IP/C/W/593/Add.3  
 
4 October 2013  
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights 
 Original: English  
 
 TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS 
EUROPEAN UNION 
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 20 September 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union. 
 
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 This document complements the information in the implementation of Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement in document IP/C/W/582/Add.7 of 2 November 2012. 
 
It concerns the technical cooperation activities  carried out between July 2012 and August 2013 
by the European Union and individual member Stat es in favour of developing and least-developed 
country Members, with the objective to facilitate the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement. 
   
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1  EUROPEAN UNION 
Beneficiary  
country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
Algeria Appui à l'Institut algérien de la propriété 
Industrielle (INAPI) à travers le programme d'appui aux PME/PMI et à la maîtrise des technologies de l'information et de communication (PME II). 
(Mai 2012-Mai 2013 ) Le bénéficiaire de l'appui est l'Institut 
algérien de la propriété Industrielle (INAPI) Assistance Technique à l'INAPI pour la mise en place 
d'un Système de Management Qualité ISO 9001 v 2008, le programme a mobilisé deux experts (senior et junior) pour 59 jours réalisés de mai 2012 à mai 2013 en huit séquences, soit au total pour un coût de €43.624. 
Armenia Strengthening the Enforcement of 
Intellectual Property Rights in the 
Republic of Armenia, EU Twinning 
AM11/ENP-PCA/TR/11. 
(Jan. 2012-June 2014)  Danish Patent and Trademark Office 
(Denmark) The specific objectives of the project are to: 
 
a) improve administrative capa city - strengthening the IPR 
agency and enforcement bodies; b) provide awareness and 
training to IPR enforcement institutions; c) follow-up 
assistance for the ha rmonization of domestic legislation and 
the development of methodological support materials to 
introduce the best practices in the field of IPR as 
an evolving system. 
 
The project has provided the fo llowing specific assistance 
during the reporting period: 
 
(12-15 June 2012) - Seminar Training for judges, 
prosecutors and selected legal experts. 
 
(September 2012 – February 2013) - Creation of 
an IPR enforcement ce ntre and website. 
 
(10-12 October 2012) - Training on distinguishing between 
fake and original goods. 
 
(26-28 February 2013) – Training for trademarks 
specialists. 
 
(24-28 June 2013) - Train the trainers (TtT) course for 
selected copyright and trademark experts. 
                                               
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country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
(15–19 July 2013) - Train the Trainers (TtT) course for 
customs and police experts. 
Armenia EU Advisory Gr oup to the Republic 
of Armenia 
(2009-2014 ) UNDP The project has pr ovided the following specific assistance 
during the reporting period (2012-2013):  Assistance was provided to the creation of a database on IPR-related judicial acts and the setting up of a customs 
register, where companies can request trademark registration.  The EUAG furthermore provided  a comprehensive analysis 
and subsequent recommendations to the Police on its proposed reform of IPR-relate d provisions in the criminal 
and administrative codes.  Lecture on Copyright at Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Bryusov - Topic:  Copyright protection. 
 Lecture at the Microsoft Innovation Centre - Topics: i) counterfeiting and piracy, ii) patent application/prior 
search. 
Armenia Support to the EU-Armenia Deep and 
Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) 
(2013-2015 ) EU Budget Support to the GoA 
Committed The overall objective is to foster inclusive economic 
development of Armenia through enhanced trade relations 
between Armenia and the EU in the context of the 
negotiations for a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area 
(DCFTA).  
 
The specific targets for IPR are: 
 
1 (by the end of 2013) - Intellectual Property Agency 
(IPA) publishes a transparent annual statistical report on 
IPR enforcement based on  EU best practices 
(e.g. U.K., Sweden, Denmark, etc.), including data from the 
State Revenue Committee, Poli ce, Prosecutor's Office and 
Courts, and carries out awarenes s raising activities on its 
website. 
 
2 (by the end of 2015) - Armenian legislation related to 
IPR enforcement (Civil Code , Civil Procedure Code and 
Criminal Code) is amended in line with the Armenian 
Strategy on IPR Enforcemen t, the EU-IPR Directive 
(2004/48/EC) and the WTO TRIPS Agreement and is 
adopted by the National Assembly. 
  
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agency Description 
3 (by the end of 2015) - Training programmes on IPR 
enforcement are a mandatory part of the career 
development for all Police, Customs Officers, Judges and 
Prosecutors belonging to a specific IPR division. They are 
regularly trained on IPR enforc ement legislation. Specific 
training courses and materials on IPR are also available to 
students from State and Private Universities. 
 
All the Applications for Actions ever registered are published 
by the Armenian Customs Services. 
Azerbaijan EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights in the Azerbaijan"  As part of training component, study tours to copyright-rela ted institutions. 
(Italy, 15 -21 Sept. 2012)  European Public Law Organization 
(EPLO) - Greece in consortia with Germany and Spain; The first day of the meetings focused at the competencies of 
the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE), the Public Economic Body entrusted by the Law - on a monopoly basis – with the intermediation of authors' rights, as the sole regulatory authority of  the control marks' system. 
The functions of registration, issuance of the control marks 
against payment and all technical and organizational aspects related to this task raised high interest from the participants. A visit to a printing unit, in order to get an idea on the production of control marks' on the spot was very useful to the participants.  The second day the participants met with the Service for Copyright and SIAE Supervisio n, Ministry of Cultural 
Activities and Goods, their homologue institution. A set of 
useful and detailed documentation has been submitted to 
the participants, including an organization chart and detailed information about the Copyright department. 
The coordination of IP enforcement institutions, with the consultative Committee under the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and special Commissions on IP enforcement, the Italian Volunt ary Registration and Deposit 
system were the main topics discussed.  The last day of the study tour the participants visited the IP specialized section of the court of Rome and the premises of the Italian Authority of Telecommunications. 
Audience: Staff of the Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
Azerbaijan EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing 
Enforcement of Copyright and Related 
Rights in the Azerbaijan" 
 
As part of training component, study tours 
to copyright-rela ted institutions. 
(Spain, 26-30 Nov. 2012)  European Public Law Organization 
(EPLO) - Greece in consortia with 
Germany and Spain The purpose of the visit was to study the legal framework 
and the best practices of the Member State in the field of 
IPR, as well as to learn from the experience of all related 
institutions in order to strengthen the capacity for IP law 
enforcement. 
 
First day the Azerbaijani Delegation met with the Head of 
the Intellectual Property department of the Cultural 
Secretariat of the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture 
and Sport. Later, the delegati on visited one of 8 Collective 
Management Organizations of Spain- society of performers 
and musicians called AIE. The Delegation was informed 
about the main functions of th e society of fees' collection 
and distribution. 
 
The second day the delegation  visited another CMO called 
EGEDA. Some important activities of the society are 
collecting and di stributing the fees, supporting the 
development of audio-visual in dustry by means of different 
film festivals and award of pr izes, as well as fight against 
piracy. After this, the Delega tion had a meeting with the 
Customs Department in the Tax Inspectorate of 
Ministry of Finance. The Customs Department has an access 
to the common EU IP databa se and works in a close 
cooperation with the right holders. 
 
On the third day the delegation had a meeting with the 
representative of Technical Unit of Criminal Investigation 
Police Criminal analysis of Guardia Civil General Directorate 
under the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Delegation was invited 
to visit the IP Crime laboratory of the National Police. 
Azerbaijan EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights in the Azerbaijan"  As part of training component, study tours to copyright-rela ted institutions. 
(Greece, 11-15/03/2013)  European Public Law Organization 
(EPLO) - Greece in consortia with Germany and Spain 
Study tour for Copyrights agency staff to the Greece for 
gaining experience of Hellenic  Copyright protection system 
and enforcement (focused on di gital rights management and 
challenges of the protection of author's rights in the digital 
environment). Participants visi ted Patent Office in Athens, 
Police Cybercrime Unit and Security crime division, 
IP departments at the first inst ance Court of Athens and the 
Court of Appeal, EPLO, Hellenic Customs authority. 
Audience: Staff of Copyrights Agency  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
Azerbaijan EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing 
Enforcement of Copyright and Related 
Rights in the Azerbaijan" 
 
As part of training component, study tours 
to copyright-rela ted institutions. 
(Germany, 29 Apr. - 3 May 2013)  European Public Law Organization 
(EPLO) - Greece in consortia with 
Germany and Spain Study tour for Copyrights agen cy staff to the Germany for 
gaining experience of German Copyright protection system 
and enforcement as well as  German judiciary system. 
Participants visited regional Court of Hamburg, North 
German Radio, court hearings  on trademark, Society of 
the Prosecution of Copyright Infringement in Berlin, 
 
International legal cooperatio n division and copyright and 
publishing division of Ministry of Justice. 
Audience: Staff of Copyrights Agency and judge from 
Supreme Court of Azerbaijan 
Azerbaijan EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights in the Azerbaijan"  Training session on IP enforcement for staff of the Copyright Agency took 
(Baku, 7 Dec. 2012) European Public Law Organization 
(EPLO) - Greece in consortia with Germany and Spain The first presentation on "Counterfeiting and piracy 
(Basics, examples)" was pres ented by Ms Karin Friehe, 
Junior Project Leader. She gave broad information about the topic and discussed some practical examples. Dr. Lars Hombrecher, Public Prosecutor in Hamburg made 
an interesting presentation on  IP criminal enforcement. 
Mr Marcus Schneider, Presiding Judge (Retired) in Hamburg District Court, talked about enforcement (corrective measures  - TRIPs and EU Enforcement Directive 
2004/48/EC).  Ms Karin Friehe had two other presentations on the following topics: Recent ECJ case law on copyright enforcement and indicators to find and distinguish 
counterfeit and pi rated products. 
 The final presentation was again done by Mr Marcus Schneider. The Ju dge talked about Transit of 
goods ingraining IP rights (TRIPs and EU Regulation 
1383/2003.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
Azerbaijan EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing 
Enforcement of Copyright and Related 
Rights in the Azerbaijan" 
 
Training session on IP for staff of the 
Copyright Agency 
(Baku, 11-13 Feb. 2013)  European Public Law Organization 
(EPLO) - Greece in consortia with 
Germany and Spain The trainers Mrs Sophie Valais, legal expert - 
Spanish Society for Authors, Composers and 
Musical Publishers (SGAE), Ms Silvia Martinez, Judge of Civil 
Court and Instruction of Ponfe rrada and Mr Alejandro López, 
Police Inspector, Chief of Asian Organized Crime Squad. 
 
The presentations by Mrs Sophie Valais were on the topic of 
New EU Directive on Collecti ve Management and Orphan 
works. 
 
The second seminar day was for Police and Special Forces 
officers. 
 
The third training was for the Judges and Prosecutors. 
Judge, Ms Silvia Martinez had her presentation on the topic 
of criminal protection of IP in Spain. 
Azerbaijan EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights in the Azerbaijan" 
(Project ended on 21 May 2013) European Public Law Organization 
(EPLO) - Greece in consortia with Germany and Spain Closing event regarding the 20
th Anniversary of Copyright's 
Agency of Azerbaijan and finalisation of twinning project was celebrated on 29 May 2013. 
Audience: international organizations, ambassadors, 
deputies of Parliament, ot her officials, mass media. 
Azerbaijan Creation of the IP centre under the 
Copyrights Agency. 
 
EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing 
Enforcement of Copyright and Related 
Rights in the Azerbaijan" 
(Project ended on 21 May 2013) Copyrights Agency IP centre will function and is sue of control marks which is 
expected to reduce the level of physical piracy. Long-term 
development plan of IP centre drafted for setting up control 
marks system for the distribution of copyright protected 
works. 
Azerbaijan EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing Enforcement of Copyright and Related Rights in Azerbaijan" Development of Digital Rights Management System 
(Project ended on 21 May 2013)  Project develope d electronic platform for rights 
management, protection of on-line trade in IP protected works and at the same enhanced the Copyright Agency experience towards becoming a national aggregator for digital cultur al content. 
Azerbaijan World IP Day celebr ation conference 
 
EU Twinning - AZ10/ENP - PCA/TR/16 
"Capacity Development for Enhancing 
Enforcement of Copyright and Related 
Rights in the Azerbaijan" Copyrights Agency of the Republic of 
Azerbaijan 
 
WIPO 
 
European Public Law Organization Speeches on: Modern problems  of intellectual property. 
Speaker: Ms Dionisia Kallinikiu, Project Leader, 
EU Twinning. 
 
Copyrights Law – new creative approach in economy. 
Speaker: Mr Dmiri Ganchev, WIPO, Director of Creative  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
(Baku, 26/04/2013) (EPLO) - Greece in consortia with 
Germany and Spain Industry Department 
 
Azerbaijan, Vision 2020: intellectual property vision in 
future. Speaker: Chairman of  Copyrights Agency of the 
Republic of Azerbaijan, Prof. Kamran Imanov 
Audience: international organizations, ambassadors, 
deputies of Parliament, ot her officials, mass media. 
Egypt Study Visit on the Use of Patent 
Information 
(19-21 Nov. 2012)  EU TAIEX programme (study tours 
and exchange of best practices) Beneficiaries: The Egyptian Patent Office 
Georgia  Support to the Revenue Service of the 
Ministry of Finance and National Food 
Safety Agency on border controls 
(Concluded on 10 Apr. 2013)  Twinning project (ENPI funds) The purpose is to support the Revenue Service of the 
Ministry of Finance of Georgia to strengthen the national 
customs and SPS Border Control system of Georgia by the 
development of specific customs procedures including risk 
management, post clearance controls and audit, veterinary, 
sanitary and phytos anitary controls. 
 
Within the work plan of the twinning, an IPR Training 
Module for 20 customs officers  and a Workshop on IPR has 
been implemented (s ee details below). 
 
Beneficiaries: Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance 
and National Food Safety Agency 
Georgia Training course on IPR Protection for 
Customs officers 
(Georgia, 3-7 Dec. 2012)  Twinning project (ENPI funds) The training co urse aimed at training officers coming from 
both operational and central offices. A combination of 
theoretical and practical approach was applied during the 
training session on the topics listed below:   IPR and the TRIPS Agreements: types of IPR; 
 EU regulations; 
 Action against the goods suspected of infringing IPR 
under any customs procedures; 
 Lodging an application for customs action; 
 International cooperation an d cooperation with trade 
and public sectors; 
 Falstaff – the Italian automated system against forgery; 
 Risk analysis and techniques of investigations: study 
cases; 
 Forgery: infringements and risks for the consumers. 
 Beneficiaries: Customs officers of the Revenue Service of 
Georgia  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
Georgia Workshop on IPR enforcement 
(Georgia, 25-26 Mar. 2013)  Twinning Project (ENPI funds) This two-day Workshop aimed to raise awareness of IPR 
protection, in particular with enforcement issues since it is 
still the 'weak' point in Georgia, based on the fact that 
effective IPR protection imp lies a good dialogue between 
the enforcement bodies.  Topics discussed: 
 
 The impact of the counterfeiting in the EU; 
 the legal framework; 
 tools available to customs to counter the phenomenon; 
 intelligence; 
 cooperation; 
 technology; 
 investigation and control techniques; 
 the COPIS project. 
Audience: enforcement bodies, National Intellectual 
Property Center "Saqpatenti", Investigation Service of 
Ministry of Finance, Custom s Department and Clearance 
Department of Revenue Service 
Georgia Technical assistance (supply contract) 
provided to the Georgian Copyright Association EUD to Georgia (ENPI funds) Th e EU Delegation purchased a lic ence for software allowing 
the distribution of authors' royalties. Such software was 
absolutely needed for collection and distribution of royalties. 
This is something important for the well-functioning of 
collective management societies (copyright associations).  Beneficiaries: Staff of the Ge orgian Copyright Association 
Georgia Study Visit on Licensing of Different 
Category Users and Royalty Distribution 
System 
(3-6 Sept. 2012)  EU TAIEX programme (study tours 
and exchange of best practices) Beneficiaries: Georgian Copyright Association 
Morocco EU-funded tw inning project: 
"Renforcement des capacités d'intervention de l'Office Marocain de la Propriété Industrielle et Commerciale (OMPIC) en matière de promotion et de protection des droits de propriété industrielle et commerciale" 
Project ended on 15 Dec. 2012  L'Office Marocain de la Propriété 
Intellectuelle et Commerciale L'objectif du jumelage est d'assister l'OMPIC et ses 
partenaires à développer leurs structures internes et leurs 
liens de coopération afin de développer un système de protection des droits exclusifs efficace et effectivement appliqué.  
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country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing  
agency Description 
Republic of Moldova  EU-funded twinning pr oject: "Support to 
Implementation and Enforcement of 
Competition and State Aid Policy" 
 
Total project budget: €1 million; 
 
Total project duration: 23 months 
as of 27 Mar. 2011 Romanian Competition Council (lead 
partner) 
 
Austrian Competition Agency 
 
Latvian Competition Agency Main project beneficiaries: National Agency for Competition 
Protection. 
 
The overall objective is to improve the market economy in 
the Republic of Moldova by supporting implementation and 
enforcement of competition and state aid policies. 
 
The project purpose is to strengthen the administrative 
capacity of Agency for Protec tion of Competition to help 
them review and harmonize the National law on competition 
to EC Directives and help to elaborate the National Law on 
State Aid as well as elaborat ion of guidelines and manuals. 
Republic of Moldova EU-funded project: "Technical assistance 
to support the Government of the Republic of Moldova in building the capacity for application of twinning, TAIEX and SIGMA instruments, and to provide support in preparation and implementation of the CIB Programme"  Project budget: €2 million;  Project duration: 24 months, started 7 Sept. 2011. Hulla & Co Human Dynamics KG, 
Austria Main objectives of the project is to build the capacity of the 
Government of Republic of Mo ldova, and particularly the 
Programme Administration Office and the Aid Coordination Unit at the State Chancellery, for technical leadership in the identification, preparation and implementation of EU-funded 
programmes/projects. 
Republic of Moldova Workshop on Enforcem ent of Intellectual 
Property 
(13-14 Nov. 2012) TAIEX The workshop on enforcement of Intellectual Property 
benefits various EU neighbours  including Belarus, Georgia, 
Moldova, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia and took place in 
Lyon, France. 
Tunisia Programme d'appui à la Compétitivité des 
entreprises et à la facilitation de l'Accès aux Marchés, €22m.  Project duration: 72 months, started 24 Dec. 2009 L'institut National de la Normalisation 
et de la Propriété Industrielle (INNORPI) La composante 1 ''Appui aux entreprises industrielles'' 
contribue – à travers d'une assistance technique – à certifier les entreprises tunisiennes selon les normes internationales et à augmenter leurs compétitiv ité à travers des actions de 
coaching technique et de coaching non technique. La composante 2 "Appui à l'infra structure Qualité" fournit de 
l'équipement pour les laboratoires et autres institutions dans l'infrastructure qualité tunisienne, ainsi qu'une assistance technique pour la mise à niveau de ces institutions. Cette composante intervient dans un premier temps dans les secteurs priori taires du PCAM (électriques, 
mécaniques et des produits de construction) dans le souci d'assister dans la préparat ion de la Tunisie pour la 
conclusion des accords ACAA avec l'Union européenne.  
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agency Description 
Tunisia Programme d'Appui à la Compétitivité des 
Services, €20m 
 
Programme started: 9 Jul. 2012 Ministère du Commerce et de 
l'Artisanat Le programme concentre ses actions sur 4 sous-secteurs : 
la santé, les technologies de l'information et de la 
communication, le transport terrestre et les services 
professionnels et à l'entreprise. 
 
Dans les différents sous-secteurs visés, les entreprises 
soutenues pourront bénéficier de procédures de 
certification/labellisation,  d'appui en matière de 
management et gestion. L' accent sera mis sur le 
renforcement des activités de recherche – développement. 
Enfin seront encouragées le dé veloppement de partenariats 
entre la sphère publique et le secteur privé. 
Tunisia EU-funded twi nning project: Appui 
à l'administration Tunisienne pour le développement des mécanismes du marché et de la conc urrence au travers de 
la normalisation, de la certification et du registre du commerce  €105,843 
Project ended on 24 Aug. 2012  L'Institut National de la Normalisation 
et de la Propriété Industrielle (INNORPI) Le projet de jumelage est construit autour de quatre 
composantes travaillant principa lement sur la mise à niveau 
des services de normalisatio n et de certification de 
l'INNORPI. Le projet vise également la modernisation du Registre central du commerce en Tunisie. Finalement, une 
composante transversale visa l'amélioration des structures de support de l'INNORPI, comme la communication/ marketing et les syst èmes inform atiques.  
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PLANT BREEDERS' RIGHT (ARTICLE 27.3B) 
The document concerns the assistance and technical cooperation activities carried out between 20 09-2013, by the European Union and the Community Plant 
Variety Office (CPVO), as well as the individual Member States for the benefit of candidate countries, developing countries, re gional intellectual property 
organisations, and others. 
 
Beneficiary  
country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
1.1 COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS OFFICE (COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)  NO. 2100/94  OF 27JULY 1994  ON COMMUNITY PLANT VARIETY RIGHTS ) 
African Regional Intellectual 
Property Organization 
(ARIPO) ARIPO Expert Review Meeting 
Harare, Zimbabwe, in June 2011 
and Zanzibar in November 2012 
 
Regional Workshop on the ARIPO 
legal framework for the protection 
of new varieties of plants. 
Lilongwe (Malawi), 20-25 July 
2013 Creation of a legal framework 
for a regional plant variety 
protection system for 
ARIPO member states. ARIPO  UPOV, USPTO  
with CPVO expert Creation of a legal framework for a regional 
PVP system for a number of African countries. 
 
Participation of one CPVO expert in a Review 
Meeting on the ARIPO Draft Legal Framework 
for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. 
Presentation of the European system. 
Awareness raising and recommendations. 
African Intellectual Property 
Organization (OAPI) Regional Seminars on PVR 
April 2009, Cameroon  July 2010, Cameroon  June 2011, Togo To provide information about 
the EU system for protection of plant breeders rights (PBR) as example for a regional system. OAPI
 UPOV, CPVO  The CPVO provided information about legal, 
administrative and technical aspects of the EU system, that could be useful for OAPI when establishing its own system. 
Latin American countries Training course on protection 
of PVR 10 November 2009, 
Bolivia 12 December 2011, 
Uruguay To provide information about 
the EU system for protection of 
PBR as an example for regional 
system. UPOV, OEVV (ES), WIPO,  
USPTO (US),  
INASA (UR)  
with CPVO expert Annual regional training  for Latin American 
experts on plant variety protection and DUS 
testing. 
 
The CPVO provided information about legal, 
administrative and technical aspects of the 
EU plant variety rights system as an example 
of a regional system. 
Viet Nam Signature cooperation agreement , 
May 2011, Ho Chi Minh City MoU: CPVO & Plant Variety 
Protection Office Viet Nam ASEAN project ECAP 
III  Signature ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding with Vietnamese authorities 
and Plant Variety Protection Office. 
Malaysia Workshop for Cooperation in 
Harmonisation of Test Guidelines 
and DUS Test, August 2010, 
Kuala Lumpur Information on International 
cooperation in DUS testing ; 
Establishing, maintenance of 
reference collections. East Asia PVP Forum Department  
of 
Agriculture.(Malaysia), 
with CPVO expert Presentation at the Workshop for cooperation 
in harmonisation of test guidelines and DUS 
test  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
East Asia Plant Variety 
Protection forum 3rd East Asia PVP Forum, 
April 2010, South Korea. 6
th East Asia PVP Forum, 
June/July 2013, Malaysia Presentation of the CPVR 
system; EU Public breeding. Korea Seed and 
Variety Service 
(MIFAFF) UPOV  Seminar on Use of PVP system by public 
sector.  Presentation about public breeding in the EU.  
Regional seminar aiming to promote the 
protection of plant breeders' rights in the region. 
People's Republic of China  
and Chinese Taipei International Seminar on Plant 
Variety Protection  
April 2009, Beijing Information about the 
European Community 
PVP system. Min. agri.  
State Forestry 
Administration State 
IP office UPOV  
with CPVO expert Presentation at the International Seminar on 
Plant Variety Protection. 
People's Republic of China and Chinese Taipei EU-Chinese Taipei Cooperation in 
the Area of Plant Variety Rights, February 2009, Chinese Taipei Facilitate bilateral cooperation 
of PBR between EU and Chinese Taipei. Council of Agriculture,  
Taipei CPVO
 Round table discussions on PVP + Proposal for 
Memorandum of Understanding CPVO/Chinese Taipei. 
 
MULTI-BENEFICIARY PROGRAM (CANDIDATE COUNTRIES ) MBP 
Albania EU variety system,  
September 2009 - 1 day Introduction: CPVR, seed 
certification, variety listing. CPVO  - Seminar: 20 (Ministry of Agriculture, variety 
testing authorities, breeders, seed producers). 
Albania CPVO procedures, auditing, DUS 
examination, national examination 
office - December 2009 -2 days 
PVR legislation, December 2009 - 1 day Functioning of CPVO, 
cooperation with national 
offices, role of national office, 
legal advice. CPVO
 BSA (DE)  Seminar 20 experts from PVR authorities, 
private and state breeders. 
 
Consultation: administrative and legislation drafting staff of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
Albania, Serbia Training of expert, July 2012  Training on DUS for maize.  CPVO  UKZUP (SK)  Seminar 20 experts from PVR authorities, 
private and state breeders. 
 
Consultation: administrative and legislation 
drafting staff of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Need for a PVP system, CPV R 
system; fact finding on PVR in B&H, April 2012, 2 days Functioning of the CPVO fact 
finding. CPVO
 - Presentation: 15 technical and administrative 
staff of the Ministry and variety testing 
stations. 
Bosnia and Herzegovina Workshop - May 2013 - 2 days  Training on DUS for cereals.  CPVO  Croatia  To provide training to national experts on DUS. 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) University of Skopje, 
November 2009 - 1 day Explaining the CPVR system to 
students and professors CPVO
 - Presentation of the CPVR system 
(ca. 20 students/professors);  
Distribution of information. 
Former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia (FYROM) DUS different crops,  
May 2010 - 2 days Conduct of DUS testing 
Cereal/fodder plant/rape CPVO  BSA (DE)  Training, study tour: 2 technical experts  
Former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia (FYROM) CPVR system,  
November 2010 - 1 day Explaining the  CPVR system  CPVO  - Workshop for seed producers and farmers  
Serbia CPVR: duties, auditing of 
Examination Offices, January 2010 
- 1 day Presentation of the System, 
duties of examination office CPVO  BSA (DE)  Workshop (20 experts from PVR authorities, 
private and state breeders) 
Serbia Training of crop experts, 
August 2010 - 3 days DUS testing of fruit crops  CPVO  BSA (DE)  Training, study tour: 2 technical experts  
Serbia PVR legislation, December 2010 -  
1 day Advice on drafting   - Consultation with legislation drafters   
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
Serbia DUS for sunflower, July 2012 -  
2 days Training of DUS testing   UKZUP (SK)  Practical training: 4 experts  
Turkey Variety denominations, June 2009 
- 1 day Rules on variety names  CPVO  - Workshop: 15 (Ministry of Agriculture, testing 
station); 
Turkey documentation, archive, 
March 2010 - 0.5 days Training on PVP managing  CPVO  - Workshop: 2 administrative staff  
Turkey CPVO database, UPOV CD-ROM for 
variety denomination, March 2010 
- 0.5 days Training on using and 
contributing to databases CPVO  - Workshop: 2 administrative staff -  enabling 
their contribution to the databases 
Turkey DUS for ornamentals, April 2010 -  
2 days Practical training  CPVO  Nakt (NL)  Workshop (TR technical staff), teaching skills 
Turkey Ornamental meeting, June 2010 -
2 days Protocols, technical problems 
during DUS trial CPVO  Nakt (NL)  Meeting: 1 per country  
Turkey DUS for grape vine, August 2010 -  
2 days Protocols, technical problems 
during DUS trial CPVO  BSA (DE)  Workshop at the TR station for technicians 
Turkey  Vegetable meeting, 2009-2012 -  
2 days Preparation of protocols for DUS 
examination, technical problems 
occurring during DUS trial CPVO  1 meeting per year: 1 expert per country  
Turkey  Agriculture exp. meeting, 
October 2012 - 2 days Preparation of protocols fo r DUS 
examination, technical problems 
occurring during DUS trial CPVO  1 meeting per year: 1 expert per country  
Turkey  Annual meeting (CPVO and its 
examination offices), 2008 -2012 - 
2 days Information on technical, 
administrative procedure CPVO  1 meeting  per year: 1 per country (potential 
technical liaison officer) 
Turkey  Seminar on Enforcement and legal 
subjects - Balkan region, April 2010 - 1 days Enforcement of PV
R CPVO ESA, CIOPORA  Seminar: administrators, legal & technical 
experts: 3 Albanians, 2 Croatians, 2 FYRM, 3 Serbs, 2 Turks 
Turkey  Seminar on enforcement of 
community plant variety rights, 
Rome (Italy), May 2013 -1 day EU system for protection of 
plant breeders' rights (PBR), 
enforcement procedures. CPVO Italy Experts from candidate countries as well as 
Italian stakeholders 
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia Familiarization of crop experts with 
DUS (Cereals), May 2010 - 3 days Conduct of DUS testing of 
cereals CPVO
 CSS (HR)  Training, study tour: 2 technical experts. 
Distribution of information. 
Albania, 
Serbia Familiarization of crop experts with 
DUS (Vegetables), May 2010 - 3 
days Conduct of DUS testing of 
vegetable crops CPVO  Nakt (NL)  Training, study tour: 2 technical experts  
Albania, Serbia DUS technical examinations of 
maize, July 2012 - 2 days Practical training of DUS testing 
and PBR CPVO
 UKZUP, SK  Practical training: 1+3 technical experts and 
administrative staff from Albania and Serbia 
Albania,  
Bosnia & Herzegovina,  
Croatia,  
Serbia DUS & VCU, listing, maintenance 
of variety, bilateral agreements on 
vine testing, Sept. 2012 - 2 days Practical training on vine 
varieties CPVO  BSA (DE)  Practical training: 3+2+3+2 technical experts 
and administrative staff from Albania, B&H, 
Croatia and Serbia  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
1.2 OTHER EU PROJECTS  
ASEAN ASEAN Project on Intellectual 
Property Rights (ECAP III), 
approved by the European Union 
and ASEAN in 2009 with EPO and 
OHIM Best practices in the 
administration of PVP, need for 
development in PVP systems 
in ASEAN ECAP (EU) Ministry of Agriculture, 
Gnis, GEVES, 
Sicasov (FR), 
CPVO (EU) Study visit: 6 delegates from Cambodia, Lao 
and Viet Nam (responsible for the 
PVP development) with a focus on 
PVP administration, substantive examination, 
DUS testing as well royalty collection. 
Azerbaijan Workshop on PVR and national 
listing. Baku (Azerbaijan), May 2013 - 2 days information about the EU 
system for breeders rights (PBR) in cooperation with the competent authorities in the Members States 
 
CPVO database for variety denomination EU -
 TAIEX CPVO  One person from the CPVO attended as 
expert/speaker the event organized by TAIEX 
Lebanon TAIEX Workshop 2010 Discussions on legislation for 
National listing and PBR EU - TAIEX Nakt (NL),  
Sloven expert 10 representatives of the Lebanese Ministry 
Thailand ECAP III Project Steering 
Committee meeting, July 2010, Bangkok Review activities under the first 
Annual Work Plan ECAP III 
 Presentation ECAP III Overall Work Plan 
presentation and review - CPVO participation as observer in the Project 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia TAIEX Workshop April, 2009 -  
3 days Marketing Seed Directives 
Seminar on variety registration: 
National List; Seed certification 
procedure; seed control EU - TAIEX Ministry of Agriculture, 
Forestry and Water 
(FYRM), BSA (DE) Seminar : 1 official -  30 participants)  
People's Republic of China  EU-China IPR dialogue Study to assess the 
performance of China's 
implementation of UPOV1978 
text and the challenges encountered to implement UPOV 1991 EU -
 China China: MOFCOM, 
Ministry of Agriculture. 
State Forestry 
Administration, 
IP Office EU experts  
      
2 FRANCE       
Kazakhstan Seed Kazakhs association Study 
missions in Kazakhstan 
 
01/10 1 week 11/10 1 week French Bilateral cooperation -  
Overview of the French seed 
sector, implementation of 
national PBR and EU system 
(CPVR) GNIS (Groupement 
National Inter-
profession el des 
Semences) (FR), Min. 
Agri. (FR) CPVO (FR)  
GEVES (FR) Missions to  Astana Mission of 3 Kazakhs 
to France 
 
Signature of a MOU to support the Kazakhs 
seed association in related technical activities 
and efforts to become member of UPOV 
Serbia Variety registration and plant 
variety protection French bilateral cooperation  Min. Agriculture (FR), 
GNIS  Mission in France of 5 Serbian experts: training and exchange of experience 
Turkey EU twinning project Development 
of the Seed Sector in Turkey and 
Alignment to the EU TR 06IBAG02 Varieties registration, database, 
DUS training on several plant 
species. 
 
Implementation of the national 
PVP legislation and enforcement 
of rights. EU funds  
Ministry of Agriculture 
(FR), GNIS (FR), 
BMLV (DE) SICASOV (FR),  
GEVES (FR), BSA(DE), 
BDP(DE), JKI (DE) 150 persons (staff from registration competent 
authority VRSCC, administrative from Min. 
Agriculture, stakeholders) - Seminars 
/trainings in Turkey and study visits of Turkish 
experts in MS; 
 
EU rules and practices, with special emphasis 
on variety registration, seed and propagating 
material control and certification, plant variety  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
protection to bringing Turkish rules together 
with the 'acquis'. 
OAPI (Organisation Africaine 
de la Propriété Intellectuelle) French Bilateral cooperation: daily 
work of the office in charge of PVP (gazette, denomination formal 
examination), December 09, 
5 - days.  Follow-up of OAPI meetings in several members countries. Management, implementation,
 
enforcement of PBR. 
 
Interest of PBR for innovation in 
plant breeding and for farmers. GNIS,  
Ministry of Agriculture 
(FR) CPVO (FR)  Mission to  France of OAPI experts.  
 
Missions of French experts to west African 
countries, members of OAPI. 
 Training of OAPI technical and administrative staff on PVP.  
Awareness raising and preparation of a MoU. 
African Regional Intellectual 
Property Organization 
(ARIPO) French Bilateral cooperation: 
interest of regional plant variety 
protection system, such as the 
CPVR. 
 
Formal examination and technical 
examination of new plant variety. 
 
Follow-up of ARIPO meetings in 
several members countries. Development of a regional 
framework on plant breeders' 
rights (PBR). 
 
Role of the PBR office, technical 
examination, implementation 
and enforcement of PBR. 
 
Interest of PBR for innovation in 
plant breeding and for farmers. GNIS,  
Ministry of Agriculture 
(FR) CPVO (FR)  Mission to France of ARIPO experts.  
 
Missionsto east African countries, members of 
ARIPO. 
 
Training of OAPI and ARIPO technical and 
administrative staff on PVP. 
 
Awareness raising. 
 
Preparation of a MoU 
Asian countries (APSA Asia 
and Pacific Seed Association, 
ASEAN) French Bilateral cooperation: 
Several missions to participate in 
the Annual meeting of APSA 
2008-2012  ASEAN study visit, 2012, 5 days Follow-up of intellectual 
protection committee. 
 
ECAP ASEAN project on intellectual property rights: component on PBR. GNIS, 
 
Ministry of Agriculture 
(FR) EU, CPVO  Missions to  Asian countries for APSA meetings 
 
Mission to France of ASEAN representatives in 
the framework of European ASEAN Project on Intellectual Property Rights (ECAP) 
AFSTA  
(African Seed Trade 
Association) Several missions to participate in 
the Annual meeting 2008-2012 
visit in France 02/10, 5days Bilateral cooperation with AFSTA  GNIS,  
Ministry of Agriculture  Missions to  African countries for AFSTA 
meetings 
Egypt French Bilateral Cooperation: Plant 
Varieties Protection Project Several training and meetings (2009-2013) Amendments of the PVP law to 
align to UPOV.  
Supporting and prompting the 
efforts of Egypt to become a UPOV member.  
Computerization of protection 
procedures.  Cooperation with other countries on DUS results. 
 
Communication, Awareness campaign. BLAFE 
 
(Bureau de liaison 
Franco-Egyptien), 
GNIS CASC (EG) 
GEVES (FR), 
CPVO (EU) French food aid counterpart fund.  
 
Several missions of Egyptian experts to France 
(from CASC: Egyptian competent authority for 
variety registration, seed certification and plant variety protection, in the Ministry of Agriculture). 
 
Several missions of French experts (DUS, IT, lawyer) to Egypt. Awareness-raising: 1 seminar in Cairo to be organized (For 100 persons from CASC and stakeholders' groups). 
 
Training of PVP staff-  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
Morocco French Bilateral Cooperation: 
PVP Implementation. 
 
DUS training on maize and forage 
crops, 06/12 and 07/12 for 
2 weeks. Extension of PBR to additional 
species: training on forage 
crops and maize. Ministry 
of Agriculture,  
GNIS GEVES (FR) 
ASFIS (FR) Two experts trained from ONSSA (competent 
authority for variety registration, seed 
certification and plant variety protection). 
3 GERMANY  
People's Republic of China  German-Chinese Co-operation in 
Agriculture - 2009 Development of Plant Breeders' 
Rights system Ministry of  Agriculture 
BSA (DE) BDP  
(Plant Breeders 
Association) Presentations, seminars in Beijing 
(ca. 100 participants) 
India German-Indian Co-operation in 
Agriculture - 2012 Development of PVP, 
Capacity building (DUS) Ministry of  Agriculture 
(DE)  
BSA (DE) BDP/SFG  Seminar with ca. 60 representatives of the 
Ministry of Agriculture, seed industry, various 
associations 
Kazakhstan German-Kazakh Agricultural 
Dialogue 2010 Improvement of legal 
framework for PBR and seeds 
legislation Ministry of  Agriculture 
/ BSA BDP (DE)  Seminar on PVP (40 participants)  
Execution of PBR, variety testing (DUS, VCU) 
(25 participants) 
Ukraine German-Ukrainian Agricultural 
Dialogue 2011 Exchange of technical 
information on seed marketing and PBR Ministry of
 Agriculture 
/ BSA BDP (DE)  Seminar on aspects of harmonisation of  
import/export of seed between o Ukraine and 
Germany (30 participants) 
Russian Federation Russian-German Agricultural 
Dialogue until 2012 Improvement of legal 
framework for PVP and seeds 
legislation Ministry of  Agriculture 
/ BSA BDP (DE)  Presentations, seminars, discussion groups 
(15 - 100 participants) 
Turkey Twinning Project Turkey 2008-
2009 - TR 06IBAG02 Development of the Seed Sector 
and Alignment to EU See above (France) See above (France)  See above  
Turkey German/Turkish Co-operation 
Project Agriculture 2011-2012 Advise on Seed and Seed-
related Services in the European 
Union BSA Institutes, breeding 
companies, Offices of 
Federal States 1 Official from the Turkish Min. Agriculture. 
 
Seminars/trainings on: Registration system 
(including DUS, VCU- testing, post control, 
data evaluation); seed certification; 
Structure of the seed sector; EU legislation and 
implementation in national laws; Registration 
and certification of fruit plant material 
(DUS, inspection, laboratory testing). 
Turkey DE/KZ Co-operation Project Agri. 
June 2011, 2 weeks Advise on technical aspects of 
DUS testing - exchange of 
technical information 
Seminar/training on DUS for cereal species  BDP 2 officials from KZ Ministry of Agriculture visited Germany. 
Ethiopia Agricultural Dialogue & Capacity 
Development Seed Projects, 2013 Capacity building  GIZ (DE) Ministry of Agriculture 
(DE) 
BSA (DE) Training missions in Ethiopia and Germany 
(Examination of varieties, variety listing, seed 
certification)  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
4 HUNGARY       
Croatia, Serbia Training in Hungary June 2012 -  
1 day Quality management in the 
EU plant variety testing National Food Chain 
Safety Office CPVO  Quality requirement of CPVO towards Eos 
difficulty: the Serbian representatives did not 
participate 
Montenegro Plant Variety Protection -
22 February 2012, 1 day Presentation of the history.  
 
General information on 
procedures concerning PVP. HIPO and IP Office of 
Montenegro  4 persons trained the IP Office; -  Adopting 
legal framework on PVP + Capacity building 
(formal examination, novelty, granting 
protection, register) 
Azerbaijan (AZSTAND) Awareness raising on Plant Variety 
Protection - 13 March 2012, 1 day Presentation of the history  
 
General information on 
procedures concerning PVP WIPO  HIPO and AZSTAND  3 persons trained from AZSTAND:  
 
Adopting legal framework on PVP. 
 
Capacity building (formal examination, novelty, 
granting protection, register). 
5 THE NETHERLANDS       
Bosnia & Herzegovina  Seminar, 2009 PBR, listing/marketing of 
conservation varieties in EU Nakt (NL)  30 plus participants, officials and 
representatives of the industry 
FYRM Seminar, 2009 Pre-accession meeting on EU 
legislation Nakt (NL) TAIEX Attendance of 30  
Montenegro Seminar, 2009 Pre-accession meeting on EU 
legislation Nakt (NL) TAIEX Presentations for 10 people from the Ministry 
Serbia Training, 2010 Pre-accession advise on 
EU marketing directives, PBR Nakt (NL) TAIEX NAK  Training and exchange of information with staff 
of the Ministry in Belgrade 
Serbia Seminar, 2012 Pre-accession meeting on EU 
legislation Nakt (NL) USAID,  
Embassy of NL Seminar with 50 experts from the Ministry and 
industry. 
East Asian PVP Forum Technical guideline on Pepper -  
2012 Assistance in the development 
of a regional Technical Guideline Nakt (NL) MAFF of Japan  30 experts on DUS capsicum  
Egypt Seminar - 2009 EU PP R Nakt (NL) CPVO, CIOPORA  Attendance of 60  
Ethiopia Training 2010-2012 Development of PBR system  Nakt (NL) Wageningen  Training on DUS, capacity building, awareness 
actions 
Iran Seminar 2011 Assistance to develop PVP law 
and DUS testing Nakt (NL) Ghijssen consult  20 staff members of the DUS institute  
India Seminar, 2011-2012 Advise on the development of 
PVP system Mininistry of Economic 
Affairs (NL),  
Nakt Plantum PPV&FRA  Training in India, visit of an Indian high-level 
delegation to the Netherlands, Comparison of Indian PVP system with EU system. 
Indonesia PVP system - July 2011 - 
February 2012 Advise on the development 
of PVP system Ministry of  Economic 
Affairs (NL) Center for PVPAP 
in Jakarta 4 visits to assess Quality Assu rance level of 
11 DUS stations + Training of local quality 
auditors. Recommendation for improvement by 
Nakt. 
Indonesia Multiannual project Advise on the development of 
PBR system + awareness Ministry of Economic 
Affairs (NL) Center for PVPAP 
in Jakarta Training on DUS in Indonesia and in 
the Netherlands: 50+people involved in DUS 
People's Republic of China  China: Multi-annual project 
until 2011 (i) Advice on the development 
of PBR, (ii) Training on DUS in 
China and in the Netherlands Nakt (NL), Plantum,  
Ministry of Economic 
Affairs Government of China  Staff of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and 
State Forestry Administration (SFA); 
200 persons in different occasions 
- awareness raising 
- training  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Cooperation in DUS testing  
of Phalaenopsis Ministry of  Economic 
Affairs, Nakt Chinese Taipei DUS 
authorities, PVO Joint building of DNA databases with variety 
information. 
Viet Nam PVP system 2011 - March 2012  Development of a road map for 
PVP 
(i) overview present status; 
(ii) expected developments; 
(iii)steps to be taken in the 
future. Ministry of  Economic 
Affairs, Nakt (NL) PVP Office of MARD  6 Vietnamese experts trained in NL on DUS 
testing for 2 weeks. 
 
3 technical trainings on DUS in Viet Nam by 
Nakt experts, in cooperation with JICA (JP). 
 
2 seminars in Viet Nam to create awareness, in 
cooperation with JICA of Japan. 
 
Participant 2 weeks international PVP course in 
Wageningen. 
Several countries Annual PVP 2 week course in 
Wageningen Annual PVP course for 
participants from countries with 
a new PBR system or plants to 
start PBR Nakt Wageningen 
University, UPOV, 
CPVO Annually 25 participants from different 
countries all involved in DUS testing. 
Several countries DUS Helpdes k DUS Nakt  Online possibility to pose practical questions on 
DUS related matters 
Several countries Internships DUS training.  Nakt  Possibility for DUS-related staff to work in Naktuinbouw to learn the skills of DUS 
Several countries Master Class Education about (mostly legal) 
aspects of the seed business, 
including PVP Plant Variety 
Board/Wageningen UR  5-days maste r class, capacity 25 people.  
Several countries E-learning DUS Development of distance 
learning course on DUS principles. UPOV and Nakt 
 Development of an on-line course to explain 
the technical DUS principles. 
      
6 POLAND       
Belarus Long-term cooperation 2009-2013  
- May 2011 
-September 2011 
- PVP and variety registration, 
June 2012 Systems operating in Poland 
and Belarus. 
- Predicted trends for 
registration and legal PVP, 
variety research 
- Training on DUS and VCU for 
fruit plants and berries 
varieties. COBORU State Inspectorate 
for Research and 
Protection of Plant 
Varieties Training for specialists DUS testing for chosen 
species in Poland 
Moldova PVP system November 2012 (i) PVP in Poland (DUS, 
coexistence of the national system with the CPVR); 
(ii) Overview of the changes 
that have occurred after the Polish accession to EU. COBORU Ministry of Agriculture, 
State Com. for Crops 
Variety Testing and 
Registration Visit of 3 specialists from COBORU to
 Moldova. 
Serbia September 2010 The process of registration and 
legal protection of varieties in 
Poland and the rules of the DUS 
and VCU testing. COBORU Ministry of Agriculture 
of Serbia Visit of 3 representatives from Ministry of 
Agriculture of Serbia to Poland.  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
Ukraine Long-term cooperation 2009 -  
2013 
 PVP and variety registration, June 2011 
 
PL-Ukraine Conference, May 2012 Systems the official organization 
of VCU and DUS and PVP, operating in Poland.  Collection and data processing 
from the experiments, 
database, results of experiments, software used, registration and post-registration experimentation of 
agricultural varieties. COBORU Ukrainian Institute 
for Plant Variety 
Examination 
Training for specialists on DUS testing for 
chosen species. 
Ukraine Long-term cooperation 2009 -  
2013 
 
PVP and variety registration, 
June 2011 
 
PL-Ukraine Conference, May 2012 Systems the official organization 
of VCU and DUS and PVP, 
operating in Poland. 
 
Collection and data processing 
from the experiments, 
database, results of 
experiments, software used, 
registration and post-
registration experimentation of 
agricultural varieties. COBORU Ukrainian Institute 
for Plant Variety 
Examination Visit of 6 specialists from Ukraine in Poland. 
Systems the official organization of VCU and 
DUS and PDO, operating in Poland. A visit to 
the DUS testing station. 
Ukraine Long-term cooperation 2009 -  
2013 
 
PVP and variety registration, June 2011  PL-Ukraine Conference, May 2012 Systems the official organization 
of VCU and DUS and PVP, 
operating in Poland. 
 Collection and data processing from the experiments, database, results of 
experiments, software used, 
registration and post-registration experimentation of agricultural varieties. COBORU Ukrainian Institute 
for Plant Variety 
Examination Participation of 45 specialists and breeders 
from Poland and Ukraine. System PVP and 
registration in Poland and Ukraine. 
Georgia, 
Moldova, 
Belarus July -  September 2011 Registration and legal protection 
of varieties in Poland, DUS & 
VCU. COBORU  Visit in Poland of representatives: Georgia, 
Moldova, Belarus 
People's Republic of China  PVP and variety. Registration, 
July 2009 (i) process of registration and 
legal PVP, (mainly for 
horticultural plants), 
(ii) research methodology, (iii) Information about the organization COBORU, varietal testing of horticultural plants. COBORU Chinese Univ. of Life 
Sciences - 
Horticultural 
Department of Seed. A group of 12 students of the Chinese 
University of Life Sciences -Horticultural 
Department of Seed in Poland. A visit to the 
DUS testing station S łupia Wielka. (COBORU 
presentations). 
Egypt PVP and variety. Registration, 
July 2010 (i) process of registration and 
PVP (horticultural plants), 
(ii) research methodology 
(iii) DUS testing and variety 
testing of horticultural plants. COBORU University Mansoura -  
Egypt 10 students of the University Mansoura (EG). 
A visit to the DUS testing station S łupia 
Wielka.  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
Pakistan PVP and variety. Registration, 
December 2009 (i) PVP system and 
organization, (ii) research organization, (iii) rules for DUS test, including detailed procedure for the granting of 
PVP to the breeders. COBORU IP Organisation FSCR, 
Ministry of Agriculture Visit of 2 specialists from Pakistan in Poland. 
A visit to the DUS testing station S łupia 
Wielka. 
Several countries UPOV Meeting of Technical 
Working Group/vegetables, June 
2008 UPOV Meeting of the Technical 
Working Group for vegetables. 
Discussion of DUS testing 
methodologies for vegetable. COBORU UPOV  Participation of 44 DUS specialists from 21 
countries in Poland. 
Several countries PVP course in Poland, June 2010  (i) PVP course for countries with a new PBR system or plans to start PBR, (ii) PVP system in EU, (iii) research, organization and rules for DUS for granting PVP 
in the EU COBORU 
TAIEX SANCO CPVO 
UPOV Workshop on PVP: Participation of 44 
specialists from 15 countries (AL, AM, BA, BY, GE, HR, KS, MD, ME, MK, PP, RS, RU, TR, and UA).  
Visit to one DUS testing station. 
      
7 ROMANIA       
Moldova Seminar on plant varieties, 
November 2011 - 3 days Twinning Project "Support to 
Implementation and 
Enforcement of IPR": To 
improve the IPR to new plant 
varieties according with the 
EU system. EU project DK Patent and 
Trademark Office 
 
RO State Office for 
Inventions and 
Trademarks Seminar: 40 persons  
8 SLOVAKIA       
Eurasian countries UPOV PVP for certain countries in 
the Euro Asian region, Chisinau,  
9-11 June 2009 Regional training Explaining 
UPOV principles of plant variety 
protection. UPOV  State Agency on IP 
(AGEPI), Moldavia 40 persons  
Multi-beneficia ry program / 
candidate countries to EU 24-25 July 2012, Slovakia Training on the DUS and VCU 
testing of maize and sunflower varieties, explaining the CPVO 
principles - technical, 
administrative matters. CPVO
 Central Controlling 
and Testing Institute 
in Agriculture 8 persons from candidate countries.  
      
9 SPAIN       
Turkey Twinning Project Turkey TR 
06IBAG02 Development of the Seed Sector 
and Alignment to the EU See above (France) See above (France)  See above  
Latin American countries  VIII Training cou rse 5 days, 
(Bolivia), November 2009, Adopting or improving legal 
framework on PVP.  Capacity building (DUS testing, formal examination, novelty, 
granting protection, register). 
 Awareness-raising of officials and users before the accession to UPOV. 
 UPOV, 
 
Oficina Española de 
Variedades Vegetales 
OEVV AECID (ES), CPVO, 
WIPO 27 participants   
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
Awareness-raising after the 
accession including PVP enforcement.  Encourage knowledge sharing 
between all countries. 
Latin American countries  IX Training course , 4 days 
(Bolivia), December 2010 Adopting or improving legal 
framework on PVP. 
 
Capacity building (DUS testing, 
formal examination, novelty, 
granting protection, register). 
 
Awareness-raising of officials 
and users before the accession 
to UPOV. 
 
Awareness-raising after the 
accession including PVP 
enforcement. 
 
Encourage knowledge sharing 
between all countries. UPOV,  
Oficina Española de 
Variedades Vegetales 
OEVV AECID (ES), CPVO, 
WIPO 33 participants  
Latin American countries  X Training course, 5 days (Uruguay), December 2011 Adopting or improving legal 
framework on PVP. 
 Capacity building (DUS testing, formal examination, novelty, granting protection, register). 
 
Awareness-raising of officials and users before the accession to UPOV.  
Awareness-raising after the 
accession including PVP enforcement.  
Encourage knowledge sharing 
between all countries. UPOV OEVV (ES) AECID (ES), CPVO, 
WIPO 28 participants
  
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
Latin American countries  XI Training course (Uruguay), 
December 2012, 5 days Adopting or improving legal 
framework on PVP. 
 
Capacity building (DUS testing, 
formal examination, novelty, 
granting protection, register). 
 
Awareness-raising of officials 
and users before the accession 
to UPOV. 
 
Awareness-raising after the 
accession including PVP 
enforcement. 
 
Encourage knowledge sharing 
between all countries. UPOV OEVV (ES) AECID, WIPO, USPTO, 
CPVO 32 participants  
Latin American countries  VI Training on DUS (Mexico) 
August 2010, 5 days Adopting or improving legal 
framework on PVP. 
 
Capacity building (DUS testing, 
formal examination, novelty, 
granting protection, register). 
 
Awareness-raising of officials and users before the accession 
to UPOV. 
 
Awareness-raising after the 
accession including PVP 
enforcement. 
 
Encourage knowledge sharing between all countries. SNICS(Mexico), UPOV USPTO, OEVV
 40 participants  
Latin American countries  XII Training course 2013, 
(Uruguay) Adopting or improving legal 
framework on PVP. 
 
Capacity building (DUS testing, 
formal examination, novelty, 
granting protection, register). 
 
Awareness-raising of officials 
and users before the accession 
to UPOV. 
 
Awareness-raising after the 
accession including PVP 
enforcement. 
 
Encourage knowledge sharing 
between all countries. UPOV, OEVV AECID (ES)    
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country(ies) or  
regional organisations Title  
Date of the event 
(months, year) 
Duration Aims and objectives  
of the projects Organiser Associated  
partners Short description  
(including the number of  
persons trained and  
target people) 
10 S WEDEN       
Kyrgyz Republic Long term cooperation Until 2010  Advise on the development of 
PBR   Kyrgyz Republic  is (since 2000) a member of 
UPOV and has an ISTA accredited laboratory 
(since 2003, Bishkek). Kirgizstan is approved 
of OECD Seed Certification Scheme 
(since 2005) for cereals and sugar beet, and 
is approved to issue OECD certificate for pulses 
and grass seeds (since 2008). 
Tajikistan Long term cooperation until 2010  Advice on marketing of seed 
system and development of seed quality testing and control 
system. 
 Advice on the DUS test of cereals and sugar beet.  
Advice on ISTA accredited 
laboratory.  Advice on establishing a gene bank founding from SIDA has 
secured students to finish 
Master's and PhD studies, to continue the process of reforming and harmonizing the 
seed sector in the country. SIDA 
(Swedish International 
Development 
Cooperation Agency), 
SLU 
(Swedish University 
of Agricultural 
Sciences) Svalöf Consulting, 
Swedish Board 
of Agriculture, 
NordGen 
The legislation for PVP system has been 
revised and approved by the Tajik Parliament; the State Commission for Variety Testing must 
(since the end of 2010) take the process 
further on their own for compliance with UPOVs 1991 Act.  Tajikistan has (since 2010) an ISTA accredited 
laboratory (Dushanbe). In order to be able to 
apply for OECD Seed Certification Schemes, Tajikistan must establish a functional field inspection and control plot tests systems. 
      
11 C ROATIA       
Several countries 4-6 May 2010, Osijek, Croatia  DUS training on cereals, 
Workshop Institute for Seed and 
Seedlings (HCPHS) CPVO  7 participants from different countries (Albania, 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo under 
UNSC Resolution 1244/99). 
 
With regard to transfer of technology, plant variety protection provides the basis for the transfer of technology (i.e. the var ieties) in agriculture. Ownership of 
plant breeders' rights (PBR) could be shared in different ways according to the funding by the different parties of the breedin g activity. PBR sets up the legal 
framework enhancing the relationship between researchers, PBR ho lders, licensees and users and facilitates dissemination of var ieties to farmers. 
 The breeders' exemption provides also a mechanism to facilitate access to germplasm. The breeder's exemption under the UPOV Con vention allows the breeder 
of a variety to enjoy the right of his variety whilst allowing other breeders to use the material of the protected variety for further breeding. Companies or 
individual breeders can use the protected varieties of other bree ders freely and incorporate them into their breeding programs.  If the resulting new variety is 
distinct, they can also exploit it freely.   
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date of the event/project Implementing agency Description 
AUSTRIA     
Viet Nam ICSEI 2012 (second half of 2012) Austrian Patent Office, in cooperation 
with WIPO (Development 
Cooperation) International Cooperation on Search and Examination of 
Inventions (ICSEI). State-of-t he-art search and examination 
reports concerning patent ap plications - free of charge. 
Cambodia ICSEI 2012 (second half of 2012) Austrian Patent Office, in cooperation 
with WIPO (Development Cooperation) International Cooperation on Search and Examination of 
Inventions (ICSEI). State-of-t he-art search and examination 
reports concerning patent ap plications - free of charge. 
Serbia Support to the Education and Information 
Centre of the IP Office of Serbia 
(Vienna/Serbia, December 2011 – 
July 2012) EU/EPA in cooperation with the 
Austrian Patent Office  Expert assistance. Support to establish an Education and 
Information Centre at the IP Office of Serbia. 
Brazil Study Visit – Br azilian Delegation 
(Vienna, 13-14 May 2013) Austrian Patent Office Pres entation of the Austrian Pa tent Office focusing on 
quality management 
Audience: Delegation of the Brazilian IP-Office 
Bangladesh, Chile, 
Cuba, Indonesia, 
Malaysia, 
Saudi Arabia, 
Tanzania, Trinidad and 
Tobago, Zambia Training course on patent documentation 
and information, protec tion of trademarks 
and designs, international IP treaties 
(Vienna, 10–21 June 2013) Austrian Patent Offi ce in cooperation 
with WIPO ("WIPO-Austria-Course") Introduction in search strategies and electronic databases 
relating to patents, trademark and design law, international 
developments in these areas. 
Audience: Patent examiners and legal officers from National 
IP-Offices. 
BELGIUM     
Financed by DGCD:    
Democratic Republic 
of the Congo Consolidation and strengthening of the 
National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) as a national reference laboratory and institute of bi omedical research 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner instit ute INRB Strengthens the INRB's role as a national reference 
laboratory and institute for rese arch on infect ious diseases. 
Morocco Support for building the training and 
research capacity of the National Health 
Administration Institute (INAS). 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute INAS Develop and strengthen the training, supervision and 
research capacity and expertise of INAS in the fields of 
decentralized health system management and health 
programme management by 2013.  
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Uganda Capacity Strengthening for Health 
Systems Research and Health Policy 
Development in Uganda. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute Makerere 
University Institute of Public Health 
(MUIPH) This project aims to significantly increase IPH's capacity and 
involvement in providing an evidence and knowledge base 
for rational policies and in de veloping the district health 
system.   This will provide, through the excellent linkages between IPH, selected districts and the MOH, and with the added 
technical expertise of ITM, a basis for the creation and effective implementation of he alth policies in Uganda and 
beyond
. 
Ecuador Strengthening the capacity to perform 
good quality PH training programs at the 
IPH - Public Health Institute at PUCE. 
 
Quito, Ecuador. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute Instituto de 
Salud Pública at Pontificia 
Universidad Católica del Ecuador 
(PUCE) To strengthen the capacity of IPH PUCE for providing high 
quality training in public heal th, including Master degrees, 
and as a centre for research an d expertise in public health. 
Cuba Strengthening Public Health Care Research 
in Cuba. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institutes INHEM: 
National Institute of Hygiene, 
Epidemiology and Microbiology and 
IPK: Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí To support the scientific mission of the INHEM and the IPK 
by capacity strengthening and scientific cooperation. 
Bolivia Strengthening post graduate training at 
the UMSS of Cochabamba. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute, Graduate 
School, Department of Medicine, 
Universidad Mayor de San Simon 
(UMSS) Bolivia To strengthen the training capacity of the Faculty of 
Medicine of the UMSS and to jointly organize a Diploma 
Course in Tropical Medicine an d Health Service Organization 
and a Master in Tropical Medicine, Health Management and 
Disease Control, both of relevance and up to standards. 
India Strengthening the capacity of the Institute 
of Public Health (IPH) to provide training and conduct research. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute. 
 Institute of Public Health, (IPH) Bangalore, India To develop IPH as a centre of  excellence for training and 
research in public health. 
Cambodia Building capacity to conduct high quality 
clinical research and training in infectious 
diseases, in an environment where quality 
of care, including laboratory diagnostics, is 
assured through implementation of a 
quality assurance programme. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute Sihanouk 
Hospital Center of Hope Enhance SHCH's capacity to gather evidence on and to 
implement best practice in management of infectious 
diseases in Cambodia.  
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Zambia Institutional capacity strengthening of the 
Tropical Diseases Research centre, Ndola, 
Zambia in the conduct of quality health 
research. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute Tropical 
Diseases Research Centre To enhance capacity of the TDRC as an autonomous centre 
of excellence in the field of  applied health research and 
training in the prevention and treatment of malaria, 
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and trypanosomiasis. 
Peru Institutional Collaboration with the 
Instituto de Medicina  Tropical Alexander 
von Humboldt in Lima, Peru: from 
generation to dissem ination of knowledge 
and practice. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute Instituto de 
Medicina Tropical Alexander von 
Humboldt, Universidad Peruana 
Cayetano Heredia To strengthen the IMTAvH as a scientifically autonomous 
centre of excellence in the fiel d of applied clinical research 
on infectious and tropical diseases. Special emphasis will be 
provided to study chemotherapy failure and/or disease 
progress in 6 diseases (AIDS,TB, Malaria, Leishmaniasis, 
HTLV 1 related diseases, and bacterial diseases). 
Viet Nam & South East 
Asia Institutional collaboration to strengthen 
the rational basis for prevention and control of malaria and other parasitic diseases in South East Asia. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute National 
Institute of Malariology Parasitology Entomology (NIMPE) To strengthen at regional leve l the capacities in biomedical 
and epidemiological research required for the surveillance 
and prevention of malaria and other parasitic diseases in 
Viet Nam, Cambodia and other South East Asian countries. 
Senegal Strengthening of Dakar University Hospital 
(CHU) as a centre of excellence for the 
control of and research into HIV, 
tuberculosis and other infectious diseases 
in Senegal. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute CHU Strengthening of Dakar University Hospital's institutional 
capacity in terms of the control of and research into 
HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. 
South Africa Institutional collaboration to establish a 
sustainable basis for the development and transfer of appropriate methods to control 
important endemic parasitic diseases of 
livestock and zoonoses in the SADC Region. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner: Department of 
Veterinary Tropical Diseases (DVTD), University of Pretoria To strengthen the research and training capacity and 
capability of the DVTD and its regional partners to support 
the sustainable control of the main endemic parasitic 
diseases (trypanosomosis, tick borne diseases and 
helminthosis) of livestock and important endemic zoonoses (tuberculosis, brucellosis, trypanosomosis and cysticercosis) in subsistence livestock production systems in the SADC Region. 
Burkina Faso Strengthening of the International Centre 
for Research and Development on 
Livestock in the Sub Humid Zone 
(CIRDES) as the refe rence centre for the 
diagnosis and control of trypanosomosis 
and resistance to trypanocides in 
West Africa. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner institute CIRDES Strengthen the capacity of CIRDES in the field of the 
diagnosis and control of an imal trypanosomosis and 
trypanocide resistant trypanosomes in livestock in 
West Africa in order to improve breeder disease control 
strategies. 
Ecuador Capacity strengthening of the CIZ. 
1 January 2011 - 31 December 2013 ITM and partner in stitute Centro 
Internacional de Zoonosis (CIZ) Increase the capacity for diagnosis, epidemiological 
monitoring and data analysis, disease control of the CIZ.  
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Financed by EDCTP:     
Burkina Faso, Malawi, 
Ghana, Zambia and 
Rwanda Capacity building to enhance the capacity 
to conduct clinical trials (MiP). 
6 February 2009 - 5 February 2013 ITM and Institut de recherché en 
Science de la Santé (Burkina Faso), 
University of Malawi, School of Medical Sciences (Ghana), Tropical Diseases Research Centre (Zambia) and Central University Hospital of Kigali (Rwanda). To enhance the capacity of 5 A frican institutions to conduct 
clinical trials on treatment of malaria in pregnancy by 
carrying out a baseline epidemiological study, strengthening of institutional capacity and the provision of training scientists. 
Global MOSAICC update September 2009. 
 
Code of conduct for the microbiological 
research sector; aimi ng at appropriate 
process to combine TRIPS rules and 
CBD ABS principles. Belgian Science Policy Office 
 
Belgian Coordinated Collections 
of Microorganisms Updated version of the code of conduct posted on the 
website on September 2009. 
 
MOSAICC stresses the importance of the Intellectual 
Property Rights as one of the ways to share the benefits 
arising out of the utilization of biological resources. It points 
to, among others, the Budapest Treaty as well established 
tool to contribute to adequate description of an invention. It 
proposes adapted use of existing  property systems, such as 
bundle of rights. 
 
MOSAICC is listed in the WIPO Database of Biodiversity 
Related-Access and Benefi t Sharing Agreements. 
BULGARIA     
Brazil (three 
searches), 
Mauritius (one 
search),Trinidad and 
Tobago (one search) ICSEI 2012 
ICSEI 2013 Bulgarian Patent Office in cooperation 
with WIPO (Patent Information 
Service Support, Sector Global 
Information Service) International Cooperation on Search and Examination of 
Inventions (ICSEI): performing state of the art searches and 
examination reports under the Programme for Patent 
Information for Developing Countries - free of charge. 
CROATIA     
Albania Study visit on industrial property issue 
(patents) 
 
(Zagreb, 3-4 December 2012) European Patent Office and Croatian 
IP office (visit financed by EU - IPA) Delegation of Albania consul ted on experiences and best 
practices on patent granting pr ocedures as well as general 
management. The Delegation was presented with the 
organization of the Croatian IP Office and in particular 
Patents Department, the IT system of the Croatian Office 
and the services the Office offers. 
Audience: Albanian IPO staff  
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CZECH REPUBLIC     
Barbados, Indonesia, 
Kazakhstan, Romania, 
Mozambique Inter-Regional Seminar on Industrial 
Property Practical Training Course 
on Industrial Property 
 
Prague, 8 - 19 April 2013 WIPO Worldwide Academy and 
Industrial Property Office of the 
Czech Republic Inter-Regional Seminar for IP officials organized by 
WIPO Worldwide Academy and the Industrial Property Office 
of the Czech Republic in April 2013. 
 
The participant members are from: Barbados, Indonesia, 
Kazakhstan, Romania, Mozambiq ue received an intensive 
practice course in the Czech Industrial Property Office, 
which included training in all areas of industrial property 
protection, during 2 weeks, in Prague. 
DENMARK     
Indonesia "Training course for patent examiners 
(chemistry) in the framework of the 
Indonesian-Swiss Intellectual Property 
(ISIP) Project" 
 
(April 2013) Danish Patent and Trademark Office The DKPTO was subcontracted by The Swiss Federal 
Institute of Intellectual Property (IPI) who is implementing 
the Indonesian - Swiss Intellectual Property (ISIP) Project 
on behalf of the Swiss State Se cretariat for Economic Affairs 
(SECO). DKPTO delivered a specific training programme 
aiming to increase the capacity of the DGIPR trademark 
examination team by conducting a one week praxis-oriented 
training session for patent examiners in the field of 
chemistry. The training programme included a substantial 
part of "on the job training" where the participants work on 
concrete examples. 
Armenia "Strengthening the Enforcement of 
Intellectual Property Rights in the Republic of Armenia"   (January 2012 – June 2014 extended) Danish Patent and Trademark Office  The DKPTO is presently implementing an extensive project 
targeting various aspects re lated to enforcement of 
intellectual property rights in the Republic of Armenia. The project will enhance the capacity of the present coordination mechanisms among the involved authorities and an IT based system facilitating exchange of information between the enforcement authorities dealing with IP will be put in place. Legal advice will be provid ed in relation to revision of 
the criminal enforcement code wi th an aim of aligning it to 
international standards. Capacity building activities targeting the IP active authorities will be conducted and efforts will be put into streng thening the awar eness raising 
activities at the IP Office.  
The project is funded from the EU Twinning programme and 
has a total budget of 1,100,000 €  
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FINLAND     
People's Republic of 
China , Ghana, Honduras, India, Kenya, Republic of Korea, Nepal, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Zambia Practical Training Course on Copyright and 
Related Rights  (Helsinki, October 22 - November 2, 2012) Ministry of Education and Culture in 
co-operation with the WIPO Academy, the Finnish Copyright Institute, Finnish copyright organisations and other partners in co-operation. The participants were provided an introduction to the set of 
Finnish, Nordic and European copyright and neighbouring rights norms and the solutions concerning collective administration, management of rights, and questions relating to enforcement of rights.  
FRANCE1    
Notification au titre de l'article 67 de l'Accord ADPIC Ac tions de coopération technique en faveur des PED et PMA 
dans le domaine des indications géographiques 2012-2013 
Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt 
Monde: 
zone Méditerranéenne, Amérique latine, Europe du sud-est, Asie 2007-2013: 
Projet FAO d'appui au renforcement des politiques de qualité spécifique des aliments y compris les indications géographiques  MAAF / FAO 
Collaboration avec : CIRAD / INAO / REDD (Suisse) / SINER-GI / OMPI / IICA, Gouvernements et organismes nationaux des pays concernés Programme de 4 x 2 ans: mise à disposition d'un expert et 
financement de 100,000 + 190,000 + 135,000 € par la France. 
 
Capitalisation et échanges d'expériences dans la mise en 
œuvre de signes officiels de qualité. Nombreuses études de 
cas. 
 
Guide méthodologique de bonnes pratiques multilingue: "Linking people, places and pr oducts" ("Territoires, produits 
et acteurs locaux: des liens de  qualité") publiée en mars 
2010. 
 
Le guide est / sera prochainement disponible en anglais, français, espagnol, chinois, brésilien, polonais, serve, croate, vietnamien , farsi, khmer. 
 
Matériel de formation: 
 
- Méthodologie d'inventaire et outil internet 
d'évaluation de produits de qualité liée à l'origine 
                                               
1 Liste des sigles: ACFCI : Assemblée des chambres françaises de commerce et d’industrie; ACPAA:Association chinoise des agents brevets (homologue de la CNCPI); 
ADETEF: Assistance au Développement des Échanges en Technologies Économiques et Financières; CEIPI: Centre d'Études Internation ales de la Propriété Industrielle; 
CEFIC: Conseil économique, financ ier, industriel et commercial; CNAC: Comité Nati onal Anti Contrefaçon fra nçais; CNCPI: Conseil  national des conseils en propriété industrielle; 
CTMO: Office des Marques en Chine; CONPIAC:  Comité national lutte anti contrefaçon ma rocain; EHESP: Ecole des hautes études en santé publique; IMPI: Institut Mexicain de la 
Propriété Industrielle; INNORPI: Institut National de la Normalisation et de la Propriété Industrielle; INPI: Institut National  de la Propriété Industrielle; INPIbr: Institut nationale de 
la propriété industrielle brésilien; MAEE: Ministère des affaires étrangères et européennes; KIPO : Office coréen de la propriét é intellectuelle; OAPI: Organisation Africaine de la 
Propriété Intellectuelle; ODBM: Office danois des brevets et des ma rques; OEB: Office Européen de s Brevets; OPI:Office de la pr opriété industrielle Serbe; OMPI: Organisation 
Mondiale de la Propriété Intellectuelle; OMPIC: Office Marocain  de la Propriété Industrielle et Commerciale; ORIGIN: Associatio n internationale des indications géographiques; 
SIPO: State intellectual property office (O ffice chinois des brevets); SPM: Saint Pierre  et Miquelon; SSI: Service de sécurité intérieur; USPTO: United St ates Patent and Trademark 
Office.  
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- Guide sur les normes volontaires pour les décideurs 
publics 
 
Site internet http://www.foodquality-origin.org/  
 
Appui à la formulation et au développement de PCT financés 
par la FAO ou d'autres bailleur s sur Maroc, Tunisie, Liban, 
projet régional Amérique latine (Chili, Costa Rica, Equateur, Argentine, Pérou, Brésil), Croatie, Ukraine, en cours pour l'Asie. 
Multi-pays Avril 2012 et Mai 2013: 
7e et 8e session INTERGI, formation 
internationale sur les IG (alternativement 
en Suisse et en France depuis 2007) Organisation: 
Unité Mixte de Recherche Innovation 
(CIRAD-INRA) + REDD 
 
Financement: 
MAAF, AFD, OMPI, FAO, Coopération 
suisse Formation théorique (conférenc es, travaux de groupe) et 
pratique (voyages de terrain sur zones à appellation) en 
anglais sur 2 semaines pour responsables nationaux IG ou 
ministères de l'agriculture ou de projets IG: 
 
- 17 stagiaires de 10 pays en avril 2012: Albanie, 
Afrique du sud, Brésil, Jord anie, Mexique, Palestine, 
Philippines, Trinité et To bago, Tunisie, Ukraine. 
- 21 stagiaires de 11 pays en mai 2013: Afrique du 
sud, Argentine, Br ésil, Cambodge, Croa tie, Ghana, Inde, 
Indonésie, Singapour, Tunisie, Viet Nam. 
 
Session de formation renouvelée annuellement depuis 2007 
(138 stagiaires formés issus de 43 pays et organisations 
régionales). 
 
http://www.intergi.org/ 
Multi-pays 4e Quatrième Forum International Planète 
Terroirs : Dakar (Sénégal), 7-9 mars 2013 Organisation Planète Terroirs, MAAF, 
Etat sénégalais Séminaire international sur les produits liés aux terroirs à 
travers le monde. (organisat ion biennale da ns des pays 
variables)  
Afrique de l'Ouest et 
du Centre Mai 2010 à fin 2013 : Projet PAMPIG de 
l'OAPI 
 
Composante 1 : amener à l'IG 3 à 5 
produits pilotes 
-Septembre 2012 : mission d'expert en 
Guinée pour la délimitation 
Composante 2 : identifier de nouveaux 
produits éligibles à l'IG 
Composante 3 : activités régionales 
-Décembre 2012 : séminaire régional à 
Bissau Financement AFD 
Bénéficiaires OAPI et ses Etats 
membres 
Assistance technique CIRAD Projet commencé en mai 2010 et prolongé jusqu'à 
septembre 2013 
 
Miel d'Oku et Poivre de Penja (Cameroun) sont officiellement 
reconnus. Mise en place d'un Comité national des IG. 
Café Ziama de Guinée forestiè re en voie de reconnaissance  
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Brésil 3-6 juin 2013 : Séminaire à Belo 
Horizonte (Brésil) MAAF, INAO, MAPA brésilien, 
Représentants de l'Etat du Minais 
Gerais, Professionnels brésiliens Organisation conjointe d'un séminaire sur les IG et le 
patrimoine culturel 
Notification de la France au titre de l' article 67 de l'accord sur les ADPIC 2012-2013 
Actions de l'Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle (INPI) 
Bénin, Burundi, 
Burkina Faso, Cuba, 
Gabon, Liban, Maroc, 
Mauritanie, Cameroun, 
Tchad, Mali, Tunisie Organisation d'un séminaire sur la 
propriété industrielle en collaboration avec 
l'OMPI et le CEIPI 
24 Juin – 5 juillet 2013 INPI-OMPI Formation accélérée en droit des brevets, marques, dessins 
et modèles à l'INPI. 
Brésil Formation universitaire 
15 septembre 2012 au 15 février 2013 INPI Formation universitaire (cycle brevets 2012/2013) au CEIPI 
à Strasbourg pour 2 agents de l'INPIBr (office brésilien de la propriété industrielle) 
Brésil Formation universitaire 
15 février au 30 juin 2013 INPI Formation universitaire (cycle  marques 2013) au CEIPI de 
Strasbourg pour 1 agent de l'INPIBr  
Burkina Faso Formation universitaire 
15 février au 30 juin 2013 INPI Formation universitaire (cyc le marques 2013) au CEIPI de 
Strasbourg pour 1 agent de la structure de liaison de l'OAPI 
Cameroun Formation universitaire 
15 février au 30 juin 2013 INPI Formation universitaire (cycle  marques 2013) au CEIPI de 
Strasbourg pour 1 agent de l'OAPI 
Chine Profession conseil 
Brevets 9 juillet 2012 INPI/CNCPI/SIPO Visite d'une délégation chinoise du SIPO sur le futur projet 
de règlement en Chine, en matière de brevet. 
Chine Formation universitaire 
15 septembre 2012 au 15 février 2013 INPI Formation universitaire (cycle brevets 2012/2013) au CEIPI 
à Strasbourg pour 2 agents du SIPO. 
Chine Propriété industrielle 
6 mars 2013 INPI Visite d'une délégation pour  une présentation du système de 
gestion des ressources humaines à l'INPI 
Chine Propriété industrielle 
19 mars 2013 INPI Visite d'une délégation chinoi se pour une présentation des 
certificats d'utilité et des dessins et modèles français 
Chine Propriété industrielle 
30 mai 2013 INPI Visite d'une déléga tion du SIPO pour une présentation de la 
procédure d'accueil à l'INPI 
Chine Propriété industrielle 
9 juillet 2013 INPI/ACPAA/CNCPI Visite d'une délégation chinoi se pour une présentation du 
système française de l'INPI et de la CNCPI 
République de Corée Pr opriété industrielle 
16 juillet 2012 INPI Visite d'une délégation corée nne sur la politique de propriété 
industrielle en faveur des PMI/PME, les orientations et les outils à mettre à leur disposition  
République de Corée Propriété industrielle 
8 octobre 2012 INPI/KIPO Visite d'une délégation coréenne sur l'organisation et le 
fonctionnement de l'INPI 
République de Corée Lutt e contre la contrefaçon 
CNAC 8 novembre 2012 INPI/KIPO Visite d'une délégation coréenne sur les moyens de lutte 
contre la contrefaçon en France 
Monde Indications géographique 
20 mai 2013 ORIGIN Participation aux assise s d'ORIGIN à Bordeaux 
('Organisation pour un réseau international d'indications 
géographiques – oriGIn )  
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Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 
16 septembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission au Maroc pour l'analyse et l'évaluation de 
l'organisation, les méthodes et les procédures de 
communication entre l'OMPIC et ses partenaires 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 
19 septembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission au Maroc pour la réalisation de programmes de 
formation brevets 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 23 septembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission au Maroc pour l'élab oration d'une stratégie de 
diffusion de l'usage de la PI  en faveur de l'artisanat 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 
24 septembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission au Maroc pour la réalisation de programmes de 
formation, de l'étude d'examen de fond et de la mise en 
place d'une stratégie de diffusion de la PI pour les juges 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 30 septembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission au Maroc pour la mise  en place d'une stratégie de 
diffusion en faveur des agriculteurs 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 
8 novembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission au Maroc organisation d'une table ronde dirigée par 
les experts des Etats membres destinée à réfléchir et 
discuter sur des nouvelles procédures à adopter 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 8 novembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission au Maroc, tenue du 5
ème comité de pilotage et 
réunion avec l'unité de gestion des programmes 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 
8 novembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 1ère Mission au Maroc ; organisation d'une conférence de 
sensibilisation destinée au grand public, notamment les 
média, les PME, les consommateurs et les universitaires, sur 
l'importance de la propriété industrielle et intellectuelle 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 6 décembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 2
ème Mission au Maroc ; organisation d'une conférence de 
sensibilisation destinée au grand public, notamment les 
média, les PME, les consommateurs et les universitaires, sur l'importance de la propriété industrielle et intellectuelle 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – mission 
6 décembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission Maroc : Elaboration des guides ou manuels de 
procédure et préparation des prospectus de diffusion 
adaptés aux différents grou pes de destinataires de 
l'information 
Maroc Jumelage franco marocain 
Sur la PI – IG – mission 9 décembre 2012 INPI/OMPIC/UE/ 
 Mission au Maroc pour l'appui et la mise en place d'un cadre 
juridique pour les indications géographiques da ns le secteur 
de l'artisanat 
Mexique Formation universitaire 
15 septembre 2012 au 15 février 2013 INPI Formation universitaire (cycle brevets 2012/2013) au CEIPI 
à Strasbourg pour 2 agents  de l'office mexicain 
Mexique Formation universitaire 
15 février au 30 juin 2013 INPI Formation universitaire (cyc le marques 2013) au CEIPI de 
Strasbourg pour 1 agent de l'office mexicain IMPI 
OAPI Propriété industrielle 
14 janvier 2013 INPI/OAPI Visite d'une délégation de l'OAPI  dans le cadre de la mise en 
place d'un guichet un ique, de publication en ligne et de 
l'exploitation du logiciel IPAS  
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OAPI Propriété industrielle 
21 janvier 2013 INPI/OAPI Mission d'étude à l'OAPI sur l'audit opérationnel 
Russie Propriété industrielle et lutte contre la 
contrefaçon 
24 septembre 2012 INPI/CEFIC Réunion annuelle du Conseil économique, financier, 
industriel et commercial franco russe 
Serbie Propriété industrielle 
15 octobre 2012 INPI/ADETEF Réunion préparatoire du jumelage, accompagnement de la 
délégation ADETEF 
Serbie Propriété industrielle 
14 avril 2013 INPI/ADETEF Twinning programme,  
Taipei chinois  Propriété industrielle 
28 juin 2013 INPI Visite du Conseiller à l'investissement du Ministère des 
affaires économiques du Taipeh chinois 
Turquie CNAC 
Lutte contre la contrefaçon 
23 avril 2013 INPI Participation au 7ème " Global Congress Combating 
counterfeiting and Piracy" (GACC) à Istanbul (intervention 
du Directeur Géné ral de l'INPI) 
Viet Nam Formation universitaire 
15 février au 30 juin 2013 INPI Formation universitaire (cycle marques 2013) au CEIPI de 
Strasbourg pour 2 agents du NOIP (Office vietnamien de la PI) 
Viet Nam CNAC 
Lutte contre la contrefaçon 
24 mars 2013 INPI Visite d'une délégation de doua niers et policiers vietnamiens 
pour une présentation du CNAC et des moyens de lutter 
contre la contrefaçon en France 
Ministère de l'Economie et des Finances 
Activités de coopération technique de la Direction Générale des Douanes et des Droits Indirects (DGDDI) en matière de lutte con tre la contrefaçon  
2012-2013 
Burkina Faso 24 au 29 juin 2013 Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Organisation et participation à un séminaire sur la 
contrefaçon. 
Cambodge 10 au 14 février 2013 Organisation Mondiale des Douanes Participation à une opération internationale anti-contrefaçon 
Cambodge 28 mars 2013  Ministère des Affaires Etrangères Réception d'une délégation sur le thème des médicaments 
contrefaits. 
Chine 31 juillet au 2 août 2012 Douanes chinoises Réception d'une délégation sur le thème des contrôles 
contrefaçons. 
Colombie 13 au 18 avril 2013 Mission Interministérielle de Lutte 
contre la Drogue et la Toxicomanie Participation à une opération de lutte contre la contrefaçon 
internationale sur le vecteur aérien. 
République de Corée 8 novembre 2012 Douanes coréennes Réception d'une délégation sur le thème de la lutte anti-
contrefaçon 
Djibouti 28 novembre au 1er décembre 2012 Organisation Mondiale des Douanes Formation au ciblage de contrefaçons. 
Maurice 2 au7 décembre 2012 Organisation Mondiale des Douanes Participation à une opération de ciblage anti-contrefaçon. 
Pérou 2 au 9 mars 2013 Mission Interministérielle de Lutte 
contre la Drogues et la Toxicomanie Participation à une opération internationale anti-contrefaçon 
Vecteur maritime. 
Seychelles 2 au 7 décembre 2012 Organisation Mondiale des Douanes Participation à une opération de ciblage anti-contrefaçon 
Viet Nam 7 décembre 2012 Ministère de l'Intérieur : Direction de 
la Coopération Internationale  Réception d'une délégation sur le thème de la lutte anti-
contrefaçon 
Viet Nam 23 juin au 7 juillet 2013  Ministère de l'Intérieur : Direction de 
la Coopération Internationale Participation à une opération de lutte contre la contrefaçon 
internationale  
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GERMANY     
Egypt, Brazil, 
Democratic Republic of 
the Congo, People's 
Republic of China , 
Colombia, Cuba, India, 
Kyrgyz Republic, 
Mexico, Republic of 
Moldova, Peru, 
Philippines, Turkey, 
Ukraine, Viet Nam Exchange of documents  
 
Munich,  
July 2012 – July 2013 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) International exchange of documents 
ARIPO – African 
Regional Intellectual Property Organization (Member States: Botswana, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, 
Namibia, Sierra Leone, 
Liberia*, Rwanda, Somalia*, Sudan*, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe)  * State is not a Member of the WTO. Exchange of search and examination 
results  Munich, 10 June 2013 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) Free searches on the state of the art 
People's Republic of 
China  Study visit  
 
Munich, 
4 July 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) Delegation of SIPO, the National People's Congress and the 
State Council of the People's Re public of China (6 persons); 
Presentations on the tasks and the organisation of the DPMA 
as well as on patent atto rneys and representatives. 
People's Republic of 
China  Visit 
 Munich, 13 July 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) Chief of the Applied Chem istry Division of SIPO
 
(1 person); 
guided tour of the DPMA 
People's Republic of 
China  Study visit  
 
Munich, 
5 September 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) Delegation of the State Intellectual Property Office SIPO (26 
persons); 
Presentations on the tasks and the organisation of the DPMA 
as well as on patent examination. 
People's Republic of China  Training Course 
 
Beijing, 
9 – 23 September 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA),  
State Intellectual Property Office 
(SIPO) 2 DPMA patent examiners at the State Intellectual Property 
Office SIPO 
 
Processing selected patent applications  
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People's Republic of 
China  Visit 
 
Munich, 
30 September 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) Commissioner of SIPO and delegation (3 persons); 
Talks about cooperation between SIPO and the DPMA. 
Chile Meeting 
 Geneva (Switzerland), 3 October 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) President of National Industrial Property Office (Instituto 
Nacional de Propiedad Industri al/INAPI) and delegation (4 
persons); Talks about cooperation between INAPI and the DPMA. 
People's Republic of 
China  Visit 
 
Shanghai and Beijing, 
5 – 10 November 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) ),  
State Intellectual Property Office 
(SIPO) Trip of the Vice-President of the DPMA and Delegation to 
China (4 persons); 
 
Participation in the 9th Shanghai international IP Forum 
"Intellectual Property and Soft Power of Cities" in Shanghai; 
 
Talks with Deputy-Commissioner of SIPO in Beijing. 
People's Republic of China  Study visit  
 Munich, 13 November 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) Delegation of Chinese "State Administration for Radio, Film 
and Television – SARFT" (7 persons); Presentations on the government supervision of collecting societies. 
People's Republic of 
China  Study visit  
 
Munich, 
21 November 2012 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) Delegation of the Patent Office of the Jiangsu Province (13 
persons); 
Presentations on the DPMA as well as on patent examination 
procedure. 
 
People's Republic of 
China  Agreement: 
Data Exchange Agreement  
 Munich, 20 June 2013 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA) ),  
State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) Deputy-Commissioner of SIPO and delegation 
 
(6 persons); 
Signing of the Data Exchange Agreement between SIPO and the DPMA   
Indonesia Study visit  
 
Berlin, 
2 July 2013 German Patent and Trade Mark 
Office (DPMA, Technical Information 
Centre – TIZ) Delegation of the „National Economic Council" of Indonesia 
together with two members of the Indonesian Embassy 
Berlin (6 persons); 
Presentations on patent procedure and design protection 
(traditional art). 
People's Republic of China  Visit to the Federal Patent Court; 
observation of oral proceedings and lecture on the court's functions  (Munich, 19 September 2011) Federal Patent Court  A delegation of the Patent Protection Association of China 
(PPAC) spent half a day at the court.  Audience: members of the PPAC   
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People's Republic of 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent Court; 
observation of oral proceedings, 
presentation of the electronic courtrooms 
and lecture on the court's functions 
 
(Munich, 30 October 2011) Federal Patent Court  A delegation of the Trademark Office of the State 
Administration for Industry and Commerce of the People's 
Republic of China (SAIC) spent half a day at the court. 
 
Audience: SAIC staff 
Uzbekistan Visit to the Federal Patent Court; 
presentation of the electronic courtrooms and lecture on the court's functions  (Munich, 21 March 2013) Federal Patent Court  A delegation of the Institute for Monitoring of Current 
Legislation under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan spent half a day at the court in course of a study tour organized by the German Found ation for International Legal 
Cooperation (IRZ-Stiftung).  Audience: various members of the Institute 
Turkey Visit to the Federal Patent Court; lecture 
and presentation of the electronic 
courtrooms  
 
(Munich,12 April 2013) Federal Patent Court  Members of the 11th civil chamber of the Supreme Court of 
Turkey spent half a day at the court in the course of a study 
tour organized by the German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ-Stiftung). 
 
Audience: Judges of the 11th civil chamber 
People's Republic of China  Visit to the Federal Patent Court; lecture 
on the court's functions  (Munich, 10 June 2013) Federal Patent Court 
 A Delegation of the High People's Court of Hainan Province 
spent half a day at the court in course of a study tour organized by BZM.  Audience: Judges of the High People's Court 
Turkey Visit to the Federal Patent Court; lecture 
and presentation of the electronic 
courtrooms 
 
(Munich, 11 June 2013) Federal Patent Court  Turkish Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys spent half a day at 
the court in course of a study tour organized by the German 
Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ-
Stiftung). 
 
Audience: Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys 
Bosnia and 
Hercegovina and other countries of the region Article on Intellectual property (European 
patent) in the legal magazine " Nova pravna revija (New Legal Gazette – Magazin for Regional, European and German Law) 1/2013 German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ) The legal magazine NPR is available also as download from 
various internet sources in th e region, inter alia also from 
the website of Court documentation Center of BiH and the Serbian legal database Singipedia.  Target group Judges, attorneys,  researches, legal students  
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Bosnia and 
Hercegovina Workshop: "Intellectual property in Bosnia 
and Hercegovina – Ci vil Law aspects" 
15./16. 11.2012 German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ)  
Public Institution Centre for Judicial 
Education of Judges and Prosecutors 
FBiH Various lecturers gave presentations on various legal 
aspects of intellectual property law. This approach enabled it 
to discuss the questions raised  from different professional 
angels. One lecturer from Croatia was also included to high 
lighten the international importance of the topic and the 
importance of EU harmonization 
Target group: Judges and future judges 
Jordan 
 Study visit on " Intellectual Property 
Protection " (Munich, 18-22 June 2012)  German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ) in cooperation with : German Federal Patents Court German Patent and Trademark Office District Court (Landgericht) Munich Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law  The delegation comprised 7 officials of the Ministry of Justice 
of Jordan, the Judicial Institute of Jordan, the Jordanian Bar Association The participants were given an overview of patent legislation 
and practical aspects of intell ectual property rights in 
Germany and in Europe. The visit intended to be a first exchange of experiences within the field of intellectual property rights and initiated a further cooperation with all institutions in Jordan involved in this field.  Beneficiary: the Judiciary (Cou rts and judges) and the Bar of 
the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan 
Jordan 
 Seminar on "Product Piracy" 
(Amman, 7 - 8 November 2012) 
 German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ) 
in cooperation with : 
Ministry of Justice of Jordan 
Judicial Institute of Jordan 
German Federal Patents Court 
District Court (Landgericht) Munich 
 The seminar addressed repres entatives from the Jordanian 
judiciary (courts of all instances, including special judiciary, 
e.g. military courts), of the Jordanian Patent Office, of the 
Jordanian Industrial Property Protection Directorate (at the 
Ministry of Industry and Trad e), and also attorneys-at-law. 
 
The seminar provided information and in-depth discussion of 
the following matters: 
Counterfeiting and product piracy 
Criminal and Civil Protection of Trademarks and 
enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Europe, in 
Germany and in Jordan 
Transit of goods bearing a protected trademark/Border 
measures and means of customs intervention 
Jordan 
 Training Seminar on "Intellectual Property 
Protection" (Amman, 20 - 22 November 2012)  German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ) in cooperation with : Ministry of Justice of Jordan Judicial Institute of Jordan Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law The training seminar addresse d mainly representatives of 
the Jordanian judiciary (judges).  Pursuing some of the topics of the above mentioned event in Amman, 7 – 8 November 2012, the seminar provided more detailed information on Intellec tual Property Protection and 
Enforcement Procedures Defe nce Strategies by alleged 
infringers The main emphasis of the seminar was put on case studies and training aspects.  
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Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia 
(FYROM) Seminar "Application of the Intellectual 
Property Law and related legislation" at 
the Macedonian Judicial Academy  
(14 September 2012) 
 German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ) in 
cooperation with the Macedonian 
Judicial Academy Various lecturers gave presentations on various legal 
aspects of intellectual property law. This approach enabled it 
to discuss the questions raised  from different professional 
angels. One lecturer from Germany was also included to 
high lighten the international importance of the topic and 
the importance of EU harmonization 
 
Target group : Judges and future judges 
Serbia 
 Training on practical aspects of the 
collective exercise of rights  Study visit for the IP Office of the Republic of Serbia  (Munich, 21-25 November 2011)  German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ) Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst (collecting organisa tion for pictures 
and art) A delegation consisting of 2 officials from the Serbian IP 
Office spent one week in Verwertungsgesellschaft Bild-Kunst in Bonn to learn about the practical work of this organization and to get answers to a number of questions with which the Serbian IP Office was confronted in this area of work.  Beneficiary: IP Office of the Republic of Serbia 
Serbia and other 
countries of the region Article on the controversy over patent 
protection for computer programs in the 
EU in Harmonius – Journal for legal and 
social studies in South East Europe1-
2/2012 German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ)  
in cooperation with 
Harmonius, an independent 
association-network of legal scholars, 
whose primary objective is the 
harmonization of law in the region of 
South-East Europe with the EU law 
and with the general principles of 
international law. The legal magazine Harmonius is available also as download 
from various internet sources in the region, inter alia also 
page harmonius.org 
 
Target group Judges, attorneys,  researches, legal students 
Turkey  
 Conference on intellectual property in 
Turkey – acquisition and assertion of intellectual property rights.  (Munich, 13 January 2012)  German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ) Turkish delegation of judges on IP courts spoke on following 
subjects: 
 
Introduction in the basic principles of patent examination procedure and acquisition of trade mark procedure 
 
Current Turkish ruling on the patent examination procedure and the acquisition of trade mark procedure 
 
Introduction into the specific s of enforcing the property 
rights in Turkey 
 
Infringement litigation under civil law and criminal proceedings 
 
Considering the increasingly business activities between Turkey and Germany the conference organised was to provide a platform for discuss ion and exchange of good 
practice, based on theoretical inputs around chosen themes 
to the relevant audience.  
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Turkey Conference and workshop "The usage of 
expert witnesses in IP cases & the new 
trademark guidelines of the Turkish Patent 
Instiute" 
 
(Ankara + Istanbul, 13 – 17 February 
2012) German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ)  Subjects :  
Introduction – the requirements of the Enforcement 
Directive (2004/48/EC) and the practice of taking evidence 
in IP cases in Germany  
 
Taking evidence in trademark cases Witnesses and expert 
witnesses – various case studies 
 
Showing acquired distinctivenes s in Europe – examples from 
the European practice 
 
The influence of the new Turkish Procedural Code to the 
usage of experts in IP cases – a first analysis 
 
Patent infringement procedures in Germany / The new 
Munich procedure 
 
IP litigation in Japa n- A new perspective 
 
Trademark cases – Acquired distinctiveness / Consumer 
Survey 
 
Theory of equivalence – The use of a feature analysis to 
increase the quality of expert opinions 
 
Introduction of the trademark guidelines of the Turkish 
Patent Institute 
 
The new trademark guidelines of the Turkish Patent Institute 
– comparison with the best practice of OHIM 
Turkey 
 Seminar and workshop on Trademark and 
Copyright law  (Antalya, 4-6 May 2012) German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ) Speakers from the German Fede ral Patent Court, District 
Court of Cologne, Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market, High Court of Frankfurt  The Annual Report of the Federal Patent Court & Recent decisions of the Federal Patent Court concerning Trademark law  Introduction to recent develo pments in European trademark 
law – Case studies from the European Court of Justice Overview of copyright infringement in the internet in Germany and Turkey  Trademark problems concerning  the usage of adwords and  
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Meta-Tags 
 
Case studies from Germany and European Court of Justice  
Copyright law – Legal & technica l questions concerning file 
sharing  The protection of Cinematogr aphic Works in Germany and 
Turkey 
Turkey Conference on intellectual property in 
Turkey – acquisition and assertion of 
intellectual property rights  
 
(Dusseldorf, 16 November 2012) 
 German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ)  Turkish delegation of judges on IP courts spoke on following 
subjects:  
 
Introduction in the basic principles of patent examination 
procedure and acquisition of trade mark procedure  
 
Current Turkish ruling on the patent examination procedure 
and the acquisition of trade mark procedure 
 
Introduction into the specific s of enforcing the property 
rights in Turkey 
 
Infringement litigation under civil law and criminal 
proceedings 
 
Due to the very successful conference in Munich on 13 
January 2012 a second conference on the same subjects 
was held in Dusseldorf in order to deepen the exchange 
between Turkish and German experts.  
Turkey Study visit for the 11th Chamber of the 
Supreme Court of Turkey on "The German Intellectual Property System"  (Herrsching, 10 – 13 April 2013) German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ)  The subjects of the study visits: 
 
Trademark and copyright law in Germany 
 
Domain Names and Trademark Infringements 
 
Requirement of Availability, Likelihood of confusion, 
figurative marks as domain names 
 
Bad faith applications in trademark law 
 
Recent European cases – Case presentation 
 
The study visit also included a visit at the Federal Patent Court in Munich. The purpose of the visit was to give the Turkish judges an overview about the German system and to provide a platform with German IP experts in order to discuss relevant specifics.  
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Turkey  Study visit for high-ranking persons from 
the Patent and Trademark Attorney's 
Association and Patent & Trademark 
Attorneys on intellectual property  
(Munich, 10 – 14 June 2013) 
 German Foundation for International 
Legal Cooperation (IRZ)  Visiting inter alia the Federal Patent Court, Chamber of 
Patent Attorneys, District Court Munich I (Chamber for 
Trademark Cases), Max Planck Institute, law firm Hoffmann 
The delegation members were from different companies in 
Turkey and were informed abou t the system of intellectual 
property in Germany and were networking/exchanging 
experiences with their German counterparts.  
HUNGARY     
Montenegro Workshop on Promotion of Intellectual 
Property Rights  
Reference code: INT MARKT 49365 
(Podgorica, 19th-20th September 2012) TAIEX of the European Commission 
in co-operation with the Directorate 
for Development of SMEs of 
Montenegro Upon request of the European  C o m m i s s i o n  ( T A I E X ) ,  t h e  
Head of HIPO's Legal and International Department made 
several presentations: on patent protection in the European 
Union, on the protection and promotion of trade marks in 
the EU, on the protection and promotion of designs in the 
EU and on the protection an d promotion of geographical 
indications in the EU. 
Republic of Serbia Workshop on the key role of patents in the 
transfer of knowledge in the knowledge-based economy   
Reference code: INT MARKT 50008 
(Belgrade, 30
th October 2012) TAIEX of the European Commission 
in co-operation with Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia and Intellectual Property 
Office Upon request of the European  C o m m i s s i o n  ( T A I E X ) ,  t h e  
Deputy Head of HIPO's Legal and International Department held a presentation entitled, "Intellectual property and technology transfer in an EU Member State". 
Albania Study visit of the Albanian Copyright 
Office 
(Budapest, 20th-21st November 2012) Hungarian Intellectual Property Office 
(HIPO) Upon request of the delegation of the Albanian Copyright 
Office, the Head of the Official Copyright Administration 
Section of HIPO made a presentation on the operation and 
competences of HIPO, with an  emphasis on the Copyright 
Department, including the registration and supervision of 
collective management organisations and the licensing of 
use of orphan works. It was followed by a discussion at 
ARTISJUS collective management organisation, led by the 
Director thereof. Finally, the guests were given insight into 
the operation of the Council of  Copyright Experts of HIPO. 
Montenegro Study visit of the delegation of the 
Intellectual Property Office of Montenegro in the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (22nd-23rd May 2013)  Hungarian Intellectual Property Office 
(HIPO) Upon request of the IP Office of Montenegro, the Deputy 
Head of the Legal and International Department of HIPO made a presentation on the current IP issues in the EU: unitary patent protection and the Unified Patent Court; the Deputy Head of the Trad e Mark, Model and Design 
Department gave an insight into the ongoing reform of the EU Trade Mark Directive and the Regulations thereof. It was followed by a discussion on the issues of topical interest in the European Patent Network. Finally an expert of the Patent Department held a presentation on supplementary protection certificates.  
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ITALY    
Notification on all new technical cooperation ac tivities carried out by Italy for the period:  March 2009 – August 2013 
Algeria, Egypt, Israel, 
Morocco, Palestinian 
Territories, Syria, 
Tunisia and Turkey 
 Internazionalizzazione e comunicazione 
del sistema produttivo nell'area del 
Mediterraneo 
 
Perugia, Italy 
March- 2009- June 2009)  IV EDITION SIMEST   
(Italian development finance 
institution promoting the activities of 
businesses abroad) 
Perugia University for foreigners Master course aimed to enab le graduates to support the 
internationalization process in their countries   
 
Audience : 14 students from beneficiary countries 
Afghanistan  Intensive Training Course for Young 
Afghan Diplomats  Rome, Caserta, Florence, Italy October 18th - December 12th 2010.  Diplomatic Institute of Italian 
Ministry of Foreign affairs  Italian National School of Public Administration  Intensive training co urse aimed to enable  
young civil servants and diplomats to participate in high -level diplomatic activities 
and international negotiations (including trade and environmental negotiations)  Audience : 18 students from beneficiary country 
People's Republic of 
China  Bilateral Seminar ("The Role of the Public 
Sector in a modern Service Economy: Best 
Practices in developing Public Private 
Partnerships, anti-co rruption policies and 
implementing a Publ ic E-procurement 
Market") 
 
Shanghai, China PRC 
October 21st -24th 2011  Italian National School of Public 
Administration 
 
Shanghai Administ ration Institute 
 Intensive training course ai med to enable foreign civil 
servants to implement public e-procurement market and to 
develop public-private partnerships 
 
Audience :: N/A 
MENA (Middle East and 
North Africa) countries (Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) MENA- 
OECD Governance Programme Training Caserta, Italy September 19th-20th 2012  Italian National School of Public 
Administration OECD Intensive training course aimed to enable senior public 
officials to improve transparency in procurement activities  Audience :: N/A 
 
People's Republic of 
China  Bilateral Seminar ("The role of Public 
Administrations in facilitating Foreign 
Direct Investments. The case of China and 
Italy") 
 
Rome, Italy 
June 18th 2013  Italian National School of Public 
Administration 
 
Shanghai Administ ration Institute 
 Intensive training course ai med to enable foreign civil 
servants to implement Public Administration capacity in 
attracting FDI 
 
Audience : N/A  
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Libya High-level technical Seminar  
 
 
Tripoli, Libya September 3rd 2013   Italian National School of Public 
Administration 
 
Italian Ministry of Public Administration and Simplification   Italian Embassy in Libya  FORMEZ (Centre for the Modernisation of the Italian Public Administration)  Intensive training programme aimed at strengthening both 
public administration and priv ate capabilities; particularly 
addressed at Libyan civil servants who directly manage and 
implement specific public policies (e.g. cultural heritage management, SME policies, public finance management, the fight against corruption, the management of migration flows and migrant workers). 
 
Audience : N/A 
 
Turkey Study Tour 
 
Rome, 14-17 June 2010  Ministry of Economic Development  
Directorate General for the Fight 
against Counterfeiting- IPTO Intensive information and traini ng tour aiming at informing 
the Turkish delegation (compo sed by public officers and 
judges) about Italian best practices concerning the IP and 
enforcement system. 
The delegation was composed by 8 members belonging to 
the ITB/Turkish Patent Institute, IPR Helpdesk, University of 
Ankara, Ministry of Justice, Police and Customs. 
Russian Federation Visit of the Rospatent Director General 
(Federal Service for Intellectual Property, Patents and Trademarks)  Rome, October 17
th-18th 2010 
Vicenza, October 19th 2010  Ministry of Economic Development  
Directorate General for the Fight against Counterfeiting- IPTO Information meeting aiming at showing the Russian 
representatives the Italian best practices concerning the IP and enforcement system and regulations. The delegation was composed by 8 members. 
People's Republic of 
China  Study visit of the delegation of the State 
Administration for Industry and Commerce 
of China 
 
Rome, July 2009  Ministry of Economic Development  
Directorate General for the Fight 
against Counterfeiting- IPTO Intensive information meeting aiming at studying the 
evolution in the IP regulations of both countries and 
identifying potential cooperation fields. 
Uzbekistan 
Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Tajikistan Central Asia Invest Program- CASIP 
Project  Uzbekistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Tajikistan Italy (Venice), Luxemburg  (2011-2012) Ministry of Economic Development  
Directorate General for the Fight against Counterfeiting- IPTO   Chamber of Commerce of Venice The project was launched under EuropeAid Office of 
European Commission, in line with Regional Strategy Paper 
2007-2013. 
 
The project idea was proposed by the Chamber of Commerce of Venice under Central Asia Invest Program and concerned capacity building actions addressed to BIOs 
(Business Information Offices) in two interrelated key area: 
IPR awareness and enforcement.  It has been developed in 
five different steps:  
1. project coordination betwee n partners and activities; 
 
2. feasibility study: provide a common knowledge about 
national methods in the field of IP and counterfeiting;  
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3. identification of best practices to be transferred in the 
Central Asian Partners country; 
 
4. local Services for IPR aw areness, enforcement and 
counterfeiting: training co urses for local operators; 
 
5. communication and dissemination activities: linkage to 
National and European netw ork: connection with the 
results of other EU Networks and Projects on the subject. 
Viet Nam Visit of the delegation from IDLO 
(International Development Law 
Organization) and Viet namese delegation 
 
Rome, 18 July 2012  Ministry of Economic Development  
Directorate General for the Fight 
against Counterfeiting- IPTO  
 Information meeting aiming at showing the Vietnamese 
delegation the Italian best practices concerning the IP and 
enforcement system and regulations. 
 
The delegation was composed by 22 members belonging to 
the National Centre for Judicial Records, to the Ministry of 
Justice and the Hanoi Law University 
NETHERLANDS     
India Training DUS in India 
Visit of Indian delegation to the 
Netherlands. The delegation visited 
stakeholders in the PVP chain 
2012-2013 The Netherlands Inspection Service 
for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw) Indian authorities are intere sted in the UPOV based PVP 
system, in comparison with their national PVP system. 
Ukraine Training DUS in Ukraine 
2013 The Netherlands Inspection Service 
for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw) Ukraine is interested in improving the Ukrainian DUS system  
Turkey Training DUS in Turkey 
2013 The Netherlands Inspection Service 
for Horticulture (Naktuinbouw) In the framework of multibenef iciary programme on request 
of CPVO 
PORTUGAL     
Brazil 
Mozambique 
São Tomé& Principe 
 Inter-regional training programme 
 
Lisbon, Portugal 
25 June to 6 July 2012 INPI PT 
& 
World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) 
 
 
 Inter-regional training programme for IP officials from the 
Portuguese Speaking African Countries (PALOP) in 
cooperation with the WIPO Academy, held in Geneva in June 
2011. Afterwards the participant members of Mozambique 
and Brazil, received an intensive practice course in Portugal, 
organized by INPI PT 
 
Audience : staff from  
INPI Brazil 
IPI Mozambique 
SENAPI São Tomé& Principe  
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Argentina, Bolivia, 
Brazil, Colombia, Costa 
Rica, Cuba, Chile, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, Andorra, Cape Verde, Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Belize and East Timor  Regarding INPI PT the Recipient countries are the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) Angola Brazil Cape Verde Guinea-Bissau 
Mozambique 
São Tomé & Principe and East Timor Meeting of the IP IberoAmerican 
Programme for the promotion of the 
Development 
 Cadiz, Spain, 16 to 18 July, 2012 Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, 
Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Equador, El 
Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay e Venezuela and Andorra  Meeting of the IP IberoAmerican Programme for the 
promotion of the Development between the Ibero-American 
Countries 
 Audience : staff from the IP Offices of Argentina, Bolivia, 
Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Equador, El 
Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay e Venezuela and Andorra.   
Brazil 
 Bilateral Meeting between INPI PT & INPI 
BR 
 
Lisbon, Portugal 
26 & 27 July 2012 INPI PT 
& 
INPI Br 
 
 
 Bilateral Meeting for the Establ ishment of a Memorandum of 
Understanding signed between INPI PT and INPI BR aiming 
at the cooperation in the IP area between these 2 IP Offices. 
 
Audience : staff from  
INPI PT & INPI Brazil  
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Morocco 5th Pilotage Committee in the scope of the 
INPI Portugal / INPI France Institutional 
Twinning in favour of the Moroccan Office 
of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC).  Casablanca, Morocco, 14 September 2012  Portuguese Industrial Property Office 
(INPI PT) 
 
&  French Industrial Property Office (INPI FR) In the context of identifying new areas of mutual 
cooperation and developing clos e relationships with Europe, 
the Portuguese Industrial Prop erty Office (INPI PT), the 
French Industrial Property Office (INPI FR) and the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC) signed a project which enters into the Institutional Twinning Project "EU-Morocco" and brings cooperation between the afore mentioned Offices.  This Twinning project, funded  by the European Union (EU), 
has the objective to strengthen the practice, the operational capacities and the conformity of the Moroccan Office of Industrial Property and Commerce with the international standards in terms of Industrial Property, and to allow to OMPIC to carry out the practice of Industrial Property in Morocco in conformity with development and innovation.  Audience : Representatives of the Industrial Property Office 
of PT (INPI), FR (INPI) 
Regarding INPI PT the 
Recipient countries are 
the Community of 
Portuguese Speaking 
Countries (CPLP) 
Angola 
Brazil  
Cape Verde 
Guinea-Bissau 
Mozambique 
São Tomé & Principe 
and East Timor First Annual Conference on South South 
Co-operation 
 
Geneva, Switzerland 28 September, 2012 World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) 
 First Annual Conference on South South Cooperation  
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Argentina, Bolivia, 
Brazil, Colombia, Costa 
Rica, Cuba, Chile, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, Andorra, Cape Verde, Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Belize and East Timor  Regarding INPI PT the Recipient countries are the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) Angola Brazil Cape Verde Guinea-Bissau 
Mozambique 
São Tomé & Principe and East Timor Meeting of the IP IberoAmerican 
Programme for the promotion of the 
Development  
 Geneva, Switzerland 1
st October, 2012 Argentina, Bolívia, Brazil, Colombia, 
Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El 
Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, Andorra and WIPO  Meeting of the IP IberoAmerican Programme for the 
promotion of the Development which included the signature 
of a Cooperation line between WIPO and the Ibero-American 
Countries (OMPI – FIT/IBERO)  Audience : staff from the IP Offices of  
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colo mbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Hond uras, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela and Andorra.  
Community of 
Portuguese Speaking 
Countries (CPLP) 
Angola 
Brazil 
Cape Verde 
Guinea-Bissau 
Mozambique 
São Tomé & Principe 
and East Timor Bilateral meeting between INPI PT and the 
WIPO Regional bureau for Africa 
 
Geneva, Switzerland 2nd October, 2012 INPI PT 
& 
World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) 
 Bilateral meeting between INPI PT and the WIPO Regional 
bureau for Africa related to the cooperation in favor o the 
Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). 
 
Audience : staff from  
INPI PT & 
WIPO  
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Community of 
Portuguese Speaking 
Countries (CPLP) 
Angola Brazil Cape Verde Guinea-Bissau Mozambique São Tomé & Principe and East Timor Cooperation meeting between INPI PT and 
the Community of Portuguese Speaking 
Countries (CPLP) 
 Geneva, Switzerland 4h October, 2012 INPI PT 
& 
World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO)  Cooperation meeting between INPI PT and the Community 
of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in the scope of the 
project for the creation of a Lusophone Trademark 
 Audience : staff from  
INPI PT & WIPO & 
INPI Brazil IAPI Angola IP Office of Cape Verde  IP Mozambique 
Albania Study Visit to INPI PT, 
Lisbon, 6 November 2012 INPI PT 
& 
European Patent Office (EPO) 
 Study Visit to INPI PT of staff from the IP Office of Albania 
having the purpose to reinforce the Development of the IP 
System in Albania 
 
Audience : staff from  
INPI PT & IP Office of Albania 
Brazil Rio de Janeiro 5 to 7 November 2012 INPI PT 
 INPI BR Bilateral Meeting in the Scope of the Memorandum of 
Understanding signed between INPI PT and INPI BR aiming at the development of joint activities in the IP area as well as the cooperation with the CPLP Countries in the scope of the Project for the creation of a Lusophone Trademark.  Audience : staff from  
INPI PT & 
INPI Brazil 
Morocco Round table in the scope of the activities 
4.3, 1.6 of the INPI Portugal / INPI France 
Institutional Twinning in favour of the 
Moroccan Office of Industrial and 
Commercial Property (OMPIC) and 6th 
Pilotage Committee of the Project. 
 
 
 
Casablanca, Morocco, 7 to 9 November 
2012 
 Portuguese Industrial Property Office 
(INPI PT) 
 
& 
 
French Industrial Property Office 
(INPI FR) In the context of identifying new areas of mutual 
cooperation and developing clos e relationships with Europe, 
the Portuguese Industrial Prop erty Office (INPI PT), the 
French Industrial Property Office (INPI FR) and the 
Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property 
(OMPIC) signed a project which enters into the Institutional 
Twinning Project "EU-Morocco" and brings cooperation 
between the afore mentioned Offices. 
 
This Twinning project, funded  by the European Union (EU), 
has the objective to strengthen the practice, the operational 
capacities and the conformity of the Moroccan Office of 
Industrial Property and Commerce with the international 
standards in terms of Industrial Property, and to allow to 
OMPIC to carry out the practice of Industrial Property in 
Morocco in conformity with development and innovation.  
Audience : Representatives of the Industrial Property Office 
of PT (INPI), FR (INPI)  
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Morocco Visit to INPI PT of representatives from 
OMPIC in the scope of the INPI Portugal / 
INPI France Institutional Twinning in 
favour of the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC)     Lisbon, 19 to 21 November 2012  Portuguese Industrial Property Office 
(INPI PT) 
 
&  French Industrial Property Office (INPI FR) In the context of identifying new areas of mutual 
cooperation and developing clos e relationships with Europe, 
the Portuguese Industrial Prop erty Office (INPI PT), the 
French Industrial Property Office (INPI FR) and the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC) signed a project which enters into the Institutional Twinning Project "EU-Morocco" and brings cooperation between the afore mentioned Offices.  This Twinning project, funded  by the European Union (EU), 
has the objective to strengthen the practice, the operational capacities and the conformity of the Moroccan Office of Industrial Property and Commerce with the international standards in terms of Industrial Property, and to allow to OMPIC to carry out the practice of Industrial Property in Morocco in conformity with development and innovation.  Audience : Representatives of the Industrial Property Office 
of PT (INPI), FR (INPI) 
Morocco Closing Seminar in the scope of the INPI 
Portugal / INPI France Institutional 
Twinning in favour of the Moroccan Office 
of Industrial and Commercial Property 
(OMPIC)  
 
Casablanca, Morocco 7 December 2012 
 Portuguese Industrial Property Office 
(INPI PT) 
 
& 
 
French Industrial Property Office 
(INPI FR) In the context of identifying new areas of mutual 
cooperation and developing clos e relationships with Europe, 
the Portuguese Industrial Prop erty Office (INPI PT), the 
French Industrial Property Office (INPI FR) and the 
Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property 
(OMPIC) signed a project which enters into the Institutional 
Twinning Project "EU-Morocco" and brings cooperation 
between the afore mentioned Offices. 
 
This Twinning project, funded  by the European Union (EU), 
has the objective to strengthen the practice, the operational 
capacities and the conformity of the Moroccan Office of 
Industrial Property and Commerce with the international 
standards in terms of Industrial Property, and to allow to 
OMPIC to carry out the practice of Industrial Property in 
Morocco in conformity with development and innovation.  
Audience : Representatives of the Industrial Property Office 
of PT (INPI), FR (INPI) 
Brazil 
 Technical Meeting between 
representatives of the IP Defense Center (INPI BR) and representatives of INPI PT  Lisbon, 13 and 14 December 2012 INPI PT 
 Technical Meeting between re presentatives of the IP 
Defense Center (INPI BR) and representatives of INPI PT 
aiming at the reinforcement of the bilateral cooperation 
existing between INPI PT and INPI BR with the purpose to acquire knowledge with the Po rtuguese experi ence for the 
creation of Mediation Centers in the IP Area  
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Community of 
Portuguese Speaking 
Countries (CPLP)  
Angola 
Brazil 
Cape Verde 
Guinea Bissau 
Mozambique 
São Tomé & Principe 
and East Timor Lisbon, 17 to 19 December 2012 INPI PT, 
 
INPI BR  
& 
World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) 
 Technical Meeting of the Portuguese Speaking Countries 
(CPLP) Countries in the scope of the creation of the 
Lusophone Trademark  
 
Community of 
Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)  Angola Brazil Cape Verde Guinea Bissau Mozambique São Tomé & Principe and East Timor Lisbon, 25 to 26 February 2013 INPI PT, 
 INPI BR  & World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)  High level Meeting between the Presidents of the National 
Offices of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) in the scope of the creation of the Lusophone Trademark   
Brazil Visit to INPI PT aiming at the development 
of joint activities in the IP area, 
 
Lisbon, 20 to 23 May 2013 INPI PT 
 
INPI BR Bilateral Meeting in the Scope of the Memorandum of 
Understanding signed between INPI PT and INPI BR aiming 
at the development of joint activities in the IP area. 
 
Audience : staff from  
INPI PT & 
INPI Brazil 
Community of 
Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)  Angola Brazil Cape Verde Guinea Bissau Mozambique São Tomé & Principe and East Timor Geneva, 24 May 2013 INPI PT, 
 INPI BR  & World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)  Meeting between the representatives of the IP Offices of 
Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Cap Ve rde and the Director general 
og WIPO in the scope of the cooperation activities between these countries and of the creation of the Lusophone Trademark  Audience : staff from  
INPI PT & 
INPI Brazil IP Office of Cape Verde  
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People's Republic of 
China  Bilateral Visit to INPI PT aiming at the 
analysis of the IP Activities in Portugal 
 
Lisbon, 28 May 2013 INPI PT 
 Bilateral Visit to INPI PT of representative from the Shanghai 
Industrial Property Organization (SIPA), aiming at the 
analysis of the IP Activities in Portugal, namely the recent 
development of IP applications in Portugal, the Development 
a n d  t h e  f u t u r e  o f  t h e  L i s b o n  S y s t e m ,  I N P I  P T  O n l i n e  
Services and the training and the IP Promotion in Portugal. 
 
Audience : staff from  
INPI PT & 
Shanghai Industrial Property Organization (SIPA) 
ROMANIA     
Moldova Study visit in 2013 OSIM There have been two missions  of OSIM specialists to 
Kishinev for an exchange of experience in the fields of 
trademarks and inventions prot ection and the activities of 
the Boards of Appe al, respectively. 
Turkey Study visit in the first quarter of 2013 OSIM In  the framework of the Cooperation Protocol between the 
Turkish Patent Institute (TPE) and the OSIM, singed in Ankara (August 2012), two ex perts from the Turkish Patent 
Institute came on a two-day mission to OSIM for an 
exchange of experience in  promoting and protecting 
designs, in the first quarter of 2013. 
SLOVENIA     
Republic of Kosovo (RK) Working meeting on copyright issues 
 (Ljubljana, 24 August 2012) Slovenian IP Office Delegation of the Republic of Kosovo (Director of RK 
Copyright Office, directors of 2 recently licensed RK collecting societies) consulted on copyright and related rights, especially on legislat ion procedures and collective 
management of copyright and related rights.  Audience: staff of the  RK Copyright Office and 2 RK 
collecting societies 
SPAIN    
Países Iberoamericanos Curso on-line sobre Gestión y Evaluación 
de Marcas, del  1 de octubre al 25 de noviembre de 2012 CEDDET/OEPM Curso basado en la metodología de "aula virtual" con 
soporte en Internet para profundizar en los conocimientos teóricos y realizar  actividades prácti cas en materia de 
derecho de marcas, pr ocedimientos para su concesión y su 
estudio en el derecho comparado 
Países 
Iberoamericanos Curso presencial sobre mejora en la 
gestión de las Oficinas nacionales de 
Propiedad Industrial.  
 
12-15 de noviembre de 2012. La Antigua 
(Guatemala).  OEPM/OMPI/ 
AECID Curso en materia de propie dad industrial destinado a 
responsables de oficinas de propiedad industrial de América 
Latina en materia de planific ación estratégica, calidad e 
información tecnológica   
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Países 
Iberoamericanos Curso presencial sobre propiedad 
industrial para jueces y fiscales,  
 
10 al 15 de diciembre de 2012. La Antigua (Guatemala) OEPM/OMPI/OEP/AECID 
 Curso en materia de propieda d industrial destinados a 
jueces y fiscales de América Latina 
Países 
iberoamericanos Curso on-line sobre Gestión y  
Evaluación de Patentes 
 
22 de abril al 16 de junio de 2013 CEDDET/OEPM Curso basado en la metodología del "aula virtual" con 
soporte en Internet para profundizar en los conocimientos 
teóricos y realizar  actividades prácti cas en materia de 
procedimiento de concesión de patentes, búsqueda de 
anterioridades y su estudio en el derecho comparado  
Países de 
Iberoamérica.    República Dominicana El Salvador Ecuador Cuba Costa Rica Costa rica Programa CIBIT  
(Capacitación Iberoame ricana en materia 
de búsquedas de información tecnológica).  Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 Julio 2013- mayo 2014 OEPM 
 Programa que tiene por objeto la potenciación del uso del 
español en los procesos de búsqueda internacional y mejora de la formación de los ex aminadores en materia de 
búsqueda internacional de la s solicitudes internacionales 
PCT. Se materializa con la in corporación de examinadores 
de patentes de Iberoamérica durante un periodo mínimo de s e i s  m e s e s  y  m á x i m o  d e  2  a ñ o s  e n  e l  D e p a r t a m e n t o  d e  P a t e n t e s  d e  l a  O E P M  p a r a  r e alizar tareas de búsquedas 
sobre patentes en bases de datos en lengua española. 
Países  
Iberoamericanos Curso on-line sobre Gestión y Evaluación 
de Marcas,  
 
1 de octubre al 25 de noviembre de 2012 CEDDET/OEPM Curso basado en la metodología de "aula virtual" con 
soporte en Internet para profundizar en los conocimientos 
teóricos y realizar  actividades prácti cas en materia de 
derecho de marcas, pr ocedimientos para su concesión y su 
estudio en el derecho comparado 
Países 
Iberoamericanos   Curso presencial sobre mejora en la 
gestión de las Oficinas nacionales de Propiedad Industrial. 12-15 de noviembre de 2012. La Antigua (Guatemala).  OEPM/OMPI/ 
AECID Curso en materia de propie dad industrial destinado a 
responsables de oficinas de propiedad industrial de América Latina en materia de planific ación estratégica, calidad e 
información tecnológica  
Países 
Iberoamericanos Curso presencial sobre propiedad 
industrial para jueces y fiscales 
 
10 al 15 de diciembre de 2012. La Antigua 
(Guatemala) 
 OEPM/OMPI/OEP/AECID 
 
 Curso en materia de propieda d industrial destinados a 
jueces y fiscales de América Latina 
Países 
Iberoamericanos Curso on-line sobre Gestión y  
Evaluación de Patentes  22 de abril al 16 de junio de 2013. CEDDET/OEPM Curso basado en la me todología del "aula virtual" con 
soporte en Internet para profundizar en los conocimientos teóricos y realizar  actividades prácti cas en materia de 
procedimiento de concesión de patentes, búsqueda de 
anterioridades y su estudio en el derecho comparado   
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Países de 
Iberoamérica.  
 
República Dominicana 
El Salvador 
Ecuador 
Cuba 
Costa Rica 
Costa rica Programa CIBIT  
(Capacitación Iberoame ricana en materia 
de búsquedas de información tecnológica). 
 
Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 
Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 
Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 
Junio 2013- noviembre 2013 Junio 2013- 
noviembre 2013 
Julio 2013- mayo 2014 OEPM 
 Programa que tiene por objeto la potenciación del uso del 
español en los procesos de búsqueda internacional y mejora 
de la formación de los ex aminadores en materia de 
búsqueda internacional de la s solicitudes internacionales 
PCT. Se materializa con la in corporación de examinadores 
de patentes de Iberoamérica durante un periodo mínimo de 
s e i s  m e s e s  y  m á x i m o  d e  2  a ñ o s  e n  e l  D e p a r t a m e n t o  d e  
P a t e n t e s  d e  l a  O E P M  p a r a  r e alizar tareas de búsquedas 
sobre patentes en bases de datos en lengua española 
UNITED KINGDOM     
Colombia Video conference 
15 November 2012 UK IPO 
Juanita de Castro This VC was primarily to share our experience of the Madrid 
International system. We also provided them with an insight 
into TM10 which was helpful as they are looking to update 
their IT System. Agreement has also been sought to provide 
them with a copy of our business case with respect to the 
TM 10 system.  
Botswana, Namibia, 
Mozambique & Zambia Training and Expert Intervention on 
Technology Transfer 
March 2013 UK IPO/SARIMA/SAIS Training and Expert I n t e r v e n t i o n  o n  T e c h n o l o g y  T r a n s f e r :  
provision of expert and some funding for a two day 
workshop on IP commercialisation in these countries. 
Brazil Technical Mission on IP Conflict Mediation 
Dec 2012 UK IPO  
Claudia Campos/INPI Brazil Support to the European Co mmunity Technical Mission 
regarding Quality Ma nagement Sectors. 
Senegal Event on IP and Sport 
April 2013 WIPO UK provided 2 experts on IP and the Oympic s to address a 
WIPO led event on IP and Sport in Dakar.  
Hong Kong, China  Attended pre-hearing meeting on Jan 28th 
& full hearing on Jan 29th & then received 
presentations from TMD staff on the 30th 
Jan 2013 UK IPO Inward Visit to observe senior hearing officers, policy 
discussion and practical matters.  
Mexico Madrid Protocol Accession 
6 September 2012 UK IPO 
IMPI Isabella Munoz Presentation - Trade Marks 
Uganda Meeting with Ugandan MP's 
April 2013 UK IPO Provided literature to assist Ugandan MPs during their visit 
to London. 
Bermuda IPO Master Class 
5-7th June 2013  UK IPO 
Mr Aubrey Pennyman Overview training (1/2 day) for senior staff which followed 
attendance at the IPO Master Class – June 2013  
Maldives WIPO Regional Workshop on building 
respect for IP 
13th – 14th Feb 2013 UK IPO WIPO Regional Workshop on building respect for IP – UK 
provided speaker 
South-Korea Collaborative Research 
January 2013 UK IPO 
Korean IP Strategy Institute Workshop with Korean IP Strategy Institute on management 
of IP in the UK – Korea Collaborative Research 
 
 
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