IP/C/W/617/Add.3  
24 October  2016 
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original:  English  
 
  TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS  
NORWAY  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 1 4 October  2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Norway.  
 
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THE NORWEGIAN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OFFICE  
1.  The N orwegian Industrial Property Office, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) Academy, has since the year 2000 on an annual basis conducted training 
courses of one week on intellectual property rights . The courses gather up  to 15 participants from 
national industrial property offices in developing countries and countries in transition from all over 
the world (countries listed on OECD 's DAC list) . The courses are free of charge for the participants 
and are financed  by the Nor wegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs . Travel costs are covered by WIPO, 
which  also handles applications from the participants.  
2.  The target group are officials who deal with intellectual property rights at a practical level . The 
aim of the courses is to achiev e among the participants a better understanding of different 
intellectual property rights, with a focus on the practical work and administrative management of 
industrial property applications . While the topics of 201 5 concerned patents , the course in 2016 
dealt with trademarks . Employees of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the WIPO 
Academy gave the lectures in English.  
3.  From 2015, the Norwegian Industrial Property Office has expanded the activities with a new 
program me for developing countries an d countries in transition (countries listed on OECD 's DAC 
list). By expanding the activities Norway wants to contribute to WIPO 's development agenda and 
offer demand -driven technical assistance.  
4.  The topic  of the new program me is patent quality, and t he tar get group is senior personnel and 
management in national industrial property offices with mandate to initiate and implement specific 
projects.  
5.  The new program me consists of four phases, and gather s up to 15 participants . It is free of 
charge for the partic ipants and is fully financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  
6.  In the first phase, the participants identify a patent -quality related project of interest for their 
country.  
7.  The second phase consists of two weeks training in Oslo, where the Norw egian Intellectual 
Property Office together with representatives from private sector and academia carry out lectures, 
study visits, and guide the practical preliminary work on the participant 's country -specific projects.  IP/C/W/617/Add.3  
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  8.  The third phase takes place in the participant 's home country where they implement their  
project  with support from a Norwegian colleague, who is available by telephone and email . 
9.  The fourth phase is a one -week follow -up session in a developing country, where 
representatives from WIPO Academ y and the Norwegian Industrial property Office evaluate the 
projects together with the participants.  
10.  The Norwegian Industrial Property Office cooperates also with WIPO and delivers Patent 
Information Services for Developing Countries . More information can be found at this address:  
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/data/developing_countries.html  
Enquiries can be made to:  
 
Mr Vegar Johnsrud  
Senior Legal Advis er 
Legal and Int ernational Affairs Norwegian Industrial 
Property Office P.  O. Box 8160 Dep.  
Sandakerveien 64  
N-0033 OSLO  
 
Telephone:  +47 22 38 74 38 
Telefacsimile:  +47 22 38 73 01  
Email : jsa@patentstyret.no  
 
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