IP/C/W/610/Add.6  
 
12 October 2015  
(15-5329)  Page: 1/2  
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
  TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS 
NORWAY 
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 12 October 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Norway.  
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 THE NORWEGIAN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OFFICE 
1.  The Norwegian Industrial Property Office, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) Academy, has since the year 2000 on an annual basis conducted training courses of one week on intellectual property rights . The courses gather up to 20 participants from 
national industrial property offices in developing countries and countries in transition from all over 
the world (countries listed on OECD's DAC list). The courses are free of charge for the participants and are financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Fo reign Affairs. Travel costs are covered by WIPO, 
which also handles applications from the participants.  
2.  The target group are officials who deal with in tellectual property rights at a practical level. The 
aim of the courses is to achieve among the pa rticipants a better understanding of different 
intellectual property rights, with a focus on the practical work and administrative management of 
industrial property applications. While the to pics of 2014 concerned trademarks, the course in 
2015 dealt with patents. Employees of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the WIPO Academy gave the lectures in English. 
3.  From 2015, the Norwegian Industrial Property  Office has expanded the activities with a new 
programme for developing countries and countries in transition (countries listed on OECD's DAC list). By expanding the activities Norway wants to contribute to WIPO's development agenda and 
offer demand-driven technical assistance. 
4.  The new programme was carried out for the first time in 2015 and address patent-quality as 
topic. The target group is senior management in national industrial property offices with mandate 
to initiate and implement specific projects.     
5.  The new programme consists of four phases, and gathers up to 20 participants. It is free of 
charge for the participants and is fully financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  
6.  In the first phase, the participants identify a patent-quality related project of interest for their 
country.  
7.  The second phase consists of two weeks training in Oslo, where the Norwegian Industrial 
Property Office together with representatives from  private sector and academia carry out lectures, 
study visits, and guide the practical preliminary work on the participant's country-specific projects. IP/C/W/610/Add.6 
 
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8.  The third phase takes place in the particip ant's home country where they implement their 
project with support from a Norwegian colleague,  who is available by telephone and e-mail.  
9.  The fourth phase is a one-week follow-up session in a developing country, where 
representatives from WIPO Academy and the Norweg ian Industrial property Office evaluate the 
projects together with the participants.  
10.  The Norwegian Industrial Property Office cooperates also with WIPO and delivers Patent 
Information Services for Developing Countries. Mo re information can be found at this address: 
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/ data/developing_countries.html  
 
Enquiries can be made to: 
 
Mr. Jostein Sandvik Director 
Legal and International Affairs Norwegian Industrial Property Office 
P. O. Box 8160 Dep. Sandakerveien 64 
N-0033 OSLO 
 Telephone:  +47 22 38 74 09 Telefacsimile: +47 22 38 73 01 
E-mail:  jsa@patentstyret.no  
 
 
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