IP/C/W/655/Add.4  
9 de octubre  de 2019 
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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad  
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
ACTIVIDADES DE COOPERACIÓN  TÉCNICA: INFORMACIÓ N  
FACILITADA POR LOS MIEMBROS  
AUSTRALIA  
Addendum  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 19  de septiembre de  2019, se distribuye a petición de la 
delegación de Australia.  
 
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1  INTRODUCCIÓN  
1.  Australia mantiene el compromiso de compartir información con otros Miembros de la OMC sobre 
sus actividades de cooperación técnica y financiera en la esfera de los derechos de propiedad 
intelectual, en cumplimiento del artíc ulo 67 del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC . Este es un informe 
completo sobre las actividades de cooperación técnica con países en desarrollo y 
países  menos  adelantados (PMA) relacionadas con los derechos de propiedad intelectual realizadas 
por Australia . Está basado en los informes anuales actualizados presentados en 2012 
(IP/C/W/582/Add.2),  2013 (IP/C/W/593/Add.7),  2014 (IP/C/W/601),  2015 (IP/C/W/610/Add.4),  
2016 (IP/C/W/617/Add.1), 2017 (IP/C/W/632/Add.1) y 2018  (IP/C/W/647/Add.2).  
2.  Australia cumple las ob ligaciones que le impone el artículo 67 en materia de cooperación técnica 
mediante programas y actividades a nivel bilateral, regional y multilateral . Muchas actividades se 
centran en los países en desarrollo y los PMA de la región del Indo -Pacífico . Australia trabaja en 
estrecha colaboración con la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI), la secretaría 
de la Asociación de Naciones del Asia Sudoriental (ASEAN) y otros interlocutores para ayudar a 
países en desarrollo y PMA a mejorar sus sist emas de propiedad intelectual y su capacidad en 
esa esfera.  
3.  Muchas de las actividades de cooperación técnica realizadas en virtud del artículo 67 obedecen 
al enfoque estratégico de Australia centrado en utilizar la ayuda como catalizador para promover el 
crecimiento económico y la reducción de la pobreza, entre otras cosas haciendo hincapié en la ayuda 
para el comercio . La Ayuda para el Comercio está incorporada en los Objetivos de Desarrollo 
Sostenible de las Naciones Unidas, objetivos que, a su vez, influ irán en nuestras futuras inversiones, 
incluidas las actividades previstas en el programa del Fondo Fiduciario de Australia en la  OMPI.  
4.  Entre otros sitios web que incluyen información sobre la legislación de Australia en materia de 
propiedad intelectual y q ue pueden considerarse un recurso de cooperación técnica, figuran el sitio 
de la Oficina de Propiedad Intelectual de Australia, que abarca patentes, dibujos y modelos 
industriales, marcas de fábrica o de comercio y derechos de los obtentores de variedades vegetales 
(www.ipaustralia.gov.au ); el sitio del Departamento de Artes y Comunicaciones sobre las novedades 
en materia de derecho de autor ( www.communications.gov.au/what -we-do/copyright ); y el del 
Departamento de Asuntos Exteriores y Comercio Internacional sobre las novedades internacionales 
en materia de propiedad intelectual ( www.dfat.gov.au/ip ). 
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ANEXO1 
Name of programme or project  Australia -WIPO Funds in Trust  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary country or countries   
Brief description  In February  2016, the Australian Government and WIPO agreed to a second iteration of the Australia -WIPO Funds in Trust (FiT2) with 
the commitment of an additional AUD  3 million of aid for trade funding. The Australian -funded FiT2 program concluded on 
30 June 2019. The Australian Government has previously provided AUD  2 million to WIPO from 2012 to 30  June 2016. This funding 
promotes econo mic growth in developing and least developed countries by helping these countries build their intellectual property 
regimes and capabilities in facilitating innovation, creativity, investment and technology transfer. There are four themes un der 
Australia's  FiT2 program: development of the intellectual property system; technology transfer (knowledge transfer and 
commercialisation); addressing neglected tropical diseases; and copyright and related rights to assist the blind, visually im paired and 
other person s with print disabilities. Programs implemented under this funding arrangement are developed in consultation with WIPO 
and the recipient countries. Beneficiaries are involved in project planning to ensure the programs are well suited to their n eeds.  
The re view period of this report (October  2018 – September  2019) has been dedicated to implementing a workplan of activities under 
the second iteration of funding. National IP strategies have been completed or are progressing, and capacity building activit ies ha ve 
been undertaken for trademarks, copyrights and patents. An online training program on the Madrid System accession and 
implementation process for developing and least developed countries has been delivered. A national patent drafting workshop w as 
held in  Indonesia, and on -the-job searching training has been provided to Indonesian patent examiners. The FiT also supported six 
research scientists from Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea to undertake sabbaticals in Australian a nd 
overs eas research institutions in the area of neglected tropical diseases, malaria and tuberculosis as part of the WIPO Re:Search 
program. Australia's support through the FIT enabled thirty students with print impairments to receive training in the use of  techn ology 
for accessing and reading materials in accessible formats and a further 245 books have been produced in accessible format in Viet 
Nam as part of WIPO's Accessible Books Consortium initiative.  
Australia will fund a third iteration of the FiT program f rom September  2019.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
  
 
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Name of programme or project  Economic Cooperation Support Program under the ASEAN -Australia -New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA)  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary country or countries   
Brief description  The AANZFTA's Economic Cooperation Support Program (AECSP) consists of the Economic Cooperation Work Program and the 
AANZFTA Support Unit located in the ASEAN Secretariat. The AECSP was established in 2010 as a five year program with funding 
of AUD  20-25 million. The Program, which was subsequently extended further, aims to support the AS EAN Secretariat in servicing 
the AANZFTA Joint Committee and its subsidiary bodies to assist ASEAN Member States, particularly least developed countries, with 
AANZFTA's implementation. Intellectual property is a vital component of the AECSP, with the objec tive being to 'provide 
comprehensive support for the development of sound and balanced intellectual property systems in the AANZFTA region'. The 
following paragraphs outline some of the intellectual property outcomes achieved under the AECSP with further d etail provided in 
the annex to this report.  
IP Australia's Regional Patent Examination Training (RPET) Program successfully delivered intensive competency -based patent 
examination training to examiners of ASEAN Intellectual Property Offices that conduct su bstantive patent examinations, to enable 
them to meet international Patent Cooperation Treaty standards. This program trained a number of patent examiners, helping to  
improve patent examination outcomes within the region.  
In 2017, IP Australia designed a s econd phase of RPET to deliver sustainable results in embedding the RPET learnings and best 
practice into internal patent examination training (RPET Mentoring). Experienced IP Australia Mentors have been assigned to e ach 
participating office, and all count ries have finished developing competency -based training modules customised to their national 
legislation and practice. These modules are being piloted with the assistance of the IP Australia Mentors.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical coopera tion provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
 
    
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Name of programme or project  Funds in Trust - Arrangement of placements of scientists from developing countries through WIPO Re:Search  
Date and end date  1 January  2019 - 31 December  2019 
Beneficiary country or countries  Indonesia; Kenya; Madagascar; Papua New Guinea; Tanzania  
Brief description  Placed six scientists from developing and least developed countries with public and private sector institutions/companies wit h a 
view to ensuring technical cooperation in the area of research into neglected tropical diseases.  
Beneficiary insti tution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
 
Name of programme or project  Funds in Trust - Development of National IP (NIP) Strategies  
Date and end date  1 January  2019 - 31 December  2019 
Beneficiary country or countries  Lao People's Democratic Republic; Viet Nam  
Brief description  Lao PDR: The NIP strategy has been developed and translated into the Laotian language. Viet Nam: The NIP strategy has been 
finalised, validated and approved, paving the way for implementation.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Funds in Trust - Patent search and examination training  
Date and end date  1 April 2019 - 30 April 2019 
Beneficiary country or countries  Indonesia  
Brief description  On-the-job training in patent search techniques has been provided to Indonesian patent examiners.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
 
Name of programme or project  Funds in Trust - Development of an online training program on the Madrid System accession and implementation 
process  
Date and end date  1 December  2018 - 1 December  2019 
Beneficiary country or countries   
Brief description  Online training modules on the Madrid System were delivered to WIPO in December  2018 and piloted in July/August  2019. 
Anticipated release by the WIPO Academy to occur in late 2019.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for furthe r information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Funds in Trust - Accessible Books Consortium  
Date and end date  1 December  2018 - 7 October  2019 
Beneficiary country or countries  Bangladesh; Indonesia; Mongolia; Viet Nam  
Brief description  Training in accessible book production has been held in Viet Nam and Mongolia. Indonesian students with print impairments hav e 
been trained in the use of technology for accessing and reading materials in accessible for mats. Educational materials in accessible 
formats have been produced for students in Bangladesh. 245 books were developed in Viet Nam with additional books under 
development in Mongolia, Indonesia and Bangladesh in the coming months.  
Beneficiary instituti on or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Funds in Trust - National Patent Training Workshop  
Date and end date  1 October  2018 - 31 October  2018 
Beneficiary country or countries  Indonesia  
Brief description  1  Provided training in drafting patent applications in Indonesia.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  AECSP - Regional Patent Examination Training Mentoring (RPET Mentoring)  
Date and end date  1 June 2017 - 1 December  2019 
Beneficiary country or countries  Indonesia; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand; Viet Nam  
Brief description  The main aim of the program is to assist with internal capacity development so that offices can train their own patent examination 
cohort. All countries have finished developing competency -based training modules customised to their national legislation and 
practice. The modules will be pil oted with the assistance of an experienced IP Australia Mentor. The Philippines completed their pilot 
in July  2019, with the remaining countries due to commence before December  2019.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  International Fund for Cultural Diversity  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary country or countries   
Brief description  To support Australia's obligations in implementing the 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity o f 
Cultural Expressions, Australia made additional voluntary contributions (of one % of its total contribution to the UNESCO bud get) to 
the UNESCO International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) in 2018, 2016, 2013 and 2011. The IFCD promotes sustainable 
development and poverty reduction by funding projects in developing countries that foster the emergence of dynamic cultural s ectors.  
It supports activities such as the development and implementation of cultural policies, capacity -building for cultural entrepreneurs, 
the mapping of cultural industries, the creation of new cultural industry business models, and the development of strateg ies for 
cultural and creative industries including intellectual property rights. The Department of Communications and the Arts suppor ts the 
program through UNESCO and member parties to the 2005 Convention. The IFCD is a multi -donor fund established to prom ote 
sustainable development and poverty reduction in developing countries through support to projects that aim to foster the emer gence 
of a dynamic cultural sector. For example, funding is provided to promote grassroots micro -initiatives, capacity building  and knowledge 
sharing in the arts and cultural sectors for activities which contribute to cultural and economic development in LDCs. Since 2010, the 
International Fund for Cultural Diversity has contributed USD  7.5 million in funding for 105 projects in 5 4 developing countries to 
promote dynamic cultural sectors, revitalisation of the local economy and create positive social change. Australia's voluntar y 
contributions to the IFCD include: 2018: AUD  105,333 2016: AUD  88,692 2013: AUD  80,000 2011: AUD  80,000  Total to date: 
AUD 354,025 Further information is available at http://en.unesco.org/creativity/ifcd  and convention2005.ifcd@unesco.org  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
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