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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
  
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
The following communication, dated 1 5 September 202 1 is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America.  
 
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1.  This document reports on the technical assistance programmes provided by the U.S. Government 
concerning the protection, utilization and enforcement of intellectual property (IP), including patents, 
trademarks and enforcement for developing and least developed countries (LDCs). It covers 
activities undertaken from September 20 20-September 202 1. 
2.  Although traditional, face -to-face training programmes were v ery limited during the reporting 
period, the U.S. Government continued to meet training obligations during this unprecedented time 
through increasing its leverage of various technologies to provide live online IP training. Through 
these well -attended and w ell-received distance learning initiatives, U.S. government agencies 
provided tailored content to developed and developing countries and LDCs.  
3.  Through the U.S. government's extensive training of foreign officials from developed, developing 
and LDC countrie s, the advancement of the protection and enforcement of IP is steadily achieved. 
The U.S. Government, in collaboration with many national and regional government agencies and 
IP organizations, such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and  INTERPOL, work 
to assist all nations, to draft and implement their IP legislation and policy to promote economic, 
social and cultural development. U.S. government technical assistance focuses on helping countries 
achieve sustainable development and growth , in simplifying and streamlining procedures for 
obtaining IP rights, administering treaties and systems for accomplishing this objective, and 
providing training and technical assistance to improve the functioning and utilization of IP systems 
in accordanc e with the Agreement on Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).  
4.  U.S. government technical assistance is driven by demand and individual priority needs of 
beneficiary countries. The diversity of needs and interests identified by benef iciary countries results 
in tailored technical assistance activities on specific areas of interest.  
5.  The U.S. government technical assistance covers a range of IP topics, including:  
• Protection and management of intellectual property;  
• Administration of IP offices and human resource development related to IP office 
administration;  
• Building effective IP border enforcement mechanisms;  
• Effective adjudication of IP cases, including transparency in decision -making;  
• Country -specific methodolog ies for investigating and prosecuting IPR s criminal cases;  
• Conducting searches and law enforcement techniques;  
• Anti-counterfeiting, including in the area of counterfeit pharmaceutical and medical  
products ; 
• Advanced computer forensics to track down, arrest and prosecute IP criminals; and   
• Public education and consumer awareness of the importance of IP protection, innovation,  
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  6.  The U.S. government agencies and agency subdivisions that provide IP technical assistance 
include the Offi ce of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); the U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID); the U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress (USCO); the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA); the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), including the 
Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), International Trade Administration (ITA), and the 
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 
including through the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and t he U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement (ICE); the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), including through the Computer 
Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the 
Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Develop ment Assistance and Training (OPDAT); the U.S. 
Department of State (DOS), and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).  
7.  Technical cooperation pursuant to TRIPS Article 67 includes assistance, on request, in the 
preparation of laws and regulations on t he preparation and enforcement of IP, as well as on the 
prevention of abuse.  
8.  Further information on past and upcoming programmes, is available through agencies of the 
U.S. Government that provide training and technical assistance relating to protecting and  enforcing 
IP. 
9.  The Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA), a programme of the USPTO's Office of Policy 
and International Affairs, offers capacity building programmes in the United States and around the 
world on IP protection, enforcement, and capitali zation. GIPA is an essential component of the 
US government's effort to improve IP protection and enforcement practices around the world. 
Participants in GIPA programmes include officials of national IP offices, judicial officials, 
police/investigators, pr osecutors, customs officials, officials from health ministries, officials from 
technology transfer agencies, and officials from consumer protection agencies, representatives of 
academic institutions, students, and representatives of small and medium -sized enterprises (SMEs). 
GIPA provides both multilateral programmes and country specific programmes. Some programmes 
are developed to address specific legal issues, administrative issues and specific IP areas. GIPA's 
established capacity for eLearning supported  a successful pivot to all -remote delivery of its 
programmes in mid-FY 202 1. This included developing the technological capability to run virtual 
international meetings with simultaneous interpretation. Efforts yielded significant year-on-year 
increase in distance learning activities. To learn more visit www.uspto.gov/GIPA .  
10.  GIPA provides in -person and virtual programmes, at USPTO and around the world  and in 
cooperation with other U.S. government agencies and other partners , such as:  
• Patent Programmes: The patent programmes are designed to focus on topics that include 
office administration and budgeting, basic examination practice, examination issues in 
specific technology areas such as biotechnology and pharma ceuticals, industrial design 
examination, technology transfer practices. In -depth programmes are offered, employing 
case studies or examples when possible, to strengthen understanding of concepts. The 
patent programme goals are to share best practices and therefore improve patent quality 
around the world.  
• Plant Variety Protection (PVP): PVP programmes include awareness of UPOV plant variety 
Protection, as well as a more detailed train the trainer programme.  
• Trademark Programmes: The trademark programmes are  designed to focus on 
administration, budgeting, recruitment and training, and treaty protocol. These programmes 
provide discussions and case studies on examination procedures.  Trademark programmes 
may also focus on geographical indications.  
• Copyright Prog rammes: The copyright programmes include challenging issues that are 
discussed with leading professionals in their field. The programme includes topics such as 
exclusive rights, liability and piracy.  
• Trade Secrets Programmes: The trade secret programmes pr ovide an overview of trade 
secret law and policy.  
• Enforcement Programmes: The enforcement programmes are designed to focus on topics of 
criminal, civil, customs and border enforcement. These programmes are technical and 
include a comprehensive course agend a. 
• Distance learning, including live online and on demand eLearning modules on all topics of IP 
in multiple languages.  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/4/2020  9/4/2020  Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 
Panama, Peru, Switzerland  WIPO Pilot Program of Training for 
patent examiners in the area of 
computer -implemented inventions  Virtual  USPTO, WIPO  
9/9/2020  9/9/2020  Bhutan  Webinar on Distinctiveness, Acquired 
Distinctiveness and Disclaimers for 
Bhutan Department of Intellectual 
Property  Virtual  USPTO  
9/15/2020  9/17/2020  Bangladesh, China, India, Turkey  IPR Border Enforcement for 
Bangladesh Customs  Virtual  USPTO  
9/15/2020  9/15/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and U.S. 
Trademark Systems in Cooperation 
with CLDP (15 Sept 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
9/17/2020  9/17/2020  Sri Lanka  Webinar on Madrid Protocol Outgoing 
International Applications for National 
IP Office of Sri Lanka  Virtual  USPTO  
9/17/2020  9/17/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (17 Sept 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/17/2020  9/17/2020  Bahrain, Kingdom of  14th Virtual IP Workshop  Virtual  USPTO  
 
1 In English only.  
2 Programme start date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.  
3 Programme end date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.    
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Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/17/2020  9/17/2020  Argentina; Canada; China; Egypt; Estonia; 
Finland; Greece; Netherlands; Nigeria; 
Philippines; South Africa; Korea, Republic 
of; Chinese Taipei; Uganda; Ukraine; 
United States of America; Uzbekistan  USPTO -NAAG Intellectual Property and 
Consumer P rotection Webinar for the 
International Association of 
Prosecutors  Virtual  USPTO, NAAG  
9/21/2020  9/22/2020  Sri Lanka  IPR Border Enforcement with Sri 
Lankan Customs  Virtual  USPTO  
9/22/2020  9/22/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and U.S. 
Trademark Systems in Cooperation 
with CLDP (22 Sept 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
9/22/2020  9/22/2020  Sri Lanka  Webinar on Madrid Protocol outgoing 
international applications for National 
IP Office of Sri Lanka  Virtual  USPTO  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  Senegal, Burundi, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and 
Burkina Faso  Online Investigations for Intellectual 
Property and COVID -19 Crimes, Part 
One Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Indonesia, Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam  Webinar on Protection of Flags & 
Emblems of States under Article 6ter 
of Paris Convention & US TM  Virtual  USPTO 
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies ( 24 Sep 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  United Kingdom  UKIPO Business Support Webinar  Virtual  USPTO  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  Bahrain, Kingdom of  15th Virtual IP Workshop  Virtual  USPTO  
9/28/2020  9/28/2020  Romania  COVID -19 Crimes, Financial Frauds, 
and Following the Money to 
Investigate and Prosecute 
Transnational Organized Crime  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, FBI, HSI    
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Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/29/2020  9/29/2020  Philippines  Webinars on Enforcement Against 
Counterfeit Medicines  Virtual  USPTO  
9/29/2020  9/29/2020  Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, The 
Gambia, Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud and Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
HSI   
9/30/2020  9/30/2020  Romania  Pandemic Case Studies - 
Understanding and Addressing Illicit 
Trade in Medical Product  Virtual  U.S. U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
INTERPOL, Pharmaceutical 
Security Institute, EUROPOL  
10/1/2020  10/1/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (1 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
10/1/2020  10/1/2020  Senegal, Burundi, Togo, Chad, Gabon, 
Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, and Morocco  Online Investigations for Intellectual 
Property and COVID -19 Crimes, Part 
Two Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/5/2020  10/5/2020  Georgia  Webinar Series PART 1: IP Topics for 
the Georgian IP Office (Sakpatenti) - 
Trade Secrets  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
10/5/2020  10/7/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of, 
Brazil ; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; 
Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on the Hague 
Day 1  Virtual  USPTO    
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Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
China, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam Webinar Series 1 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enfo rcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Oct 6)  Virtual  USPTO  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Australia; Cambodia; Canada; 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands; Fiji; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; 
Mexico; Papua New Guinea; Peru; 
Philippines; Singapore; Korea , Republic of; 
Chinese Taipei; Thailand; United States of 
America  APEC IPEG workshop on Industrial 
Design Protection - Session 1  Virtual  USPTO, USTR, APEC  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (6 
Oct 2020) - Identification and 
Classification of Proposed Marks  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil ; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; 
Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on the Hague 
Day 2  Virtual  USPTO  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Botswana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, 
Zambia, Rwanda, and Tanzania  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/7/2020  10/7/2020  ASEAN Secretariat; Australia; Brunei 
Darussalam; Myanmar; Canada; China; 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands; Fiji; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; 
Peru; Philippines; Korea, Republic of; 
Thailand; Uganda; United States of 
America  APEC - IPEG workshop on Industrial 
Design Protection - Session 2  Virtual  USPTO, USTR, APEC    
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Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/7/2020  10/7/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; 
Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on the Hague 
Day 3  Virtual  USPTO  
10/7/2020  10/7/2020  Hong Kong, China  Overview of Laws Against IP 
Infringement and Challenges for 
Consumers and Rights -Holders in the 
Global and Online Environment  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, UPSTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, FDA -
OCI, INTA  
10/8/2020  10/8/2020  Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, United 
States of America, Viet Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (8 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
10/8/2020  10/8/2020  Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Morocco, 
Senegal, Congo, Gabon, and Togo  Online Investigations for Intellectual 
Property and COVID -19 Crimes, Part 
Three  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/9/2020  10/9/2020  Romania  The Role of Intellectual Property and 
the Ne ed for Better Protection  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, The Aspen 
Institute, IIPCIC, EUROPOL, 
EUIPO  
10/13/2020  10/13/2020  Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, 
China, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
Solomon Islands, Thailand, United States 
of America, Viet Nam  Webinar Series 2 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Oct 13): 
Challenges, Strategi es, and 
Approaches to Counterfeit Goods  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, 
Pharmaceutical Security 
Institute (PSI), REACT, 
Croplife Asia, Johnson & 
Johnson  
10/13/2020  10/13/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (13 
Oct 2020) - Identification and 
Classification of Proposed Marks  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP    
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Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/13/2020  10/13/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, 
Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, 
Namibia, and South Africa  Weekly Pharmacrime Working Group 
Webinar  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, West 
Africa Regional Training 
Center (RTC)  
10/15/2020  10/15/2020  Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Philippines, 
Singapore, Timor -Leste, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (15 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
10/15/2020  10/15/2020  EU and Non -EU countries  The Evolution of Cyber -Threa ts and 
the Sale of Counterfeit Goods During 
the COVID -19 Pandemic  Virtual  CEPOL, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/15/2020  10/16/2020  Cambodia ; India; Indonesia ; Japan ; Korea , 
the Republic of;  The Marshall Islands ; 
Mongolia ; New Zealand ; Papua New 
Guinea ; Philippines ; Chinese Taipei ; 
Vanuatu ; and Viet Nam  2020 Global Cooperation Training 
Framework (GCTF) Virtual Conference 
on Trade Secrets Protection and 
Digital Piracy Prevention  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, American 
Institute in Chinese Taipe i 
(AIT), the Chinese Taipei 
Ministry of Justice, U.S. 
Judiciary, U.S. DOJ CCIPS   
10/16/2020  10/16/2020  Georgia  Webinar Series PART 2: IP Topics for 
the Georgian IP Office (Sakpatenti) - 
IP Office Telework Practices and 
Procedures  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
10/19/2020  10/19/2020  ARIPO, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, 
Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, 
The Gambia, Uganda, United States of 
America, Zimbabwe  USPTO -ARIPO Training:  Hot Topics in 
Trademarks  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
10/19/2020  10/23/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 1  Virtual  USPTO  
10/20/2020  10/20/2020  Israel, United States of America  Electronic Filing Systems for 
Trademarks USPTO and ILPO  Virtual  USPTO    
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- 9 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/20/2020  10/20/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 2  Virtual  USPTO  
10/20/2020  10/20/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, 
Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, 
Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/21/2020  10/21/2020  Italy, United States of  America  INDICAM International Conference on 
IP Infringements and Organized Crime  Virtual  INDICAM, MISE, EUIPO and 
UNICRI, FBI, HIS, USPTO  
10/20/2020  10/20/2020  Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, China, Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Federated 
States of Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, 
Philippines, Singapore, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Webinar Series 3 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Oct 20): 
Organized Crime and IP Theft: 
Investigation, Intelligence, Evidence 
Collection, and Digital Investigative 
Analysis  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT 
and CCIPS, ASEAN 
Secretariat  
10/21/2020  10/21/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil ; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 3  Virtual  USPTO  
10/21/2020  10/21/2020  Romania  Tactical Challenges and Trends in 
Cybersecurity in Pandemic Times  Bucharest, 
Romania  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, SRI, 
Cyberint, Romanian MFA, 
FireEye  
10/21/2020  10/21/2020  Panama  Best Practices in the Investigation of 
Cyber -Enabled Crime, Particularly 
Digital Piracy  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, RIAA, and 
the Panamanian Public 
Ministry  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Philippines, Singapore, United 
States of America, Viet Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (22 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO,  U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS    
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- 10 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC): Patent 
Inventorship and Ownership Best 
Practices (22 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Brazil, United Kingdom, United States of 
America  Judicial Colloquium on Delivering 
Justice for IP Disputes during COVID -
19 Virtual  USPTO  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil ; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 4  Virtual  USPTO  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Brazil  Intellectual Property Issues in Brazil  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and the 
Brazilian Intellectua l 
Property Association  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Romania  Cybercrime and Social Engineering  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
Romanian Computer 
Incident Response Team 
(CERT -RO) 
10/23/2020  10/23/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil ; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 5  Virtual  USPTO    
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Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/27/2020  10/27/2020  Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, China, Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Federated 
States of Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, 
Philippines, Singapore, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Webinar Series 4 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Oct 27): 
Organized Crime, IP Theft, and 
Financial Crime:  Prosecuting, Use of 
Forensics Experts and Expert 
Testimony, and Sentencing  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, HSI 
UNODC, and U.S. Judiciary  
10/27/2020  10/27/2020  Nigeria  Anti-Counterfeit and Ill icit Trade 
Initiative  Virtual  American Business Council, 
Pfizer Specialties Limited, 
U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Members 
of the Nigerian IP Bar, 
Nigerian Agency for Food 
and Drug Administration 
NAFDAC  Pharmacy Control 
Board of Nigeria  
10/27/2020  10/27/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, 
Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, 
Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
Pharmaceutical Security 
Institute, Novartis, Pfizer  
10/28/2020  10/28/2020  Central America  Tips for Reporting Online COVID -19 
Scams to U.S. Service Providers  Virtual  International Trademark 
Association (INTA)  
10/28/2020  10/28/2020  Sub-Saharan Africa  Regional IP Dialogue Series for Sub -
Saharan Africa  Virtual  International 
AntiCounterfeiting 
Collaboration, U.S. DOJ 
OPDAT, HIS, U.S. DOJ 
CCIPS  
10/29/2020  10/29/2020   ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, I ndonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  Adapting IP to Promote Innovation 
and Creativity in New Technologies 
(29 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, IPOS  
11/2/2020  11/2/2020  Chile Workshop on the Protection of Trade 
Secrets Session 1  Virtual  USPTO  
11/3/2020  11/3/2020  Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; 
Myanmar; Fiji; Indonesia; Malaysia; Palau; 
Philippines; Singapore; United States of 
America; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Cambodia; Webinar Series 5 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Nov 3): 
Transnational Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, U.S. 
FDA-OCI, and INTERPOL    
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Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
The Cook Islan ds; Hong Kong, China; Lao 
People's Democratic Republic; Micronesia; 
The Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; 
Solomon Islands ; Thailand  Operations: How Law Enforcement 
and Public Prosecutors Can Work with 
the Private Sector  
11/3/2020  11/3/2020  Georgia  Webinar Series PART 3 and 4: IP 
Topics for the Georgian IP Office 
(Sakpatenti) - Overviews of the 
USPTO Trademark Trial and Appeal 
Board (TTAB) and the Patent Trial and 
Appeal Board (PTAB)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
11/3/2020  11/3/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi , 
Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, 
Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/4/2020  11/4/2020  Tunisia  Within the context of a virtual 
conference of organized by Tunisia's 
Agency for the Promotion of Research 
(ANPR), webinar for technology 
transfer stakeholders on “strategies 
for technology commercialization"  Virtual  CLDP 
11/4/2020  11/4/2020  Chile Workshop on the Protection of Trade 
Secrets Session 2  Virtual  USPTO  
11/4/2020  11/4/2020  Bhutan Webinar on Likelihood of Confusion 
(Relative Examination) and Case 
Studies for Bhutan DoIP  Virtual  USPTO  
11/5/2020  11/5/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam Adapting IP to Promote Innovation 
and Creativity in New Technologies (5 
Nov 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, IPOS  
11/5/2020  11/5/2020  Malaysia  Cryptocurrency and the Dark Web  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and the 
Malaysian National 
Cybersecurity Agency 
(NASCA)  
11/9/2020  11/9/2020  Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sao Tomé 
and Principe, The Gambia, Uganda, United 
States of America, Zimbabwe  Webinar Series:  Patent Discussions 
for ARIPO Member States  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 13 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/10/2020  11/10/2020  Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; The Cook Islands; Fiji; Hong 
Kong, China; Indonesia; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Micronesia; 
Myanmar; The Northern Mariana Islands; 
Palau; Philippines; Sin gapore; Solomon 
Islands ; Thailand; Vanuatu and Viet Nam  Webinar Series 6 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Nov 10): 
Changing Attitudes and Behavior:  Law 
Enforcement Priorities and Public 
Awareness Activities  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, HSI, 
OCO Secretariat, UK IPO, 
U.S. National Crime 
Prevention Council (NCPC)  
11/10/2020  11/10/2020  Jordan, Morocco  IPR Border Enforcement for Jordan 
and Moroccan Customs  Virtual  USPTO  
11/10/2020  12/1/2020  Dominican Republic  Series of Webinars on Trademark 
Issues for the Dominican Republic  Virtual  USPTO  
11/10/2020  11/10/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, HSI  
11/10/2020  11/10/2020  Philippines  The Emerging Markets of Online 
Counterfeiting  Virtual  Philippines Intellectual 
Property Office (IPOPHIL) 
and U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/12/2020  11/12/2020  China Implementing an Effective 
Pharmaceutical Patent Linkage System  Virtual  USPTO  
11/12/2020  11/12/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Tim or-Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (12 Nov 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
11/16/2020  11/17/2020  Middle East and North Africa  Learning from the Pandemic – IP 
Rights Enforcement and Protection 
Best Practices  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, INTERPOL, 
Dubai Police and Emirates 
Intellectual Property 
Association, Dubai Future 
Foundation, U.S DOJ CCIPS, 
WIPO  
11/17/2020  11/17/2020  Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  Participation in a webinar hosted by 
the American -Uzbekistan Chamber of 
Commerce for Customs officials on 
Prevention of counterfeits and  
Presentation on the socio -economic 
aspects of counterfeits  Virtual  American -Uzbekistan 
Chamber of Commerce, 
CLDP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 14 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/17/2020  11/17/2020  Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; The Cook Islands; Fiji; Hong 
Kong, China; Indonesia; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Micronesia; 
Myanmar; The Northern Mariana Islands; 
Palau; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon 
Island s; Thailand; Vanuatu and Viet Nam  Webinar Series 7 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Nov 17) - Case 
Studies on Agricultural Products, 
Automotive Parts, and Medical Devices  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
11/17/2020  11/17/2 020 India Dark Web Investigations  Virtual  USPTO, Indian Dept of 
Promotion of Industry and 
Internal Trade  
11/17/2020  11/17/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/18/2020  11/18/2020  Algeria  Presentation to managers of university 
incubators on “Effective Academia -to-
Industry Technology Transfer".  Virtual  CLDP 
11/18/2020  11/23/2020  China Trademark Examination Workshop 
Day 1 Virtual  USPTO  
11/19/2020  11/19/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (19 Nov 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
11/19/2020  11/19/2020  China Trademark Examination Workshop 
Day 2 Virtual  USPTO  
11/19/2020  11/19/2020  Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; The Cook Islands; Fiji; Hong 
Kong, China; Indonesia; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Micronesia; 
Myanmar; The Northern Mariana Islands; 
Palau; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon 
Islands ; Thailand; Vanuatu and Viet Nam  Scams, Frauds, and Misdeeds on the 
Internet  Virtual  INTA, U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
Starbucks, Appdetex and 
SeedIP  
11/23/2020  11/23/2020  China Trademark Examination Workshop 
Day 3 Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 15 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/24/2020  11/24/2020  Nigeria, Keny a, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
Pharmaceutical Security 
Institute, GSK, Pfizer, 
Novartis  
11/25/2020  11/25/2020  The Gambia  Virtual meeting with members of the 
Gambian IP Office to review its new IP 
legislation in advance of and in 
preparation for a gathering on 
November 27 at the Ministry of 
Justice's Hall where the Gambian IP 
Office will convene all stakeholders to 
validate a review of all IP and related 
laws Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO  
11/26/2020  11/26/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Ind onesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (26 Nov 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
11/27/2020  11/27/2020  Ecuador  Best Practices for Seizing a U.S. -Based 
Fraudulent COVID -19 Website  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/30/2020  11/30/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #1  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/1/2020  12/1/2020  Dominican Republic  Series of Webinars on Trademark 
Issues for the DR  Virtual  USPTO  
December 
2020 weekly 
sessions  January 2021 
weekly 
sessions  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Assistance to the University of 
Bahrain's Bahrain Innovation and 
Technology Transfer Center (BITTC) to 
develop a template for technology 
license agreements  Virtual  CLDP 
12/1/2020  12/1/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #2  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 16 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/2/2020  12/2/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #3  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/2/2020  12/2/2020  Sri Lanka  Technology Transfer Program for 
Universities of Sri Lanka - Segment 1  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, University of 
Michigan  
12/3/2020  12/3/2020  ARIPO, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Liberia, Nigeria, Sao Tomé and Principe, 
South Africa, The Gambia, Uganda, United 
States of America, Zimbabwe  USPTO -ARIPO Training: Trade Secrets 
Overview  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
12/3/2020  12/3/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanm ar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (3 Dec 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
12/4/2020  12/4/2020  Sri Lanka  Technology Transfer Program for 
Universities of Sri Lanka - Segment 2  Virtual  USPTO  
12/7/2020  12/7/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  Online Piracy Workshop for the Middle 
East Day 1  Virtual  USPTO  
12/7/2020  12/17/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training  Virtual  USPTO  
12/7/2020  12/7/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #4  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/8/2020  12/8/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic , 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #5  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/8/2020  12/8/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 2  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 17 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/8/2020  12/8/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  Online Piracy Workshop for the Middle 
East Day 2  Virtual  USPTO  
12/8/2020  12/8/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #6  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 3  Virtual  USPTO  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  Online Piracy Workshop for the Middle 
East Day 3  Virtual  USPTO  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Nigeria  Webinar on IP Infringement, 
Innovation, and the Economy  Virtual  American Business Council, 
Lagos and U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Mexico  Trending Issues in Copyright 
Enforcement in Online Content  Virtual  Mexican Intellec tual 
Property Institute (IMPI), 
U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  ARIPO, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, 
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, 
South Africa, The Gambia, Uganda, United 
States of America, Zimbabwe  Copyright for ARIPO countries  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  United Kingdom  IP for UK Business Advisors  Virtual  UK IPO, UK DIT, USPTO  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (10 Dec 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 4  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 18 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  Kuwait, the State of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of Online Pira cy Workshop for the Middle 
East Day 4  Virtual  USPTO  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  Romania  Methods for Fighting Intellectual 
Property Crime and Online Forgery  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Romanian 
Association for Information 
Security Assurance (RAISA), 
U.S. DOS - Embassy in 
Bucharest  
12/11/2020  12/11/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 5  Virtual  USPTO  
12/14/2020  12/14/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #7  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/14/2020  12/14/2020  Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Namib ia, South Africa, The Gambia, 
Uganda, United States of America, Zambia, 
Zimbabwe  USPTO -ARIPO Training: Enforcement 
Overview  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO, U.S. DOJ  
12/14/2020  12/14/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 6  Virtual  USPTO  
12/15/2020  12/15/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #8  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/15/2020  12/15/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 7  Virtual  USPTO  
12/16/2020  12/16/2020  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)  Capacity building for BiH judges in 
adjudicating IP civil disputes  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
12/16/2020  12/16/2020  South Africa  Protecting Farmers, Crops and Fields 
by Fighting Counterfeit and Illegal 
Pesticides  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 19 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/16 /2020  12/16/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #9  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/16/2020  12/16/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 8  Virtual  USPTO  
12/17/2020  12/17/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (17 Dec 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
12/17/2020  12/17/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 9  Virtual  USPTO  
12/21/2020  12/21/2020  The Gambia  Review of the updated IP legislation 
for The Gambia  Abuja, Nigeria  Members of the IP Policy 
group in The Gambia, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, USCO  
12/24/2020  12/24/2020  Chinese Taipei  Videoconference on How Chinese 
Taipei Can Preserve and Obtain 
Electronic Evidence from the U.S. and 
Other Countries in Internet Piracy and 
Cybercrime Cases Using the 24/7 
Network and Other Methods  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and CCIPS, 
and Chinese Taipei High 
Prosecutor's Office, Ministry 
of Justice, Ministry of 
Interior, Chinese Taipei 
Intellectual Property Office, 
and Chinese Taipei 
Economic and Cultural 
Representative Office  
1/7/2021  1/7/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (7 J an 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
1/12/2021  1/12/2021  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Webinar for the Anglophone Working 
Group  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Pfizer, 
Johnson & Johnson  
1/12/2021  1/12/2021  The Gambia  Review of the updated IP legislation 
for The Gambia  Abuja, Nigeria  Members of the IP Policy 
group in The Gambia, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, USCO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 20 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
1/13/2021  1/13/2021  India Closed Door Copyright Session with 
DPIIT Officials  Virtual  USPTO, DPIIT  
1/14/2021  1/14/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (14 Jan 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT  
1/20/2021  1/21/2021  Latvia  Online Seminar with the Latvian 
School of Public Administration on 
Preventing and Combatting 
Counterfeiting and Fraud in the 
Pharmaceutical and Personal 
Protective Equipment In dustries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Latvian 
School of Public 
Administration  
1/21/2021  1/21/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (21 Jan 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT  
1/21/2021  1/21/2021  India Prosecuting Dark Web Crimes  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
1/26/2021  1/26/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (26 
Jan 2021) - Trademark Registration 
Renewals  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
1/26/2021  1/26/2021  Latvia  Online Seminar for Latvian 
Counterparts on Preventing and 
Combatting Counterfeiting and Fraud 
in the Food and Beverage Industries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, the 
Latvian School of Public 
Administration, Latvian 
police and prosecutors, 
EUROPOL, Italian Ministry of 
Agriculture, Danone and 
Diageo  
1/27/2021  1/27/2021  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, 
Ukraine, United States of America, 
Uzbekistan  Program for the Central Asia Regional 
Expert Level Working Group on 
Intellectual Property (IP) Rights; 
focus: “Interagency coordination for 
the protection and enforcement  of IP 
rights"  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, USTR, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT, CBP, U.S. NIPR 
Center    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 21 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
1/29/2021  1/29/2021  U.S. and China  Third Berkeley -Tsinghua Conference 
on Transnational IP Litigation  Virtual  UC Berkley and Boalt  Law 
School, China, U.S. DOJ 
OPDAT, Supreme People's 
Court of China, U.S 
Judiciary, Luntin Intellectual 
Property Law Firm, Gen 
Law, f KWM, Steptoe & 
Johnson Beijing, and 
Tsinghua Law School  
2/2/2021  2/2/2021  Mexico  Trade Secret Part 1 (Civil Trade Secret  
Protection)  Virtual  USPTO  
2/3/2021  2/3/2021  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Capacity building for BiH judges in 
adjudicating IP civil disputes  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/3/2021  2/3/2021  Peru Barlaw  Customs & Enforcement Virtual 
Training  Virtual  USPTO  
2/4/2021  2/4/2021  Mexico  Trade Secret Part 2 (Criminal Trade 
Secrets)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
2/4/2021  2/4/2021  Peru Barlaw  Customs & Enforcement Virtual 
Training  Virtual  USPTO  
2/8/2021  2/8/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating 
counterfeit medicines and medical 
devices  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP  
2/16/2021  2/16/2021  Pakistan  Second webinar in a series focusing on 
the prevention of counterfeit 
medicines and medical devices. 
Webinar conducted for Pakistan's 
Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) and 
Pakistan Customs.  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP  
2/16/2021  2/16/2021  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, 
Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, 
Namibia, South Africa Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Congo, 
Gabon, and Togo  Inaugural Meeting of the Joint 
Pharmacrime Working Group for 
African Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 22 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
2/17/2021  2/17/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Presentation of Invention Disclosure 
Forms created for Bahrain's Bahrain 
Innovation and Technology Transfer 
Center (BITTC)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/22/2021  3/5/2021  Germany, France, Netherlands  Protecting the Integrity and Security 
of the International Research 
Enterprise  Virtual  U.S. DOS IVLP  
2/22/2021  2/22/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating 
counterfeit medicines and medical 
devices (Part 3 of a series)  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP  
2/22/2021  2/22/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (22 Feb 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/23/2021  2/23/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (23 
Feb 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/24/2021  2/24/2021  Brazil Patent examination, U.S. patent law, 
and file wrapper review of U.S. 
patents  Virtual  USPTO  
2/25/2021  2/25/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (25 Feb 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/26/2021  2/26/2021  ARIPO, Belgium, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, 
France, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, 
Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tomé and Principe, 
South Africa, Switzerland, The Gambia, 
Uganda, United States of America, 
Zimbabwe  USPTO -ARIPO Training: Customs 
Overview  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
3/1/2021  3/1/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Philipp ines, Singapore, Thailand, United 
States of America, Viet Nam  Webinar on Non -Traditional Marks  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
3/1/2021  3/1/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating 
counterfeit medicines and medical 
devices (Part 4 of a series)  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP  
3/1/2021  3/1/2021  Fiji Trademark Fundamentals  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 23 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/1/2021  3/1/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (1 Mar 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/2/2021  3/2/2021  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, 
Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, 
Namibia, South Africa Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Congo, 
Gabon, and Togo  Second Virtual Meeting of the Joint 
Anglophone/ Francophone Pharma 
Crime Working Group for African 
Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/3/2021  3/3/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (B ITC) (3 Mar 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/3/2021  3/3/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (3 
Mar 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/8/2021  3/8/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (Part 1 -8 Mar 
2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/8/2021  3/8/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (Part 2 - 8 Mar 
2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/8/2021  3/8/2021  Lesotho, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, 
Switzerland, Uganda, United States of 
America, Zimbabwe  ARIPO -USPTO webinar series on rights 
implicated and money flow for digital 
uses of copyrighted music and 
recording s Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
3/9/2021  3/9/2021  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, 
Zambia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, 
Namibia, South Africa Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Congo, 
Gabon, and Togo  Third Virtual Meeting of the Joint 
Anglophone/ Francophone Pharma 
Crime Working Group for African 
Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ  
3/10/2021  3/10/2021  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Capacity building for BiH judges in 
adjudicating IP criminal disputes  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, U. S. DOJ 
OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 24 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/15/2021  3/19/2021  Pakistan  CLDP sponsored 15 managers from 
university offices of research, 
innovation, and commercialization 
(ORICs) and business incubation 
centers (BICs) to virtually attend the 
Association of University Technology 
Matters  (AUTM) 2021 Annual Meeting 
and Conference  Virtual  AUTM, CLDP  
3/15/2021  3/19/2021  Sri Lanka  CLDP sponsored 21 managers from 
University Business Linkage offices 
(UBL cells) to virtually attend the 
Association of University Technology 
Managers (AUTM) 2021 Annual 
Meeting and Conference  Virtual  AUTM, CLDP  
3/15/2021  3/15/2021  Georgia  Program for the National Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 
'Sakpatenti' and key stakeholders on 
“Fair and transparent collective 
copyright management" (Session 1)  Virtual USPTO, CLDP, WIPO  
3/15/2021  3/21/2024  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Program series on: "How to file 
patents in the Gulf Cooperation 
Council"  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/16/2021  3/16/2021  ASPAC; Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; 
India; Indonesia; Japan; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Mexico; 
Peru; Philippines; Singapore; Korea, 
Republic of; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; 
United States of America; Viet Nam  APEC Content Protection and Illicit 
Streaming:  Enforcement Approaches 
and Strategies  Virtual  USPTO, USTR, APEC, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT  
3/16/2021  3/16/2021  Georgia  Program for the National Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 
'Sakpatenti' and key stakeholders on 
"Fair and transparent collective 
copyright management" (Session 2)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, WIPO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 25 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/16/2021  3/16/2021  Ghana, Namibia, Malawi, Botswana, 
Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, The Gambia, Tanzania, Kenya, 
Nigeria and South Africa, Burundi, Chad, 
Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, 
Congo, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, 
Morocco, Gabon, Niger Republic, Benin 
Republic, Guinea and Togo  Virtual Meeting of the Joint Pharma 
Crime Working Group  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/17/2021  3/17/2021  Georgia  Program for the National Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 
'Sakpatenti' and key stakeholders on 
"Fair and transparent collective 
copyright management" (Session 3)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, WIPO  
3/17/2021  3/17/2021  ARIPO, Botswana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, 
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, 
South Africa, The Gambia, United States o f 
America, Zambia, Zimbabwe  Training Trademark Examiners for IP 
Offices  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
3/18/2021  3/18/2021  Georgia  Program for the National Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 
'Sakpatenti' and key stakeholders on 
"Fair and transparent collective  
copyright management" (Session 4)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, WIPO  
3/18/2021  3/18/2021  Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, 
Cambodia, China, Germany, India, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  US ASEAN Connect Digital Economy 
Series: Copyright Protection and 
Enforcement in the Online Digital  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat; 
U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/18/2021  3/18/2021  Uruguay  Virtual Presentation Introduci ng the 
ICHIP program and Providing an 
Overview of IP Crime to More Than 20 
Uruguayan Officials and Rights -
Holders  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/19/2021  3/19/2021  Dominican Republic  IPR Center Briefing to Dominican 
Republic Attorney General IP Unit  Virtual  National IPR Center, USDOJ, 
U.S. DOS - Embassy Santo 
Domingo, and USPTO  
3/19/2021  3/19/2021  Dominican Republic  Inter-Agency Communication and Best 
Practices to Combat Intellectual 
Property Theft  Virtual  USPTO, HSI, U.S. Embassy 
Santo Domingo, and  U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 26 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/21/2021  3/21/2021  Indonesia  Coordinating IP Cases and 
Investigations  Virtual  USPTO  
3/22/2021  3/22/2021  Bhutan  Well-Known Marks Determination in 
the United States  Virtual  USPTO  
3/22/2021  3/22/2021  Azerbaijan; Tunisia; Algeria; Bahrain, 
Kingdom of ; Kuwait, the State of; 
Morocco; Qatar  Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in 
the MENA region/Azerbaijan – IP 
Session  Virtual  CLDP, USPTO  
3/23/2021  3/23/2021  Armenia  Videoconference on the progress of a 
group of university and legal 
professionals in establishing a 
technology transfer office in Armenia 
following their participation in CLDP -
led technical assistance programs on 
technology transfer in 2017 and 2018  Virtual  CLDP 
3/24/2021  3/24/2021  Tunisia  Exchange of Best Practices in 
Trademark Examination  Virtual  USPTO  
3/26/2021  3/26/2021  Mexico  Patentability of New Uses Webinar  Virtual  USPTO  
3/26/2021  3/26/2021  Panama  OPDAT Mentorship on Cases Involving 
Intellectual Property Crime and 
Cybercrime  Panama City, 
Panama  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Panamian 
Public Ministry  
3/29/2021  3/29/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating 
counterfeit medicines and medical 
devices (Part 5 of a series)  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP , UK Border Force  
3/30/2021  3/30/2021  Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, 
Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, The Gambia, 
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, 
Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, 
Uganda, South Africa, and Zambia  Virtual Meeting of the Joint Pharma 
Crime  Working Group for African 
Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/31/2021  3/31/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (31 
Mar 2021) - Series review for the 
Trademark Directorate  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
4/5/2021  4/5/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (5 Apr 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
4/5/2021  4/5/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating 
counterfeit medicines and medica l 
devices (Part 6 of a series)  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP, UK Border Force    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 27 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
4/6/2021  4/6/2021  Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, The 
Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, 
Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra 
Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, 
Uganda, and Zambia  Sixth Virtual Meeting of the Joint 
Pharma Crime Working Group for 
African Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
AstraZeneca and Moderna  
4/6/2021  4/9/2021  Chile and Peru  Best Pract ices in the Investigation of 
Cybercrime the Sale of Illicit Goods 
and Services on the Dark Web with 
Cryptocurrencies  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, FBI  
4/7/2021  4/7/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (7 Apr 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
4/7/2021  4/7/2021  Bulgaria  First Webinar in a Series on Online 
Investigations of Counterfeit 
Pharmaceuticals  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/12/2021  4/12/2021  Pakistan  Exchanges between Pakistan officials 
involved in the protection of Pakistan's 
drug supply from the threat of 
counterfeits transiting, and USG 
agencies on "Best Practices on 
Combating Counterfeit Medicines and 
Medical Devices at the Borders"  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, CLDP,  
USPTO, UK Border Force  
4/12/2021  4/12/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP-USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (7 Apr 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
4/13/2021  4/15/2021  Viet Nam, United States of America  Inves tigation of Online IPR Crimes: 
Workshop (Series)  Virtual  FBI, U.S. DOS INL, U.S. DOJ 
OPDAT, DHS  
4/13/2021  4/13/2021  Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, The Gambia, 
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia  Joint Anglophone/ Francophone 
Pharma Crime Working Group Virtual 
Meeting for African countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/13/2021  4/15/2021  Viet Nam  Training Workshop for MPS Officers on 
the Investi gation of Digital Piracy 
Websites  Hybrid virtual 
and live at a 
conference 
venue in Hanoi, 
Viet Nam  U.S. DOS, U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
HSI    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 28 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
4/14/2021  4/14/2021  Ghana, Namibia, Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Malawi  Discussion on Modules 6 -7 of the 
International IP Crime Investigators 
College Curriculum  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/14/2021  4/14/2021  Bulgaria  Second Webinar in a Series on Onlin e 
Investigations of Counterfeit 
Pharmaceuticals  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/14/2021  4/14/2021  Brazil  OPDAT Address to the Conselho 
Nacional de Combate a Pirataria e 
Delitos  Contra a Propriedade 
Intelectual (CNCP), a Brazilian 
Interagency Group Dedicated to 
Fighting Piracy and Intellectual 
Property Crimes  Sao Paulo, Brazil  CNCP and U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/19/2021  4/19/2021  Dominican Republic  Presentation on the Topic of Inter -
Agenc y Communication, Best practices 
to Combat Intellectual Property, and a 
Proposition for a Regional Working 
Group Among the Dominican Republic 
and other Similar Inter -Agency Groups 
in South America  Santo Domingo, 
Dominican 
Republic  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
U.S. DOS, HIS  
4/20/2021  4/20/2021  Philippines  Virtual Workshop on Investigation of 
Online IPR Crimes  Virtual  U.S. DOS, U.S. DOJ OPDAT 
and CCIPS  
4/20/2021  4/20/2021  Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, The Gambia, 
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia  Joint Anglophone/ Francophone 
Pharma crime Working Group Virtual 
Meeting for African countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/21/2021  4/21/2021  Bulgaria  Final I nstallment of a Three -Week 
Webinar Series on Online 
Investigations of Counterfeit 
Pharmaceuticals for Bulgarian Law 
Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Pfizer, 
Moderna, and Johnson & 
Johnson  
4/21/2021  4/21/2021  Zambia, Nigeria, The Gambia, Kenya, 
Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, and Malawi  Investigating, Preparing and 
Prosecuting Criminal Intellectual 
Property Cases  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/22/2021  4/22/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
System in cooperation with CLDP (22 
Mar 2021)  Virtual USPTO, CLDP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 29 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
4/23/2021  4/23/2021  Mexico and Brazil  World IP Day Celebration with the 
First-Ever Regional Presentation of 
Amazon's Counterfeit Crimes Unit 
(CCU) to Panamanian and Brazilian 
officials  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, HSI, 
USPTO  
4/26/2021  4/26/2021  Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New 
Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, 
Vanuatu  USPTO -IVLP EAP Regional Program on 
IP Rights Regulation Formation  Virtual  USPTO  
4/26/2021  4/26/2021  Nigeria  World Intellectual Property Day 
(WIPD) Program with the World 
Intellectual Property Organization 
Nigeria Office  Virtual  U.S. DOS, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/28/2021  5/4/2021  Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Mexic o, Peru, Suriname, and 
Trinidad and Tobago  Virtual Industry Panel on COVID 19 
Related Frauds Regarding Counterfeit 
Vaccines and Frauds Associated with 
the Pandemic Both in Latin America 
and Throughout the World  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/3/2021  5/3/2021  Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, 
Spain, Suriname, United States of America  Combatting the Distribution and Sale 
of Counterfeit COVID 19 Vaccines and 
Medicines  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
5/4/2021  5/4/2021  Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guam, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, 
Suriname, United States of America  Combatting the Sale and Distribution 
of Counterfeit COVID 19 Vaccines and 
Medicines  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
5/4/2021  5/4/2021  Dominican Republic, Paraguay, United 
States of America  Webinar on Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Coordination  Virtual  USPTO  
5/4/2021  5/4/2021  Paraguay and the Dominican Republic  Discussion on the Creation and 
Implementation of an Inter -Agency 
Coordination Center to Tackle IP Crime  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
U.S. DOS  
5/4/2021  5/4/2021  Ghana, The Gambia, Zambia, Kenya, 
Namibia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, 
Nigeria, Liberia, Burundi, Chad, Senegal, 
Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Benin, and Togo  Weekly Meeting of the  Pharma Crime 
Working Group for African Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. FDA  
5/6/2021  5/6/2021  Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, 
Sierra Leone, Tanzania, The Gambia, 
Zambia  Africa Regional Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Training for Judicial 
Instructors  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 30 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
5/6/2021  5/6/2021  Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, The Gambia, Tanzania, Zambia, 
Eswatini, Botswana, Uganda, Namibia, 
Rwanda, and from observer status  country, 
Nigeria  Regional Judicial IP Enforcement 
Program  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, ARIPO, 
USPTO, U.S. Judiciary  
5/10/2021  5/10/2021  Bangladesh  USPTO Practice Concerning 
Examination of Well -Known Marks and 
Bad Faith Filings  Virtual  USPTO  
5/11/2021  5/11/2021  China  CNIPA Program on Accession to Hague 
Design Treaty  Virtual  USPTO  
5/11/2021  5/11/2021  Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, 
Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia  Meeting of the Pharma Crime Working 
Group for African Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/11/2021  5/12/2021  Dominican Republic  Meeting with the Fledgling IPR 
Interagency Group in the Dominican 
Republic  Virtual and in-
person in the 
Dominican 
Republic   U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/13/2021  5/13/2021  China  CNIPA Program on Accession to Hague 
Design Treaty  Virtual  USPTO  
5/18/2021  5/20/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Program on "How to manage 
technology innovations at university -
based technology transfer offices"  Virtual  CLDP 
5/18/2021  5/18/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
System in cooperation with CLDP: 
Discussion and Viewing of TTAB 
Hearing (Trademark Distinctiveness)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
5/18/2021  5/18/2021  Kenya  Case-Based Assistance Call with 
Regional Head of Kenyan Anti -
Counterfeiting Authority  Call U.S. DOJ OPDAT and the 
Kenyan Anti -Counterfeiting 
Authority  
5/24/2021  5/24/2021  Jordan, Qatar  Exchange in Best Practices in 
Trademark Exa mination  Virtual  USPTO  
5/25/2021  5/25/2021  Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, 
Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia  Pharma Crime Working Group for 
Africa Virtual Meeting  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 31 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
5/26/2021  5/26/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Webinar on USPTO Trademark Practice 
Concerning Classification and 
Identification of Goods & Services  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
5/26/2021  5/26/2021  Ukraine  Preliminary Dialogue on Customs 
Procedures in Ukraine  Virtual  USPTO  
5/26/2021  5/26/2021  Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Ghana, 
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Philippines, Sao Tomé and Principe, 
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, 
Sudan, Switzerland, Uganda, United States 
of America, Zimbabwe  USPTO - ARIPO Series:  Combatting 
Counterfeit Food  and Beverages  Virtual  USPTO  
5/26/2021  5/26/2021  Bulgaria  Webinar to Discuss Ways of Fighting 
Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals and 
COVID -19-Related Crimes for 23 
Officials of the Bulgarian National 
Customs Agency  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT; U.S. FDA, 
Moderna, Pfizer, and 
Johnson & Johnson  
5/28/2021  5/28/2021  Brazil  Virtual Meeting with a Sao Paulo State 
Judge to Discuss the Introduction and 
Use of Plea Bargains in Criminal IP 
Cases in Brazil.  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/1/2021  6/1/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Simulated technology licensing 
negotiations for  
the staff of Bahrain's Innovation and 
Technology Transfer Center (BITTC) 
with BITTC being in the position of a 
potential licensee  Virtual  CLDP 
6/1/2021  6/1/2021  Panama  Visit to the Port of Balboa to Discuss 
Current Challenges in the 
Investigation of Intellectual Property 
Crimes Stemming from the Shipment 
of Containers through the Canal and 
Other Port Facilities  Balboa, Panama  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. CBP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 32 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/1/2021  6/1/2021  Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, The Gambia, 
Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Niger, 
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South 
Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and 
Zambia  Pharma Crime Working Group for 
Africa Virtual Meeting  Virtual U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/2/2021  6/2/2021  Brazil and Dominican Republic  OPDAT -Facilitated Conversation 
Between Brazilian and Dominican 
Officials on Best Practices and an 
Interagency Model for Combatting 
Counterfeiting  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. DOS  
6/8/2021  6/8/2021  Nigeria  World Anti -Counterfeiting Day Law 
Enforcement Workshop for Nigerian 
IP-related Agencies  Virtual  DOJ/ODPAT  
6/8/2021  6/22/2021  Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ghana, 
Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South 
Africa, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia  Webinar for the African Pharma Crime 
Working Group  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Amazon, 
Alibaba  
6/14/2021  6/14/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  Advanced Trademark Training  Virtual  USPTO  
6/14/2021  6/18/2021  Brazil  Series of In -Person Meetings to 
Discuss Capacity Building, Including 
Creating a Uniform Interpretation of 
Customs Rules Throughout the 
Country to Detect and Deter 
Counterfeit Products  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/15/2021  6/15/2021  Algeria  Workshop for managers of university 
incubators on "Intellectual Property 
Workshop for University Start -Ups" Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
6/15/2021  6/16/2021  Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, 
China, Comoros, Czech Republic, France, 
Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, 
Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, 
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, 
United Kingdom, United States of America, 
Viet Nam  Seminar on the Practical Aspects of 
the Madrid System for the 
International Registration of Marks  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 33 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/15/2021  6/15/2021  Angola, ARIPO, Botswana, Canada, 
Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, 
Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, 
Switzerland, The Gambia, Turkey, Uganda, 
United States of America, Zimbabwe  USPTO - ARIPO Series:  Fostering 
Technology Transfer in Africa  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
6/15/2021  6/15/2021  Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, ARIPO, 
Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, M exico, 
Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad 
and Tobago, United Kingdom, United 
States, WIPO, Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright Education 
(6/15/2021)  Virtual  USCO, USPTO, WIPO  
6/15/2021  6/15/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  Advanced Trademark Training (15 Jun 
2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
6/16/2021  6/17/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Simulated technology licensing 
negotiations for  
the staff of Bahrain's Innovation and 
Technology Transfer Center (BITTC) 
with BITTC being in the posit ion of a 
potential licensor.  Virtual  CLDP 
6/16/2021  6/16/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  Advanced Trademark Training (16 Jun 
2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
6/17/2021  6/17/2021  Dominican Republic, Peru  Webinar to Facilitate Exchange of Best 
Practices  Virtual  USPTO  
6/21/2021  6/21/2021  Botswana, Canada, Egypt, France, Ghana, 
Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, 
South Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, Uganda, 
United States of America, Zimbabwe  USPTO - ARIPO Geographical 
Indications  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
6/22/2021  6/22/2021  Uzbekistan  Workshop on Intellectual Property 
Enforcement at the Border  Virtual  USPTO  
6/23/2021  6/23/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Simulated technology licensing 
negotiations  
for the staff of Bahrain's Innovation 
and Technology Trans fer Center, with 
a focus on licensing to spin -offs (start -
up companies that commercialize 
inventions created by university 
faculty members)  Virtual  CLDP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 34 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/24/2021  6/24/2021  Argentina  Virtual Meeting to Discuss Intellectual 
Property (IP) Rights Enforcement in 
Argentina  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/30/2021  6/30/2021  Brazil  Series of Presentations to Federal, 
State, Highway, and Military Police; 
Customs Officials; and Health and 
Environmental Ministry Officials on the 
Importance of Using a Whole of 
Government Approach to Combatting 
IP Crimes, Including Counterfeit 
Agrichemica ls, in Goiâna, Goias   Virtual  DOJ/ODPAT  
7/5/2021  7/9/2021  Brazil and Dominican Republic  Series of Meetings to Discuss the 
Dominican Republic's Efforts to 
Construct an Inter -Agency Working 
Group to Combat IP Theft  In-person 
meeting in Brazil  U.S. DOJ OPDAT; National 
Council to Combat Piracy 
(CNCP), Brazilian Ministry of 
Justice and Security's 
(MJSP) Cyberlab; the 
Dominican Republic's 
Ambassador to Brazil,  UK 
IPO 
7/14/2021  7/14/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Seminar for Bahrain's Innovation and 
Technology T ransfer Center, (BITTC) 
on: Material Transfer Agreements 
(MTAs). MTAs are contracts that 
govern the transfer of materials 
between an organization that 
possesses rights in the materials and 
an organization that plans to use the 
materials for research.  Virtual CLDP 
7/14/2021  7/14/2021  Australia, China, Indonesia, Singapore, 
United States of America  Online Counterfeit Medicines --Risks 
and Solutions  Virtual  USPTO  
7/14/2021  7/15/2021  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, 
Turkmenistan and Tajikistan  Program for government officials from 
the five countries on: "How to address 
and overcome deficiencies in 
intellectual property rights (IPR) 
protections in Central Asia, as noted in 
the USTR's Special 301 Report"  Virtual  CLDP 
7/15/2021  7/15/2021  Chile; Mexico; El Salvador; Peru; 
Columbia; Ecuador; Dominican Republic; 
Honduras; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Argentina; Spain; Paraguay  FBI-APALA Webinar "La Proteccion de 
la Propiedad Intelectual"  Virtual  FBI, APALA    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 35 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
7/20/2021  7/20/2021  Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Jordan, 
Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor -
Leste, United States of America  USPTO -ASEAN Seminar on Patent 
Office Administration  Virtual  USPTO  
7/20/2021  7/20/2021  Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, ARIPO, 
Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Mexico, 
Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad 
and Tobago, United Kingdom, United 
States, WIPO, Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright Education 
(7/20/2021)  Virtual  USCO, USPTO, WIPO  
7/21/2021  7/21/2021  Brazil  Virtual Industry Panel on COVID 19 
Related Frauds Including Counterfeit 
Vaccines  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, HSI  
7/23/2021  7/23/2021  Panama  OPDAT Mentorship for a Panamanian 
Prosecutor on a Copyright 
Infringement Case  Panama City, 
Panama  U.S. DOJ OPD AT and the 
Panamanian Prosecutor  
7/27/2021  7/27/2021  ASEAN countries  Investigation and Prosecution of 
Criminal Trade Secret Theft: Case 
Studies  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
and DHS/HSI  
8/2/2021  8/6/2021  Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, U.S. 
Virgin Islands, St. Martin, Aruba, Bahamas, 
Barbados, Cayman Islands  DHS IPR Training (Series)  Dominican 
Republic  U.S. DHS, U.S. HSI, U.S. 
DOJ  
8/2/2021  8/2/2021  United Arab Emirates  USPTO fees and filing predictions: 
patents  Virtual  USPTO  
8/2/2021  8/6/2021  Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 
Aruba, Sint Maarten, Bahamas, Cayman 
Islands, Haiti, and the U.S. Virgin Islands 
and six other Caribbean countries  Intellectual Property (IP) Rights 
Conference in Punta Cana, Dominican 
Republic  In-person 
Conference in 
Punta Cana, 
Dominican 
Republic  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and CCIPS  
8/3/2021  8/3/2021  United Arab Emirates  USPTO fees and filing predictions: 
trademarks  Virtual  USPTO  
8/4/2021  8/4/2021  Brazil  Webinar on the Importance of 
International Cooperation to Enforce 
Intellectual Property Rights  (IPR)  Virtual  WIPO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
8/5/2021  8/5/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  IP Discussion for BITC - Copyright 
Transfer and Software  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 36 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
8/5/2021  8/5/2021  Brazil  Inaugural Session in Workshop Series 
Designed to Encourage Brazilian Police 
and Prosecutors to Collaborate and 
Coordinate Their Actions Earlier in the 
Investigative Process During 
Significant IPR Cases  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. DOJ 
AUSA FBI, HSI  
8/10/2021  8/10/2021  Kenya  Preserving Generics (Common Names) 
of Products: A Geographical 
Indications Training for Kenya  Virtual  USPTO  
8/17/2021  8/17/2021  Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Day 1: ASEAN Workshop on Trade 
Secret Protection and Enforcement  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
8/17/2021  8/17/2021  Albani a, Antigua and Barbuda, ARIPO, 
Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Mexico, 
Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad 
and Tobago, United Kingdom, United 
States, WIPO, Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright Education 
(8/17/2021)  Virtual  USCO, USPT O, WIPO  
8/18/2021  8/18/2021  Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Day 2: ASEAN Workshop on Trade 
Secret Protection and Enforcement  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
8/30/2021  8/30/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  IP Office Telework and Administration 
Workshop Day 1  Virtual  USPTO  
8/31/2021  8/31/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  IP Office Telework and Administration 
Workshop Day 2  Virtual  USPTO  
8/31/2021  8/31/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 1  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/2/2021  9/2/2021  Algeria  IP Enforcement Discussion with Algeria  Virtual  USPTO  
9/7/2021  9/7/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 2  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 37 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/8/2021  9/8/2021  Dominican Republic, Mexico  Regional Judicial IP Program for 
Central America  Virtual  USPTO  
9/8/2021  9/8/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 3  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/9/2021  9/9/2021  Dominican Republic, Mexico  Regional Judicial IP Program for 
Central America  Virtual  USPTO  
9/9/2021  9/9/2021  Egypt  Technology Transfer and IP 
Commercialization: A Project for Egypt  Virtual  U.S. DOS IVLP, USPTO, 
NIST 
9/9/2021  9/9/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  IP and the Digital Economy - Day 4  Virtual  USPTO, IPOS  
9/13/2021  9/13/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Mya nmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 5  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/14/2021  9/14/2021  Uzbekistan  Enforcement of IPR at the Border: Risk 
Targeting  Virtual  USPTO  
9/14/2021  9/14/2021  Brazil  Quality and Office Management 
Workshop (9/14/2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
9/14/2021  9/14/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 6  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/15/2021  9/15/2021  Brazil  Quality and Office Management 
Workshop (9/15/2021)  Virtual USPTO  
9/16/2021  9/16/2021  Brazil  Quality and Office Management 
Workshop (9/16/2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
9/20/2021  9/20/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 7  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/21/2021  9/21/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 8  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
 
- 38 - Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  
9/21/2021  9/21/2021  Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, ARIPO, 
Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Mexico, 
Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad 
and Tobago, United Kingdom, United 
States, WIPO, Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright Education 
(9/21/2021)  Virtual  USCO, USPTO, WIPO  
9/22/2021  9/22/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  IP and the Digital Economy - Day 9  Virtual  USPTO, IPOS  
9/27/2021  9/27/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 10  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/28/2021  9/28/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - 
Day 11  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/28/2021  9/28/2021  Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 
Trinidad and Tobago  Best Practices for the Destruction of 
Forfeited IP Infringing Goods - Part 1  Virtual  USPTO  
9/29/2021  9/29/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Di gital Economy - 
Day 12  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, 
Singapore MFA, IPOS  
9/29/2021  9/29/2021  Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 
Trinidad and Tobago  Best Practices for the Destruction of 
Forfeited IP Infringing Goods - Part 2  Virtual  USPTO  
9/30/2021  9/30/2021  Tunisia  USPTO -INNORPI Patent Examination 
Training Series: Patent Search Tools 
and Techniques  Virtual  USPTO  
 
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