MPA Greece Sponsoring groups: EPOE
Title of event: Training session on interactive piracy
Location: Athens, 2 different police precincts
Audience:
Purpose: Educational/AP Training
1999.06 MPA Greece Sponsoring groups: EPOE
Title of event: Presentation on copyright theft and the
piracy profile of public performance, and its extend and
frequency in Greece
Location: AthensAudience:
Purpose: Educational/AP Training
1999.02 MPA Hong Kong,
ChinaTopic of seminar  -  "Trend on International Pirates".
43 participants from the industry.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date            Agency               Country                      Synopsis               Printed October 17, 1999
1999.05 MPA Hong Kong,
ChinaCopyright & Licensing in Foreign Movies.  Intellectual
Property Investigation Beaurou & Prosecution Section
of  Hong Kong, China Customs.  47 officers of
inspectorate.
1999.04 BSA Hungary Consultations with Hungarian Police on 2 undercover
police operations involving cases of suspected softwarepiracy.
1999.05 BSA Hungary Training on raid techniques and software piracy
generally provided to Hungarian Police.
1999.09 USIA
IIEIndia Hosted four visitors to discuss intellectual property
rights.
1998.12 MPA Indonesia Seminar on  "The role of copyright in building a video
market".  40 senior officials of the Department of
Information representing all the departments district
and provincial branches
1999.08 MPA Indonesia Training in combating Optical Disc Piracy provided to
officials from Ministry of Culture, Police, Ministry of
Information.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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(October 1998 – Present)
Date            Agency               Country                      Synopsis               Printed October 17, 1999
1998.09 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: FAPAV
Title of event:
Location: Venice Film Festival
Audience: 4 members of the Italian ParliamentPurpose: Seminar on the AP Bill
1998.09 State
MPAItaly Sponsoring groups: FAPAV, US General Consulate
Title of event: Copyrights – Technical seminar aboutaudiovisual piracy
Location: Naples
Audience: representatives of the Judiciary,
investigators, Carabinieri, Guardia di Finanza, State
Police and Municipal Police
Purpose: Improvement of the co-operation among the
AP Federations and the Forces of Order
1998.11 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: FAPAV
Title of event: Seminar
Location: MIFED, Milan
Audience:
Purpose: Seminar on IPR Protection
1999.01 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: I.H.A.
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy – Legal and
legislative matters
Location: Milan
Audience: Representatives of the Judiciary,
Carabinieri, Guardia di Finanza, State Police andMunicipal Police
Purpose: Co-operation with Industry
1999.03 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: ANCI, FAPAV
Title of event: Audiovisual piracy – Investigating ad
co-coordinating matters
Location: PalermoAudience: 800 representatives of the Judiciary, Guardia
di Finanza, State Police, Municipal Police, National
Association of Commanders and Officials of Municipal
Police
Purpose: Audiovisual piracy activity against fraud andforgeryIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.04 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups:
Title of event: ISDL Meeting
Location: LA
Audience: Italian Magistrates, officers of the MemberCompanies
Purpose: Presentation about piracy problems in Italy
1999.04 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: FAPAV, USIS, SIAE
Title of event: Seminar on the protection of theCinematographic works in US and Italy Location:
Audience: 4 participants
Purpose: Role of the Copyright Office in Washington;
Scope and function of the Public Cinematographic
register in Italy
1999.04 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: A.N.C.U.P.M.
Title of event: Study day for Commanders and
Officials of the Municipal PoliceLocation: Bardolino (VR)
Audience: Municipal Police
Purpose: Activity related to the assignment of
Municipal Police – Development activity for FAPAV
1999.04 BSA Italy Training of approximately 200 police officers and
magistrates in Turin on the theoretical and the practicalaspects of software piracy, including "hands-on"
practice on PCs and the Internet.
1999.05 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: Municipality of Bologna,
Backstage OrganizationTitle of event: Seminar on IPR protection
Location: Bologna
Audience:
Purpose:
1999.05 State
MPAItaly Sponsoring groups: American Consulate
Title of event: Informatics refresher courseLocation: Naples
Audience: 200 representatives of the Judiciary and
investigators of Guardia di Finanza, State Police,
Municipal Police and Carabinieri
Purpose: Identification of Internet crimesIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.06 State
BSAItaly Training for magistrates, and police officers from Anti-
Mafia Pool.  Organized by Consulate General Naples.
1999.07 USPTO
State, USTRIsrael Review of draft pharmaceutical import regulations
conducted by various USG agencies.
1999.02 USIA
IIPAItaly International Visitor Program on intellectual property
rights and organized crime brought three Italian lawenforcement officials to the U.S.
1999.06 State Italy Consulate General Naples organized a workshop on
software piracy.  Participants from judiciary, fiscal
police, carbinieri, state and city police force officers.
Purpose was to examine problems associated with anti-
piracy interdiction and enforcement, and emphasize the
importance of long-term cooperation and exchange of
information among law enforcement agencies.
1999.06 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: FAPAV
Title of event: Didactic activity about frauds and
forgeries – movie, home video and television sectors –
Introduction to the new technologies, 1st part
Location: GenoaAudience: 70 agents of Postal Police and
Communication Police
Purpose: TrainingIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.07 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: FAPAV
Title of event: Training activity about fraud and
forgeries – movie, home video and television sector –
Introduction to the new technologies, 2nd part
Location: Genoa
Audience: 70 agents of the Postal Police and
Communication Police
Purpose: Training
1999.07 MPA Italy Sponsoring groups: FAPAV
Title of event: Teaching activity on frauds andforgeries – Introduction
Location: Pavia
Audience: 20 agents of Municipal Police
Purpose: Training
1999.10 USIA Italy International Visitor Program for officer from the First
Group Regional Fiscal Police, Guardia di Finanza.Program examines IP laws and practices, especially the
relationship between organized crime and piracy.
1999 USAID Jordan USAID will provide a series of short-term technical
assistance activities to help Jordan implement a series
of TRIPS Compliant IPR laws, such as the Copyright,
Patent, and Trademark Laws. USAID will also assist
the Government of Jordan with the MIS required for
keeping a complete record of patents, trademarks, etc.
1999 USAID Jordan USAID plans to conduct a series of seminars directed
at the Jordanian public and private sectors explaining
the benefit of strong IPR rules and regulations for the
Jordanian economy.
1999.04 USAID Jordan On 4/20/99, USAID is giving a seminar to businesses
affected by TRIPS and the participants will be
businessmen.
1999.05 USAID Jordan On 5/18/99, USAID is  giving training on Copyrights
and patents and the participants will be GOJ
Employees.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.06 USAID Jordan Training on Plant Variety Protection, trademarks,
commercial secrets, integrated circuits,  enforcement,
and copyright law to GOJ Employees.
1999.09 USAID Jordan Training to judges on Administering Copyright Law,
plant variety protection.
1999.12 USAID Jordan For three days starting on 12/1/99, USAID is giving
training to business IP laws and the participants will bebusinessmen.
1999.12 USAID Jordan For five days starting on 12/12/99, USAID is giving
training to lawyers and judges on IP laws.
1999.07 USIA Kazakhstan A delegation of officials from the judiciary, patent, and
copyright offices traveled to the U.S. under the
international visitors program to study IP protection in
the U.S.
1999.03 USIA Korea Under the International Visitors Program, USIA
sponsored the visit of a Korean prosecutor to the U.S.
to study intellectual property enforcement.
1999.05 State USPTO
USTRKuwait U.S. government agencies completed an analysis of
draft patent and trademark legislation
1999.05 USPTO Kuwait Analysis of draft IP legislation
1998.09 State
USIA
IIPALatvia Officials from IIPA, the U.S. Embassy, and USIA
provided copyright training to the Government of
Latvia in Riga.
1998.10 BSA Latvia Ministry of Interior, local copyright agency received
training in software piracy.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.02 BSA Latvia In cooperation with J udicial Training Center, BSA
provided training on IPR.
1999.05 State
USIAIIPALatvia Training program for film distributors and the media.
1999.05 BSA Latvia Software Piracy and Copyright Protection : legal
analyses, current investigation and practices.Questions about practical copyright violation
disclosure.  Training provided to police officers and
customs authorities.
1998.09 State
USIA
IIPALithuania Officials from IIPA, the U.S. Embassy, and USIA
provided copyright training to the Government of
Latvia in Vilnius.
1999.05 State
USIA
IIPALithuania Training program for film distributors and the media.
1999.05 MPA Macau Training in identification of pirated products provided
to Macau Maritime Police School.
1998.11 MPA Malaysia Copyright Enforcement - Hong Kong & Mongolia's
Experience.  70 participants from : MDTCA, RoyalMalaysian Police Force, Attorney General Chambers,
Anti-Corruption Agency,  Board of Film Censors,
academicians from local universities and practicing I.P.
attorneys.
1999.06 CLDP Moldova Two US Federal judges and one USPTO Deputy
Solicitor traveled to Chisinau to conduct a two-day
conference on judicial enforcement of IPR laws.
1999.01 BSA
MicrosoftNetherlands Training on software products and characteristics,
internet piracy and related topics provided to Police.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.02 BSA
MicrosoftNetherlands Training on internet piracy to Economische Contrôle
Dienst, The Hague
1999.04 CLDP,
USAIDNigeria Commerce DAS for Africa and CLDP Director
traveled to Lagos and Abuja to discuss development ofCLDP program and intellectual property rights
conference.
1999.07 CLDP Nigeria Three USG advisors, a PTO official, a federal Judge, a
RIAA official traveled to Lagos for a seminar on theimportance of IPR protection with an emphasis on
copyrights.
1999.03 MPA
BSA
RIAAOman Seminar on “The Effective Enforcement of Copyright
Laws”  Training on identification of pirate product,
common methods for duplicating and distributingillegitimate products, the impact of piracy on the
market, the overall problem of counterfeits and an in-
depth analysis of successful raids
1999.11 IDSA Paraguay IPR training.
1999.10 State Peru Professor from John Marshall Law School traveled to
Lima to meet with I NDECOPI, students at two
universities, and the Institute of Higher Police Studies.
1998.09 MPA Philippines Intellectual property rights in the Philippines under the
new IP Code
1999.04 MPA Philippines Training in Identification of a pirated product to VRB
Staff & Investigators
1998.09 BSA Poland In conjunction with the ministry of Justice, BSA
provided training on IPR.  Focus on possibilities of
copyright enforcement created by a new Criminal Code
and Criminal Procedure Code; cooperation between
prosecutors and Police
1999.01 BSA Poland Training in the identification of counterfeit products,
illegally copied software, video cassettes and music
recordings.  Provided to police, in conjunction with
anti-piracy coalition.
1999.01 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups: FOTA, ZPAV
Title of Event: TrainingLocation: Koszalin
Audience: 50 Border Guard Officers
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate productIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.02 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups: FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event: Training
Location: Marki
Audience: 70 policemen
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1999.02 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups: FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event: Training
Location: Wroclaw
Audience: 50 Border Guard OfficersPurpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1999.04 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups: FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event: Training
Location: Muszyna
Audience: 50 custom officers
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1999.06 BSA Poland In conjunction with the Ministry of Justice, BSA
provided training to 62 prosecutors and 23 judges from
all over Poland.  The Chief Prosecutor noted the linkbetween piracy and organized crime, and announced
plans to form special copyright prosecution units.
1999.06 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups: FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event: Training
Location: Bialystok
Audience: 30 policemen
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1999.06 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups: FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event: Seminar
Location: PopowoAudience: 100 judges and prosecutors
Purpose: Discussion on Copyright
1999.06 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups: FOTA, ZPAV
Title of event: Training
Location: Poznan
Audience: 40 policemenPurpose: Training on identif ication of pirate productIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.09 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:
Title of event: Road Show seminar, 1st part
Location: Swider
Audience: WCO representatives, custom experts andobservers from different countries, and Polish customs
officers
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate products
1999.09 MPA Poland Sponsoring groups:
Title of event: Road Show seminar, 2nd part
Location: 4 border posts in PolandAudience: Polish customs officers, experts and
observers
Purpose: Practical activities, using knowledge acquired
at the seminar
1999.03 MPA
BSA
RIAAQatar Seminar on “The Effective Enforcement of Copyright
Laws”  Training on identification of pirate product,
common methods for duplicating and distributing
illegitimate products, the impact of piracy on themarket, the overall problem of counterfeits and an in-
depth analysis of successful raids
1999.06 BSA Romania BSA advised the Ministry of Justice on the application
of Romania's Copyright Act to computer software and
help coordinate efforts to combat software piracy in
Romania.
1998.09 MPA Russia Title of event: Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location: Tver
Audience: 72 economic crime policemen, 47 municipal
policemen
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1998.10 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups: TACIS
Title of event: Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location: N. Novgorod
Audience: 7 prosecutors, 5 economic crime policemen,
12 tax police officers
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate product
1998.11 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups: TACIS
Title of event: Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location: MoscowAudience: 35 economic crime policemen, 10 tax police
officers, 17 tax inspectors
Purpose: Training on identif ication of pirate productIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1998.12 BSA Russia BSA and Microsoft provided training to Police officers
from Units of Economic Crimes
1999.02 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups: TACIS
Title of event: Copyright Protection
Location: St-Petersburg
Audience: 110 economic crime policemen, 95
prosecutors
Purpose: Identification of pirate product
1999.03 CLDP Russia Five GOR officials traveled to Washington, DC, for
one week to discuss WTO IPR issues with USG
officials.
1999.03 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups: TACIS
Title of event: Copyright Protection
Location: Moscow
Audience: 140 customs officers, 90 policemen
Purpose: Identification of pirate product
1999.06 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups: TACIS
Title of event: Copyright Theft
Location: N. Novgorod
Audience: studentsPurpose: Identification of pirate product
1999.07 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups:
Title of event: Copyright Theft
Location: Ufa
Audience: 420 policemen
Purpose: Identification of pirate product
1999.07 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups: TACIS
Title of event: Protection of IP
Location: St-Petersburg
Audience: 95 economic crime policemenPurpose: Russian Law and IP
1999.07 State
Federal
Judicial
CenterRussia Russian judges and prosecutors traveled to Washington
for a training session at the Federal Judicial Center.
Seminar included IP and enforcement issues.
1999.07 MPA Russia Title of event: Copyright Theft
Location: Moscow
Audience: 100 criminal experts
Purpose: Identification of pirate productIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.08 MPA Russia Sponsoring groups: TACIS
Title of event: Protection of IP
Location: Kiev
Audience: 140 representatives of Ministry of Justice, ofHome Affairs, and of Economy
Purpose: Introduction of IP protection
1999.08 MPA Russia Title of event: Protection of IP
Location: Almaty
Audience: 75 crime police officers
Purpose: Introduction of IP Protection
1999.01 MPA Singapore Training in identification of pirated products.  10
officers from the Singapore Police Force.
1998.09 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: SAPU
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location: Lice Office, Trnava
Audience: 7 inspectors of License Office
Purpose: Practical training on the identification of
pirate product
1998.10 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: SAPU
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location: Police District Headquarters, ZiarAudience: 3 policemen
Purpose: Practical training on the identification of
pirate product
1998.11 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: SAPU, IFPI
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location: Police District Headquarters, ZvolenAudience: 10 policemen
Purpose: Practical training on the identification of
pirate product
1998.10 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: SAPU, IFPI
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location: Police District Headquarters, Banska
Bystrica
Audience: 8 policemenPurpose: Practical training on the identification of
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1998.12 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: PHARE
Title of event: Seminar on Legislation and Fight
Against Piracy
Location: BratislavaAudience: 50 policemen, prosecutors and judges
Purpose: Presentation on audiovisual piracy
1999.02 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: SAPU
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location: Police District Headquarters, Martin
Audience: 3 policemenPurpose: Practical training on the identification of
pirate product
1999.03 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: SAPU
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location: Police District Headquarters, Malacky
Audience: 2 policemen
Purpose: Practical training on the identification of
pirate product
1999.05 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: SAPU
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location: Police District Headquarters, Humenne
Audience: 3 policemen
Purpose: Practical training on the identification of
pirate product
1999.06 MPA Slovak Republic Sponsoring groups: SAPU
Title of event: Audiovisual Piracy in Slovakia
Location: Police District Headquarters, Nove ZamkyAudience: 2 policemen
Purpose: Practical training on the identification of
pirate product
1999 BSA Slovenia BSA provided training on the economic impact of
software piracy, Slovenia's domestic + international
copyright obligations, product identification, andpractical aspects of criminal raids + internet piracy.
1999.04 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups: SAFACT
Title of event: Seminar on Case finalisation and
evidentiary proceduresLocation: Magistrates Court, Phoenix, Durban
Audience: 2 police members, 3 prosecutors
Purpose: Public relations and evidentiary procedures in
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1999.05 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups: SAFACT, Film and Publications
Board
Title of event: Seminar on enforcing Film and
Publications Act and evidentiary proceduresLocation: FPB, Cape Town
Audience: 3 members of FPB, video distributors
Purpose: Public relations with FPB and laws relating to
DVD importation.
1999.06 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups: SAFACT, ASAMI
Title of event: Seminar on Copyright TheftLocation: Cash Converters Franchise (retail
organisation) , Johannesburg
Audience: 35 franchise store owners from across the
Gauteng province
Purpose: Training on identification of product
1999.07 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups: SAFACT
Title of event: Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location: Commercial Crime Branch, DurbanAudience: 7 police members from Commercial Crime
Unit and Border Police, 1 Customs official
Purpose: Training on iden tification of product, laws
and docket completion and preparation
1999.08 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups: SAFACT
Title of event: Seminar on Copyright TheftLocation: Commercial Crime Branch, Cape Town
Audience: 23 police members from Commercial Crime
Unit and Border Police
Purpose: Training on iden tification of product, laws
and evidentiary procedures prior to upcoming raid
1999.09 MPA South Africa Sponsoring groups: SAFACT
Title of event: Seminar on Copyright Theft
Location: Johannesburg International AirportAudience: 1 Customs official, 13 Border Police
members
Purpose: Training on iden tification of product, laws
and evidentiary proceduresIP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1998.09 MPA Spain Sponsoring groups: FAP
Title of event: Conference on audiovisual
investigations
Location: HuelvaAudience: 20 Civil guards
Purpose: Training on the investigation of pirate
distribution at flea markets and on Interactive Piracy
1998.11 MPA Spain Sponsoring groups: FAP / EGEDA / SGAE / SEDISI /
Ministry of Culture
Title of event: Piracy ProsecutionLocation: Barcelona
Audience: 140 judges and public prosecutors
Purpose: Training on the Prosecution of Copyright
Infringers
1999.02 MPA Spain Sponsoring groups: FAP
Title of event: Antipiracy investigation
Location: Barcelona
Audience: 12 national policemenPurpose: Training on the investigation and
identification of pirate product
1999.02 MPA Spain Sponsoring groups: FAP / EGEDA / SGAE / SEDISI /
Ministry of Culture
Title of event: Intellectual Property Protection
Location: Madrid
Audience: 60 Civil Guards
Purpose: Training on the investigation and legalprocedure for copyright protection
1999.03 MPA Spain Sponsoring groups: FAP
Title of event: Conference on Antipiracy Investigation
Location: Logroño
Audience: 16 Civil Guards
Purpose: Training on the investigation andidentification of audiovisual pirate product
1999.03 MPA Spain Sponsoring groups: Ministry of Culture / FAP /
EGEDA / SEDISI / SGAE / AFYVE
Title of event: Intellectual Property Protection
Location: Madrid
Audience: 20 public prosecutors
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1999.05 MPA Spain Sponsoring groups: FAP / Seville's Lawyers Bar
Title of event: Intellectual Property Protection
Location: Seville
Audience: 40 national policemenPurpose: Training on the investigation and
identification of audiovisual piracy
1999.06 MPA Spain Sponsoring groups: National Police General Direction /
Ministry of Culture
Title of event: Economic frauds
Location: MadridAudience: 60 national policemen
Purpose: Training on the investigation and
identification of different frauds including audiovisual
piracy
1999 BSA Spain Provide quarterly training for magistrates on software
piracy.
1999.03 MPA Switzerland Sponsoring groups : SAFE, Federal Customs Office
Title of event: TrainingLocation: Berne
Audience: 20 participants
Purpose: 2 Trainings on identification of pirate product
1998.10 IDSA Chinese Taipei Training for 75 customs officers, prosecutors, and
judicial authorities in the Chinese Taipei.
1999.08 IIE
USIAChinese Taipei Hosted Chief Judge, Kaohsiung District Court for
training in IPR.
1999.08 USPTO Chinese Taipei Attorney from USPTO traveled to the Chinese Taipei
to conduct training in trademark examination and
enforcement.
1998.11 MPA Thailand The Regional Symposium on Intellectual Property,
Economy and Social Justice.  Central Intellectual
Property & International Trade Court, in conjunctionwith Dept of Intellectual Property, Japan External
Trade Organization (JETRO),  European Patent Office
(EPO)  and  WIPO.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1998.12 MPA Thailand APEC-TRIPs Training Mission.  40 customs inspectors
and examiners and 2 representatives from Department
of Intellectual Property.
1999.07 MPA Thailand Training in technical identification of counterfeits.  60
Customs Inspectors and Examiners.
1999.09 USPTO Turkey Analysis of draft IP legislation
1999.03 BSA Ukraine Training of 35 officials from the Police and Ministry of
the Interior.
1999.04 CLDP Ukraine Two USG officials traveled to Kiev to participate in a
CLDP sponsored TRIPS symposium to increase
awareness of IPR protection and enforcement in
Ukraine.  Over 100 people participated, including Radadeputies and key staff members.
1999.05 BSA Ukraine TACIS sponsored event : Seminar on Intellectual
Property - Fight Against Infringement.  Participants
from Copyright Office and Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1999.06 CLDP Ukraine U.S. Enforcement of IPR laws and regulations.
Training for Ukrainian Customs, Patent and CopyrightOfficials, Washington
1999.09-1999.10CLDP Ukraine Eight GOU officials from Customs, the State
Committee on Science and
IP, the Ministry of Interior and the General
Prosecutor’s Office will travel to the US for seven
working days to observe how the US enforces IPR laws
and regulations at its borders.
1999.03 BSA
MPARIAAUnited Arab
EmiratesSeminar on “The Effective Enforcement of Copyright
Laws.”  Training on identification of pirate product,common methods for duplicating and distributing
illegitimate products, the impact of piracy on the
market, the overall problem of counterfeits and an in-
depth analysis of successful raids
1999.07 USIA Vietnam Georgetown University's Center for Intercultural
Development and Development plans a two-week
workshop on "International Protection and
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights" in Hanoi.
The second phase of the program will be a two-weekstudy tour of the U.S. composed of the most promising
students of the Hanoi workshop.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.03 LOC Zregional Africa Policy Advisor from the U.S. Copyright Office traveled
to Windhoek, Namibia, to participate in a WIPO
seminar on intellectual property rights.
1998 USCUST Zregional
AsiaAPEC-U.S. Customs will provide TRIPS training to
the following APEC economies in late 1998 and early1999: Chile, China, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea,
Philippines and Thailand. (REG:98CUST3.3)
1999.08 LOC Zregional Asia U.S. Copyright Office Attorney lectured at the APEC
Course on Intellectual Property, Bangkok
1999.01 Customs
IDSAZregional Asia APEC Customs training held in Bangkok, Thailand, for
30 customs officials.
1999.03 Customs
Justice
IDSA
MPAZregional Asia Customs training held at U.S. International Law
Enforcement Academy in Bangkok, Thailand, for 30
customs officials and law enforcement officials.
1999.02 BSA Zregional Europe Finnish, Estonian and Russian customs officials
received training in software piracy.
1999.02 USIA
BSAZregional Europe Training on software piracy to law enforcement and
judiciary officials from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
1999.04 USPTO Zregional Europe OLIA policy advisor traveled to Belarus to participate
in a WIPO roundtable in the rights of broadcasting
organizations and the protection of databases.Participants included representatives from CIS
countries.
1999.06 IIPA
WIPOZregional Europe WIPO Regional seminar for Central Asian countries on
WCT and WPPT, and fighting piracy.
1999.02 USIA ZRegional
North Africa
Near EastFor three weeks, the Phelps Stokes Fund takes
approximately 12 Arabic speaking visitors to four
distinct regions of the United States to examine
Intellectual Property Rights.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1998.11 RIAA Zregional Near
EastWIPO Sub-Regional Seminar for GCC Countries,
"Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of IPR (TRIPS
Agreement)
1999.02 BSA, MPA Zregional Near
EastU.S. representatives from the Business Software
Alliance and the Motion Picture Associationparticipated in a WIPO-organized conference in Oman.
The conference addressed topics such as the
relationship between IP protection and trade and
investment; the cost of IPR violation; patents and
pharmaceutical products; enforcement strategies; and
electronic commerce.  Participants included
representatives from the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, SaudiArabia, Kuwait, Jordan, Sudan, Egypt, Algeria,
Djibouti, Syria, Tunis, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine,
Yemen, and Libya.
1999.02 USIA
IIPAZregional Near
EastIntellectual Property Rights Program in Washington,
DC, for Arabic-speaking participants from North
Africa and the Near East.
1999.09 IIPA
WIPOZregional Near
EastWorkshop on the enforcement on IPR for customs
officials, police officers, judges, and prosecutors held
in Beirut, Lebanon.
1999.03 USPTO Zwestern
HemisphereUSPTO Attorney participated in a WIPO symposium
on IPR in Port of Spain.  Objective was to encourageparticipants to accede to international treaties and
agreements.  Delegates from Antigua, Argentina,
Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guyana,
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, St. Kitts,St. Lucia, Suriname, Venezuela, UK.
1999.05 USPTO Zwestern
HemisphereUSPTO Attorney-Advisor traveled to Buenos Aires to
participate in WIPO regional consultations on
broadcasters rights and database protection.
1999.03 LOC ZWorldwide The International Copyright Institute of the U.S.
Copyright Office and WIPO co-sponsored a
symposium on copyright and neighboring rights in
Washington, DC.IP/C/W/154/Add.5
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1999.06 USIA ZWorldwide Under the International Visitors Program, USIA
created a special program on intellectual property
rights.  Visitors traveled to the U.S. for one month for
general and specialized sessions with government andthe private sector.  Officials from Argentina, Bulgaria,
Estonia, Greece, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan,
Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal,
Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Singapore, South
Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Turkey
1999.10 USPTO ZWorldwide The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office organized the
annual Visiting Scholars program, which brought 35foreign officials from 20 economies to study the
American and international intellectual property
systems.
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