IP/C/W/655/Add.2  
 
2 October 201 9 
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATIO N ACTIVITIES:  
INFORMATION FROM MEM BERS  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 19 September  2019, 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 assistan ce programme s provided by the US Government  
concerning the protection, utilization and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR s), including 
patents , trademarks and enforcement for developing and least developed countries (LDCs). It  covers 
activities undertaken from 201 8 to 201 9. 
2.  Through th e US Government 's extensive training of foreign officials from developed, developing 
and LDC countries, the advancement of the protection and enforcement of IP is steadily achieved. 
The US Government , in collaboration with many national and regional govern ment 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. US Govern ment 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 traini ng 
and technical assistance to improve the functioning and utilization of IP systems in accordance with 
the Agreement on Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS).  
3.  US Government  technical assistance is driven by demand and individual p riority needs of  
beneficiary countries. The diversity of needs and interests identified by beneficiary countries  results 
in tailored technical assistance activities on specific areas of interest.  
4.  The US Government  technical assistance covers a range of IPR  topics, including:  
• Protection and management of intellectual property;  
• Administration of IP offices and human resource development related to IP office  
administration;  
• Building effective IPR border enforcement mechanisms;  
• Effective adjudication of IP cases, including transparency in decision -making;  
• Country -specific methodologies for investigating and prosecuting IPR criminal cases;  
• Conducting searches and law enforcement techniques;  
• Anti-counterfeiting, including in the area of coun terfeit pharmaceuticals and medical;  
• Advanced computer forensics to track down, arrest and prosecute IP criminals; and  IP/C/W/655/Add.2  
 
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  • Public education and consumer awareness of the importance of IP protection, innovation,  
creativity, and enforcement.  
5.  The US Government  agencies and agency subdivisions that provide IPR technical assistance  
include the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR); the US Agency for International  
Development (USAID); the US Copyright Office of the Library of Congress (USCO); the 
US Department  of Agriculture (USDA); the US Department of Commerce (DOC), including 
the Commercial Law Development Programme  (CLDP), International Trade Administration (ITA), 
and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 
including through the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the US Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement (ICE); the US 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 Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT); the 
US Department of State (DOS); and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).  
6.  Technical cooperation pursuant to TRIPS Article 67 includes assis tance, on request, in 
the preparation of laws and regulations on the preparation and enforcement of intellectual property  
rights, as well as on the prevention of abuse.  
7.  Further information, including a schedule of program mes, is available on the US Government 's 
Global Intellectual Property Education Training Programme  Database located at  
http://usipr.uspto.gov/ . The Global Intellect ual Property Education Database is maintained by  
agencies of the US Government  that provide training and technical assistance relating to protecting 
and enforcing IPR.  
8.  The Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) offers capacity building programme s in 
the United States and around the world on IP protection, enforcement, and capitalization. GIPA is 
an essential component of the US Government 's effort to improve IP protection and enforcement  
practices around the world. Participants in GIPA programme s inclu de officials of national IP offices, 
judicia l officials , police/investigators, prosecutors, customs officials, officials from health ministries, 
officials from technology transfer agencies, and officials from consumer protection agencies, 
representatives o f academic institutions, students, and representatives of small and medium -sized 
enterprises (SMEs). GIPA provides both multilateral programme s and country specific programme s. 
Some programme s are developed to address specific legal issues, administrative issues and specific 
IP areas.  To learn more visit www.uspto.gov/GIPA . 
9.  The description of programme s offered by GIPA are available both at the USPTO and around the 
world, and include:  
• Patent Programme s: The patent programme s 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 pharmaceuticals, industrial design 
examination,  technology transfer practices. In -depth programme s 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 t he world.  
• Plant Variety Protection (PVP): PVP programme s include awareness of UPOV plant variety 
Protection, as well as a more detailed train the trainer programme . 
• Trademark Programme s: The trademark programme s are designed to focus on 
administration, bud geting, recruitment and training, and treaty protocol. These programme s 
provide discussions and case studies on examination procedures. Trademark programme s 
may also focus on geographical indications.  
• Copyright Programme s: The copyright programme s 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 Programme s: The trade secret programme s provide an overview of trade 
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  • Enforcement Programme s: The enforcement programme s are designed to focus on topics of 
criminal, civil, customs and border enforcement. These programme s are technical and 
include a comprehensive course agenda.  
• Distance learning, including live onli ne and on demand eLearning modules on all topics of 
IP. 
 
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Programme 
start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
9/9/2018  9/9/2018  Hong Kong , China  IPR Enforcement Training  Hong Kong, China  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
9/10/2019  9/12/2019  Egypt  USDA US -Egypt Technology 
Transfer Workshop  National Agricultural 
Library, Beltsville, 
MD, USA  USDA; DOS; AUTM; Department 
of Commerce Commercial Law 
Development Program; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/11/2018  9/15/2018  Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, 
Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, 
Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  Asia Regional Workshop on Effective 
Practices in Border Enforcement of 
Intellectual Property Righ ts Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DOS, 
International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs; DOJ, Office 
of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training; Smithsonian Institution  
9/11/2018  9/13/2018  El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras  Combating Intellectual Property 
Crime  San Salvador, El 
Salvador  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DOS, 
International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs; DHS, 
Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
9/12/2018  9/14/2018  Brunei Darussalam , Cambodia, 
China, Indonesia, Lao PDR , 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam  Sixth Meeting of the IP Crimes 
Enforcement Network  Hong Kong, China  DOS, International Narcotics and 
Law Enforcement Affairs; DOJ, 
Office of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
9/12/2018  9/12/2018  Indonesia  IPR Enforcement Training  Indonesia  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
                                                
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
9/13/2018  9/14/2018  Indonesia  Intellectual Property Rights: Border 
Enforcement Workshop  Jakarta, Indonesia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/18/2018  9/21/2018  Pakistan  USPTO IPO Pakistan: Patent 
Examination  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/24/2018  9/26/2018  Indonesia  Biotech Patent Examination 
Training  Jakarta, Indonesia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/27/2018  9/28/2018  Indonesia  Intellectual Property Rights: 
Seminar on the Protection of 
Geographical Indications  Bogor, Indonesia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/25/2018  9/25/2018  Mexico  IPR Enforcement Training  Chetumal, Mexico  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
9/26/2018  9/28/2018  Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, 
Belize, Bermuda, Suriname, Trinidad 
and Tobago, Grenada, Guyana, 
Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint 
Lucia Investigation and Prosecution of 
Intellectual Property Crimes  Bridgetown, 
Barbados  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Ac ademy; International 
Narcotics and Law Enforcement 
Affairs; DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
10/1/2018  10/5/2018  Viet Nam  IPR Judicial Colloquium series  Hanoi and Ho Chi 
Minh City, Viet Nam  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; U.S. 
Embassy Hanoi; U.S. Consulate 
General Ho Chi Minh City, the 
Motion Picture Association and 
the Viet Nam  Supreme People's 
Court; DHS, Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement; DOJ -
CCIPS  
10/1/2018  10/5/2018  Chinese Taipei  USPTO -TIPO Examiner Exchange 
Program  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
10/1/2018  10/3/2018  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, 
Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam  Promoting Excellence of Collective 
Management Organizations (CMOs) 
in Transparency, Accountability, 
and Governance  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
10/2/2018  10/3/2018  Jordan  USPTO IPR Border Enforcement 
Workshop  Amman, Jordan  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy, USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
10/12/2018  10/12/2018  China  Visit of Delegates from Guangdong 
Intellectual Property Office  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
10/15/2018  10/15/2018  Singapore  Cybercrime and Intellectual 
Property Rights Enforcement 
Workshop  Singapore  U.S. Department of State; DHS, 
Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
10/16/2018  10/19/2018  Kingdom of Bahrain , Bhutan, Brazil, 
Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, 
Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, 
Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, 
Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, 
Republic of Korea , Suriname, 
Chinese Taipei , Thailand, Viet Nam  Intellectual Property Protection for 
Designs: An International 
Perspective  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
10/17/2018  10/19/2018  Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, 
Colombia,  Honduras, Mexico, Peru, 
Spain, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican 
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, 
Guatemala  USPTO / WIPO - 20th Regional 
Seminar on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty for Latin American Countries  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virg inia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
10/22/2018  10/26/2018  Bhutan  Best Practices in Trademark 
Examination  Thimphu, Bhutan  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
10/22/2018  10/23/2018  United States  Experts' Meeting on Copyright 
Registration and Infrastructure in 
the Digital Age  U.S. Copyright 
Office, Library of 
Congress, 
Washington DC  U.S. Copyright Office  
10/24/2018  10/24/2018  Nigeria  International Visitors Leadership 
Program: Nigeria, Intellectual 
Property Rights  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
10/28/2018  10/29/2018  Jordan  Patent Examination Training  Jordan  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
10/29/2018  10/29/2018  Kingdom of Bahrain , Kuwait, Oman, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , United 
Arab Emirates  IP Managemen t Workshop  Kuwait City, Kuwait  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
10/29/2018  10/31/2018  India Patent Policy Discussion and Patent 
Examination Workshops  New Delhi, India  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
11/7/2018  11/9/2018  Brunei Darussalam , Cambodia, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, 
Philippines, Viet Nam  ASEAN -USPTO Workshop on IP 
Enforcement, Public Awareness and 
Consumer Behavior  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
11/13/2018  11/15/2018  Botswana  Criminal investigations and 
prosecutions of pharma ceutical 
crime violations for Eastern and 
Southern African countries  Gaborone, 
Botswana  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; DHS, 
Immigrations and Customs 
Enforcement; South African 
Police Service, Directorate for 
Priority Crime Investigation  
11/14/2018  11/15/2018  Indonesia  Indonesia Examiners Training  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
11/15/2018  11/15/2018  China  Visit of Officials from the Shanghai 
Free Trade Zone (SFTZ)  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
11/19/2018  11/21/2018  Botswana, Estonia, The Gambia, 
Ghana, Guyana, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao 
Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, 
Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, 
Zimbabwe  USPTO -UPOV Training on Plant 
Related IP for ARIPO Members  Windhoek, Namibia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; UPOV  
11/27/2018  11/30/2018  China  Workshop on Trademark 
Examination  Shanghai and 
Guangzhou, China  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
11/27/2018  11/28/2018  Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Bulgaria, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, 
Hungary, Republic of North 
Macedonia , Moldova, Montenegro, 
Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine  Combating intellectual property 
theft through increased container 
security  Southeast European 
Law Enforcement 
Center  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
11/30/2018  11/30/2018  Brazil  DVC with INPI Brazil on the USPTO 
Telework Program  Live online from 
Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
12/3/2018  12/7/2018  Pakistan  CLDP-USPTO IP Judicial Program for 
Pakistan  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
12/3/2018  12/3/2018  The State of Kuwait  IP Crime and Organized Crime and 
Terrorism  Kuwait City, The 
State of Kuwait  USPTO IP Attaché Program   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
12/4/2018  12/4/2018  The State of Kuwait  Proliferation of Counterfeit and 
Pirated Goods Entering Sensitive 
Supply Chains  Kuwait City, the 
State of Kuwait  USPTO IP Attaché Program  
12/6/2018  12/6/2018  China  Meeting with Delegation of Ningxia 
Department of Technology, China  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
1/28/2019  1/30/2019  Afghanistan; Cambodia; Jamaica; 
Kazakhstan; Liechtenstein; 
Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; 
Nigeria; Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines; United Arab Emirates ; 
Viet Nam ; Zambia; Zimbabwe  Workshop on Drafting Legislation in 
Accordance with the UPOV 
Convention  Geneva, 
Switzerland  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; UPOV  
1/29/2019  1/31/2019  Dominican Republic  Workshop for Caribbean 
prosecutors, customs, and police 
officers  Punta Cana, 
Dominican Republic  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Developme nt, 
Assistance, and Training  
1/30/2019  2/1/2019  Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR , 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam  ASEAN/USPTO GIPA  Judicial 
Colloquium on Civil and Criminal 
Infringement of Intellectual 
Property  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; ASEAN 
Secretariat  
2/4/2019  2/6/2019  Bangladesh  IPR workshop  Chittigong, 
Bangladesh  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
2/13/2019  2/15/2019  Brunei Darussalam , Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Viet Nam  ASEAN / USPTO GIPA - Advanced 
Workshop on Three -Dimensional 
and Other Non -Traditional Marks  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program;  ASEAN 
Secretariat  
2/18/2019  2/19/2019  Philippines  USPTO / IPOPHIL Workshop on 
Advanced Trademark Examination  Manila, Philippines  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; IPOPHIL  
2/25/2019  2/25/2019  Spain  USPTO Visit by Delegation from the 
Embassy of Spain and other 
European Embassies  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
2/26/2019  2/26/2019  Canada, Chile, China, Japan, 
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, 
Russian Federation, Republic of 
Korea , Chinese Taipei  APEC IPEG Seminar on Patent Grace 
Period  Santiago, Chile  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USTR; APEC  
2/27/2019  3/1/2019  Austria  Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 
User's Seminar in Vienna and 
Program on U.S. Office Practice for 
APO Patent Management and 
Examiners  Vienna, Austria  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
3/1/2019  3/1/2019  Austria  U.S. Office Practice for APO 
Trademark Management and 
Examiners  Vienna, Austria  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
3/4/2019  3/6/2019  Costa Rica, Dominican Republic , El 
Salvador, Honduras,  Panama  Judicial Workshop on the Protection 
and Enforcement of Intellectual 
Property Rights  Tegucigalpa, 
Honduras  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
3/11/2019  3/12/2019  Peru Seminar on Patent Examination and 
IP Administration  Lima, Peru  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
3/12/2019  3/12/2019  Qatar  Patent Examination Training 
Workshop  Doha, Qatar  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
3/14/2019  3/15/2019  Chile Seminar on Patent Examination and 
IP Administration  Santiago, Chile  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
3/25/2019  3/28/2019  Chinese Taipei  Exchange of Best Practices in 
Trademark Examination with 
Chinese Taipei  Intellectual Property 
Office (TIPO)  Chinese Taipei  
Intellectual Property 
Office  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
4/1/2019  4/5/2019  Albania, Cambodia, Colombia, India, 
Lao PDR , Malaysia, Myanmar, 
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam  Asia Regional Workshop on Trade in 
Counterfeit Food, Beverages, 
Cosmetics, and Fast Moving 
Consumer Goods  Ho Chi Minh City, 
Viet Nam  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; DOJ; FDA; 
EUIPO  
4/2/2019  4/3/2019  Israel  Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) 
User's Seminar in Israel and 
Program on U.S. Patent 
Examination Practices  Tel Aviv/Jerusalem  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
4/4/2019  4/5/2019  Uruguay  Trademark Examination Training  Montevideo, 
Uruguay  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
4/8/2019  4/9/2019  Colombia  Trademark Examination Training  Bogota, Colombia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
4/9/2019  4/10/2019  Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, 
Uruguay  IPR Center International IP 
Workshop  Sao Paulo, Brazil  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy; USPTO IP Attaché 
Program; DOJ; DOS  
4/10/2019  4/11/2019  Indonesia  USPTO -DGIP Examiner Training 
Program  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
4/11/2019  4/11/2019  Chinese Taipei  Workshop on Best Practices for 
Stemming Digital Piracy  Taipei, Chinese 
Taipei  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program;  DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
4/12/20 19 4/12/2019  Chinese Taipei  Workshop on Best Practices for 
Trade Secret Enforcement  Taipei, Chinese 
Taipei  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program;  DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
4/15/2019  4/17/2019  Argentina  Workshop on the Investigation and 
Prosecution of IP Crimes  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DHS, 
Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; USPTO IP Attaché 
Program  
4/22/2019  4/25/2019  Nigeria  Train-the-trainer workshop on IP 
enforcement for judicial officers  Abuja, Nigeria  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; Africa 
Regional Intellectual Property 
Office (ARIPO); INTERPOL; 
Gover nment of Japan  
4/23/2019  4/26/2019  Algeria, Botswana, Eswatini, The 
Gambia, Lesotho, Mozambique, 
Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Liberia, 
Botswana, Malawi, Sao Tome and 
Principe, Tanzania, Zambia  Africa Regional Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Training For Judic ial 
Instructors  Gaborone, 
Botswana  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DOJ, Office 
of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
4/26/2019  4/26/2019  Brazil  World IP Day Celebration Event 
"Reach for Gold: IP and Sports"  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil and live online  USPTO IP Attaché Program  
4/23/2019  4/25/2019  United States, Barbados, Brazil, 
Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago  USPTO -NAAG  Workshop on 
Intellectual Property and Consumer 
Protection  USPTO Texas 
Regional Office, 
Dallas, TX  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; NAAG  
4/29/2019  4/29/2019  Kingdom of Bahrain , the State of 
Kuwait , Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates  Workshop on USPTO's Patent 
Appeal Process  Kuwait City, The 
State of Kuwait  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
5/1/2019  5/1/2019  Qatar  Patent Examination Program  Doha, Qatar  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
5/6/2019  5/8/2019  Romania  IPR training  Bucharest, Romania  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
5/13/2019  5/13/2019  Senegal  DOJ ICHIP  IP Crimes Training 
Pharma Workshop  Dakar, Senegal  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
5/13/2019  5/21/2019  Uzbekistan  Intellectual Property Rights: A 
Project for Uzbekistan  Washington, D.C.; 
Baltimore, MD; 
Raleigh, NC  U.S. Department of State; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
5/16/2019  5/17/2019  Thailand  Workshop on the Prosecution of 
Intellectual Property Cases for 
Provincial Public Prosecutors  Pattaya, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; Thai Attorney 
General Office  
5/21/2019  5/23/2019  Chile, Colombia, Peru  Digital Piracy: Challenges and Best 
Practices for Prosecutors and Police  Bogota, Colombia  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
5/21/2019  5/23/2019  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, 
Turkmenistan  USPTO GIPA  Judicial Dialogue on 
the Protection of Intellectual 
Property Rights  Nur-Sultan, 
Kazakhstan  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
5/22/2019  5/23/2019  Thailand  Training on Advanced Industrial 
Designs Examination  Bangkok, Thailand  DIP; U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office Global IP Academy; USPTO 
IP Attaché Program; Government 
of Japan  
5/27/2019  5/29/2019  Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa 
Rica, Mexico, Peru, Spain  International Course on Emerging 
Topics in IP for Judges and Public 
Attorneys  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  World International Property 
Organization (WIPO); U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; MRE Brazil; 
EMARF and AJUFE with INPI 
Brazil; CEJ, TRF2  
6/3/2019  6/6/2019  South Africa  Patent Office Administration 
Training for South African Officials  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
6/4/2019  6/7/2019  Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Kyrgyzstan, Serbia, Tajikistan, 
Turkey  IP Enforcement Training  Vienna. Austria  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
6/10/2019  6/19/2019  Argentina, Kingdom of Bahrain , 
Barbados, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, 
Democratic Republic of the Congo , 
Ethiopia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japa n, 
Jordan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Oman, 
Peru, Republic of Korea , Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Uganda, Viet Nam  Advanced Trademark Examination 
Training  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
6/11/2019  6/14/2019  Burundi, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, 
Democratic Republic of the Congo , 
Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, 
Morocco, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, 
Senegal  Regional workshop on 
pharmaceutical and pesticide crime  Dakar, Senegal  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
6/11/2019  6/12/2019  Sri Lanka  Sri Lanka UBL  Cells: United States 
Intellectual Property Law and Policy  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
6/18/2019  6/21/2 019 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  Saudi Authority for Intellectual 
Property visit  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy;  
6/18/2019  8/21/2019  Brunei Darussalam , Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Viet Nam  Workshop on Enforcement Against 
IP Criminal Infringement  Bangkok, Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; DOJ; ASEA N 
Secretariat; DOS; FDA; DHS  
6/19/2019  6/19/2019  Ecuador  ISP Liability and Safe Harbors  Quito, Ecuador  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; Servicio 
Nacional de Derechos 
Intelectuales  
6/20/2019  6/20/2019  Ecuador  Collective Management 
Organizations  Quito, Ecuador  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; US PTO IP 
Attaché Program; Servicio 
Nacional de Derechos 
Intelectuales  
7/7/2019  7/9/2019  Kingdom of Bahrain , The State of 
Kuwait , Oman, Qatar, Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates  Copyright Management Workshop  Oman  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
7/10/2019  7/11/2019  Oman, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , 
Qatar  Patent Examination Workshop  Oman  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
7/15/2019  7/19/2019  Argentina, Azerbaijan, Brazil, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, 
Ethiopia, Greece, Indonesia, 
Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, 
Mauritius, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, 
South Africa, Spain, Thailand, 
Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine  USPTO Copyright Seminar 2019  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
7/25/2019  7/26/2019  Tajikistan  Trademark Examination Workshop  Dushanbe, 
Tajikistan  U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
7/29/2019  7/30/2019  Uzbekistan  Trademark Examination Workshop   Tashkent, 
Uzbekistan  U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
7/23/2019  7/26/2019  Argentina, Australia, Kingdom of 
Bahrain , Botswana, Cambodia, 
Canada, Chile, The Gambia, Georgia, 
India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, 
Nigeria, Norway, Romania, Pakis tan, 
Peru, Serbia, South Africa, 
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 
Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, 
Uruguay  USPTO/WIPO/AUTM Workshop on 
Technology Transfer and 
Management of Government 
Intellectual Property  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; World 
Intellectual Property 
Organization; AUTM  
7/23/2019  7/24/2019  Myanmar  International Trademark 
Association / Myanmar Customs 
Department / Pharmaceutical 
Security Institute / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy - 
Workshop on Brand Protection and 
IP Border Enforcement for Myanmar 
Customs  Yangon, Myanmar  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
7/23/2019  7/26/2019  Bermuda, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Jamaica, Panama, Saint Lucia, 
Trinidad and Tobago, United 
Kingdom  Intellectual Property Rights 
Enforcement Training  Grand Cayman, 
Cayman Islands  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; U.S. Pa tent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
7/29/2019  7/29/2019  Paraguay  DOJ Financial Workshop  Asuncion, Paraguay  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; DOJ, Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development, Assistance, and 
Training  
8/5/2019  8/8/2019  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Botswana, 
Brazil, Cambodia, China, Colombia, 
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, 
Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan , 
Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lao PDR , 
Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, 
Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arab ia, Sri Lanka, 
Thailand, Turkey, Uganda  IP Office Administration Training  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
8/7/2019  8/9/2019  Brunei Darussalam , Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR , Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet 
Nam, Singapore  Workshop on Utilizing ADR in IP 
Disputes  Manila, Philippines  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
8/8/2019  8/9/2019  Thailand  Workshop for Thai Public 
Prosecutors  Udon Thani, 
Thailand  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
8/19/2019  8/22/2019  Afghanistan  Trademark Examiners Workshop  New Delhi, India  U.S. Department of Commerce 
Commercial Law Development 
Program; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy  
8/20/2019  8/22/2019  Bangladesh  IPR Enforcement Workshop for 
Bangladesh  Global IP Academy, 
USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, Virginia, 
USA U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
8/20/2019  8/20/2019  Kenya  Intellectual Property Rights 
Enforcement Training  Nairobi, Kenya  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement  
8/22/2019  8/23/2019  Madagascar  Trademark Examination Training  Antananarivo, 
Madagascar  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
8/27/2019  8/20/2019  South Africa  Trademark Examination Training  Pretoria, South 
Africa  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
8/29/2019  8/30/2019  Singapore  IP Program, IP Week in Singapore  Singapore  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; IPOS  
9/2/2019  9/3/2019  Democratic Republic of the Congo , 
Ethiopia, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, 
Senegal, Sierra Leone  investigations and prosecutions of 
pharmaceutical crime violations for 
West African countries  Accra, Ghana  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
9/7/2019  9/9/2019  Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, 
Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, Togo  Western Africa Counterfeit 
Pharmaceutical Workshop  Accra, Ghana  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
9/10/2019  9/11/2019  Brunei Darussalam  Workshop on IP Education  Brunei Darussalam  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program; Brunei 
Darussalam  IP Office  
9/12/2019  9/13/2019  Turkey  Pharmaceutical and Mechanical 
Patent Examination in the United 
States  Ankara, Turkey  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
9/15/2019  9/20/2019  Egypt  USPTO GIPA Exchange of Best 
Practices in Trademark Examination  Cairo, Egypt  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy   
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start date Programme 
end date Participating country(s)  Programme description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / Contributors  
9/16/2019  9/17/2019  Nigeria  IP Symposium  Lagos, Nigeria  DOJ, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development, 
Assistance, and Training  
9/17/2019  9/18/2019  Brazil  Workshop on Combating Digital and 
Broadcast Piracy  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; USPTO IP 
Attaché Program  
9/17/2019  9/19/2019  Thailand  Intellectual Property Rights 
Enforcement Training  Bangkok, Thailand  DHS, Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement; U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office Global IP 
Academy: NIPRC; DOS  
9/24/2019  9/26/2019  Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei 
Darussalam , Cambodia, 
Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Fiji, Hong Kong 
China , India, Indon esia, The State of 
Kuwait , Lao PDR , Malaysia, Mongolia, 
Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua 
New Guinea, Philippines, Qatar, 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Tonga, United 
Arab Emirates , Vanuatu, Viet Nam  Asia Regional Workshop on 
Enforcement Against Trade in 
Counterfeit Goods  Bangkok, Thailand  USDOJ; ASEAN Secretariat; U.S. 
Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy; DOS; OCO; 
ASEAN Secretariat  
9/25/2019  9/26/2019  Malaysia  Workshop on Advanced Patent 
Examination in Pharmaceuticals and 
Biotechnology  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
Global IP Academy  
 
 
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