IP/C/W/614/Add.3  
 
14 October 2016  
(16-5576) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
 Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: INFORMATION FROM  
OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS  
GULF COOPERATION COU NCIL (GCC)  
Addendum  
At its meeting of 7 -8 June 2016, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite intergovernmental 
organization observers to the Counci l to update the information on their technical and financial 
cooperation programmes relating to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  
 
The present document reproduces the information which has been received from the Secretariat 
General of the Gulf Coo peration Council (GCC) by means of a communication dated 
12 October  2016.  
 
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1.  GCC is an intergovernmental organization with membership of the following states: United Arab 
Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of O man, State of Qatar, and 
State of Kuwait. All of its members are developing countries.  
2.   Pursuant to Article (20) of the GCC Economic Agreement which states that "member States 
shall develop programs encouraging talented individuals and supporting innovatio n and invention; 
cooperate in the field of intellectual property and develop regulations and procedures ensuring 
protection of intellectual property rights; and coordinate their relevant policies towards other 
countries, regional blocs and international an d regional organizations", the GCC Secretariat 
General directs most of its technical cooperation activities to its member states. Some of these 
activities are listed in Annex .  
  IP/C/W/614/Add.3  
 
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Activity  
 Date  Location  Attendance  Summary  
Middle East International 
Exhibition  16-19 Nov 
2015  Kuwait  Public – The GCC Patent Office handles 
hosting inventors from the GCC States  International exhibition held annually in the State of Kuwait in 
which the GCC Patent Office presents a yearly award of SAR 
50.000 in addition to s upporting their participation  
Training Program on 
Substantive Examination 
(Preliminary)  13-17 March 
2016  GCC-SG  
Headquarters  Employees of the GCC Patent Office 
and the national IP offices  Training program within the mutual cooperation program 
between the  GCC Patent Office and Patent Offices in the GCC 
States  
Training program on 
Substantive Examination  
(Advanced )  20-24 March 
2016  GCC-SG 
Headquarters  Employees of the GCC Patent Office 
and the national IP offices  Training program within the mutual cooperat ion program 
between the GCC Patent Office and Patent Offices in the GCC 
States  
Geneva International 
Exhibition  13-17 Apr 
2016 Switzerland  
 Public – The GCC Patent Office handles 
hosting inventors from the GCC States  International exhibition held annually in Geneva, Switzerland 
where the GCC Patent Office along with inventors from the GCC 
States to open up doors of communications with those 
concerned in Europe and in the world  
Training program for 
Substantive Examination  
(on-job )  24-28 Apr 
2016 
 
 GCC-SG 
Headquarters  Employees of the GCC Patent Office 
and the national IP offices  Training program within the mutual cooperation program 
between the GCC Patent Office and Patent Offices in the GCC 
States  
Workshop on PCT  25-26 May 
2016  GCC-SG 
Headquarters  Employe es of the GCC Patent Office 
and the national IP offices  Workshop within the mutual cooperation program between the 
GCC Patent Office and Patent Offices in the GCC States  
Workshop on Patent 
Drafting  To be held  
16-20 Oct 
2016 GCC-SG 
Headquarters  Researcher s and those Concerned with 
inventions from the GCC States  Workshop in cooperation with WIPO  
Workshop – Benefiting from 
Published Search Results  To be held  
16-10 Nov 
2016  GCC-SG 
Headquarters  Employees of the GCC Patent Office 
and the national IP offices  Workshop in cooperation with WIPO on benefiting from search 
and examination results  
Workshop on Creativity and 
Innovation  To be held on 
10 Nov 2016  Abu Dhabi  Officials and those concerned with 
inventions and innovations in the GCC 
States  Workshop for  disc ussing exerted efforts in the GCC States to 
promote innovation  
Workshop on the TRIPS 
Agreement and its 
implications on the GCC 
member States  To be held  
21-24 Nov 
2016 Manama  
Bahrain  Officials in charge of IP in the GCC 
member States and other responsib le 
in the GCC Secretariat General  Workshop designed to explain the TRIPS  Agreement and the 
implementation of the obligations therein through laws, 
regulations and institutions, as well as its implications on trade, 
investment and transfer of technology i n the GCC member 
States    
Global Humanitarian Forum  To be held  
13-14 Dec 
2016 Dubai  Organizations and Humanitarian 
Authorities Respective to Charitable 
Acts An exhibition that accompanies the humanitarian forum where 
inventions are presented which contr ibutes in the field of 
services  
 
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