IP/C/R/TC/CAN/3  
30 septembre  2022 
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Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété  
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
  
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE:  
RENSEIGNEMENTS COMMUNIQUÉS  
PAR LES MEMBRES  
CANADA  
La communication ci -après, datée du 13  septembre  2022, est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation du Canada.  
 
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BREF APERÇU DES ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE MENÉES AU COURS DE LA 
PÉRIODE CONSIDÉRÉE  
1.  L'article 67 de l' Accord de l'OMC sur les aspects des droits de propriété intellectuelle qui touchent 
au commerce (ADPIC), dispose qu'"[a]fin de faciliter la mise en œuvre [de l'Ac cord], les pays 
développés Membres offriront, sur demande et selon des modalités et à des conditions mutuellement 
convenues, une coopération technique et financière aux pays en développement Membres et aux 
pays les moins avancés Membres" . Conformément à l' article 67 de l'Accord sur les ADPIC, le Conseil 
des ADPIC demande aux pays développés Membres de faire rapport sur leurs programmes de 
coopération technique et financière en faveur des pays en développement et des pays les moins 
avancés (PMA) Membres . Le présent document donne des renseignements actualisés sur les activités 
du Canada concernant la coopération technique et financière dans le domaine de la propriété 
intellectuelle en faveur des pays en développement Membres et des PMA Membres pour la période  
2021-2022.  
2.  Le Canada continue de mener plusieurs activités de coopération technique en faveur des pays en 
développement et des PMA Membres aux niveaux multilatéral, plurilatéral et bilatéral . Au niveau 
multilatéral, il travaille en étroite collaboration a vec l'Organisation mondiale de la propriété 
intellectuelle (OMPI) ainsi qu'avec le Groupe d'experts des droits de propriété intellectuelle de la 
Coopération économique Asie -Pacifique (APEC -IPEG) puisqu'il participe aux délibérations 
semestrielles de ce der nier sur l'échange de renseignements et des meilleures pratiques dans le 
domaine des droits de propriété intellectuelle . En outre, les activités de coopération technique du 
Canada sont exécutées par l'Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada (OPIC),  Affaires 
mondiales Canada, la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC), le Centre de recherches pour le 
développement international (CRDI) et d'autres départements et organismes publics du Canada . 
D'autres institutions canadiennes qui reçoivent un financement d u gouvernement du Canada, comme 
le Centre de droit et de politique commerciale (CDPC) et le Centre de droit, technologie et société 
de l'Université d'Ottawa, participent également aux activités de coopération technique 
internationale.  
3.  Des renseignements dé taillés sur les activités de coopération technique sont donnés dans 
l'annexe.  
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ANNEX E1 
Name of programme or project  CIPO-WIPO Executive Workshop on IP Office Management  
Date and end date  16 May 2022 - 27 May 2022  
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 the second 
edition to be held virtual ly over the course of two weeks . Following the success of 
last year 's virtual workshop, participants were once again required to conduct an IP 
management research project under the guidance of a CIPO advisor . Participants 
selected a research topic and deve loped a project over the course of 10 weeks with 
the guidance of an advisor . At the end of the 10 -week period, all participants 
submitted a project report which summarizes their findings and project objectives . 
The intention is for participants to implemen t the projects at their respective IP 
offices in order to advance the organization 's IP management and overall 
governance . 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 participants with first -hand experience of the nature and scope of Canada 's 
IP expertise, products and services;  
• Provide a forum to ex change ideas and experiences with officials from other IP 
offices . Upon completion of the workshop, all successful participants were awarded 
a Professional Development Certificate.  
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://www.wipo.int/edocs/pubdocs/en/wipo -pub-467-2022-en-the-wipo-
academy -portfol io-of-education -training -and-skills-development -programs -
2022.pdf#page=21  
Contact point for further information   
 
 
1 En anglais seulement.    
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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, Registering trademarks in 
Canada, IP Foundati ons 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 businesse s 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 Scholar s 
– Advanced Scholars programme, funded through Universities Canada . A new phase 
which started in 2018, implemented in col laboration 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 inclus ive 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 benef its. 
Beneficiary institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  http://www.openair.africa   
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  
Date and end date  1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Viet Nam  
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 Progr essive Agreement for 
Trans -Pacific Partnership (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 in stitution or audience  IP Office of Viet Nam  
Technical cooperation 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  Strengthening cyber policy research centres in the Global South – Centre for 
Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law  
Date and end date  1 April 2019 - 30 April 2022  
Beneficiary Member(s) or observer(s)  Kenya  
Brief description  This project strengthened 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 agenda 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 
Intellectual 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   
   
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Name of programme or project  Initiative for Digital Rights in Latin America (INDELA)  
Date and end date  1 January 2019 - 31 December 2022  
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 ecosy stem 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   
Technical 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   
 
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  Upon request from WIPO.  
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  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 institution or audience   
Technical cooperation provider(s)   
Outputs or impact   
Website for further information  https://carleton.ca/ctpl/   
Contact point for further information   
 
 
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