IP/C/W/632/Add.2  
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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad  
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
ACTIVIDADES DE COOPERACIÓN TÉCNICA: INFORMACIÓN  
FACILITADA POR LOS MIEMBROS  
ESTADOS  UNIDOS  DE AMÉRICA  
Addendum  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 20 de septiembre de 2017, se distribuye a petición de la 
delegación de los Estados Unidos de América . 
 
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1.  En el presente documento se informa de los programas de asistencia técnica relacionados con 
la protección, la utilización y la observancia de los derechos de propie dad intelectual (DPI), con 
inclusión de las patentes y las marcas de fábrica o de comercio, que lleva a cabo el Gobierno de 
los Estados Unidos en los países en desarrollo y los países menos adelantados (PMA) . Cubre las 
actividades realizadas de 2016 a 2017. 
2.  Mediante su amplio programa de formación de funcionarios extranjeros de países desarrollados, 
países en desarrollo y PMA, el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos contribuye a mejorar la protección y 
observancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual . En cola boración con varios  organismos 
públicos y con organizaciones que se ocupan de cuestiones relativas a la propiedad intelectual, 
como la Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) y la INTERPOL, el Gobierno 
estadounidense presta asistencia a tod os los países en la elaboración y aplicación de leyes y 
políticas nacionales relativas a la propiedad intelectual , a fin de promover el desarrollo económico, 
social y cultural . La asistencia técnica proporcionada por el Gobierno estadounidense tiene por 
principal objetivo ayudar a los países a alcanzar un desarrollo y un crecimiento sostenibles 
mediante la simplificación y racionalización de los procedimientos para la obtención de derechos de 
propiedad intelectual, la administración de los tratados y los si stemas que permiten alcanzar ese 
objetivo, y la prestación de asistencia técnica y capacitación a fin de mejorar el funcionamiento y 
la utilización de los sistemas de propiedad intelectual, de conformidad con el Acuerdo sobre los 
Aspectos de los Derechos d e Propiedad Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio (Acuerdo sobre 
los ADPIC ). 
3.  La asistencia técnica que presta el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos viene determinada por la 
demanda y las necesidades prioritarias particulares de los países beneficiarios . Las actividades de 
asistencia técnica en ámbitos específicos de interés se configuran atendiendo a las diversas 
necesidades e intereses manifestados por los países beneficiarios . 
4.  La asistencia técnica que presta el Gobierno abarca una amplia gama de temas rel acionados 
con los derechos de propiedad intelectual, incluidos : 
 la protección y la gestión de la propiedad intelectual ; 
 la administración de oficinas de propiedad intelectual y el desarrollo de los recursos 
humanos pertinentes ; IP/C/W/632/Add.2  
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   la creación de mecanismos eficaces para velar por el cumplimiento de los derechos de 
propiedad intelectual en frontera ; 
 la resolución eficaz de las cuestiones relativas a la propiedad intelectual, incluida la 
transparencia en el proceso de adopción de decisiones ; 
 los métodos específicos de cada país para realizar investigaciones y enjuiciar los asuntos 
penales por violación de los derechos de propiedad intelectual ; 
 inspecciones y técnicas de observancia de la  ley; 
 la lucha contra la falsificación, incluida la falsificación de productos farmacéuticos y 
dispositivos médicos ; 
 la utilización de técnicas avanzadas de informática forense para localizar, detener y 
enjuiciar a quienes infrinjan los derechos de propiedad intelectual ; y 
 la educación del público y la sensibilización de lo s consumidores acerca de la importancia 
que revisten la protección y la observancia de la propiedad intelectual, así como la 
innovación y la creatividad en ese ámbito . 
5.  Los organismos y servicios del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos que prestan asistencia téc nica 
en materia de derechos de propiedad intelectual son, entre otros, los siguientes : la Oficina del 
Representante de los Estados Unidos para las Cuestiones Comerciales Internacionales (USTR) ; 
la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacio nal (USAID) ; la Oficina de Derecho 
de Autor de los Estados Unidos (USCO), dependiente de la Biblioteca del Congreso ; el 
Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos (USDA) ; el Departamento de Comercio de los 
Estados Unidos (DOC), en particular el Prog rama para el Desarrollo del Derecho Mercantil (CLDP), 
la Administración de Comercio Internacional (ITA) y la Oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estados 
Unidos (USPTO) ; el Departamento de Seguridad Interior de los Estados Unidos (DHS), en 
particular a trav és del Servicio de Aduanas y Protección de Fronteras  (CBP) y el Servicio de 
Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de los Estados Unidos  (ICE); el Departamento de Justicia de los 
Estados Unidos (DOJ), en particular a través de la Sección de la Delincuencia Infor mática y los 
Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual (CCIPS), la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones (FBI) y la Oficina 
de Desarrollo, Asistencia y Capacitación de Personal Judicial en el Extranjero (OPDAT) ; el 
Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos (DOS) y  la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el 
Comercio y el Desarrollo (USTDA ). 
6.  La cooperación técnica prevista en el artículo 67 del Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC comprende, 
previa solicitud, la prestación de asistencia para la elaboración de leyes y reglamentos re lativos a 
la protección y observancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual, así como a la prevención de 
los abusos . 
7.  En el sitio w eb de la base de datos del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos sobre actividades de 
formación en materia de propiedad intelectua l (Global Intellectual Property Education Training 
Program Database), en la dirección http://usipr.uspto.gov , figura más información al respecto, 
incluido el calendario de los programas . Se encargan del mantenimiento  de esa base de datos los 
organismos gubernamentales que proporcionan formación y asistencia técnica relacionadas con la 
protección y observancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual . 
8.  La Academia Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (Global Intellectual  Property Academy) (GIPA) 
organiza programas de creación de capacidad en los Estados Unidos y en otros países del mundo 
que se centran en cuestiones como la protección, la observancia y la explotación de los derechos 
de propiedad intelectual . La GIPA desem peña un papel esencial en las actividades del Gobierno de 
los Estados Unidos para mejorar las prácticas en materia de protección y observancia en todo el 
mundo . Entre los participantes en los programas de la GIPA hay funcionarios de las oficinas 
nacionales  de propiedad intelectual, funcionarios judiciales, policías e investigadores, fiscales, 
funcionarios de aduanas, de ministerios de salud, de organismos de transferencia de tecnología, de 
organismos de protección de los consumidores, representantes de inst ituciones académicas, 
estudiantes y representantes de pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) . La GIPA ofrece 
programas multilaterales y programas específicos por países . Algunos de los programas se IP/C/W/632/Add.2  
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  conciben para abordar cuestiones jurídicas concretas, aspect os administrativos y determinadas 
esferas de la propiedad  intelectual . 
9.  Los programas que ofrece la GIPA comprenden : 
 Programas de patentes : estos programas se centran en temas como los siguientes : 
administración de oficinas y elaboración de presupuestos ; prácticas básicas en materia 
de exámenes ; cuestiones relativas al examen de patentes en ámbitos tecnológicos 
específicos como la biotecnología y los productos farmacéuticos ; examen de diseños 
industriales ; prácticas en materia de transferencia de tecnología,  y sensibilización 
respecto del sistema de protección de variedades vegetales de la UPOV . También se 
ofrecen programas de profundización en los que se utilizan estudios de caso o ejemplos 
cuando es posible para que se comprendan mejor determinados concepto s. Los 
programa s de patentes tiene n por objeto propiciar el intercambio de prácticas óptimas y, 
de esta forma , mejorar la calidad de las patentes en todo el mundo . Se imparten en la 
sede de la USPTO y en emplazamientos regionales en todo el mundo . 
 Programa s de marcas : estos programas se centran en la administración, la elaboración 
de presupuestos, la contratación, la formación, y el protocolo en materia de tratados . 
Incluyen debates y estudios de caso sobre los procedimientos de examen . 
 Programas de derecho s de autor : estos programas abarcan cuestiones complejas que se 
analizan con profesionales destacados en sus respectivos ámbitos . Los programas 
comprenden temas como los derechos exclusivos, la responsabilidad y la piratería . 
 Programas de observancia : estos programas se centran en la observancia en los ámbitos 
penal, civil y en frontera . Son de carácter técnico e incluyen un temario exhaustivo . 
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ANEXO I1 
Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
(Ongoing)   Iraq Support to Scientific Information and Technology 
Transfer Center (SITTC) : As a result of a 
sustained program of CLDP technical assistance, 
launched by embassy Baghdad and NEA/I at the 
end of the Science Day organized at embassy 
Baghdad in January 2011, Iraq created SITTC in 
June 2015 . A key mandate of SI TTC is to 
promote the protection of intellectual property 
rights and the enforcement of these rights in 
order to use the fruit of the labors of Iraq 's 
scientific community for economic development.  Washington, DC 
and Baghdad, 
Iraq U.S. Department of Commer ce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP)  
(Ongoing)   Mali Mobile Product Authentication (MPA) Program  Bamako, Mali  U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) /USAID Bamako 
/ Government of Mail / Sproxil / 
ICRISAT  
01/09/2016  02/09/2016  India Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs of India 
(CWEI) / USPTO IP Attaché, New Delhi, India - 
State Level Conference on IPR focusing on GIs 
and Trademark in the Traditional Sector  Jaipur, State of 
Rajasthan, India  Consortium of Women  
Entrepreneurs of India (CWEI) 
/USPTO IP Attaché, New Delhi, 
India 
06/09/2016  08/09/2016  Cambodia, Malaysia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, 
Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, 
and Viet Nam  USPTO - ASEAN Using Intellectual Property to 
Protect and Promote Traditional Arts and Crafts  Chiang Mai, 
Thailand  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Association 
of Southeast Asian Nations 
(ASEAN)  
                                                
1 En inglés solamente.    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
08/09/2016  08/09/2016  India Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) / USPTO 
IP Attaché, New Delhi, India - "Interactive 
session with Police Officials on IPR Enforcement -
Best practices"  Mumbai, India  India Confederation of Indian 
Industry (CII) / USPTO IP 
Attaché, New Delhi, India  
09/09/2016  09/09/2016  Thailand  U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai / IP Attach é for 
Southeast Asia - Roundtable on Intellectual 
Property and Digital Economy  Chiang Mai, 
Thailand  U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai / 
USPTO IP Attaché for Southeast 
Asia 
19/09/2016  23/09/2016  Argentina, Belgium, 
Brazil, Colombia, 
Honduras, Lesotho, 
China, Mexico, 
Panama, Paraguay, 
Peru, Poland, 
Slovakia, Tanzanía , 
Thailand, Trinidad and 
Tobago, Viet  Nam, 
and Zambia  USPTO Annual Copyright Seminar 2016  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, US A USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
19/09/2016  23/09/2016  Jordan  Preparing for PCT Accession  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO 
Office of Policy and International 
Affairs / USPTO International 
Patent Legal Administration / 
Ministry of Industry, Trade and 
Supply, Kingdom of Jordan  
19/09/2016  20/09/2016  International Audience  2016 International Law Enforcement Intellectual 
Property (IP) Crime Conference  London, UK  INTERPOL (International Criminal 
Police Organization)/US ICE HIS  
20/09/2016  22/09/2016  Kazakhstan  Judicial Dialogue on the Protection of Intellectual 
Property Rights  Astana, 
Kazakhstan  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
23/09/2016  23/09/2016  China and USA  Chinese Academy of Sciences Delegation 
Program  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
26/09/2016  30/09/2016  Georgia  U.S. Consultations for the Georgian Copyright 
Association  New York, NY 
and Washington, 
DC  U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP)  
26/09/2016  30/09/2016  Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Brazil, Kazakhstan, 
Maldives, Nepal, 
Pakistan, and Sri 
Lanka  South Asia Intellectual Property Office 
Administration Program  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO IP Attaché, New Delhi, 
India / USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
27/09/2016  29/09/2016  Chile IP Enforcement at the Border  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
03/10/2016  14/10/2016  Pakistan  Pakistan -U.S. Cooperation University 
IP: Innovation, Protection, and 
Commercialization  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID)  
10/10/2016  10/10/2016  UAE 2016 Dubai Intellectual Property Crime 
Symposium  Dubai, UAE  U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI) A ssistant 
Attaché, Abu Dhabi, United Arab 
Emirates (UAE)  
11/10/2016  13/10/2016  Algeria and Tunisia  CLDP Workshop on Promoting Tech Transfer in 
Algeria and Tunisia  Tunis, Tunisia  U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / USPTO  Global 
Intellectual Property Academy    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
12/10/2016  12/10/2016  China  Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) of the People 's 
Republic of China Delegation Training Program  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
12/10/2016  14/10/2016  Brazil  Seminar on IP Law and Technology Transfer in 
the U.S. for the Delegation of the São Paulo 
Research Foundation (FAPESP)  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, VA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
12/10/2016  13/10/2016  Saudi Arabia  Saudi Arabia 2016 Intellectual Property Crime 
Workshop  Riyadh, Saudi 
Arabia  U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI) Assistant 
Attaché Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  
14/10/2016  14/10/2016  China  Ambassador 's IPR Roundtable : "Enforcing 
Intellectual Property  Rights in a Global Economy : 
Current Trends and Challenges in China " Shanghai, China  USPTO IP Attaché, Shanghai / 
U.S. Embassy Beijing / U.S . 
Consulate General Shanghai / 
USPTO IP Attaché, Beijing / 
United States Information 
Technology Office (USITO) / 
American Chamber of Commerce 
(AmCham) Shanghai / U.S. -
China Business Council (USCBC)  
25/10/2016  26/10/2016  Mexico  OPDAT/USPTO Intellectual Property Crimes and 
the Accusatory System  Mexico City, 
Mexico  U.S. Department of Justice, 
Office of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development Assistance and 
Training (OPDAT) / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Mexico City, Mexico  
26/10/2016  26/10/2016  China  Guangxi Administration for Industry and 
Commerce (AIC) Delegation Visit  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
26/10/2016  04/11/2016  Sri Lanka  Tech Transfer and University Consultations  Washington, DC, 
Princeton, NJ, 
Pittsburgh, PA  U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy  
31/10/2016  31/10/2016  China  Shanghai High Court Software Patents Seminar 
(USPTO staff spoke at the program.)  Shanghai, China  Shanghai High Court / Shanghai 
Intellectual Property Court  
31/10/2016  10/11/2016  Algeria  CLDP US Consultations on Promoting Innovation 
and Technology Transfer for Technology 
Startups in Algeria - This program is presented 
by the United States Department of Commerce 's 
Commercial Law Development Program with 
support from the United States Patent and 
Trademark Office 's Global Intellectual Property 
Academy to show Algeria 's National Agency for 
The Commercialization of New Technology, 
Algeria 's Information Technology Association, 
and Algerian start -ups, how US technology 
transfer offices and incubators help  start-ups 
develop, protect, and leverage their IP.  Washington, DC, 
Atlanta, GA  U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy  
01/11/2016  03/11/2016  Bahrain ; Kuwait, the 
State of ; Oman; Saudi 
Arabia ; United Arab 
Emirates (UAE) ; and 
Qatar  Combating the Proliferation of Counterfeit Health 
and Safety Products  Dubai, United 
Arab Emirates 
(UAE)  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Kuwait City, Kuwait, the 
State of / Consulate General of 
the United States of America, 
U.S. Department of State, Dubai, 
United Arab Emirates (UAE)    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
01/11/2016  04/11/2016  Kosovo  Workshop on Customs Valuation, Intellectual 
Property Rights, and Post Clearance Audit  Training Center, 
Kosovo Customs  
Headquarters, 
Pristina, Kosovo  U.S. Department of State/U.S . 
Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) (in cooperation 
with US Customs and Border 
Protection and Kosovo Customs)  
01/11/2016  04/11/2016  Mexico  Intellectual Property en forcement in the sports 
industry  Mexico City, 
Mexico  U.S. Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center / Servicio de 
Administración Tributaria, Mexico 
/ A representative from the NFL 
participated  
03/11/2016  03/11/2016  China  USPTO -SIPO Roundtable on Protection of 
Industrial Design through Partial Designs  Beijing, China  USPTO IP Attaché, Beijing, 
China / State Intellectual Property 
Office (SIPO) of the People 's 
Republic of China  
07/11/2016  11/11/2016  Mexico  IPR Workshop : Combating Internet Crime  Alexandria, VA 
and Pittsburgh, 
PA USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Mexican PGR 
(Federal prosecutors) / National 
Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) 
Coordination Center, U.S . 
Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS) / U.S . 
Department of Justice (DOJ ) / 
U.S. Department of State (DOS) 
/ U.S. Food and Drug 
Administration (FDA)  
07/11/2016  11/11/2016  Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, 
Thailand, and Viet 
Nam Workshop on Effective Practices in Transnational 
Cooperation in the Border Enforcement of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Singapore  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academ y / U.S. 
Department of Homeland 
Security / Singapore Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs / U. S. 
Department of State    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
09/11/2016  09/11/2016  Paraguay  Trademark Workshop for DINAPI  Asuncion, 
Paraguay  USPTO IP Attaché, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil  
09/11/2016  09/11/2016  Bangladesh, Brazil, 
Canada, Croatia, 
Chinese Taipei, 
Dominican Republic, 
Egypt, Finland, 
Germany, Italy, 
Japan, Korea, 
Lithuania, Malta, 
Mexico, Myanmar, 
Nigeria, Norway, 
China, Russian 
Federation , Sweden, 
Switzerland, 
Tanzanía , Turkey, 
Uganda, United 
Kingdom, USA, and 
Viet Nam  Trade Secrets Protection and Management : Case 
Studies from Around the World (WTO TRIPS 
Council Side Event)  Geneva, 
Switzerland  European Union / Government of 
Japan / Government of United 
States  
14/11/2016  15/11/2016  Antigua and Barbuda, 
Bahamas, Belize, 
Dominica, Grenada, 
Guyana, Jamaica, 
Saint Kitts and Nevis, 
Saint Lucia, and S aint 
Vincent and the 
Grenadines  CARICOM Judicial Colloquium on Criminal 
Adjudication and Enforcement o f Intellectual 
Property Rights  Port of Spain, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Mexico City    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
14/11/2016  18/11/2016  Barbados, Ghana, 
Jamaica, Kenya, 
Lesotho, Malawi, 
Mauritius, Nigeria, 
Saint L ucia, Saint  
Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Tanzanía , 
Tunisia, Trinidad and 
Tobago, Uganda, 
Zambia, and 
Zimbabwe  WIPO -USPTO Workshop on Management and 
Administration of Intellectual Property Offices  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) / USPTO 
Global Intellectu al Property 
Academy  
14/11/2016  15/11/2016  China  Intellectual Property and Economy Transition 
Seminar at IPR Summit (USPTO IP Attaché, 
Shanghai, China spoke at the program.)  Shenzhen, China  University of California, Berkley, 
California / Renmin University, 
Shenzhen, China  
15/11/2016  16/11/2016  UAE, Morocco, France, 
Holland, Japan, Korea  The 6th Regional IP Crime Conference in the 
Middle East and North Africa  Dubai, UAE  INTERPOL (International Criminal 
Police Organization) / U.S . 
Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI)  
21/11/2016  22/11/2016  Ukraine  Training on Investigation and Prosecution of 
Digital Piracy  Kiev, Ukraine  USPTO IP Attaché, Moscow, 
Russian Federation  / USPTO 
Global Intellectual Property 
Academy / National Police of 
Ukraine Cybercrime Division  
28/11/2016  29/11/2016  Malaysia  Workshop on Best Practices in Intellectual 
Property Enforcement  Kuala Lumpur, 
Malaysia  USPTO IP Attaché, Bangkok, 
Thailand / Regional Customs 
Attaché, U.S . Customs and 
Border Protection/ U.S . Embassy 
Singapore / Intellectual Property 
Law Enforcement Coordinator for 
Asia / U.S . Department of Justice 
/ Malaysian Intellectual Property 
Office    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
01/12/2016  02/12/2016  Georgia  Seminar on Technology Transfer : Law, Policy 
and Practice  TechPark 
Georgia, Milky 
Way Room, 
Tbilisi, Georgia  U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
Georgia 's Innovation and 
Technology Ag ency (GITA)  
05/12/2016  08/12/2016  China  Trademark Office Administration  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, VA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
05/12/2016  06/12/2016  Myanmar  Awareness Program on Plant Variety Protection 
(PVP) Under the UPOV Convention  Nay Pyi Taw, 
Myanmar  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / International 
Union for the Protection of New 
Varieties of Plants (UPOV ) / 
Government of Japan / 
Government of Myanmar  
08/12/2016  08/12/2016  India FICCI CASCADE International Conference on 
Illicit Cross Border Trade  New Delhi, India  U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI), New Delhi 
/U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI)  
12/12/2016  16/12/2016  Argentina,  Bolivia, 
Brazil, Chile, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Cuba, Ecuador, El 
Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, Paraguay, 
Peru, Spain, and 
Uruguay  Workshop on the Benefits of the 1991 Act of the 
UPOV Convention  Montevideo, 
Uruguay  International Union fo r the 
Protection of New Varieties of 
Plants (UPOV) / Agency for 
International Cooperation for 
Development of the Government 
of Spain (AECID) / Plant Variety 
Office of Spain (OEVV) / USPTO 
IP Attaché, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
/ USPTO Global Intellectual 
Prope rty Academy / World 
Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO)    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
15/12/2016  15/12/2016  China  2016 Zhejiang Department of Science and 
Technology Intellectual Property Law Executive 
Education Program  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, VA  USPTO Global Intellectual  
Property Academy  
10/01/2017  12/01/2017  Singapore ; Thailand ; 
Nepal; Hong Kong, 
China ; Jordan ; India; 
Philippines ; Cambodia  INTERPOL Operation Chain  Singapore  INTERPOL (International Criminal 
Police Organization) / U.S . 
Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI)  
23/01/2017  24/01/2017  Trinidad and Tobago  Train the Trainer Workshop for Trinidad and 
Tobago Customs and Excise Officials  Port of Spain, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  USPTO IP Attaché, Mexico City, 
Mexico / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
The Trinidad and Tobago IP 
Office, Ministry of the Attorney 
General and Legal Affairs  
25/01/2017  25/01/2017  Trinidad and Tobago  Train the Trainer Workshop for Trinidad and 
Tobago Police  Trinidad and 
Tobago Police 
Academy, Port 
of Spain, 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  USPTO IP Attaché, Mexico City, 
Mexico / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
The Trinidad and Tobago IP 
Office, Ministry of the Attorney 
General and Legal Affairs  
31/01/2017  31/01/2017  Brazil  IPR Enforcement Presentation to Civil, Military, 
and Federal Police  Recife, PE, Brazil  USPTO IP Attaché, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil  
01/02/2017  01/02/2017  Peru Seminar on United States Agro -Chem Test Data 
Protections  DVC - 
Alexandria, VA 
and Lima, Peru  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Lima, Peru  
03/02/2017  03/02/2017  Colombia  USPTO DVC on Non -Traditional Marks with the 
Colombian IP Office (SIC)  Bogota, 
Colombia  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Lima, Peru    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
06/02/2017  09/02/2017  Bahrain ; Kuwait, the 
State of ; Saudi 
Arabia ; and Oman  Exchange of Best Practices on Trademark 
Examination  Kuwait City, 
Kuwait, the 
State of  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Kuwait City, Kuwait, the 
State of / The Cooperation 
Council for the Ar ab States of the 
Gulf, Intellectual Property 
Training Center  
13/02/2017  16/02/2017  Bahrain, United Arab 
Emirates (UAE), 
Oman, and Saudi 
Arabia  IP Office Administration Training Presented in 
Conjunction with the Gulf Cooperation Council  Dubai, UAE  The Cooperation Council for the 
Arab States of the Gulf, 
Intellectual Property Training 
Center / USPTO IP Attaché, 
Kuwait City, Kuwait, the State 
of/ USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
14/02/2017  15/02/2017  Cambodia, Myanmar, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, 
Malaysia, Singapore, 
South Korea, 
Thailand, USA, and 
Viet Nam  5th Intellectual Property Criminal Enforcement 
Network Conference (IPCEN5) This meeting 
facilitated the exchange of successful 
investigation and prosecutio n strategies in 
combating domestic and cross -border copyright 
piracy and trademark counterfeiting crimes.  
Over 50 prosecutors and law enforcement 
officers shared best practices and lessons 
learned in addressing retail and online 
counterfeiting and piracy, mass production and 
distribution of counterfeit goods, and border 
enforcement strategies.  The IPCEN meeting also 
served to strengthen communications channels 
to promote coordinated, multinational 
prosecutions of the most serious offenders.  Bangkok, 
Thailand  U.S. Department of Justice via 
State/INL Funding / U.S . 
Department of Homeland 
Security / USPTO IP Attaché, 
Bangkok, Thailand  
15/02/2017  15/02/2017  Paraguay  Trademark Examination Training for National 
Directorate for Industrial Property (DINAPI)  Asuncion, 
Paraguay  USPTO IP Attaché, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
16/02/2017  17/02/2017  Argentina  Trademark Examination Training  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina  USPTO IP Attaché, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy  
23/02/2017  23/02/2017  Costa Rica  Pharmaceutical Security Institute, Pharma Crime 
Conference - Latin Reg  San Jose, Costa 
Rica Pharmaceutical Security Institute 
(PSI) / U.S . Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI)  
27/02/2017  10/03/2017  Brazil, Costa Rica, 
Chinese Taipei, 
Ecuador, Egypt, 
Georgia, Israel, and 
Kazakhstan  Advanced Trademark Examination Program  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
27/02/2017  10/03/2017  Georgia  U.S. Consultations for Advanced Trademark 
Examiners - CLDP, in conjunction with the 
United States Patent and Trademark Office 
(USPTO), is hosting a two -week U.S . 
Consultations with Georgia 's National Intellectual 
Property Center (Sakpatenti) to provide 
assistance and advanced training for trademark 
examiners . The advanced training consists of 
several countries worldwide, including Costa 
Rica, Israel, Kazakhstan, and Brazil, where the 
participants have a unique opportunity to 
exchange knowledge and informati on first -hand. 
CLDP cosponsored a three -person delegation 
from Sakpatenti to travel to Alexandria, VA, to 
conduct on -site consultations with USPTO, where 
the training consists of lectures and 
presentations, in addition to case studies and 
group exercises . The goal of these consultations 
was to assist Georgia by providing a platform for 
sharing information about legal and procedural 
approaches to resolving trademark registration 
issues.  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  U.S. Department of Commer ce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
28/02/2017  01/03/2017  Guatemala and 
Honduras  Border Enforcement Workshop on Combating 
Intellectual Property Infringement  Guatemala City, 
Guatemala  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Mexico City, Mexico / 
U.S. Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center  
28/02/2017  01/03/2017  Indonesia  Roundtable for the Judiciary on Intellectual 
Property Rights Issues and Enforcement  Jakarta, 
Indonesia  Center for Technical Judiciary 
Education and Training, Supreme 
Court of the Republic of 
Indonesia / U.S . Embassy 
Jakarta /USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy 
/USPTO IP Attaché, Bangkok, 
Thailand  
08/03/2017  10/03/2017  Bangladesh ; 
Cambodia ; China; 
Hong Kong, China ; 
India; Indonesia ; Lao 
PDR; Malaysia ; 
Mongolia ; Myanmar ; 
Nepal; Pakistan ; Sri 
Lanka ; Thailand ; USA 
and Viet Nam  Asia Regional Intellectual Property Rights 
Criminal Enforcement Workshop - This program 
supported the participating co untries ' efforts to 
develop and enforce criminal laws against 
trademark counterfeiting, copyright infringement 
and theft of trade secrets.  Hong Kong, 
China  U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) 
via State/INL funding / Hong 
Kong Customs and Excise 
Department (HKCED) / U.S . 
Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI) / U.S . 
International Narcotics Law 
Enforcement, U.S . Department of 
State / USPTO IP Attaché, 
Shanghai, China  
08/03/2017  10/03/2017  Bangladesh ; 
Cambodia ; China; 
Hong Kong, China ; 
India; Indonesia ; Lao 
PDR; Malaysia ; 
Mongolia ; Myanmar ; 
Nepal; Pakistan ; Sri 
Lanka ; Thailand, USA, 
and Viet Nam  Asia Regional Intellectual Property Rights 
Criminal Enforcement Workshop, IPLEC Hong 
Kong Hong Kong, 
China  U.S. Department of J ustice (DOJ) 
/ U.S. Intellectual Property Law 
Enforcement Coordinator (IPLEC) 
/ U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI)  
13/03/2017  17/03/2017  South Africa  Patent Examiner Training in South Africa  Pretoria, South 
Africa  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
15/03/2017  15/03/2017  Angola  Angolan Ministry of Health - Meeting on 
Counterfeit Medicines  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  U.S. Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center / USPTO 
Global Intellectual Property 
Academy  
20/03/2017  22/03/2017  Romania, Moldova, 
Greece, Albania, 
Bulgaria, FYRO 
Macedonia  IPR Enforcement Workshop  Bucharest, 
Romania  U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) 
/ U.S. Intellectual Property Law 
Enforcement Coordinator (IPLEC) 
/ U.S. Homeland Security 
Investi gations (HSI) / U.S . 
Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center  
28/03/2017  31/03/2017  Argentina, Armenia, 
Azerbaijan, Belarus, 
Belgium, Botswana, 
Brazil, Cambodia, 
Canada, Chile, 
Colombia, Ethiopia, 
Georgia, Honduras, 
India, Latvia, 
Lithuania, Mexico, 
Nepal, Netherlands, 
Pakistan, Poland, 
Portugal, Spain, 
Switzerland, Thailand, 
and Turkey  Technology Transfer : Law, Policy and Practice  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
29/03/2017  31/03/2017  Brazil  Intellectual Property Enforcement Training  Belo Horizonte, 
Brazil  USPTO IP Attaché, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil / U.S . Department 
of Justice, Office of Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development 
Assistance and Training (OPDAT) 
/ U.S. Intellectual Property Law 
Enforcement Coordinator (IPLEC) 
/ Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI), U.S . 
Department of Homeland 
Security (DHS) / U.S . Intellectual 
Property Rights Coordination 
Center  
03/04/2017  04/04/2017  United Arab Emirates  IPR Judicial Exchange For UAE  UAE Institute of 
Training and 
Judicial Studies, 
Sharjah, UAE  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Kuwait City, Kuwait, the 
State of / United Arab Emirates 
Institute of Training and Judicial 
Studies / Consulate General of 
the United Sta tes of America, 
U.S. Department of State  
04/04/2017  06/04/2017  Malaysia, Philippines, 
and Viet Nam  Advanced Workshop on Online IP Crime  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / U.S . 
Intellectual Property  Rights 
Coordination Center  
05/04/2017  05/04/2017  UAE Counterfeit Medicines:  A Roundtable Discussion  Dubai, UAE  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy (GIPA) / U.S . 
Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center  
12/04/2017  12/04/2017  India Cell for  IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) 
workshop on IPR  Kolkata, India  U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI), New Delhi    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
19/04/2017  20/04/2017  Ukraine  II International Forum on Combating 
Counterfeiting and Piracy  Kiev, Ukraine  Ukrainian Alliance on Combating 
Counterfeiting and Piracy / U.S . 
Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI)  
4/24/2017  4/28/2017  Pakistan  Celebrating World IP Day 2017 ; Business 
Roundtable, Meeting with Supreme Court, and 
University (NUST and QAU) IP Awareness 
Seminars  Islamabad ; 
NUST and QAU 
campuses ; 
Embassy for 
Business 
Roundtable on 
IP (15 
businesses) ; 
Supreme Court 
Registrar 's Office 
to discuss IP 
Judicial Bench 
Book; Marriott 
Hotel for World 
IP Day  U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) / U.S . 
Department of Commerce , 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP)  
25/04/2017  27/04/2017  Azerbaijan  Judicial Dialogue on the Protection of Intellectual 
Property Rights  Baku, Azerbaijan  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
26/04/2017  26/04/2017  Thailand  World IP Day 2017  Celebration ; Innovation - 
Improving Lives  Conrad Hotel, 
Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO IP Attaché, Bangkok, 
Thailand / U.S . Embassy, 
Bangkok, Thailand  
27/04/2017  28/04/2017  Peru  Training Program in Cases of Violations of 
Intellectual Property Rights : Trademarks And 
Copyrights  Lima, Peru  U.S. Department of Justice / 
USPTO IP Attaché, Lima, Peru / 
USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
01/05/2017  03/05/2017  Thailand  Thailand Department of Intellectual Property 
(DIP) / USPTO Workshop on Trademark 
Examination  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
04/05/2017  05/05/2017  Philippines  Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines 
(IPOPHIL) Advanced Trademark Examination 
Program  Manila, 
Philippines  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
08/05/2017  09/05/2017  China and USA  USPTO -SIPO-MOA Plant Variety Protection 
Program  Beijing, China  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / State 
Intellectual Property Office 
(SIPO) of the People 's Republic 
of China /Ministry of Agriculture 
(MOA) of the People 's Republic of 
China  
10/05/2017  10/05/2017  China  and USA  USPTO -SIPO-MOA Plant Variety Protection 
Program  Conference 
Room at 11 floor 
of Hanyuan 
Hotel on the 
campus of 
Nanjing 
Agriculture 
University, 
Nanjing, China  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / State 
Intellectual Property Office 
(SIPO) of the People 's Republic 
of China /Ministry of Agriculture 
(MOA) of the People 's Republic of 
China  
10/05/2017  12/05/2017  Argentina  USPTO / Instituto Nacional de la Propiedad  
Industrial (INPI) Argentina - Seminar on Patent 
Examination and IP Office Administration  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina  USPTO IP Attaché, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade 
Industrial (INPI) Ar gentina  
15/05/2017  16/05/2017  Uruguay  USPTO / MIEM DNPI Direccion Nacional de la 
Propiedad Industrial - Seminar on Patent 
Examination and IP Office Administration  Montevideo, 
Uruguay  IP Attaché, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
/ USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Uruguay 
Ministry of Industry, Energy and 
Mining, National Industrial 
Property Directorate (MIEM -
DNPI)    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
15/05/2017  19/05/2017  Paraguay and 
Uruguay  Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement 
Training  Montevideo, 
Uruguay  U.S. IPR Coordination Center / 
U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations / U.S . Department 
of State  
15/05/2017  19/05/2017  Barbados, Canada, 
China, Costa Rica, 
Egypt, Ghana, 
Indonesia, Jamaica, 
Japan, Kenya, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, 
Netherlands, Peru, 
Russian Federation, 
Tanzanía , Thailand, 
USA, and Viet Nam  Train the Trainer Course on Program on Plant 
Variety Protection Un der the UPOV Convention  Geneva, 
Switzerland  International Union for the 
Protection of New Varieties of 
Plants (UPOV) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) / Ministry of 
Economic Affairs of the Kingdo m 
of the Netherlands  
15/05/2017  19/05/2017  Singapore  USPTO - IPOS Patent Senior Examiner Training 
Program  Singapore  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
16/05/2017  18/05/2017  Kazakhstan  Investigation and Prosecution of IP Crimes  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
31/05/2017  31/05/2017  Lao PDR  Consultation workshop on the amendment of IP 
Law in National Capital Region  Department of 
Intellectual 
Property, 
Vientiane, Lao 
PDR U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) / Lao 
Ministry of Industry and 
Commerce  
06/06/2017  09/06/2017  Argentina and Chile  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement 
Training  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina  National IPR Coordination Center 
/ U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations / U.S . Department 
of State / USPTO IP Attaché, Rio 
de Janeiro, Brazil    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
06/06/2017  06/06/2017  Lao PDR  Consultation workshop on the amendment of IP 
Law in Central regions  Government 
meeting hall, 
Bolikomsay 
Province, Lao 
PDR U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) / Lao 
Ministry of Industry and 
Commerce  
08/06/2017  08/06/2017  Lao PDR  Consultation workshop on the amendment of IP 
Law in Southern regions  Government 
meeting hall, 
Champassak 
Province, Lao 
PDR U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) / Lao 
Ministry of Industry and 
Commerce  
12/06/2017  16/06/2017  Hong Kong, China ; 
and USA  INTERPOL Capacity Building Program  Nanning, China  INTERPOL (International Criminal 
Police Organization) / Ministry of 
Public Security, People 's Republic 
of China  
21/06/2017  21/06/2017  China and USA  US-China Entertainment Law Conference  Beijing, China  Peking University School of Law 
and Intellectual Property School 
(PKU) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy 
/Loyola Law School Los Angeles / 
Beijing Film Academy (BFA) 
School of Management / Baidu 
Company / Sino-Cloud Culture in 
Big Data Technology Co., Ltd. / 
Maradona International Brand 
Management Co., Ltd. / Beijing 
Sapphire Law Firm    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
21/06/2017  22/06/2017  Bahamas, Barbados, 
Belize, Guyana, 
Jamaica, Trinidad and 
Tobago, and USA  Seminar on Video Content Licensing and 
Enforcement in a Converged World  Kingston, 
Jamaica  USPTO IP Attaché, Mexico City, 
Mexico/ U.S . Embassy Mexico 
City, Mexico / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Pr operty Academy / 
U.S. Embassy Kingston, Jamaica 
/ CARICOM Secretariat / 
Broadcasting Commission - 
Jamaica / Jamaica Intellectual 
Property Office / Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade 
- Jamaica / Ministry of Education, 
Youth and Information - Jamaica 
23/06/2017  23/06/2017  Australia, Germany, 
China, and USA  Legal Protection for Sports Broadcasts  Beijing, China  National Copyright 
Administration of the People 's 
Republic of China / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy  
11/07/2017  13/07/2017  Pakistan  Intellectual Property Rights Law Enforcement 
Workshop for Pakistan  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, VA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / U.S . 
Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center  
11/07/2017  12/07/2017  Mali Launch of Project Combatting Counterfeiting and 
Ensuring the Integrity of Agro -Inputs  Radisson Blue, 
Bamako, Mali  U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID ) / U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP)  
14/07/2017  16/07/2017  India Geographical Indications ; South Asia Region 
(USPTO staff spoke at the program.)  Jaipur, India  Consortium of Women 
Entrepreneurs of India (CWEI ) / 
USPTO IP Attaché, New Delhi, 
India   
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
18/07/2017  18/07/2017  India Exchange of Best Practices in the Area of 
Protection and Examination of Geographical 
Indications and Trademarks  Mumbai, India  USPTO IP Attaché, New Delhi, 
India 
20/07/2017  21/07/2017  Nepal  Regional Trademark Training Program  Kathmandu, 
Nepal  USPTO IP Attaché, New Delhi, 
India 
21/07/2017  21/07/2017  China  Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) 
Delegation Visit  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, VA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
24/07/2017  25/07/2017  Bangladesh  Regional Trademark Training Program  Dhaka, 
Bangladesh  USPTO IP Attaché,  New Delhi, 
India 
25/07/2017  27/07/2017  Burundi, Kenya, 
Rwanda, Tanzanía , 
and Uganda  INTERPOL Regional IP Enforcement Training for 
Eastern Africa  Nairobi, Kenya  INTERPOL (International Criminal 
Police Organization) / USPTO 
Global Intellectual Property 
Academy  
25/07/2017  27/07/2017  Jamaica, Colombia, 
Dominican Republic, 
Guatemala, Honduras, 
Panama  IPR Enforcement Training  Montego Bay, 
Jamaica  U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI) / U.S . 
Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center  
27/07/2017  27/07/2017  Sri Lanka  Regional Trademark Training Program for 
Examiners  Colombo, Sri 
Lanka  USPTO IP Attaché, New Delhi, 
India 
7/31/2017  7/31/2017  Pakistan  Business Roundtable on IP ; Lawyers and 
business persons, including member companies 
of ACIF, OICCI, and Bpi  Karachi, 
Pakistan  U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) / U.S . 
Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
Continuing Legal Education 
Institute of Pakistan (CLEIP)    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
01/08/2017  01/08/2017  Mexico  USPTO -IMPI Bad Faith Trademark Filing 
Workshop  IMPI Auditorium, 
Mexico City, 
Mexico  USPTO IP Attaché, Mexico City, 
Mexico / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
Mexican Institute of Industrial 
Property (IMPI)  
01/08/2017  01/08/2017  Pakistan  Fostering Creativity & Growth Through Effective 
Protection of Intellectual Property Rights ; for 
Government Officials, private lawyers, and 
business persons  Karachi (IBA 
City Campus)  U.S. Agency for International 
Development ( USAID) / U.S . 
Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
Continuing Legal Education 
Institute of Pakistan (CLEIP)  
03/08/2017  04/08/2017  Guatemala  Seminar and Workshop on the UPOV System ; 
Legal Consultation on PBR Draft Law  Guatemala City, 
Guatemala  Guatemala Ministry of 
Agriculture / Guatemala Ministry 
of Commerce / International 
Union for the Protection of New 
Varieties of Plants (UPOV) / 
USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USP TO IP 
Attaché, Mexico City, Mexico  
03/08/2017  03/08/2017  Pakistan  LawTech Pakistan 2017 : National Conference on 
Law and Technology in the Digital Age;  for 
Judges, Regulators, Lawyers, and Business 
Persons (200+ attendees)  Marriott Hotel, 
Islamabad, 
Pakistan  U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) / U.S . 
Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP) / Continuing 
Legal Education Institute of 
Pakistan (CLEIP)  
06/08/2017  10/08/2017  Palestine and Israel  Exchange of Best Practices on Trademark 
Examination  Ramallah, West 
Bank USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / U.S . 
Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP)    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
08/08/2017  10/08/2017  Pakistan  IPR Border Enforcement Workshop for Pakistan  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, 
Virginia, USA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / U.S . 
Embassy Islamabad / U.S . 
Department of Homeland 
Security / U.S . Intellectual 
Property Rights Coordination 
Center  
09/08/2017  11/08/2017  Brazil  Geographical Indications Program for INPI 
Regional Office in Santa Catarina  Joinville, Brazil  USPTO IP Attaché, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy  
09/08/2017  12/08/2017  Afghanistan, 
Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
India, Maldives, 
Nepal, Singapore, and 
Sri Lanka  Regional Interactive Session on Intellectual 
Property and Enforcement  Singapore  Department of Industrial Policy 
and Promotion, Ministry of 
Commerce and Industry, 
Government of India / USPTO IP 
Attaché, New Delhi India / 
USPTO Globa l Intellectual 
Property Academy / 
Confederation of Indian Industry 
(CII) 
11/08/2017  11/08/2017  Lao PDR  Workshop to encourage stakeholders to submit 
comments on the IP amendments posted for 
that purpose  Meeting room of 
the Lao National 
Chamber of 
Commerce and 
Industry 
Vientiane, Lao 
PDR U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) / Lao 
National Chamber of Commerce 
and Industry  
13/08/2017  17/08/2017  Jordan  Exchange of Best Practices on Trademark 
Examination  Amman, Jordan  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / U.S . 
Department of Commerce, 
Commercial Law Development 
Program (CLDP)    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
14/08/2017  17/08/2017  Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Singapore, Thailand, 
and Viet Nam  Workshop on Trademark Examination of Non -
Traditional and Trade Dress Marks  Bangkok, 
Thailand  Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat / 
USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
14/08/2017  18/08/2017  Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, 
and Viet Nam  Workshop on IP Office Administration Part IV : 
"Conception to Commercialization " USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, VA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Association 
of Southeast Asian Nations 
(ASEAN)  
14/08/2017  8/14/207  Peru Barlaw seminar ; "Rights of Intellectual Property 
and the Current Law" (USPTO IP Attaché for 
Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru 
spoke on the extent, dangers, and victims of 
counterfeiting at this Barlaw program.  Over 100 
government officials from Peru attended this 
program.)  Cusco, Peru  Barlaw  
14/08/2017  15/08/2017  Brazil  Geographical Indications Program for INPI  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  USPTO IP Attaché, Rio de 
Janeiro, Brazil / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy  
15/08/2017  18/08/2017  Philippines, Viet Nam, 
Malaysia,  Singapore, 
Indonesia, South 
Korea  Regional IP Conference  Manila, 
Philippines  U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI) / U.S . 
Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center  
21/08/2017  21/08/2017  China  Seminar on Bad Faith  Beijing, China  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / China State 
Administration for Industry and 
Commerce  
21/08/2017  25/08/2017  Singapore  USPTO -IPOS Benchmarking Workshop Part II : 
Responding to Applicant 's Arguments and 
Amendments  Singapore  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy    
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start d ate Program 
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country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
22/08/2017  22/08/2017  China  China - U.S. Seminar on Trademark (Branding) 
Strategy and Innovation Policy  Beijing, China  USPTO IP Attaché, Beijing, China 
/ State Administration for 
Industry and Commerce (SAIC) 
of the People 's Republic of China  
23/08/2017  23/08/2017  Australia, Canada, 
Chile, Japan, 
Malaysia, Papau New 
Guinea, Peru, 
Thailand, and USA  Opportunities & Challenges to Successful 
Commercialization of New PV for SMEs in APEC 
Region  Ho Chi Minh, 
Viet Nam  International Union for the 
Protec tion of New Varieties of 
Plants (UPOV) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
Government of Viet Nam  / 
Government of Japan / 
Government of Peru  
24/08/2017  24/08/2017  Viet Nam  National Seminar on PVP Commercialization in 
Viet Nam  Ho Chi Minh, 
Viet Nam International Union for the 
Protection of New Varieties of 
Plants (UPOV) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy / 
Government of Japan / 
Government of Viet Nam  
24/08/2017  24/08/2017  Australia ; Canada ; 
Chile; Chinese Taipei ; 
Hong Kong, China ; 
Indonesia ; Japan; 
Korea; Mexico; Papua 
New Guinea ; Peru; 
Philippines ; Russian 
Federation ; Thailand ; 
and Viet  Nam APEC Workshop on Trademark Infringement 
Determinations in a Border Enforcement Context  Ho Chi Minh, 
Viet Nam  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Asia -Pacific 
Economic Cooperation (APEC) 
Secretariat    
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end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
24/08/2017  25/08/2017  Nepal  IPR Workshop for Nepal  Kathmandu, 
Nepal  USPTO IP Attaché, New Delhi 
India / USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / U.S . 
Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement (ICE), U.S . 
Department of Homeland 
Security / Departmen t of Justice, 
Kathmandu  
28/08/2017  28/08/2017  France, Italy, 
Philippines, 
Singapore, and United 
Kingdom  Breaking Barriers Part II : Commercialization of 
Intellectual Property  Singapore  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Intellectual 
Property Office of the United 
Kingdom  
28/08/2017  29/08/2017  International Audience  11th Annual International Law Enforcement IP 
Crime Conference  New York City, 
USA INTERPOL (International Criminal 
Police Organization) / U.S . 
Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI) / U.S . 
Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center  
29/08/2017  31/08/2017  Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, 
Mexico, Panama, USA  Workshop on the Investigation and Prosecution 
of Intellectual Property Crimes  Panama City, 
Panama  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Office of 
Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development Assistance and 
Training (OPDAT), U.S . 
Department of Justice  
30/08/2017  31/08/2017  Lao PDR  Briefing sessions for Lao National Assembly 
members on new legislation, including 
amendments to the IP Law.  Vientiane Capital  U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) /National 
Assembly of Lao PDR  
05/09/2017  06/09/2017  Lao PDR  Briefing sessions for Lao National Assembly 
members on new legislation, including 
amendments to the IP Law.  Thalat township, 
Vientiane 
Province, Lao 
PDR U.S. Agency for International 
Development (USAID) / National 
Assembly of Lao PDR    
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Program 
start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
9/5/2017  9/7/2017  United States, Egypt,  
Jordan, Lebanon, 
Morocco, Saudi 
Arabia, and United 
Arab Emirates  The regional workshop on investigating and 
prosecuting intellectual property violations 
brought together over 40 investigators and 
prosecutors I to develop laws and procedures 
that will enha nce regional ability to investigate 
and prosecute crimes involving intellectual 
property violations.  Amman, Jordan  U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) 
via State/INL funding  
11/09/2017  11/09/2017  Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, 
USA, and Viet Nam  Roundtable and Meeting with ASEAN IP 
Enforcement Initiatives Committee (ANIEE)  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Acad emy / Association 
of Southeast Asian Nations 
(ASEAN) / U.S . Department of 
Justice (DOJ)  
12/09/2017  15/09/2017  Bangladesh ; Bhutan ; 
Brunei Darussalam ; 
Cambodia ; East 
Timor ; India; 
Indonesia ; Hong 
Kong, China ; Lao 
PDR; Malaysia ; 
Maldives ; Mongolia ; 
Myanmar ; Nepal; 
Pakistan ; Papua New 
Guinea ; China; 
Philippines ; 
Singapore ; Sri Lanka ; 
Thailand ; and Viet 
Nam Workshop on IP Border Enforcement  Bangkok, 
Thailand  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / U.S . 
Department of Justice / U.S . 
Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI) / U.S . 
Customs and Border Protection / 
U.S. Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center    
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start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
12/09/2017  14/09/2017  Senegal, Benin, The 
Gambia , Guinea, 
Liberia, Sierra Leone  IPR Enforcement Training  Dakar, Senegal  U.S. Homeland Security 
Investigations (HSI) / U.S . 
Intellectual Property Rights 
Coordination Center / U.S . 
Department of Justice (DOJ) / 
U.S. Intellectual Property Law 
Enforcement Coordinator (IPLEC)  
18/09/2017  19/09/2017  Thailand  Thai Special Court of Appeals Roundtable on IP 
and Case Management  Bangkok, 
Thailand  Thai Special Court of Appeals / 
USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
18/09/2017  22/09/2017  Turkey  Turkish Patent and Trademark Office : Patents 
and Patent Cooperation Treaty Functions  USPTO 
Headquarters, 
Alexandria, VA  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy  
20/09/2017  22/09/2017  Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Lao PDR, Malaysia, 
Myanmar, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, 
and Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Enforcement  Bangkok, 
Thailand  Association of Southeast Asian 
Nations (ASEAN) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy  
25/09/2017  26/09/2017  Morocco  Judicial Workshop on the Protection of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Casablanca, 
Morocco  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Office 
Marocain de la Propriété 
Industrielle et Commerciale 
(OMPIC)  
26/09/2017  28/09/2017  Benin, Cameroon, 
Cote d 'Ivoire, Guinea, 
Guinea -Bissau , Mali, 
Mauritania, and Togo  OAPI National Seminar on Awareness Raising on 
PVP with the OAPI Region  Dakar, Senegal  International Union for the 
Protection of New Varieties of 
Plants (UPOV) / USPTO Global 
Intellectual Property Academy    
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start d ate Program 
end d ate Participating 
country(s)  Program d escription  Venue  Sponsor(s)  
26/09/2017  28/09/2017  Antigua and Barbuda, 
Bahamas, Barbados, 
Belize, Bermuda, 
Cayman Islands, 
Curacao, Grenada, 
Guyana, Jamaica, 
Saint Kitts and Nevis , 
Saint Lucia , 
Suriname, Trinidad 
and Tobago, and 
Turks and Caicos  Workshop on the Investigation and Prosecution 
of Intellectua l Property Crimes  Bridgetown, 
Barbados  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / USPTO IP 
Attaché, Mexico City, Mexico / 
Office of Overseas Prosecutorial 
Development Assistance and 
Training (OPDAT), U.S . 
Department of Justice  
28/09/2017  29/09/2017  Morocco  Judicial Workshop on the Protection of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Marrakech, 
Morocco  USPTO Global Intellectual 
Property Academy / Office 
Marocain de la Propriété 
Industrielle et Commerciale 
(OMPIC)  
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