IP/C/W/614/Add.5  
24 octobre  2016 
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Conseil des aspects des droits de propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
  ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE : RENSEIGNEMENTS  COMMUNIQUÉS  
PAR D'AUTRES ORGANISATIONS  INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES  
ORGANISATION RÉGI ONALE AFRICAINE DE LA  
PROPRIÉTÉ  INDUSTRIELLE (ARIPO)  
Addendum  
À sa réunion des 7 et 8 juin 2016, le Conseil des ADPIC est con venu d'inviter les organisations 
intergouvernementales ayant le statut d'observateur au Conseil à actualiser les renseignements 
concernant leurs programmes de coopération technique et financière en rapport avec la mise en 
œuvre de l'Accord sur les ADPIC.  
 
Le présent document reprend les renseignements que l'Organisation régionale africaine de la 
propriété in tellectuel le (ARIPO) a fournis dans une communication datée du 17 octobre  2016.  
 
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PROGRAMMES DE COOPÉRATIO N TECHNIQUE ET FINANCIÈRE  
AYANT UN RAPPORT AVEC L'ACCORD SUR LES ADPIC  
1.  L'Organisation régiona le africaine de la propriété in tellectu elle (ARIPO)  a été créée le 
9 décembre  1976 à l'occasion  d'une conférence diplomatique tenue à Lusaka (Zambie) . L'ARIPO a 
été établie  pour mettre en comm un les ressources de ses États membres afin de  promouvoir, de 
développer et d'harmoniser les législations et les politiques en matière de propriété intellectuelle et 
de veiller à ce que celle -ci contribue aux dé veloppements social, économique  et technologi que des 
États membres . À ce jour, l'ARIPO compte 19  États membres : le Botswana, la Gambie, le Ghana, 
le Kenya, le Lesotho, le Libéria, le Malawi, le Mozambique, la Namibie , l'Ouganda, la 
République -Unie de Tanzanie, le Rwanda, Sao Tom é-et-Principe, la Sierra Leone, la Somali e, le 
Soudan, le Swaziland, la Zambi e et le Zimbabwe . Le siège de l' Organisation se trouve à Harare  
(République  du Zimbabwe) . 
2.  Le Conseil des ADPIC de l'OMC a accordé à L'ARIPO le statut d'observateur au cas par cas  lors 
de sa réunion des  8 et 9 juin 2010. Depuis , l'ARIPO a chaque fois été invitée à assister aux 
réunion s du Conseil . 
3.  Ce document présente un bref rapport des principaux programmes et activités de coopération 
organisés par l'ARIPO en 2016 qui ont un lien ave c l'Accord sur les ADPIC  et d'autres composantes 
de la propriété intellectuelle , suite à l'invitation  du Président du Conseil des ADPIC de l'OMC du 
27 juillet  2016 à fournir des renseignements actualisés sur ces activités.  
4.  Conformément au mandat inscrit dans son acte constit utif (Accord de Lusaka  du 
9 décembre  1976), l'ARIPO organise des activités et des programmes seule ou en collaboration 
avec ses partenaires,  comme l'OMPI ou d'autres,  dans le but premier  d'assister ses États membres 
et l'Afrique dans son ensemble pour tout  ce qui concerne  la propriété intellectuelle . Les séminaires 
itinérants  qu'organise  l'ARIPO dans les États membres sont u n des points forts de ce s activités . Le 
thème général de cette année est : "Promouvoir la créativité et l'innovation pour une croissance  et 
un développement économiques en Afrique ". Pour faire en sorte  que les m embres tirent 
pleinement parti de ces séminaires, l 'ARIPO leur donne la possibilité de proposer des domaines IP/C/W/614/Add.5  
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  d'intervention en fonction de leurs besoins en matière de  propriété inte llectuelle en général, 
notamment concernant  des aspects de l' Accord  sur les ADPIC.  
5.  Le tableau ci -après contient des détails sur les activités de coopération technique et financière  
organisées par l'ARIPO  en lien avec l'Accord sur les ADPIC et d'autres comp osantes de la propriété 
intellectuelle . Ces activités portent sur des initiatives de sensibilisation et de formation , l'assistance 
aux offices nationaux de la propriété intellectuelle, l'amélioration du cadre juridique régissant la 
propriété intellectuelle  et des publications en lien avec la propriété intellectuelle.  
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ANNEXE1 
1  AWARENESS AND TRAINING INITIATIVES  
Activity  Location and date Brief description  
National Workshop on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty ( PCT), Malawi  Blantyre, Malawi, 
25-26 January  2016 The workshop was organiz ed by WIPO  in cooperation with the Department of the Registrar General, 
Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Malawi . ARIPO provided a resource person to train the staff of 
the Malawi Intellectual Property Office on the  application procedures as per its different protocols 
and provide technical assistance on Patent D rafting . The workshop attracted participants from 
various Government Ministries, Universities and the Private Sector.  
WIPO/ZIPO National Seminar on Cop yright 
and Related Rights , Zimbabwe  Harare, Zimbabwe, 
28-29 January  2016 The two-day Seminar was co -organiz ed by WIPO and the Zimbabwe Intellectual Property Office  
(ZIPO)  in collaboration with ARIPO which provided the venue and facilitation  of the Seminar . The 
objective of the Seminar was to train stakeholders on enforcement of copyright , licensing, 
challenges in the creative industry sector, amongst other issues relevant to the copyright -based 
industries . 
Seminar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty 
(PCT) in South Africa  Pretoria, South Africa, 
1-3 March  2016 The Seminar was organiz ed by WIPO in cooperation with the Companies and Intellectual Property 
Commission (CIPC) of South Africa for the benefit of 20 newly recruited CIPC patent examiners . 
ARIPO provided a resource person who trained the patent examiners on technical issues about 
examination as well as Patent Drafting  among others . 
National Workshop on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT), Mozambique  Beira and Maputo, 
Mozambique, 
18-21 April 2016 The Semin ar was organized by WIPO in cooperation with the Industrial Property Institute (IPI) of 
Mozambique . ARIPO provided a resource person who presented  the procedures of ARIPO regional 
system for protection of patents and utility models . The ARIPO expert also t rained the IP Office staff 
on patent drafting.  
National Seminar on the Patent Cooperation 
Treaty (PCT) in Rwanda  Kigali, Rwanda, 
17-18 August  2016 The Seminar was organiz ed by WIPO in cooperation with the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) for 
the benefit of users of the PCT in Rwanda . ARIPO provided a resource person who trained 
participants on  the procedures of ARIPO regional system for protection of patents and utility 
models . The ARIPO expert also trained the IP Office staff on patent drafting.  
Sub-Region al Workshop on the Development 
and Effective Use of Intellectual Property 
Statistics for ARIPO Member States  Harare, 
14-16 September  2016 The Workshop was organized by WIPO, Japan Patent Office (JPO), in cooperation with ARIPO and 
the Government of the Rep ublic of Zimbabwe . Participants were drawn from ARIPO Member States . 
ARIPO urged participants who included Registrars General to accurately keep, update and regularly 
provide IP statistics . Participants also learned how to use the IP data to holistically d evelop 
Intellectual Property (good planning, budgeting, etc.).  
                                                
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Activity  Location and date Brief description  
Roving Seminars in ARIPO Member States2 Gaborone, Botswana  
14-18 March  2016 
Kampala, Uganda 
28 March -1 April 2016 
Windhoek, Namibia 
14-18 April 2016 The Roving Seminars covered a number of top ics but mainly ARIPO experts trained the staff of the 
national IP Offices on ARIPO procedures as well as technical matters especially patent drafting.  
In a nutshell, the topics included the following:  
 Protection and Promotion of Patents, Utility Models, In dustrial Designs, Trademarks and 
Computer  Software;  
 Protection and Utilization of New Varieties of Plants, Geographical Indications, Traditional 
Knowledge and Hand icraft for Economic Development;  
 Registration, Commercialization and Monetization of Patents,  Utility Models, Industrial 
Designs, Trademar ks and Geographical Indications;  
 Protection and utilization of Traditional Knowledge, Expressions of Folklore and Genetic 
Resources;  
 Copyright and Related Rights for Development;  
 The National, Regional and inter national IP Legal System and Registration of I P Rights;  
 The Role of Intellectual Property in Business, with specific Emphasis on Manufacturing, 
Branding, Youth innovation and Commercialization of Research Results;  
 Protection of New Varieties of Plant and G eographic Indications to enhance Agricultural 
Productivity and Origin -Based Products . 
Capacity Building by the ARIPO Academy : 
Offer sponsorship to students to undertake 
the Master of Intellectual Property (MIP 
programme)  Africa University, Mutare, 
Zimbabw e The MIP programme is jointly organized by ARIPO, WIPO and Africa University in Mutare, 
Zimbabwe.  
The programme was initiated to develop a critical mass of Intellectual Property experts for the 
development of the Intellectual Property system in Africa.  
The 8th cohort graduated in 2016 . Another intake (9th cohort) is expected to graduate early next 
year. 
So far, the programme has graduated 221 students since its launch in 2008 from the following 
countries : Angola (1) ; Botswana ( 11); Burundi ( 2); Cameroon (4 ); Eritrea (1) ; Ethiopia (3) ; Ghana 
(18); Kenya (18) ; Lesotho (9) ; Liberia (2) ; Malawi (14) ; Mauritius  (1); Mozambique (5) ; Namibia 
(13); Nigéria  (9); Rwanda (4) ; Sierra Leone  (3); South Africa (4) ; Sudan (1) ; Swaziland (2) ; 
Tanzania (19) ; The Gambia (4) ; Uganda (16) ; Zambia (8) ; and Zimbabwe (49) . 
                                                
2 In 2014 and 2015, the Roving Seminars covered the following countries: Swaziland (24 -28 March 2014); Mozambique (21 -25 April 2014) ; Liberia (28 April -2 May 2014); 
Sierra Leone (19 -23 May 2014); The Gambia (4 -8 August 2014); Sudan (October 2014); Rwanda (9 -11 March  2015); Kenya (16 -20 March  2015); Zambia  (11-15 May 2015); 
Lesotho (26 -29 May  2015); Ghana (10 -14 August  2015).    
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2  ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICES  
Activity  Location a nd date Brief description  
Launch of the ARIPO Industrial Property (IP) 
back files  Digitization Project, ARIPO 
Headquarters, Harare  ARIPO H eadquarters,  
Harare, Zimbabwe,  
7–11 March  2016 The Project was co -funded by WIPO through the Fund -In-Trust of the Government of Japan and 
is implemented by Venturecom, a company based in Harare, Zimbabwe . The project is part of a 
bigger project to moderniz e the ARIPO ICT infrastructure and those of Member States in order to 
establish an online communication and information exchange with the latter.  
Training on the operations of the Harare 
Protocol (ARIPO Protocol on Patents) and 
Banjul Proto col (ARIPO Prot ocol on 
Trademarks)  for the National Office of the 
Republic of Sao Tome & Principe  Sao Tome & Principe , 
11-13 April 2016 Sao Tome & Principe joined ARIPO only in 2014  through accession to the Harare Protocol on 
Patents . In 2015, the Country acceded to the Banjul Protocol . ARIPO organ ized in collaboration 
with the Sao Tome & Principe National Industrial Property Office (SENAPI), an intensive training 
in other to capacitate the SENAPI staff on the processing of ARIPO applications  and other 
technical matters . 
More particularly, the Training included among other topics the Introduction to the ARIPO 
Industrial Property Protocols and linkages  with international IP systems especially the TRIPS 
Agreement, the PCT and the Budapest Treaty . 
Hosting the delegates of th e Kenya Industrial 
Property Tribunal at ARIPO Headquarters, 
Harare, Zimbabwe  ARIPO Headquarters, Harare, 
Zimbabwe, 12 -15 April 2016 The objective of the visit of the delegation was to learn about to ARIPO procedures and benefit 
from the expertise of ARIPO  staff. As a result, a framework for further cooperation with Kenya 
Industrial Property Tribunal was signed . Through this framework, ARIPO will assist the Kenya 
Industrial Property Tribunal in initiatives related to the enforcement of Intellectual Property  
Rights in Kenya.  
Building the capacity of Officers from Uganda 
Registration Services Bureau ( URSB ) at the 
ARIPO Headquarters  ARIPO Headquarters, Harare, 
Zimbabwe, 19-29 April 2016 In a bid to assist ARIPO Member States in building the capacity of their s taff working in 
Intellectual Property Offices,  ARIPO hosts  at different times and upon request officers from 
Member States who stay at the Headquarters for a number of days . It is in that regard that the 
Secretariat received two members of the URSB staff t o undergo a two -week training of the 
ARIPO procedures and other technical matters relevant to their work as staff of a national IP 
Office , especially in handling Intellectual Property Rights applications . 
Study visit for ARIPO Member States to 
USPTO, Unit ed States of America  Alexandria, Virginia, US, 
19-23 September  2016 The study visit was jointly organiz ed by USPTO and ARIPO for the benefit of some ARIPO 
Member States . Two ARIPO Member States (Zambia and Lesotho) and an official from ARIPO 
Secretariat co nducted the study tour . The objective of the study tour was to learn how 
well-established Copyright Offices work in order to assist ARIPO Member States improve their 
Copyright management.    
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3  IMPROVEMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGAL FRAMEWORK  
Activity  Locat ion and date Brief description  
Marrakesh Treaty, Beijing Treaty, TAG, 
WIPO Connect, Administration and 
Management Workshops  in Botswana  Gaborone, Botswana,  
25–29 July 2016 The workshops were co -organiz ed by WIPO, ARIPO and the Botswana Company and Intelle ctual 
Property Authority (CIPA) as well as other Cooperating Partners (International Federation for 
Reproduction Rights (IFRRO) . Beneficiaries were from Copyright Offices and Collective Management 
Organisations of ARIPO Member States and two Observer Membe rs. 
The objectives of the workshops included addressing issues and options for national implementation of 
the Marrakesh Treaty  and the Beijing Treaty both related to Copyright . As a result, the Government of 
Botswana acceded to the Marrakesh Treaty  while o ther Member States have expressed their 
commitment to accede to the Treaty and other  instruments.  
Review of the Namibian Draft 
Regulations under the Industrial Property 
Act at the ARIPO Headquarters  ARIPO Headquarters (Harare, 
Zimbabwe), 1 5-16 August  2016 It is within ARIPO 's mandate to provide technical assistance to Member States either upon its own 
initiative or upon request . It is in this regard that ARIPO assisted the Government of Namibia through 
thoroughly reviewing the draft Regulations for the imp lementation of the Namibian Industrial Property 
Act adopted in March  2012. 
4  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RELATED PUBLICATIONS  
Activity  Location and date Brief description  
Publication of Guiding tools to assist 
Member States  ARIPO, Harare,  
2016 Comparative Study on Copyright Laws of ARIPO Member States and their adherence to International 
Instruments on Copyright and Related Rights . 
The aim of this tool is to assist ARIPO Member States to harmonise their laws and also t o improve their 
national legislations.  
Copyri ght Awareness Raising Guide for ARIPO Member States.  
The objective of this publication is to assist member States to be systematic when they are developing 
and implementing awareness initiatives.  
Guidelines for the Domestication of the Marrakesh Treaty.  
Upon realization that the majority of persons who are blind and visually impaired live in developing 
countries and least developed countries, ARIPO found imperative to publish this tool which will help 
member states to persuade decision makers and expedite t he process of ratification of / accession to the 
Marrakesh Treaty and domesticate it.  
 
 
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