IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
5 October  2020 
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original:  English  
 
  
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
The following communication, dated 18 September 2020 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 assistance programmes provided by the U.S. Government 
concerning the protection, utilization and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), including 
patents, trademarks and enforcement for developing and least developed countries (LDCs). It covers 
activities undertaken from September 2019 -September 2020.  
2.  Although traditional, face -to-face training programmes did not take place from mid -March 
through September 2020, the U.S. Government contin ued to meet training obligations during this 
unprecedented time through increasing its leverage of various technologies to provide live online IP 
training. Through these well -attended and well -received distance learning initiatives, 
U.S. government agencie s provided tailored content to developed and developing countries and 
LDCs.  
3.  Through the U.S. government's extensive training of foreign officials from developed, developing 
and LDC countries, the advancement of the protection and enforcement of IP is stead ily achieved. 
The U.S. Government, in collaboration with many national and regional government 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. U.S. government technical assistance focuses on helping countries 
achieve sustainable development and growth, in simplifying and streamlining procedures for 
obtaining IP right s, administering treaties and systems for accomplishing this objective, and 
providing training and technical assistance to improve the functioning and utilization of IP systems 
in accordance with the Agreement on Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Prope rty Rights (TRIPS).  
4.  U.S. government technical assistance is driven by demand and individual priority 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.  
5.  The U.S. government technical assistance covers a range of IPRs topics, including:  
• Protection and management of intellectual property;  
• Administration of IP offices and human resource development related to IP offic e 
administration;  
• Building effective IPR s border enforcement mechanisms;  
• Effective adjudication of IP cases, including transparency in decision -making;  
• Country -specific methodologies for investigating and prosecuting IPR s criminal cases;  
• Conducting searches and law enforcement techniques;  
• Anti-counterfeiting, including in the area of counterfeit pharmaceutical and medical;  
• Advanced computer forensics to track down, arrest and prosecute IP criminals; and  
• Public education and consumer awaren ess of the importance of IP protection, innovation,  
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  6.  The U.S. government agencies and agency subdivisions that provide IPR s technical assistance 
include the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); the U.S. Agency for Int ernational 
Development (USAID); the U.S. Copyright Office of the Library of Congress (USCO); the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (USDA); the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), including the 
Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP), International Trade Admi nistration (ITA), and the 
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 
including through the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement (ICE); the U.S. Departm ent 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 U.S. 
Department of State (DOS), and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA).  
7.  Technical cooperation pursuant to TRIPS Article 67 includes assistance, on request, in the 
preparation of laws and regulations on the preparation and enforcement of IPRs, as well as on the 
preventio n of abuse.  
8.  Further information on past and upcoming programmes, is available through agencies of the 
U.S. Government that provide training and technical assistance relating to protecting and enforcing 
IPRs. 
9.  The Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA),  a programme of the USPTO's Office of Policy 
and International Affairs, offers capacity building programmes in the United States and around the 
world on IP protection, enforcement, and capitalization. GIPA is an essential component of the US 
government's e ffort to improve IP protection and enforcement practices around the world. 
Participants in GIPA programmes include officials of national IP offices, judicial officials, 
police/investigators, prosecutors, customs officials, officials from health ministries,  officials from 
technology transfer agencies, and officials from consumer protection agencies, representatives of 
academic institutions, students, and representatives of small and medium -sized enterprises (SMEs). 
GIPA provides both multilateral programmes and country specific programmes. Some programmes 
are developed to address specific legal issues, administrative issues and specific IP areas. GIPA's 
established capacity for eLearning supported a successful pivot to all -remote delivery of its 
programmes in  mid-FY 2020. This included developing the technological capability to run virtual 
international meetings with simultaneous interpretation. Efforts yielded a 250% year -on-year 
increase in distance learning activities. To learn more visit www.uspto.gov/GIPA .  
10.  GIPA provides in -person and virtual programmes, at USPTO and around the world, such as:  
• Patent Programmes: The patent programmes 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 programmes are offered, employing 
case studies or examples when po ssible, to strengthen understanding of concepts. The 
patent programme goals are to share best practices and therefore improve patent quality 
around the world.  
• Plant Variety Protection (PVP): PVP programmes include awareness of UPOV plant variety 
Protection , as well as a more detailed train the trainer programme.  
• Trademark Programmes: The trademark programmes are designed to focus on 
administration, budgeting, recruitment and training, and treaty protocol. These programmes 
provide discussions and case studie s on examination procedures.  Trademark programmes 
may also focus on geographical indications.  
• Copyright Programmes: The copyright programmes include challenging issues that are 
discussed with leading professionals in their field. The programme includes top ics such as 
exclusive rights, liability and piracy.  
• Trade Secrets Programmes: The trade secret programmes provide an overview of trade 
secret law and policy.  
• Enforcement Programmes: The enforcement programmes are designed to focus on topics of 
criminal, civil, customs and border enforcement. These programmes are technical and 
include a comprehensive course agenda.  
• Distance learning, including live online and on demand eLearning modules on all topics of IP 
in multiple languages.  
 
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ANNEX I1 
 
Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/1/2019  9/1/2019  Canada, United States of America  24th Annual Anti -
Counterfeiting/Anti -Fraud 
Conference  Toronto, 
Canada  Canadian Crime stoppers  
Association, U.S. DOJ FBI  
9/1/2019  9/1/2019  South Africa  2019 International Law 
Enforcement IP Crime Conference  Cape Town, 
South Africa  INTERPOL, South Africa 
Police Service 
Directorate, Underwriters 
Laboratories, and 
International Anti-
Counterfeiting Coalition 
(IACC), U.S. DOJ FBI  
9/5/2019  9/13/2019  Single Country Project - Ethiopia  U.S.-Africa Collaboration in African 
Economic Integration  Washington 
D.C./ 
Baltimore, 
United States 
of America  U.S. DOS IVLP  
9/6/2019  9/6/2019  Thailand, United States of America  Unsafe and Counterfeit Medicines 
Panel and Public Awareness 
Campaign Launch "Safe Meds, 
Save Lives"  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO  
9/10/2019  9/11/2019  Brunei Darussalam  USPTO -BruIPO  Train the Trainer 
Educational Intellectual Property 
Conference  Bandar Seri 
Begawan, 
Brunei 
Darussalam  USPTO, BruIPO  
9/10/2019  9/13/2019  Kenya  IPRs Enforcement Training  Mombasa, 
Kenya  U.S. HSI  
9/12/2019  9/13/2019  Turkey  Pharmaceutical and Mechanical 
Patent Examination in the United 
States  Zurich, 
Switzerland  USPTO  
 
1 In English only.  
2 Programme start date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.  
3 Programme end date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/15/2019  9/18/2019  Egypt  Trademark Examination Workshop  Cairo, Egypt  USPTO  
9/17/2019  9/18/2019  Brazil  Workshop on Combating Digital 
Piracy  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  USPTO, U.S. DOJ FBI  
9/17/2019  9/20/2019  Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao PDR, 
Thailand, Viet Nam  IPRs Enforcement Training  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO, U.S. DOJ, U.S 
HSI 
9/17/2019  9/19/2019  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  Central Asia Expert Level Working 
Group on Intellectual Property 
Rights  Almaty, 
Kazakhstan  U.S. DOC CLDP, USTR, 
USPTO  
9/24/2019  9/27/2019  Bhutan; Brunei Darussalam; Fiji; 
Indonesia; Kuwait, the State of ; 
Malaysia; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; 
Philippines; Qatar; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of; Sri Lanka; Thailand; 
United States of America; Vanuatu; 
Viet Nam  Asia Regional Workshop on 
Enforcement Against Trade in 
Counterfeit Goods  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO, U.S. DOJ, ASEAN 
Secretariat, U.S. FDA, 
U.S. DHS, and U.S. DOS  
9/25/2019  9/26/2019  Malaysia  Patent Examination Training In 
Pharmaceuticals and 
Biotechnology  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  USPTO  
10/1/2019  9/30/2020  Kuwait, the State of  Copyright law support  Virtual  USPTO, USTR  
10/1/2019  10/4/2019  Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei 
Darussalam, Singapore, Cambodia, 
Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Lao 
PDR US-ASEAN Cyber Policy Dialogue  Singapore  U.S. DOS, U.S. DOJ  
10/2/2019  10/3/2019  North America, Central America, 
South America  2019 Latin America Brand 
Protection Summit  Orlando, 
Florida, United 
States of 
America  International Anti -
Counterfeiting Coalition 
(IACC); U.S. DHS IPR 
Centre, U.S. DOJ FBI  
10/7/2019  10/25/2019  Single Country Project - Ukraine  Intellectual Property Rights 
Protection and Enforcement  Washington 
D.C./ New 
York/ L.A./ 
Reno/ Chicago  DOS IVLP, USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/7/2019  10/7/2019  Turkey and United States of America  Summit on the Role of Intellectual 
Property in Promoting Creativity 
and Innovation for a Strong and 
Competitive National Economy  Istanbul, 
Turkey  Government of Turkey, 
U.S. DOJ  
10/7/2019  10/12/2019  Myanmar  IPRs Enforcement Workshop  Naypyidaw, 
Myanmar  U.S. HSI  
10/8/2019  10/9/2019  Hong Kong, China  UAGO  Transnational Crime 
Program: Intellectual Property 
Rights (IPR s) Cases  Nay Pyi Taw, 
Myanmar  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/9/2019  10/11/2019  Myanmar  Myanmar IP Office Study Visit to 
the Thai Department of 
Intellectual Property (DIP)  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO, Thai DIP  
10/9/2019  10/9/2019  Italy INDICAM Counterfeiting & 
Intellectual Property Rights Annual 
Forum  Milan, Italy  INDICAM, U.S. DOJ FBI  
10/16/2019  10/16/2019  Malaysia  Business FM Radio Interview: Tech 
Talk (as part of U.S. National 
Cybersecurity  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  Business FM Radio, U.S. 
DOJ 
10/18/2019  10/18/2019  Australia, Brazil, Canada, Czech 
Republic, European Union, Germany, 
Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, 
Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, 
Chinese Taipei, United Kingdom, 
United States of America, Zimbabwe  WTO TRIPS: IP and Innovation 
Side Event: Public -Private 
Collaboration  Geneva, 
Switzerland  USTR, USPTO, the 
Permanent Mission of 
Japan, the Permanent 
Missio n of Switzerland, 
and the Permanent 
Mission of Geneva  
10/18/2019  10/21/2019  Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, 
Brazil, Democratic Republic of the 
Congo, Fiji, Indonesia, Jordan, 
Kazakhstan, Lao PDR, Malawi, 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, 
Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, 
Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Thailand, 
Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, 
Zimbabwe  Use of Digital Evidence in the 
Detection, Investigation, 
Prosecution and Adjudication of 
High-Profile Corruption Cases  Tokyo, Japan  United Nations Far East 
Institute (UNAFEI)    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/21/2019  10/24/2019  Algeria  Development of Innovation 
Ecosystems Through Technology 
Transfer: Workshop on IP and the 
Negotiation of Technology 
Licenses  Algiers, Algeria  U.S. DOC CLDP  
10/22/2019  10/24/2019  Colombia  Illicit Timber Trafficking Workshop  Bogota, 
Colombia  U.S. DOJ  
10/22/2019  10/24/2019  Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Viet Nam  Wildlife Trafficking Symposium  Nairobi, Kenya  U.S. HSI Commercial 
Fraud  
10/25/2019  10/25/2019  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa 
Rica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El 
Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; 
Italy; Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; 
Peru; Switzerland; United States of 
America; Uruguay; Venezuela  Anti-Counterfeiting program  Lima, Peru  USPTO  
10/25/2019  10/25/2019  Malaysia  Talk on Cybersecurity: Global 
Trends & Challenges  Shah Alam, 
Selangor, 
Malaysia  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/28/2019  10/29/2019  Hong Kong, China; Viet Nam  Workshop for the Viet Nam 
Ministry of Public Security and the 
Viet Nam Supreme  
People 's Procuracy on Intellectual 
Property Rights Enforcement  Hanoi, Viet 
Nam U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. 
DOS INL  
10/28/2019  10/31/2019  Romania; Austria; Bulgaria; France; 
Germany; Italy; Moldova, Republic of; 
Spain; Serbia; Ukraine; Hungary; 
Belgium; Czech Republic; Israel; 
Netherlands; Slovak Republic; 
Norway; United States of America  16th Regional Meeting of the 
Heads of Organized Crim inality 
Structures in South -East Europe  Brasov, 
Romania  Hanns Seidel Foundation 
and U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/31/2019  11/1/2019  Hong Kong, China; Viet Nam  Workshop for the Viet Nam 
Ministry of Public Security and the 
Viet Nam Supreme  
People 's Procuracy on Intelle ctual 
Property Rights Enforcement  Ho Chi Minh 
City, Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and  
U.S. DOS INL    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/4/2019  11/8/2019  Singapore; Brunei Darussalam; 
Malaysia; Indonesia; Philippines; 
Thailand; Cambodia; Viet Nam; 
Myanmar; Lao PDR; Hong Kong, China  4th Singapor e-United States Third 
Country Training Program 
(TCTP)/INTERPOL Southeast Asian 
workshop on Cybercrime  Singapore  U.S. DOJ, INTERPOL, 
U.S. DOS EAP, Singapore 
Police Force (SPF)  
11/7/2019  11/7/2019  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  Introduction to IP Policy  Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  USPTO  
11/7/2019  11/8/2019  Albania; Australia; Austria; Belarus; 
Belgium; Botswana; Bulgaria; 
Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Chile; 
China; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech 
Republic; Democratic Republic of the 
Congo; Denmark; Ecuador; Eritrea; 
Eswatini; Ethiopia; Finland; France; 
Gabon; the Gambia; Germany; 
Ghana; Greece; Guinea Bissau; 
Hungary; India; Indonesia; Ireland; 
Italy; Jordan; Kenya; Latvia; Lesotho; 
Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Malaysia; 
Mauritania; Moldova, Republic of 
Monteneg ro; Namibia; Nepal; 
Netherlands; Nigeria; North 
Macedonia; Norway; Paraguay; Peru; 
Portugal; Romania; Russia; Rwanda; 
Seychelles; Singapore; Slovak 
Republic; Slovenia; Somalia; South 
Africa; Korea, Republic of; South 
Sudan; Spain; Sudan; Sweden; 
Switzerlan d; Tanzania; Thailand; 
Togo; Uganda; Ukraine; United 
Kingdom; Uruguay; United States; 
Zambia; Zimbabwe  OPSON Operational Meeting  Athens, Greece  Europol and Interpol  
11/11/2019  11/13/2019  Egypt  IPRs Judicial Exchange  Cairo, Egypt  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/12/2019  11/12/2019  Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Benin, 
Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, 
France, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, 
Kenya, Malawi, Malaysia, Morocco, 
Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, 
Romania, South Africa, Spain, 
Switzerland, United States of Amer ica, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe  Implementing Farmers' Rights: 
Farmers and Innovation  Rome, Italy  Hosted by the 
Government of Canada 
and the United States 
Government  
11/12/2019  11/18/2019  Pakistan  Discussion of Technical Assistance 
for IPR s Enforcement  Islamabad and 
Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP  
11/13/2019  11/13/2019  Kazakhstan  ABA ROLI - USPTO Workshop with 
Kazakhstan Judiciary  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, United 
States of 
America  USPTO, ABA ROLI  
11/13/2019  11/14/2019  Myanmar  Digital Evidence and Cybercrime 
Workshop  Rangoon, 
Myanmar  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/13/2019  11/14/2019  Pakistan  Meetings with Education 
Institutions  Islamabad and 
Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP  
11/14/2019  11/22/2019  Regional Project - Belgium, France, 
Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, 
Romania, Spain, United States of 
America  Intellectual Property and Customs 
Enforcement  Washington 
D.C./ Miami, 
United States 
of America  IVLP Department of 
State, USPTO  
11/19/2019  11/20/2019  Hong Kong, China; Macau, China and 
Chinese Taipei  2019 Seminar on Combating 
Smuggling  Taipei, Chinese 
Taipei  HSI Hong Kong, China, 
and Chinese Taipei 
Customs  
11/19/2019  11/19/2019  Pakistan  Judicial Capacity Building in IPR s 
Enforcement: Meetings with select 
judges to discuss IP rights 
enforcement matters  Islamabad and 
Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/20/2019  11/22/2019  Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia  OCTOPUS Conference on 
Cooperation Against Cybercrime  Strasbourg, 
France  Council of Europe  
12/1/2019  12/1/2019  Ethiopia  National Workshop on Building 
Respect for Intellectual Property  Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia  USPTO, WIPO, FBI  
12/2/2019  12/13/2019  Single Country Project - Israel  Managing Foreign Investment  Washington 
D.C./ San 
Francisco/ 
L.A./ New 
York, United 
States of 
America  DOS IVLP  
12/3/2019  12/5/2019  Brazil, Mexico, Peru  Regional Workshop on Combating 
Trafficking of Counterfeit 
Medicines  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandr ia, 
Virginia, United 
States of 
America  USPTO  
12/3/2019  12/5/2019  Romania; Moldova, Republic of; 
Bulgaria; United States  New Challenges in Cybercrime 
Investigations  Sibiu, Romania  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
12/4/2019  12/6/2019  Viet Nam  Judicial Education & Exchange on 
IP Enforcement 1/3 - Hanoi  Hanoi, Viet 
Nam USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
U.S. Embassy Hanoi, Viet 
Nam Judicial Academy  
12/5/2019  12/5/2019  Malaysia  Cybercrime trends in Southeast 
Asia and U.S. government efforts 
in confronting cybercrime  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  ITECHLAW Association  
12/9/2019  12/10/2019  Viet Nam  Judicial Education & Exchange on 
IP Enforcement 2/3 - Da Nang  Da Nang, Viet 
Nam USPTO, U.S. Embassy Ho 
Chi Minh City, DOJ 
OPDAT, Viet Nam Judicial 
Academy  
12/10/2019  12/10/2019  South Af rica Workshop on IP Crime  Pretoria, South 
Africa  U.S. HSI    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/10/2019  12/12/2019  Kenya, Ghana,  Namibia, Malawi, 
Botswana, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, 
Liberia, Sierra Leone  African Regional Pharma 
Roundtable  Abuja, Nigeria  U.S. HSI , U.S. DOJ, U.S. 
DOS INL  
12/11/2019  12/13/2019  Viet Nam  Judicial Education & Exchange on 
IP Enforcement 3/3 - Ho Chi Minh 
City Ho Chi Minh 
City, Viet Nam  USPTO, U.S. Embassy Ho 
Chi Minh City, DOJ 
OPDAT, Viet Nam Judicial 
Academy  
12/11/2019  12/13/2019  Morocco  Workshop on IP and Technology 
Transfer  Casablanca, 
Morocco  U.S. DOC CLDP  
12/12/2019  12/12/2019  Kingdom of Bahrain  Workshop on Intellectual 
Property/Negotiation of 
Technology Licenses  Manama, 
Kingdom of 
Bahrain  U.S. DOC CLDP  
1/1/2020  2/28/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Framework agreement for 
cooperation between the 
University of Kingdom of Bahrain  
and George Mason University  N/A U.S. DOC CLDP  
1/8/2020  1/8/2020  Romania  Cybercrime and Intellectual 
Property Crimes Criminal 
Enforcement  Alexandria, 
Romania  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
1/21/2020  01/21/20  Kuwait, the State of   US Patent Law and the USPTO 
Patent Examination Process  Kuwait City, 
Kuwait, the 
State of  USPTO  
1/21/2020  1/21/2020  Cambodia  Cybercrime 2020: Cybercrime 
2020: Threat, Risks and Protecting 
Your business  Cambodia  U.S. DOS, American 
Chamber of Commerce 
Cambodia  
1/22/2020  1/22/2020  Cambodia  Roundtable discussion on drafting 
of new Cambodian Cybercrime 
Law Cambodia  DOS 
1/27/2020  2/4/2020  Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, 
France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, 
Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom  IVLP Intellectual Property and 
Customs Enforcement: EU II  Washington 
D.C./ New 
York, United 
States of 
America  U.S. DOS IVLP, USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
2/10/2020  02/11/20  Kingdom of Bahrain ; Egypt; Jordan; 
Kuwait, the State of; Oman; Qatar; 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; Tunisia  MENA Regional Pharm Innovation 
Program  Kuwait City, 
Kuwait, the 
State of  USPTO  
2/11/2020  02/12/20  Mexico  Copyright in the Digital Age  Mexico City, 
Mexico  USPTO, U.S. Copyright 
Office  
2/11/2020  2/13/2020  Brazil  DOJ ICHIP IP Workshop  Sao Paulo, 
Brazil  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, HSI NY  
2/12/2020  02/14/20  Australia, Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Fiji, Guam, 
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, 
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, 
Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, 
Vanuatu  OCO / INTA / PSI / React / USPTO 
- Workshop on Intellectual 
Property and Border Security  Nadi, Fiji  OCO, INTA, PSI, React, 
USPTO  
2/18/2020  2/18/2020  Guatemala  Counterfeit Merchandise ID 
Workshop  Guatemala 
City, 
Guatemala  U.S. HSI  
2/19/2020  2/20/2020  Croatia  Intellectual Property for the 
European Union in a World of 
Challenges Conference  Zagreb, 
Croatia  U.S. IPEC, U.S. DOJ, U.S. 
DHS IPR s Centr e, 
Croatian Presidency of 
the Council of the 
European Union, USPTO  
2/25/2020  02/25/20  Cambodia  IVLP- Advancing Womens  
Participation in Technology Sector  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, United 
States of 
America  USPTO, U.S. DOS IVLP  
2/10/2020  2/13/2020  Israel  CPC Training for ILPO  Jerusalem, 
Israel  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/3/2020  03/06/20  Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin 
Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, 
Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, 
United States of America  Intellectual Property Rights 
Enforcement Training Dominican 
Republic  Punta Cana, 
Dominican 
Republic  USPTO, U.S. DHS HSI 
IPRs Centr e 
3/3/2020  3/5/2020  Niger, Benin; Chad, Senegal, 
Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, 
Mali, Togo, Burkina Faso, Morocco, 
Gabon, Burundi, Cote d 'Ivoire  African Regional Pharma Crime 
Working Group Roundtable for 
Francophone Countries  Accra, Ghana  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Pfizer 
Inc, Interpol West Africa, 
Ghana Narcotics Board, 
DPMED Benin Republic  
3/3/2020  3/4/2020  Pakistan  Workshop on the Licensing of 
University -Developed IP  Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP  
3/4/2020  03/05/20  Angola, AU, Egypt, Ethiopia, Mauritius, 
Nigeria, Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, 
South Africa, Sudan, United States of 
America  African Union Intellectual Property 
Seminar  Addis Ababa, 
Ethiopia  USPTO, U.S. Copyright 
Office , U.S. DOS, USTR  
3/5/2020  3/5/2020  Pakistan  Continuing Legal Education Master 
Class  Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. DOC CLDP  
3/9/2020  3/9/2020  Ghana  What Musicians Need to Know 
about the New Mechanical 
Licensing Collective  Accra, Ghana  GHMusic  Publishing; 
GHAMRO (Ghana Music 
Rights Organization; 
collective management 
society), U.S. Copyright 
Office  
3/11/2020  3/11/2020  Nigeria  The Digital Creative Economy:  
Copyright, Law and Policy in Africa  Lagos, Nigeria  IP Associations like ACC, 
IPLAN, Univ ersity IP 
clubs and Government 
institutions like Nigerian 
Copyright Commission  
4/13/2020  04/13/20  Bolivia, Plurinational State of  An Overview of Certification Marks 
and the Application Process for 
Certification Marks  Virtual  USPTO  
4/15/2020  4/15/2020  Brazil  Fighting Fake COVID -19 Website 
Scams  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
4/29/2020  4/29/2020  Malaysia  Webinar on Digital Forensics with 
Malaysian Anti -Corruption 
Commission (MACC)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/30/2020  04/30/20  Kingdom of Bahrain   Intellectual Property Policy 
Priorities for Entrepreneurs and 
Start-ups Virtual  USPTO  
4/30/2020  4/30/2020  Barbados  Fighting Fake COVID -19 Website 
Frauds  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/30/2020  4/30/2020  Romania  United in Combatting Intellectual 
Property and Cybercrime:  
Intellectual Property Crime and 
Cybercrime During the COVID -19 
Pandemic  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT,  
INTERPOL  
5/1/2020  5/1/2020  Latvia  COVID -19 Round Table  Virtual  FBI Legal Attache Office - 
Riga, US Embassy - Riga 
(POL Section), 
DOJ OPDAT, Latvian 
School of Public 
Administration (LSPA), 
FBI 
5/1/2020  6/30/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Revision of University of Kingdom 
of Bahrain 's IP Policy  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP, USPTO  
5/6/2020  5/6/2020  Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Peru; 
United States of America  USPTO IP Attaché CBP Border 
Training for Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. CBP  
5/7/2020  5/7/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain   Patents: Policy, Strategy and 
Protection – What It All Means 
(Part 1)  Virtual  USPTO  
5/7/2020  5/7/2020  Azerbaijan  Webinar on Negotiating 
International Software 
Agreements  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
5/11/2020  5/11/2020  Brazil  Fighting COVID -19 Website Frauds  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain   Patents: Policy, Strategy and 
Protection – What It All Means 
(Part 2)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain   Strategic IP Capture 
Considerations – Part 1: Identify, 
Prioritize and Protect  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
5/14/ 2020 5/14/2020  Malaysia  Webinar on COVID -19 fraud with 
Malaysian National Cybersecurity 
Agency (NACSA)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  North Macedonia  Cyber Awareness for Prosecutors 
and Judges  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Pakistan  COVID Working Group  Islamabad, 
Pakistan  COVID Working Group  
5/14/2020  5/14/2020  Kosovo  Capacity Building for Institutions 
that Enforce IPR s: Webinar for 
Kosovo Customs  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
5/20/2020  05/20/20  Belgium; Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of; Ecuador; United States of America  CMO Issues for SENAPI and 
SENADI (1 of 2) (2 part webinar)  Virtual  USPTO  
5/20/2020  05/20/20  China; Indonesia; Myanmar; 
Philippines; Singapore; Korea, 
Republic of Thailand; United States of 
America; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Taking Down 
Fraudulent Websites  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
5/21/2020  5/21/2020  Romania  Ernst & Young (EY) Webinar: 
Remove the hook - a hands -on 
cybercrime approach  Virtual  Ernst & Young  
5/21/2020  5/21/2020  The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, 
Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, 
Uganda  Taking Down Fraudulent COVID -
19 Websites & Cell Phone Digita l 
Forensics (Webinar #1 in our 
Fighting Frauds and Fake Meds in 
the Time of COVID series)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
5/27/2020  5/27/2020  Liberia, The Gambia, Ghana, Sierra 
Leone, Nigeria, Botswana, Egypt, 
Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, 
Zambia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, 
Uganda  Taking Down Fraudulent Websites  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/27/2020  5/27/2020  Romania  Danger in the Dark – Combating 
Dark Web Marketplaces during the 
COVID -19 Pandemic  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/1/2020  6/1/2020  Algeria  Contribution to workshop on 
"Artificial Intelligence and 
Intellectual Property"  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
6/2/2020  6/2/2020  Romania  Chasing Criminals and their Money 
during the COVID -19 Pandemic – 
Money Laundering and 
Cryptocurrency  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/3/2020  06/03/20  Australia; Brazil; Cambodia; 
Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; Fiji; India; 
Indonesia; Lao PDR; Malaysia; 
Myanmar; Papua New Guinea; Hong 
Kong, China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Solomon Islands; Thailand; United 
States of America; Vanuatu; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Common COVID -
19 Crimes and Options for 
Prosecutors to Charge Them  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
6/8/2020  6/8/2020  Nigeria  National Workshop on Building 
Respect for Intellectual Property  Virtual  USPTO, WIPO, FBI, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT  
6/9/2020  06/09/20  El Salvador  Webinar 1: Introduction to IP: 
Trademarks and Likelihood of 
Confusion  Virtual  USPTO  
6/10/2020  06/10/20  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Fiji, France, Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Niue; Hong Kong, 
China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Solomon Islands; Thailand; Timor -
Leste; United States of America; Viet 
Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO From Border 
Enforcement to Crimin al 
Enforcement: What Prosecutors 
Need From Customs  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/10/2020  06/10/20  El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Mexico, Spain, United States of 
America  Better Practices in the 
Identification of Counterfeited 
Products  Virtual  USPTO,  DHS IPR s Centre 
6/11/2020  06/11/20  El Salvador  Webinar 2: Cancellation of 
Trademark Registration Due to 
Abandonment  Virtual  USPTO  
6/11/2020  06/11/20  Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, 
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, United States of America, 
Viet Nam, WIPO  Webinar on Patent Landscape for 
Thailand  Virtual  USPTO  
6/11/2020  6/11/2020  Nigeria  Webinar in collaboration with 
American Business Council to 
mark World Anti -Counterfeiting 
Day Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
American Business 
Council  
6/11/2020  6/11/2020  Romania  Advanced Cryptocurrency – 
Tracing Cryptocurrency to Make 
Cases  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/11/2020  6/11/2020  Philippines  Protecting IP in Time of COVID  Virtual  U.S. HSI  
6/12/2020  6/12/2020  Malaysia  Webinar on Live Imaging with 
MACC  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/13/2020  6/13/2020  Tunisia  Presentation on " How to ensure 
the viability of technology start -
ups" Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
6/15/2020  6/15/2020  Nigeria  Common COVID -19 Related 
Crimes  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/15/2020  6/15/2020  Romania and Poland  Ernst & Young (EY) Webinar: 
Cybercrime during the COVID -19 
Pandemic  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/15/2020  6/15/2020  The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, Nigeria, Botswana, Namibia, 
Rwanda, Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, 
Uganda  Recent COVID -19 Crimes 
(Webinar #2 in our Fighting 
Frauds and Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID series)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/16/2020  6/16/2020  Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte 
d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, 
Liberia, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, 
Senegal, and Tunisia  Cybercrime in Africa and the 
Challenges of International 
Cooperation  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
Council of Europe  
6/17/2020  06/17/20  Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; 
Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; Fiji; France; India; 
Indonesia; Japan; Lao PDR; Malaysia; 
Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Hong 
Kong, China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Korea, Republic of; Thailand; United 
States of America; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO - Turning 
Regulatory Investigation and 
Enforcement Against COVID -
related Counterfeit and Fraud 
Activities Into Criminal 
Enforcement  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/17/2020  06/17/20  Peru  How to protect your invention in 
the United States  Virtual  USPTO  
6/17/2020  6/17/2020  Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Serbia, Bulgaria, and Latvia  Chasing Criminals and their Money 
during the COVID -19 Pandemic – 
Money Laundering, 
Cryptocurrency, and Digital 
Evidence  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/18/2020  06/18/20  El Salvador  Webinar 3: Domain  Names, 
Trademarks and The Digital 
Frontier  Virtual  USPTO  
6/18/2020  6/18/2020  Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
Serbia, Bulgaria, and Latvia  Advanced Cryptocurrency – 
Tracing and Seizing 
Cryptocurrency to Make Cases and  
How to Use the Evidence to 
Successfully Prosecute the 
Offenders in Court.  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/18/2020  6/18/2020  Malaysia  Webinar on Cryptocurrency with 
MACC  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/23/2020  6/23/2020  Romania  Introduction to Investigating and 
Prosecuting Online Digital Piracy  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/23/2020  6/23/2020  Algeria  Webinar on "Identifying and 
Remedying Vulnerabilities of 
Technology Start -ups" Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
6/24/2020  06/24/20  Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; 
Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands; F iji; Indonesia; 
Japan; Malaysia; Myanmar; Hong 
Kong, China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Thailand; United States of America; 
Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO - Turning 
Consumer Complaints About 
COVID -19-related Crimes into 
Criminal Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO  
6/24/2020  06/24/20  Peru  Patents and Artificial Intelligence  Virtual  USPTO  
6/24/2020  6/24/2020  Romania  Advanced Topics and Practical 
Exercises in Investigating and 
Prosecuting Online Digital Piracy  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/25/2020  6/25/2020  Romania  Cybercrime and Cryptocurrency – 
Challenges and Threats in the 
Digital Environment  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/29/2020  6/23/2020  The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra 
Leone  Fighting Romance Scams (working 
title) (Webinar #1 in Virtual Cyber 
and Financial Crime Workshop 
series)  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/1/2020  07/01/20  Peru Enforcing IP Rights  Virtual  USPTO  
7/1/2020  07/01/20  Thailand, United States of America  Plant Variety Protection for 
Thailand: Overview of Plant Varity 
Protection  Virtual  USPTO  
7/2/2020  7/2/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  IP Capture Considerations – Mock 
Cases: Part 2  Virtual  USPTO  
7/7/2020  7/7/2020  Brazil  Combating Online Frauds 
Connected to COVID -19: Taking 
Down Fraudulent Websites  Virtual  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
7/8/2020  07/08/20  China, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Myanmar, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, United States of 
America  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Online Evidence 
Gathering and Pres entation in 
COVID -related Counterfeit and 
Fraud Cases  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/8/2020  7/8/2020  Tunisia  Webinar on Strategies for 
Research Commercialization  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
7/9/2020  7/9/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain   IP Capture Considerations – Mock 
Cases: Part 3  Virtual  USPTO  
7/14/2020  07/14/20  Belgium; Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of; Ecuador; United States of America; 
WIPO  CMO Issues for SENAPI and 
SENADI (2 of 2) (2 part webinar)  Virtual  USPTO  
7/15/2020  07/15/20  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, China, Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, Fiji, 
Germany, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, 
Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New 
Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Law Enforcement 
& Private Sector Cooperation 
Against COVID -related Counterfeit 
& Fraud  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/16/2020  07/16/20  Unknown, Brunei Darussalam, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand  Overview of TTAB Practice 
Concerning Appeals, Oppositions 
and Cancellations  Virtual  USPTO  
7/16/2020  7/16/2020  Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, the 
Philippines and Thailand  Chasing COVID  Criminals the 
Dark: "Cryptocurrency Seizure 
Protocols  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/16/2020  7/16/2020  Malaysia  IPRs criminal enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/16/2020  7/16/2020  Netherlands  Europol IOS Operation Kickoff  Video  Europol, DHS IPR s 
Centre   
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
7/21/2020  07/21/20  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  IPRs Enforcement Discussion with 
Saudi IP Authority  Virtual  USPTO  
7/21/2020  7/21/2020  Malaysia  Cryptocurrencies - Seizing, 
Preserving and Analyzing as 
Evidence in Criminal Cases  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/21/20 20 7/21/2020  Tunisia  Webinar on the VISTTA 
Methodology  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
7/22/2020  07/22/20  Pakistan, United States of America  IPRs Border Enforcement 
Exchange between Government of 
Pakistan and the United States 
Government  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/22/2020  07/22/20  Australia; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands; Cook 
Islands; Fiji; India; Indone sia; Papua 
New Guinea; China, Hong Kong; 
China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Solomon Islands; Thailand; Tuvalu; 
United Kingdom; United States of 
America; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Valuation of 
Online Criminal Cases  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/22/2020  7/22/2020  Romania, Albania, Kosovo, North 
Macedonia, and Georgia  Open Source Intelligence Tools: 
The Convergence of Investigating 
Intellectual Property Crime, 
Organized Crime, Human 
Trafficking, and Cybercrime  Virtual  INTERPOL and U.S. DOJ  
7/23/2020  7/23/ 2020 Kingdom of Bahrain   Patent Application Preparation – 
What is the Goal?  Virtual  USPTO  
7/23/2020  07/23/20  Ukraine  Trade Secrets in the U.S.  Virtual  USPTO  
7/23/2020  7/23/2020  Malaysia  COVID -19 Fraud IPR s Criminal 
Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
7/27/2020  7/27/2020  Algeria  Webinar on "Identifying and 
Remedying Vulnerabilities of 
Technology Start -ups" Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP  
7/27/2020  07/28/20  China  USPTO -CNIPA Patent and Pharma 
Training Program  Virtual  USPTO  
7/27/2020  7/30/2020  Azerbaijan  CPIM Workshop  Virtual  U.S. DHS IPR s Centr e 
7/28/2020  7/28/2020  Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, 
Botswana, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and 
Namibia  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
7/29/2020  07/29/20  Philippines  IP Enforcement Coordination  (Part 
1 in a series)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DHS IPR s 
Centr e 
7/29/2020  07/29/20  Brunei Darussalam; Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands; Fiji; 
India; Indonesia; Malaysia; New 
Caledonia; Papua New Guinea; Hong 
Kong, China; Philippines; Singapore; 
Sri Lanka; Thailand; United States of 
America; Viet Nam  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Criminal 
Penalties and Sentencing in 
COVID -19-related Counterfeit and 
Fraud Cases  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
7/29/2020  7/29/2020  Philippines  IP enforcement coordination  Virtual  USPTO and U.S. DOJ  
7/30/2020  7/30/2020  Malaysia  IP Criminal Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
8/4/2020  8/4/2020  Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, 
Botswana, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and 
Namibia  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/1  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
8/5/2020  08/05/20  Australia; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands; Cook 
Islands; Fiji; India; Indonesia; 
Malaysia; New Caledonia; Papua New 
Guinea; Hong Kong, China; 
Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; 
Thailand; Tonga; United States of 
America  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Forensic 
Evidence Gathering and 
Presentation in COVID -related 
Counterfeit and Fraud Case  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
8/5/2020  8/5/2020  Malaysia  Seizing & Managing Assets Used in 
Money Laundering, Terrorism, and 
Terrorist Financing  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
8/6/2020  8/6/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Patent Application Preparation – 
Part 2  Virtual  USPTO  
8/11/2020  08/11/20  Colombia  Madrid Protocol Program  Virtual  USPTO  
8/11/2020  08/11/20  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US 
Trademark Systems in cooperation 
with CLDP (Part 1 in a series)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOC CLDP  
8/11/2020  8/11/2020  Philippines  Dark Web Investigation (Part 2 in 
a series)  Virtual  USPTO  
8/11/2020  8/11/2020  Sri Lanka  Investigation of Online IPR s 
Infringement  Virtual  USPTO and U.S. DOJ  
8/12/2020  8/12/2020  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, 
Indonesia, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tonga, United 
States of America  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Criminal 
Investigation in COVID -related 
Counterfeit and Fraud Cases: HSI 
Case Study  Virtual  U.S. DOJ, USPTO  
8/13/2020  8/13/2020  Colombia  Overview of USPTO Practice in 
Select Topics  Virtual  USPTO  
8/13/2020  8/13/2020  Nigeria  COVID -19 Pharmacrimes  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
8/19/2020  8/19/2020  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, China, 
Indonesia, Malaysia, Northern Mariana 
Islands, Papua New Guinea, 
Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri 
Lanka, Thailand, Tonga, United States 
of America  U.S. DOJ -USPTO Criminal 
Investigation in COVID -related 
Counterfeit and Fraud Cases: HSI 
Case Study  Virtual  U.S. DOJ, USPTO  
8/20/2020  8/20/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; United 
States of America  Best Practices in Identifying and 
Combating Fraudulent Products  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPAT  
8/25/2020  8/25/2020  Philippines  Webinar for IP Enforcement 
Personnel of the Philippines on 
Dark Web Case Prosecutions  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
8/25/2020  8/25/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US 
Trademark Systems in cooperation 
with CLDP (Part 2 in a series)  Virtual  USPTO  
8/26/2020  8/26/2020  Bangladesh  Business Email Compromise  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
8/27/2020  8/27/2020  Kingdom of Bahrain  Patent Application Preparation – 
Part 3  Virtual  USPTO  
8/27/2020  8/27/2020  Nigeria  Sensitization Webinar on the U.S. 
Music Modernization Act  Virtual  NCC (Nigeria Copyright 
Commission), U.S. 
Copyright Office  
8/28/2020  8/28/2020  Thailand  Cybercrime and Digital Evidence 
for Thai judges  Virtual  UNODC, U.S. DOJ  
9/4/2020  09/04/20  Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, 
Dominican Republic, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Nicara gua, Panama  WIPO Pilot Program of Training for 
patent examiners in the area of 
computer -implemented inventions  Virtual  WIPO, USPTO  
9/15/2020  9/15/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US 
Trademark Systems in cooperation 
with CLDP (Part 3 in a series)  Virtual  U.S. DOC CLDP, USPTO  
9/15/2020  09/17/20  Bangladesh  IPRs Border Enforcement for 
Bangladesh Customs  Virtual  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/17/2020  9/20/2020  Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei 
Darussalam, Singapore, Cambodia, 
Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Lao 
PDR TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies  Virtual  U.S. DOS, USPTO, IPOS  
9/22/2020  9/22/2020  Sri Lanka  IPRs Border Enforcement with Sri 
Lankan Customs  Virtual  USPTO  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  United Kingdom  UKIPO Business Support Webinar  Virtual  UKIPO, USPTO  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei 
Darussalam, Singapore, Cambodia, 
Viet Nam, Myanmar, Philippines, Lao 
PDR Webinar on Protection of flags and 
Emblems of States under Article 
6ter of the Paris Convention and 
US Trademark Registration  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN 
Secretariat  
9/28/2020  09/29/20  APEC Economies  APEC IPEG  Workshop on Industrial 
Design Protection  Virtual  USPTO, USTR, APEC  
9/30/2020  9/30/2020  Romania  Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
9/30/2020  9/30/2020  Malaysia  Electronic Evidence for Malaysian 
Judges and Judicial Officers  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
9/28/2020  9/28/2020  Philippines  Combating Counterfeit Medicines 
in an Online Environment  Virtual  USPTO  
Late 2019  Late 2019  Mali Fighting the Counterfeiting of  
Products Affecting Public Health: 
Awareness Campaign  Virtual  U.S. DOC 
CLDPB193:G195, U.S. 
DOS USAID,  Mali 
Customs, Mali IP Office 
(CEMAPI), Mali Copyright 
Office (BUMDA), Mali 
Ministries of Agriculture 
and Health.  
 
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