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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad  
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
ACTIVIDADES DE COOPERACIÓN TÉCNICA: INFORMACIÓN  
FACILITADA POR LOS MIEMBROS  
CANADÁ  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 15 de septiembre de 2021, se distribuye a petición de la  
delegación del Canadá.  
 
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1  INTRODUCCIÓN  
Breve exposición de las actividades de cooperación  técnica  llevadas a cabo  durante el año objeto del 
informe  
1.  A tenor  del artículo 67 del Acuerdo sobre los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual 
relacionados con el Comercio (Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC)  de la OMC , "[c]on el fin de facilitar la 
aplicación del […] Acuerdo, los países desarrollados Miembros prestarán, previa petición, y en 
términos y condiciones mutuamente acordados, cooperación técnica y financiera a los países en 
desarrollo o países menos adelantados Miembros" . De conformidad con el artículo 67 del Acuerdo 
sobre los ADPCI, el Consejo de los ADPIC pide a los países desarrollados Miembros que le informen 
sobre sus programas de cooperación técnica y financiera en favo r de los países en desarrollo y  menos 
adelantados (PMA) . El presente documento contiene información actualizada sobre las actividades 
de cooperación técnica y financiera del Canadá en la esfera de la propiedad intelectual en favor de 
los países en desarrol lo y PMA Miembros  durante el período 2020-2021. 
2.  El Canadá sigue llevando a cabo  una serie de actividades de cooperación técnica en favor de los 
países en desarrollo y PMA a nivel multilateral, plurilateral y bilateral . A nivel multilateral, el Canadá 
colabora estrechamente con la Organización  Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) y el Grupo 
de Expertos en derechos de propiedad intelectual del Foro de Cooperación Económica de Asia y el 
Pacífico (IPEG -APEC), donde participa en las deliberaciones que mant iene el IPEG dos veces al año 
para compartir información y dar a conocer las mejores prácticas en materia de derechos de  
propiedad intelectual . Además, las actividades de cooperación técnica del Canadá s on administradas 
por la Oficina  de la Propiedad Intelectual del Canadá (CIPO), Global  Affairs Canada (Ministerio de 
Asuntos Exteriores, Comercio y Desarrollo del Canadá), la Real Policía Montada del Canadá (RCMP), 
el Centro Internacional de Investigación para el Desarrollo (IDRC) y otros depar tamentos y 
organismos del Gobierno del Canadá . Otras instituciones canadienses que reciben financiación del 
Gobierno del Canadá, como el Centro de Política y Derecho Comerciales (CTPL) y la Universidad de 
Ottawa, participan también en las actividades de co operación técnica internacional.  
3.  Las actividades de cooperación técnica aparecen detalladas en el anexo . 
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ANEXO1 
Name of programme or project  CIPO -WIPO Executive Workshop on IP Office Management  
Date and end date  24 April 2021 - 7 May 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  CIPO hosts and delivers an annual CIPO -WIPO Executive Workshop on management techniques in the delivery of IP 
services, for senior officials from developing countries . Due to the COVID -19 pandemic, this year's workshop was held 
virtually over the course of two weeks . As a new feature this year, participants were required to conduct an IP management 
research project under the guidance of a CIPO advisor.  
 
The objectives of the two -week workshop were to:  
• Enhance knowledge and skills in the area of management techniques in the delivery of IP services;  
• Improve the capacity of IP officials;  
• Provide p articipants with first -hand experience of the nature and scope of Canada's IP expertise, products and 
services ; and 
• Provide a forum to exchange ideas and experiences with officials from other IP offices.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical c ooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://www.wipo.int/tad/en/activitydetails.jsp?id=23361  
Contact point for further information   
 
 
1 En inglés solamente.    
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Name of programme or project  Pilot Program of Training for patent examiners in the area of  computer -implemented inventions for Central 
American countries and the Dominican Republic  
Date and end date  7 September 2020 - 30 September 2020  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Costa Rica ; Dominican Republic ; El Salvador ; Guatemala ; Honduras ; Nicaragua ; Panama  
Brief description  Upon request from WIPO, CIPO provided technical assistance in the form of assisting with a pilot collaborative training 
programme for patent examiners in Latin American countries . A patent examiner from CIPO provided an overview of 
Canadian laws and regulations, as well as on the practice of CIPO on the substantive examination of computer -implemented 
inventions ; the examiner also presented examination cases.  
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  Pre-recorded webinars on IP and patents on the website of Trade Facilitation Office (TFO) Canada  
Date and end date  1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  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, Registeri ng trademarks in Canada, IP Foundations 
for women entrepreneurs, Overview of IP - trademarks for SMEs.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://www.tfocanada.ca/webinars.php  
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Open African Innovation Research network (Open AIR)  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  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 . They were also selected for the Queen Elizabeth Scholars - Advanced Scholars 
programme, funded through Universities Canada.  
A new phase which started in 2018, implemented in collaboration w ith 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 innovati on, 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.  
Benefi ciary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  http://www.openair.africa  
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development (EDM) - Strengthen Intellectual Property Rights 
(IPRs) Protection in Viet Nam  
Date and end date  1 January 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  This technical assistance activity is supporting the IP Office of Viet Nam to implement legal and administrative reforms that 
will better enable the country to fulfil its commitments under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans -
Pacific Partnershi p (CPTPP).  
 
The technical assistance is benefitting officials in three major ways : i) it is exposing them to how sound marks and 
undisclosed test data for agricultural chemical products are protected in Canada ; ii) it is exposing them to how IP rights 
are enforced by Canadian border officials and through criminal remedies ; and iii) it is helping officials develop tools to raise 
public and private sector understanding of IP obligations in the CPTPP.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperatio n provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://edm -mde.ca/portfolio/strengthen -intellectual -property -rights -iprs-protection -in-viet-nam/  
Contact point for further information     
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Name of programme or project  Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development (EDM) - Strengthen Intellectual Property Rights 
(IPRs) Protection in Viet Nam  
Name of programme or project  Strengthening cyber policy research centres in the Global South - Centre for Intellectual Property and Information 
Technology Law  
Date and end date  1 January 2019 - 31 December 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  This project is strengthening research and policy capacity on critical digital policy issues to ensure that policymakers in the 
Global South consistently use objective, high quality research to inform digital policy development . This project is 
supporting cyber policy research centres to develop a robust policy research agend a that addresses all facets of cyber and 
digital policy, including innovation, human rights, and security, and the interplay of these issues in the Global South.  
This project has created an academic, open access, peer -reviewed journal - the Journal of Inte llectual Property and 
Information Technology (JIPIT) . Strathmore University Press published volume one in May 2021, and is currently preparing 
for the next volume . A podcast has also been developed called The Friendly Troll, with observations of the global  tech 
industry from the perspective of the Global South.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/strengthening -cyber -policy -research -centres -global -south -centre -intellectual -property -
and 
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  Initiative for Digital Rights in Latin America (INDELA)  
Date and end date  1 January 2019 - 31 December 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Argentina ; Plurinational State of Bolivia ; Brazil; Chile; Colombia ; Cuba; Ecuador ; Mexico; Panama ; Paraguay ; Peru; 
Uruguay ; Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  
Brief description  The project is strengthening and supporting the digital rights ecosystem in Latin America by  building the capacity of key 
and emerging thought leaders with skills, knowledge, and resources ; addressing critical challenges around digital rights ; 
and promoting coordination among funders and organizations.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Techn ical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/initiative -digital -rights -latin-america -indela  
Contact point for further information   
   
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Name of programme or project  Supplying free copies of Canadian patent documents for developing countries  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description   
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  Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CPTL) - guidance, support, knowledge and tools  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  The 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 specific training on IP law and policy issues.   
Beneficiary i nstitution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://carleton.ca/ctpl/  
Contact point for further information   
 
Name of programme or project  International IP Crime Training Seminars hosted by Interpol  
Date and end date   
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)   
Brief description  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.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information   
Contact point for further information   
 
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