IP/C/W/ 655/Add. 5 
9 octobre  2019 
(19-6529) Page: 1/5 
Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété  
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
  
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE:  
RENSEIGNEMENTS COMMUNIQUÉS  
PAR LES MEMBRES  
CANADA  
Addendum  
La communication ci -après, datée du 27 septembre 2019 , est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation du Canada.  
 
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1  BREF APERÇU DE LA COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE AU COURS DE L'ANNÉE CONSIDÉRÉE  
1.  Conformément à l'article 67 de l'Accord sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui 
touchent au commerce (ADPIC), le Conseil des ADPIC demande aux pays développés Membres de 
faire rappo rt sur leurs programmes de coopération technique et financière en faveur des pays en 
développement et des pays les moins avancés Membres . Le présent document donne des 
renseignements actualisés sur les activités du Canada concernant la coopération techniqu e et 
financière dans le domaine de la propriété intellectuelle en faveur des pays en développement et 
des pays les moins avancés Membres pour la période 2018-2019. 
2.  Le Canada a mené plusieurs activités de coopération technique aux niveaux multilatéral, 
plurilatéral et bilatéral . Au niveau multilatéral, il travaille en étroite collaboration avec l'Organisation 
mondiale de la propriété intellectuelle (OMPI) et le Groupe d'experts des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle de la Coopération économique Asie -Pacifiqu e (APEC -IPEG), où il participe aux 
délibérations semestrielles de l'organisation axées sur l'échange de renseignements et des 
meilleures pratiques dans le domaine des droits de propriété intellectuelle.  
3.  Le résumé ci -après donne des renseignements actualisé s sur les activités, qui sont exécutées 
principalement par l'Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC), Affaires mondiales 
Canada, le Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI ) et la Gendarmerie 
royale du Canada (GRC) . D'autres institutions canadiennes  qui reçoivent un financement du 
gouvernement du Canada , comme le Centre de droit et de politique commerciale (CDPC) et 
l'Université d'Ottawa, participent également aux activités de coopération technique internationale . 
4.  Des renseignements détaillés sur les activités de coopération  technique  sont donnés dans 
l'annexe.  
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TECHNICAL COOPERATIO N ACTIVITIES FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2018 TO 31  AUGUST 2019  
Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
Patent 
Cooperation 
Treaty (PTC) 
Regional Seminar 
for Latin American 
Countries  17-19 October, 
2018 United States 
Patent and 
Trademark 
Office's 
(USPTO) 
headquarters  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PTC) Regional Seminar for 
Latin American Countries  -- 
WIPO Program of 
International 
Cooper ation in the 
Search and 
Examination of 
Inventions (ICSEI)  Between 1 
September 
2018 and 31 
August 2019  3 requests 
from Kenya 
and 1 request 
from Trinidad 
and Tobago  CIPO provides search and examination reports of 
patent applications, upon request from other WIPO 
Member States.  -- 
CIPO-WIPO 
Executive 
Workshop on 
Management 
Techniques in the 
Delivery of IP 
Services for senior 
officials from 
developing 
countries  Betwee n 3 June 
and 7 June 
2019 Participants 
were from 
Tanzania, 
Zambia, 
Zimbabwe, 
Gambia, 
Nigeria, 
Botswana, 
Lesotho, 
Egypt, 
Tunisia, Cuba, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago and CIPO-WIPO Executive Workshop on Ma nagement 
Techniques in the Delivery of IP Services for senior 
officials from developing countries  Between 3 June and 7 June 2019  
 
1 En anglais seulement .  
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the African 
Regional 
Intellectual 
Property 
Organization 
(ARIPO)  
Pre-recorded 
webinars on IP 
and patents on the 
website of TFO 
Canada  Available 
throughout 
2019 Available 
online  These webinars, which were recorded in 2016 through 
CIPO collaboration with TFO Canada, are available in 
English on the TFO Canada website for embassies, 
consulates and businesses from developing and 
emerging countries.  
 
Topics covered : Basics of Canadian IP, Registering 
patents in Canada, Registering trademarks in Canada, 
IP Foundations for women entrepreneurs, Overview of 
IP – trademarks for SMEs.  
 https://www.tfocanada.ca/webinars.ph p 
National 
Legislative 
Development 
project  Between 20 
October 2009 
and 28 
September 
2018 
 Viet Nam  The objective of the project is to strengthen the legal 
foundations for economic growth through an integrated 
program of reforms to the Vietnamese legis lative 
development process. It addresses several priorities of 
the Government of Viet Nam's legal reform agenda, 
including: the development of laws that are clear and 
more easily implemented; improved review of 
legislation to ensure that it is consistent i nternally and 
with other legislation; and more effective public 
participation in the lawmaking process. The project 
addresses these concerns through an integrated work 
program addressing all points of the legislative 
development process, with attention to legislation that 
supports economic growth and development.  
 https://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser -
banqueprojets/project -projet/details/a032 788001  
Open African 
Innovation 
Research network 
(Open AIR)  -- Africa and 
Canada  Open AIR is a unique collaborative network of 
researchers spread across Africa and Canada. Their 
research aims to ease tensions between IP and access 
to knowledge, and to understand how knowledge -
based businesses can take advantage of global 
opportunities,  while sharing the benefits of innovation 
throughout society. Open AIR is funded by Canada’s 
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 
and has a Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences 
and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) until March 
2022. The y were also selected for the Queen Elizabeth http://www.openair.africa    
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Scholars – Advanced Scholars program, funded 
through Universities Canada.  
A new phase which started in 2018, implemented in 
collaboration with the University of Cape Town, South 
Africa, will research how Africa ’s high -tech hubs are 
facilitating the adaptation and adoption of emerging 
technologies in Africa, including artificial intelligence; 
how maker communities facilitate inclusive 
innovation, especially by empowering women and 
girls and benefitting members of  marginalized groups; 
and how to build confidence in Indigenous populations 
to effectively participate in collaborative knowledge 
production with optimal and equitable benefits.  
Expert 
Deployment 
Mechanism for 
Trade and 
Development 
(EDM)  Between 2018 
and 2025  Global  The EDM is designed to reduce poverty by deploying, 
on demand, Canadian and international technical 
experts to assist developing countries negotiate, 
implement, adapt to and benefit from bilateral or 
regional Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Foreign 
Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements 
(FIPAs) with Canada. Experts can be deployed while 
FTA/FIPA exploratory talks are underway, during 
formal negotiations, or follow ing the conclusion and 
ratification of an agreement. There is a significant 
roster of experts relating to IP, including Trade 
Facilitation Office Canada (TFO  Canada).  
 https://edm -mde.ca/  
 
Centre for Trade 
Policy and Law 
(CPTL) – 
guidance, 
support, 
knowledge and 
tools -- -- Canada -based CTPL  is a Canadian institution that 
provides developing and transition economies with 
guidance and support to sustain them in the short -
term and with the knowledge and tools to ensure their 
full participation in international trade agreements, 
including specif ic training on IP law and policy issues.  https://carleton.ca/ctpl/   
Communication 
for Policy 
Research (CPR) 
South -South  -- North of 
Sahara, South 
of Sahara, 
North and 
Central 
America, 
South This project aims to foster the emergence of a 
community of policy intellectuals in Africa, Asia and 
Latin America capable of supporting policy formulation 
in the area of information and communicati on 
technology (ICT) infrastructure and sector 
performance. It will do so by supporting the capacity 
building programs of three IDRC recipients: LIRNEasia, https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/communication -
policy -research -cpr-south -south   
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America, 
Central Asia,  
Far East Asia, 
South Asia, 
Sri Lanka, 
Peru, South 
Africa  Research ICT Africa (RIA) and DIRSI, the Spanish 
acronym for Regional Dialogue on the Information 
Society (DIRSI). The programs will follow a common 
research methodology (peering and mentoring) and 
evaluation framework (tracking young scholar 
development). Project activities will consist of an 
annual regional conference that will include at least one 
inter-regional session; a set of tutorials that will allow 
young scholars to interact with international scholars; 
and an internship program that will see the expansion 
of exchanges of young scholars between the three 
regions. The program will also serve to st rengthen 
collaboration, knowledge sharing and cross fertilization 
of ideas between the three initiatives.  
Supplying free 
copies of 
Canadian patent 
documents for 
developing 
countries  Upon request 
from WIPO  -- --  -- 
International IP 
Crime Training 
Seminars hosted 
by Interpol  -- -- The RCMP has contributed to the seminars each 
year. The seminars have been given to participants 
from developed and least developed countries, 
facilitating the exchange of best practices and 
techniques, and networking.  -- 
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