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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 
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 15 de septiembre de 2021, 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 propiedad intelectual (DPI), con 
inclusión de las patentes y las marca s 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 septiembre de 2020 a septiembre de 2021. 
2.  Aunque  apenas  se llevaron a cabo programas de formación presencial es tradicionales  durante el 
período considerado , el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos siguió cumpliendo sus obligaciones en 
materia de formación durante esta época sin precedentes haciendo un mayor uso de  diversas 
tecnologías para impartir formación sobre la propiedad intelectual en línea y en directo . Mediante 
estas iniciativas de aprendizaje a distancia, que fueron bien acogidas y contaron con una nutrida 
asistencia, los organismos del Gobierno de los Esta dos Unidos proporcionaron contenidos adaptados 
a los países desarrollados y a los países en desarrollo y PMA . 
3.  Mediante su amplio programa de formación de funcionarios extranjeros de países desarrollados, 
países en desarrollo y PMA, el Gobierno de los Estad os Unidos promueve de manera constante la 
protección y observancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual . En colaboración con numerosos 
organismos públicos nacionales y regionales 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 todos 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 simplifica ción y racionalización de los procedimientos para la 
obtención de derechos de propiedad intelectual, la administración de los tratados y los sistemas 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 de Propiedad Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio 
(Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC) . 
4.  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 . 
5.  La asistencia técnica que presta el Gobierno abarca una amplia gama de temas relacionados con 
la propiedad intelectual, incluidos : 
• la protección y la gestión de la propiedad intelectual ; IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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  • la administración de oficinas de propiedad intelectual y el desarrollo de los recursos 
humanos pertinentes ; 
• la creación de mecanismos eficaces para velar por el cumplimiento de los DPI en  
frontera ; 
• la resolución eficaz de las cuestiones relati vas 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 DPI ; 
• la realización de inspecciones y la aplicación de técnicas de observancia de la ley ; 
• la lucha contra la falsificación, incluida la falsificación de productos farmacéuticos y  
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 los consumidores acerca de la importancia 
que revisten la protección y la observancia de la propiedad intelectual , 
• así como la innovación y l a creatividad en ese ámbito . 
6.  Los organismos y servicios del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos que prestan asistencia técnica en 
materia de propiedad intelectual son, entre otros, los siguientes : la Oficina del Representante de los 
Estados Unidos para las Cues tiones Comerciales Internacionales (USTR) ; la Agencia de los 
Estados  Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional (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 Programa para el Desarrollo del Derecho Mercantil (CLDP), la Administración de 
Comercio Internacional (ITA) y la Oficina de Patentes y Marcas de los Estado s Unidos (USPTO) ; el 
Departamento de Seguridad Interior de los Estados Unidos (DHS), en particular a través del Servicio 
de Aduanas y Protección de Fronteras (CBP) y el Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de 
los Estados Unidos (ICE) ; el Departamen to de Justicia de los Estados Unidos (DOJ), en particular a 
través de la Sección de la Delincuencia Informática y los Derechos de Propiedad Intelectual (CCIPS), 
la Oficina Federal de Investigaciones (FBI) y la Oficina de Desarrollo, Asistencia y Capacitaci ón 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) . 
7.  La cooperación técnica prevista en el artículo 67 del Acuerdo sobre los AD PIC comprende, previa 
solicitud, la prestación de asistencia para la elaboración de leyes y reglamentos relativos a la 
protección y observancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual, así como a la prevención de los  
abusos . 
8.  Puede obtenerse más informació n sobre los programas que ya han tenido lugar y los programas 
previstos  a través de  los organismos gubernamentales que proporcionan formación y asistencia 
técnica relacionadas con la protección y observancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual . 
9.  La Aca demia Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (Global Intellectual Property Academy) (GIPA), 
un programa de la Oficina de Políticas y Asuntos Internacionales de la USPTO,  organiza programas 
de creación de capacidad en los Estados Unidos y en otros países del m undo que se centran en 
cuestiones como la protección, la observancia y la explotación de los derechos de propiedad 
intelectual . La GIPA desempeña 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, d e ministerios de salud, de organismos de transferencia de tecnología y de organismos de 
protección de los consumidores, representantes de instituciones académicas, estudiantes y 
representantes de pymes . La GIPA ofrece programas multilaterales y programas e specíficos por IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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  países . Algunos de los programas se conciben para abordar cuestiones jurídicas concretas, aspectos 
administrativos y determinadas esferas de la propiedad intelectual . Su capacidad establecida para 
el aprendizaje en línea  ayudó a adoptar eficazmente un sistema para impartir sus programas 
totalmente a distancia a mediados del ejercicio fiscal 202 1, con inclusión de la creación de capacidad 
tecnológica para celebrar reuniones internacionales virtuales con interpretación simultánea . Gracias 
a estas iniciativas, las actividades de aprendizaje a distancia aumentaron considerablemente  con 
respecto al año anterior . Para obtener más información puede consultar el sitio web 
www.uspto.gov/GIPA . 
10.  La GIPA ofrece programas presenciales y  virtual es, tanto en la USPTO como en otros lugares en 
todo el mundo , así como en cooperación con otros organismos gubernamentales y otros asociados, 
como, por ejemplo : 
• Programas relativos a las 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 , y prácticas en materia de transferencia de tecnología . También 
se ofrecen programas de profundización en los que se utilizan estudios de caso o 
ejemplos cuando es posible para que se comprendan mejor determina dos conceptos . 
Los programas de patentes tienen por objeto propiciar el intercambio de prácticas 
óptimas y, de esta forma, mejorar la calidad de las patentes en todo el mundo . 
• Programas relativos a la protección de las obtenciones vegetales : abarcan actividades 
destinadas a dar a conocer el sistema de protección de variedades vegetales de la Unión 
Internacional para la Protección de las Obtenciones Vegetales (UPOV), así como un 
programa más detallado de formación de instructores . 
• Programas relativos a  las marcas : estos programas se centran en la administración, la 
elaboración de presupuestos, la contratación, la formación, y los protocolos del Tratado . 
Incluyen debates y estudios de caso sobre los procedimientos de examen . Asimismo, 
algunos de ellos ab ordan la cuestión de las indicaciones geográficas . 
• Programas relativos a los derechos de autor : estos programas abarcan cuestiones 
complejas que se analizan con profesionales destacados en sus respectivos ámbitos . 
Los programas comprenden temas como los de rechos exclusivos, la responsabilidad y 
la piratería.  
• Programas relativos al secreto comercial : estos programas ofrecen una visión general 
de la legislación y la política sobre el secreto comercial.  
• Programas relativos a la observancia : estos programas se centran en las medidas de 
observancia a nivel penal, civil, aduanero y en frontera . Son de carácter técnico e 
incluyen un temario exhaustivo.  
• Aprendizaje a distancia, con inclusión de módulos de aprendizaje en línea, en directo o 
a la carta, sobre todos  los temas relacionados con la propiedad intelectual en varios  
idiomas . 
 
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ANEXO  I1 
 
Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/4/2020  9/4/2020  Brazil , Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 
Panama, Peru, Switzerland  WIPO Pilot Program of Training for 
patent examiners in the area of 
computer -implemented inventions  Virtual  USPTO, WIPO  
9/9/2020  9/9/2020  Bhutan  Webinar on Distinctiveness, Acquired 
Distinctiveness and Disclaimers for 
Bhutan Department of Intellectual 
Property  Virtual  USPTO  
9/15/2020  9/17/2020  Bangladesh, China, India, Turkey  IPR Border Enforcement for 
Bangladesh Customs  Virtual  USPTO  
9/15/2020  9/15/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and U.S. 
Trademark Systems in Cooperation 
with CLDP (15 Sept 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
9/17/2020  9/17/2020  Sri Lanka  Webinar on Madrid Protocol Outgoing 
International Applications for National 
IP Office of Sri Lanka  Virtual  USPTO  
9/17/2020  9/17/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timo r-Leste, Viet 
Nam TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (17 Sept 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/17/2020  9/17/2020  Bahrain, Kingdom of  14th Virtual IP Workshop  Virtual  USPTO  
 
1 En inglés solamente.  
2 Programme start date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.  
3 Programme end date format is: MM/DD/YYYY.    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/17/2020  9/17/2020  Argentina; Canada; China; Egypt; Estonia; 
Finland; Greece; Netherlands; Nigeria; 
Philippines; South Africa; Korea, Republic 
of; Chinese Taipei; Uganda; Ukraine; United 
States of America; Uzbekistan  USPTO -NAAG Intellectual Property and 
Consumer P rotection Webinar for the 
International Association of 
Prosecutors  Virtual  USPTO, NAAG  
9/21/2020  9/22/2020  Sri Lanka  IPR Border Enforcement with Sri 
Lankan Customs  Virtual  USPTO  
9/22/2020  9/22/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and U.S. 
Trademark Systems in Cooperation 
with CLDP (22 Sept 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
9/22/2020  9/22/2020  Sri Lanka  Webinar on Madrid Protocol outgoing 
international applications for National 
IP Office of Sri Lanka  Virtual  USPTO  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  Senegal, Burundi, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and 
Burkina Faso  Online Investigations for Intellectual 
Property and COVID -19 Crimes, Part 
One Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Indonesia, Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, Viet Nam  Webinar on Protection of Flags & 
Emblems of States under Article 6ter of 
Paris Convention & US TM  Virtual  USPTO 
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (24 Sep 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  United Kingdom  UKIPO Business Support Webinar  Virtual  USPTO  
9/24/2020  9/24/2020  Bahrain, Kingdom of  15th Virtual IP Workshop  Virtual  USPTO  
9/28/2020  9/28/2020  Romania  COVID -19 Crimes, Financial Frauds, 
and Following the Money to Investigate 
and Prosecute Transnational Organized 
Crime  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, FBI, HSI    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/29/2020  9/29/2020  Philippines  Webinars on Enforcement Against 
Counterfeit Medicines  Virtual  USPTO  
9/29/2020  9/29/2020  Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, The 
Gambia, Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud and Fake Meds in the 
Time of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
HSI   
9/30/2020  9/30/2020  Romania  Pandemic Case Studies - 
Understanding and Addressing Illicit 
Trade in Medical Product  Virtual  U.S. U.S. DOJ OPDAT , 
INTERPOL, Pharmaceutical 
Security Institute, EUROPOL  
10/1/2020  10/1/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, 
Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies  (1 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
10/1/2020  10/1/2020  Senegal, Burundi, Togo, Chad, Gabon, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
and Morocco  Online Investigations for Intellectual 
Property and COVID -19 Crimes, Part 
Two Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/5/2020  10/5/2020  Georgia  Webinar Series PART 1: IP Topics for 
the Georgian IP Office (Sakpatenti) - 
Trade Secrets  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
10/5/2020  10/7/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of, 
Brazil ; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; 
Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on the Hague 
Day 1  Virtual  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
China, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Solomon Islands, 
Thailand, United States of America, Viet 
Nam Webinar Series 1 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enfo rcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Oct 6)  Virtual  USPTO  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Australia; Cambodia; Canada; 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands; Fiji; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; 
Mexico; Papua New Guinea; Peru; 
Philippines; Singapore; Korea, Republic of; 
Chinese Taipei; Thailand; United States of 
America  APEC IPEG workshop on Industrial 
Design Protection - Session 1  Virtual  USPTO, USTR, APEC  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in coope ration with CLDP (6 
Oct 2020) - Identification and 
Classification of Proposed Marks  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Dominican Republic ; Ecuador; El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; 
Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on the Hague 
Day 2  Virtual  USPTO  
10/6/2020  10/6/2020  Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Botswana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia, 
Rwanda, and Tanzania  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/7/2020  10/7/2020  ASEAN Secretariat; Australia; Brunei 
Darussalam; Myanmar; Canada; China; 
Commonwealth of the Northern  Mariana 
Islands; Fiji; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; 
Peru; Philippines; Korea, Republic of; 
Thailand; Uganda; United States of America  APEC - IPEG workshop on Industrial 
Design Protection - Session 2  Virtual  USPTO, USTR, APEC    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/7/2020  10/7/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Mexico; Paraguay; Peru; 
Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on the Hague 
Day 3  Virtual  USPTO  
10/7/2020  10/7/2020  Hong Kong, China  Overview of Laws Against IP 
Infringement and Challenges for 
Consumers and Rights -Holders in the 
Global and Online Environment  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, UPSTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, FDA -
OCI, INTA  
10/8/2020  10/8/2020  Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, United 
States of America, Viet Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (8 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
10/8/2020  10/8/2020  Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Morocco, 
Senegal, Congo, Gabon, and Togo  Online Investigations for Intellectual 
Property and COVID -19 Crimes, Part 
Three  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/9/2020  10/9/2020  Romania  The Role of Intellectual Property and 
the Need for Better Protection  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, The Aspen 
Institute, IIPCIC, EUROPOL, 
EUIPO  
10/13/2020  10/13/2020  Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, 
China, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Fiji, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Repu blic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
Solomon Islands, Thailand, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Webinar Series 2 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Oct 13): 
Challenges, Strategies, and 
Approac hes to Counterfeit Goods  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, 
Pharmaceutical Security 
Institute (PSI), REACT, 
Croplife Asia, Johnson & 
Johnson  
10/13/2020  10/13/2020  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (13 
Oct 2020) - Identification and 
Classification of Proposed Marks  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/13/2020  10/13/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, Namibia, and 
South Africa  Weekly Pharmacrime Working Group 
Webinar  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, West Africa 
Regional Training Center 
(RTC)  
10/15/2020  10/15/2020  Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Philippines, 
Singapore, Timor -Leste, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (15 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
10/15/2020  10/15/2020  EU and Non -EU countries  The Evolution of Cyber -Threats and the 
Sale of Counterfeit Goods During the 
COVID -19 Pandemic  Virtual  CEPOL, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/15/2020  10/16/2020  Cambodia; India; Indonesia; Japan; Korea, 
the Republic of; The Marshall Islands; 
Mongolia; New Zealand; Papua New 
Guinea; Philippines; Chinese Taipei; 
Vanuatu; and Viet Nam  2020 Global  Cooperation Training 
Framework (GCTF) Virtual Conference 
on Trade Secrets Protection and Digital 
Piracy Prevention  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, American 
Institute in Chinese Taipei 
(AIT), the Chinese Taipei 
Ministry of Justice, U.S. 
Judiciary, U.S. DOJ CCIPS   
10/16/2020  10/16/2020  Georgia  Webinar Series PART 2: IP Topics for 
the Georgian IP Office (Sakpatenti) - IP 
Office Telework Practices and 
Procedures  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
10/19/2020  10/19/2020  ARIPO, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, 
Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, 
The Gambia, Uganda, United States of 
America, Zimbabwe  USPTO -ARIPO Training:  Hot Topics in 
Trademarks  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
10/19/2020  10/23/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil ; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 1  Virtual  USPTO  
10/20/2020  10/20/2020  Israel, United States of America  Electronic Filing Systems for 
Trademarks USPTO and ILPO  Virtual  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/20/2020  10/20/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 2  Virtual  USPTO  
10/20/2020  10/20/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, Namibia, and 
South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
10/21/2020  10/21/2020  Italy, United States of America  INDICAM International Conference on 
IP Infringements and Organized Crime  Virtual  INDICAM, MISE, EUIPO and 
UNICRI, FBI, HIS, USPTO  
10/20/2020  10/20/2020  Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, 
China, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  Webinar Series 3 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Oct 20): 
Organized Crime and IP Theft: 
Investigation, Intelligence, Evidence 
Collection, and Digital Investigative 
Analysis  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
CCIPS, ASEAN Secretariat  
10/21/2020  10/21/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil ; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 3  Virtual  USPTO  
10/21/2020  10/21/2020  Romania  Tactical Challenges and Trends in 
Cybersecurity in Pandemic Times  Bucharest, 
Romania  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, SRI, 
Cyberint, Romanian MFA, 
FireEye  
10/21/2020  10/21/2020  Panama  Best Practices in the Investigation of 
Cyber -Enabled Crime, Particularly 
Digital Piracy  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, RIAA, and 
the Panamanian Public 
Ministry  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Philippines, Singapore, United 
States of America, Viet Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (22 Oct 2020)  Virtual USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC): Patent 
Inventorship and Ownership Best 
Practices (22 Oct 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Brazil, United Kingdom, United States of 
America  Judicial Colloquium on Delivering 
Justice for IP Disputes during COVID -
19 Virtual  USPTO  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 4  Virtual  USPTO  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Brazil  Intellectual Property Issues in Brazil  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  and the 
Brazilian Intellectual 
Property Association  
10/22/2020  10/22/2020  Romania  Cybercrime and Social Engineering  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and 
Romanian Computer 
Incident Response Team 
(CERT -RO) 
10/23/2020  10/23/2020  Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; 
Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; 
Ecuador; El Salvador; Paraguay; Peru; 
Uruguay  LATAM Webinar Series on 
Biotechnology Day 5  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
10/27/2020  10/27/2020  Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, 
China, Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Federated States of 
Micronesia, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Palau, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  Webinar Series 4 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Tra de 
in Counterfeit Goods (Oct 27): 
Organized Crime, IP Theft, and 
Financial Crime:  Prosecuting, Use of 
Forensics Experts and Expert 
Testimony, and Sentencing  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, HSI 
UNODC, and U.S. Judiciary  
10/27/2020  10/27/2020  Nigeria  Anti-Counterfeit and Illicit Trade 
Initiative  Virtual  American Business Council, 
Pfizer Specialties Limited, 
U.S. DOJ OPDAT , Members 
of the Nigerian IP Bar, 
Nigerian Agency for Food 
and Drug Administration 
NAFDAC  Pharmacy Control 
Board of Nigeria  
10/27/2020  10/27/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, Namibia, and 
South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
Pharmaceutical Security 
Institute, Novartis, Pfizer  
10/28/2020  10/28/2020  Central Ameri ca Tips for Reporting Online COVID -19 
Scams to U.S. Service Providers  Virtual  International Trademark 
Association (INTA)  
10/28/2020  10/28/2020  Sub-Saharan Africa  Regional IP Dialogue Series for Sub -
Saharan Africa  Virtual  International 
AntiCounterfeiting 
Collaboration, U.S. DOJ 
OPDAT, HIS, U.S. DOJ CCIPS  
10/29/2020  10/29/2020   ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  Adapting IP to Promote Innovation and 
Creativity in New Technologies (29 Oct 
2020) Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, IPOS  
11/2/2020  11/2/2020  Chile Workshop on the Protection of Trade 
Secrets Session 1  Virtual  USPTO  
11/3/2020  11/3/2020  Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; Myanmar; 
Fiji; Indonesia; Malaysia; Palau; 
Philippines; Singapore; United States of 
America; Vanuatu; Viet Nam; Cambodia; 
The Cook Islands; Hong Kong, China; Lao Webinar Series 5 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Nov 3): 
Transnational Enforcement Operations: 
How Law Enforcement and Public Virtual  U.S. DOJ OP DAT, USPTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, U.S. 
FDA-OCI, and INTERPOL    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
People's Democratic Republic; Micronesia; 
The Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; 
Solomon Islands; Thailand  Prosecutors Can Work with the Private 
Sector  
11/3/2020  11/3/2020  Georgia  Webinar Series PART 3 and 4: IP Topics 
for the Georgian IP Office (Sakpatenti) 
- Overviews of the USPTO Trademark 
Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) and the 
Patent Trial and  Appeal Board (PTAB)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
11/3/2020  11/3/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, Namibia, and 
South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/4/2020  11/4/2020  Tunisia  Within the context of a virtual 
conference of organized by Tunisia's 
Agency for the Promotion of Research 
(ANPR), webinar for technology 
transfer stakeholders on “strategies for 
technology commercialization"  Virtual  CLDP 
11/4/2020  11/4/2020  Chile Workshop on the Protection of Trade 
Secrets Session 2  Virtual  USPTO  
11/4/2020  11/4/2020  Bhutan  Webinar on Likelihood of Confusion 
(Relative Examination) and Case 
Studies for Bhutan DoIP  Virtual  USPTO  
11/5/2020  11/5/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam Adapting IP to Promote Innovation and 
Creativity in New Technologies (5 Nov 
2020) Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, IPOS  
11/5/2020  11/5/2020  Malaysia  Cryptocurrency and the Dark Web  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and the 
Malaysian National 
Cybersecurity Agency 
(NASCA)  
11/9/2020  11/9/2020  Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sao Tomé 
and Principe, The Gambia, Uganda, United 
States of America, Zimbabwe  Webinar Series:  Patent Discussions f or 
ARIPO Member States  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/10/2020  11/10/2020  Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; The Cook Islands; Fiji; Hong 
Kong, China; Indonesia; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Micronesia; 
Myanmar; The Northern Mariana Islands; 
Palau; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon 
Islands; Thailand; Vanuatu and Viet Nam  Webinar Series 6 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Nov 10): 
Changing Attitudes and Behavior:  Law 
Enforcement Priorities and Public 
Awareness Ac tivities  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
ASEAN Secretariat, HSI, 
OCO Secretariat, UK IPO, 
U.S. National Crime 
Prevention Council (NCPC)  
11/10/2020  11/10/2020  Jordan, Morocco  IPR Border Enforcement for Jordan and 
Moroccan Customs  Virtual  USPTO  
11/10/2020  12/1/2020  Dominican Republic  Series of Webinars on Trademark 
Issues for the Dominican Republic  Virtual  USPTO  
11/10/2020  11/10/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, HSI  
11/10/2020  11/10/2020  Philippines  The Emerging Markets of Onlin e 
Counterfeiting  Virtual  Philippines Intellectual 
Property Office (IPOPHIL) 
and U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/12/2020  11/12/2020  China Implementing an Effective 
Pharmaceutical Patent Linkage System  Virtual  USPTO  
11/12/2020  11/12/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (12 Nov 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
11/16/2020  11/17/2020  Middle East and North Africa  Learning from the Pandemic – IP Rights 
Enforcement and Protection Best 
Practices  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, INTERPOL, 
Dubai Police and Emirates 
Intellectual Property 
Assoc iation, Dubai Future 
Foundation, U.S DOJ CCIPS, 
WIPO  
11/17/2020  11/17/2020  Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  Participation in a webinar hosted by the 
American -Uzbekistan Chamber of 
Commerce for Customs officials on 
Prevention of counterfeits and  
Presentation on the socio -economic 
aspects of counterfeits  Virtual  American -Uzbekistan 
Chamber of Commerce, 
CLDP   
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/17/2020  11/17/2020  Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; The Cook Islands; Fiji; Hong 
Kong, China; Indonesia; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Micronesia; 
Myanmar; The Northern Mariana Islands; 
Palau; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon 
Islands; Thailand; Vanuatu and Viet Nam  Webinar Series 7 for Indo -Pacific 
Region on Enforcement Against Trade 
in Counterfeit Goods (Nov 17) - Case 
Studies on Agricultural Products, 
Automotive Parts, and Medical Devices  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
11/17/2020  11/17/2020  India Dark Web Investigations  Virtual  USPTO, Indian Dept of 
Promotion of Industry and 
Internal Trade  
11/17/2020  11/17/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/18/2020  11/18/2020  Algeria  Presentation to managers of university 
incubators on “Effective Academia -to-
Industry Technology Transfer".  Virtual  CLDP 
11/18/2020  11/23/2020  China Trademark Examination Workshop Day 
1 Virtual  USPTO  
11/19/2020  11/19/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (19 Nov 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
11/19/2020  11/19/2020  China Trademark Examination Workshop Day 
2 Virtual  USPTO  
11/19/2020  11/19/2020  Bangladesh; Brunei Darussalam; 
Cambodia; The Cook Islands; Fiji; Hong 
Kong, China; Indonesia; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Micronesia; 
Myanmar; The Northern Mariana Islands; 
Palau; Philippines; Singapore; Solomon 
Islands; Thailand; Vanuatu a nd Viet Nam  Scams, Frauds, and Misdeeds on the 
Internet  Virtual  INTA, U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
Starbucks, Appdetex and 
SeedIP  
11/23/2020  11/23/2020  China Trademark Examination Workshop Day 
3 Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
11/24/2020  11/24/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
Pharmaceutical Security 
Institute, GSK, Pfizer, 
Novartis  
11/25/202 0 11/25/2020  The Gambia  Virtual meeting with members of the 
Gambian IP Office to review its new IP 
legislation in advance of and in 
preparation for a gathering on 
November 27 at the Ministry of 
Justice's Hall where the Gambian IP 
Office will convene all st akeholders to 
validate a review of all IP and related 
laws Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO  
11/26/2020  11/26/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (26 Nov 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
11/27/2020  11/27/2020  Ecuador  Best Practices for Seizing a U.S. -Based 
Fraudulent COVID -19 Website  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
11/30/2020  11/30/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ma laysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #1  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/1/2020  12/1/2020  Dominican Republic  Series of Webinars on Trademark 
Issues for the DR  Virtual  USPTO  
December 2020 
weekly sessions  January 2021 
weekly sessions  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Assistance to the University of 
Bahrain's Bahrain Innovation and 
Technology Transfer Center (BITTC) to 
develop a template for technology 
license agreements  Virtual  CLDP 
12/1/2020  12/1/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #2  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/2/2020  12/2/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, C ambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #3  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/2/2020  12/2/2020  Sri Lanka  Technology Transfer Program for 
Universities of Sri Lanka - Segment 1  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, University of 
Michigan  
12/3/2020  12/3/2020  ARIPO, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Liberia, Nigeria, Sao Tomé and Principe, 
South Africa, The Gambia, Uganda, U nited 
States of America, Zimbabwe  USPTO -ARIPO Training: Trade Secrets 
Overview  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
12/3/2020  12/3/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (3 Dec 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
12/4/2020  12/4/2020  Sri Lanka  Technology Transfer Program for 
Universities of Sri Lanka - Segment 2  Virtual  USPTO  
12/7/2020  12/7/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of Online Piracy Workshop for the Middle 
East Day 1  Virtual  USPTO  
12/7/2020  12/17/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training  Virtual  USPTO  
12/7/2020  12/7/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicia l Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #4  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/8/2020  12/8/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #5  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/8/2020  12/8/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 2  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/8/2020  12/8/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of Online Piracy Workshop for the Middle 
East Day 2  Virtual  USPTO  
12/8/2020  12/8/2020  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The  
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Fighting Fraud & Fake Meds in the Time 
of COVID -19 Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #6  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 3  Virtual  USPTO  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of Online Piracy Workshop for the Middle 
East Day 3  Virtual  USPTO  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Nigeria  Webinar on IP Infringement , 
Innovation, and the Economy  Virtual  American Business Council, 
Lagos and U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
12/9/2020  12/9/2020  Mexico  Trending Issues in Copyright 
Enforcement in Online Content  Virtual  Mexican Intellectual 
Property Institute (IMPI), 
U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  ARIPO, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, 
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, 
South Africa, The Gambia, Uganda, United 
States of America, Zimbabwe  Copyright for ARIPO countries  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  United Kingdom  IP for UK Business Advisors  Virtual  UK IPO, UK DIT, USPTO  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (10 Dec 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 4  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  Kuwait, the State of Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of Online Piracy Workshop for the Middle 
East Day 4  Virtual  USPTO  
12/10/2020  12/10/2020  Romania  Methods for Fighting Intellectual 
Property Crime and Online Forgery  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Romanian 
Association for Information 
Security Assurance (RAISA), 
U.S. DOS - Embassy in 
Bucharest  
12/11/2020  12/11/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 5  Virtual  USPTO  
12/14/2020  12/14/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Managemen t Webinar Series #7  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/14/2020  12/14/2020  Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Namibia, South Africa, The Gambia, 
Uganda, United States of America, Zambia, 
Zimbabwe  USPTO -ARIPO Training: Enforcement 
Overview  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO, U.S. DOJ  
12/14/2020  12/14/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 6  Virtual  USPTO  
12/15/2020  12/15/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic , Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United States of America, Viet Nam  ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #8  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
12/15/2020  12/15/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 7  Virtual  USPTO  
12/16/2020  12/16/2020  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)  Capacity building for BiH judges in 
adjudicating IP civil disputes  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
12/16/2020  12/16/2020  South Africa  Protecting Farmers, Crops and Fields 
by Fighting Counterfeit and Illegal 
Pesticides  Virtual  USPTO  
12/16/2020  12/16/2020  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, ASEAN Judicial Roundtable on IP Case 
Management Webinar Series #9  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, 
United State s of America, Viet Nam  
12/16/2020  12/16/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 8  Virtual  USPTO  
12/17/2020  12/17/2020  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (17 Dec 2020)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
12/17/2020  12/17/2020  Kuwait, the State of; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom 
of SAIP-USPTO Patent Examination 
Management Training Day 9  Virtual  USPTO  
12/21/2020  12/21/2020  The Gambia  Review of the updated IP legislation for 
The Gambia  Abuja, Nigeria  Members of the IP Policy 
group in The Gambia, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, USCO  
12/24/2020  12/24/2020  Chinese Taipei  Videoconference on How Chinese Taipei 
Can Preserve and Obtain Electronic 
Evidence from the U.S. and Ot her 
Countries in Internet Piracy and 
Cybercrime Cases Using the 24/7 
Network and Other Methods  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and CCIPS, 
and Chinese Taipei High 
Prosecutor's Office, Ministry 
of Justice, Ministry of 
Interior, Chinese Taipei 
Intellectual Property Of fice, 
and Chinese Taipei Economic 
and Cultural Representative 
Office  
1/7/2021  1/7/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (7 Jan 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
1/12/2021  1/12/2021  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, The 
Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Tanzania, 
Liberia, Namibia, and South Africa  Webinar for the Anglophone Working 
Group  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Pfizer, 
Johnson & Jo hnson  
1/12/2021  1/12/2021  The Gambia  Review of the updated IP legislation for 
The Gambia  Abuja, Nigeria  Members of the IP Policy 
group in The Gambia, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, USCO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
1/13/2021  1/13/2021  India Closed Door Copyright Session with 
DPIIT Officials  Virtual  USPTO, DPIIT  
1/14/2021  1/14/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (14 Jan 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
1/20/2021  1/21/2021  Latvia  Online Seminar with the Latvian School 
of Public Administration on Preventing 
and Combatting Counterfeiting and 
Fraud in the Pharmaceutical and 
Personal Protective Equipment 
Industries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Latvian 
School of Public 
Administration  
1/21/2021  1/21/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Philippines, Singapore, Timor -Leste, Viet 
Nam  TCTP Adapting IP to Promote 
Innovation and Creativity in New 
Technologies (21 Jan 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
1/21/2021  1/21/2021  India Prosecuting Dark Web Crimes  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
1/26/2021  1/26/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (26 
Jan 2021) - Trademark Registration 
Renewals  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
1/26/2021  1/26/2021  Latvia  Online Seminar for Latvian 
Counterparts on Preventing and 
Combatting Counterfeiting and Fra ud in 
the Food and Beverage Industries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, the Latvian 
School of Public 
Administration, Latvian 
police and prosecutors, 
EUROPOL, Italian Ministry of 
Agriculture, Danone and 
Diageo  
1/27/2021  1/27/2021  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajik istan, 
Ukraine, United States of America, 
Uzbekistan  Program for the Central Asia Regional 
Expert Level Working Group on 
Intellectual Property (IP) Rights; focus: 
“Interagency coordination for the 
protection and enforcement of IP 
rights"  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, USTR, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT, CBP, U.S. NIPR 
Center    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
1/29/2021  1/29/2021  U.S. and China  Third Berkeley -Tsinghua Conference on 
Transnational IP Litigation  Virtual  UC Berkley and Boalt Law 
School, China, U.S. DOJ 
OPDAT, Supreme People's 
Court of China, U.S 
Judiciary, Luntin Intellectual 
Property Law Firm, Gen Law, 
f KWM, Steptoe & Johnson 
Beijing, and Tsinghua Law 
School  
2/2/2021  2/2/2021  Mexico  Trade Secret Part 1 (Civil Trade Secret 
Protection)  Virtual  USPTO  
2/3/2021  2/3/2021  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Capacity building for BiH judges in 
adjudicating IP civil disputes  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/3/2021  2/3/2021  Peru Barlaw Customs & Enforcement Virtual 
Training  Virtual  USPTO  
2/4/2021  2/4/2021  Mexico  Trade Secret Part 2 (Criminal Trade 
Secrets)  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
2/4/2021  2/4/2021  Peru Barlaw Customs & Enforcement Virtual 
Training  Virtual  USPTO  
2/8/2021  2/8/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating counterfeit 
medicines and medical devices  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP  
2/16/2021  2/16/2021  Pakistan  Second webinar in a series focusing on 
the prevention of counterfeit medicines 
and medical devices. Webinar 
conducted for Pakistan's Federal 
Bureau of Revenue (FBR) and Pakistan 
Customs.  Virtua l U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP  
2/16/2021  2/16/2021  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, Namibia, South 
Africa Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Morocco, 
Senegal, Congo, Gabon, and Tog o Inaugural Meeting of the Joint 
Pharmacrime Working Group for 
African Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
2/17/2021  2/17/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Presentation of Invention Disclosure 
Forms created for Bahrain's Bahrain 
Innovation and Technology Transfer 
Center (BITTC)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/22/2021  3/5/2021  Germany, France, Netherlands  Protecting the Integrity and Security of 
the International Research Enterprise  Virtual  U.S. DOS IVLP  
2/22/2021  2/22/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating counterfeit 
medicines and medical devices (Part 3 
of a series)  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP  
2/22/2021  2/22/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (22 Feb 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/23/2021  2/23/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (23 
Feb 2021 ) Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/24/2021  2/24/2021  Brazil Patent examination, U.S. patent law, 
and file wrapper review of U.S. patents  Virtual  USPTO  
2/25/2021  2/25/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (25 Feb 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
2/26/2021  2/26/2021  ARIPO, Belgium, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, 
France, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, 
Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tomé a nd Principe, 
South Africa, Switzerland, The Gambia, 
Uganda, United States of America, 
Zimbabwe  USPTO -ARIPO Training: Customs 
Overview  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
3/1/2021  3/1/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Webinar on Non -Traditional Marks  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
3/1/2021  3/1/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating counterfeit 
medicines and medical devices (Part 4 
of a series)  Virtual U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP  
3/1/2021  3/1/2021  Fiji Trademark Fundamentals  Virtual  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/1/2021  3/1/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (1 Mar 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/2/2021  3/2/2021  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, Namibia, South 
Africa Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Morocco, 
Senegal, Congo, Gabon, and Togo  Second Virtual Meeting of the Joint 
Anglophone/ Francophone Pharma 
Crime Working Group for African  
Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/3/2021  3/3/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (3 Mar 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/3/2021  3/3/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooperation with CLDP (3 
Mar 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/8/2021  3/8/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (Part 1 -8 Mar 
2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/8/2021  3/8/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (Part 2 - 8 Mar 
2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/8/2021  3/8/2021  Lesotho, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, 
Switzerland, Uganda, United States of 
America, Zimbabwe  ARIPO -USPTO webinar series on rights 
implicated and money flow for digital 
uses of copyrighted music and 
recordings  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
3/9/2021  3/9/2021  Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Botswana, Ghana, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Zambia, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, Liberia, Namibia, South 
Africa Burkina Faso, Burundi, Mali, Morocco, 
Senegal, Cong o, Gabon, and Togo  Third Virtual Meeting of the Joint 
Anglophone/ Francophone Pharma 
Crime Working Group for African 
Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ  
3/10/2021  3/10/2021  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Capacity building for BiH  judges in 
adjudicating IP criminal disputes  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, U.S. DOJ 
OPDAT    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/15/2021  3/19/2021  Pakistan  CLDP sponsored 15 managers from 
university offices of research, 
innovation, and commercialization 
(ORICs) and business incubation 
centers (BICs) to virtually attend the 
Association of University Technology 
Matters (AUTM) 2021 Annual Meeting 
and Conference  Virtual  AUTM, CLDP  
3/15/2021  3/19/2021  Sri Lanka  CLDP  sponsored 21 managers from 
University Business Linkage offices 
(UBL cells) to virtually attend the 
Association of University Technology 
Managers (AUTM) 2021 Annual Meeting 
and Conference  Virtual  AUTM, CLDP  
3/15/2021  3/15/2021  Georgia  Program for the Nati onal Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 'Sakpatenti' 
and key stakeholders on “Fair and 
transparent collective copyright 
management" (Session 1)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, WIPO  
3/15/2021  3/21/2024  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Program series on: "How to file patents 
in the Gulf Cooperation Council"  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
3/16/2021  3/16/2021  ASPAC; Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; 
India; Indonesia; Japan; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Mexico; 
Peru; Philippines; Singapore; Korea, 
Republic of; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; 
United States of America; Viet Nam  APEC Content Protection and Illicit 
Streaming:  Enforcement Approaches 
and Strategies  Virtual  USPTO, USTR, APEC, U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT  
3/16/2021  3/16/2021  Georgia  Program for the National Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 'Sakpatenti' 
and key stakeholders on "Fair and 
transparent collective copyright 
management" (Session 2)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, WIPO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/16/2021  3/16/2021  Ghana, Namibia, Malawi, Botswana, 
Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, The Gambia, Tanzania, Kenya, 
Nigeria and South Africa, Burundi, Chad, 
Democratic Republic of Congo, Senegal, 
Congo, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, 
Morocco, Gabon, Niger Republic , Benin 
Republic, Guinea and Togo  Virtual Meeting of the Joint Pharma 
Crime Working Group  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/17/2021  3/17/2021  Georgia  Program for the National Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 'Sakpatenti' 
and key stakeholders on "Fair and 
transparent collective copyright 
management" (Session 3)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, WIPO  
3/17/2021  3/17/2021  ARIPO , Botswana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, 
Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, 
South Africa, The Gambia, United States of 
America, Zambia, Zimbabwe  Training Trademark Examiners for IP 
Offices  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
3/18/2021  3/18/2021  Georgia  Program for the N ational Intellectual 
Property Center of Georgia 'Sakpatenti' 
and key stakeholders on "Fair and 
transparent collective copyright 
management" (Session 4)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP, WIPO  
3/18/2021  3/18/2021  Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, 
Cambodia, China, Germany, India, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  US ASEAN Connect Digital Economy 
Series: Copyright Protection and 
Enforcement in the O nline Digital  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat; 
U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/18/2021  3/18/2021  Uruguay  Virtual Presentation Introducing the 
ICHIP  program and Providing an 
Overview of IP Crime to More Than 20 
Uruguayan Officials and Rights -Holders  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/19/2021  3/19/2021  Dominican Republic  IPR Center Briefing to Dominican 
Republic Attorney General IP Unit  Virtual  National IPR  Center, USDOJ, 
U.S. DOS - Embassy Santo 
Domingo, and USPTO  
3/19/2021  3/19/2021  Dominican Republic  Inter-Agency Communication and Best 
Practices to Combat Intellectual 
Property Theft  Virtual  USPTO, HSI, U.S. Embassy 
Santo Domingo, and U.S. 
DOJ OPDAT    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
3/21/2021  3/21/2021  Indonesia  Coordinating IP Cases and 
Investigations  Virtual  USPTO  
3/22/2021  3/22/2021  Bhutan  Well-Known Marks Determination in 
the United States  Virtual  USPTO  
3/22/2021  3/22/2021  Azerbaijan; Tunisia; Algeria; Bahrain, 
Kingdom of ; Kuwait, the State of; Morocco; 
Qatar  Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in 
the MENA region/Azerbaijan – IP 
Session  Virtual  CLDP, USPTO  
3/23/2021  3/23/2021  Armenia  Videoconference on the progress of a 
group of university and legal 
professionals in establishing a 
technology transfer office in Armenia 
following their participation in CLDP -led 
technical assistance programs on 
technology transfer in 2017 and 2018  Virtual  CLDP  
3/24/2021  3/24/2021  Tunisia  Exchange of Best Practices in 
Trademark Examination  Virtual  USPTO  
3/26/2021  3/26/2021  Mexico  Patentability of New Uses Webinar  Virtual  USPTO  
3/26/2021  3/26/2021  Panama  OPDAT  Mentorship on Cases Involving 
Intellectual Property Crime and 
Cybercrime  Panama City, 
Panama  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Panamian 
Public Ministry  
3/29/2021  3/29/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating counterfeit 
medicines and medical devices (Part 5 
of a series)  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP , UK Border Force  
3/30/2021  3/30/2021  Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, 
Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, The Gambia, 
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, Namibia, 
Niger , Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, 
Uganda, South Africa, and Zambia  Virtual Meeting of the Joint Pharma 
Crime Working Group for African 
Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
3/31/2021  3/31/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
Systems in cooper ation with CLDP (31 
Mar 2021) - Series review for the 
Trademark Directorate  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
4/5/2021  4/5/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (5 Apr 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
4/5/2021  4/5/2021  Pakistan  Best practices on combating counterfeit 
medicines and medical devices (Part 6 
of a series)  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, USPTO, 
CLDP, UK Border Force    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
4/6/2021  4/6/2021  Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Chad, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, The 
Gambia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, 
Niger , Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra 
Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, 
Uganda, and Zambia  Sixth Virtual Meeting of the Joint 
Pharma Crime Working Group for 
African Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
AstraZeneca and Moderna  
4/6/2021  4/9/2021  Chile and Peru  Best Practices in the Investigation of 
Cybercrime the Sale of Illicit Goods and 
Services on the Dark Web with 
Cryptocurrencies  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, FBI  
4/7/2021  4/7/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain' s Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (7 Apr 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
4/7/2021  4/7/2021  Bulgaria  First Webinar in a Series on Online 
Investigations of Counterfeit 
Pharmaceuticals  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/12/2021  4/12/2021  Pakistan  Exchanges between Pakistan officials 
involved in the protection of Pakistan's 
drug supply from the threat of 
counterfeit s transiting, and USG 
agencies on "Best Practices on 
Combating Counterfeit Medicines and 
Medical Devices at the Borders"  Virtual  U.S. FDA, U.S. CBP, CLDP, 
USPTO, UK Border Force  
4/12/2021  4/12/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  CLDP -USPTO Training Program series 
for University of Bahrain's Innovation 
Transfer Center (BITC) (7 Apr 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
4/13/2021  4/15/2021  Viet Nam, United States of America  Investigation of Online IPR Crimes: 
Workshop (Series)  Virtual  FBI, U.S. DO S INL, U.S. DOJ 
OPDAT, DHS  
4/13/2021  4/13/2021  Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, The  Gambia, 
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia  Joint Anglophone/ Francophone 
Pharma Crime Working Group Virtual 
Meeting for African countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/13/2021  4/15/2021  Viet Nam  Training Workshop for MPS Officers on 
the Investigation of Digital Piracy 
Websites  Hybrid virtual 
and live at a 
conference 
venue in Hanoi, 
Viet Nam  U.S. DOS, U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
HSI    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
4/14/2021  4/14/2021  Ghana, Namibia, Uganda, Nigeria, Zambia, 
The Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Malawi  Discussion on Modules 6 -7 of the 
International IP Crime Investigators 
College Curriculum  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/14/2021  4/14/2021  Bulgaria  Second Webinar in a Series on Online 
Investigations of Counterfeit 
Pharmaceuticals  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/14/2021  4/14/2021  Brazil  OPDAT Address to the Conselho 
Nacional de Combate a Pirataria e 
Delitos Contra a Propriedade 
Intelectual (CNCP), a Brazil ian 
Interagency Group Dedicated to 
Fighting Piracy and Intellectual 
Property Crimes  Sao Paulo, Brazil  CNCP and U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/19/2021  4/19/2021  Dominican Republic  Presentation on the Topic of Inter -
Agency Communication, Best practices 
to Combat Intellectual Property, and a 
Proposition for a Regional Working 
Group Among the Dominican Republic 
and other Similar Inter -Agency Groups 
in South America  Santo Domingo, 
Dominican 
Republic  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
U.S. DOS, HIS  
4/20/2021  4/20/2021  Philippine s Virtual Workshop on Investigation of 
Online IPR Crimes  Virtual  U.S. DOS, U.S. DOJ OPDAT 
and CCIPS  
4/20/2021  4/20/2021  Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, The  Gambia, 
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia  Joint Anglophone/ Francophone 
Pharma crime Working Group Virtual 
Meeting for African countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/21/2021  4/21/2021  Bulgaria  Final Installment of a Three -Week 
Webinar Series on Online 
Investigations of Counterfeit 
Pharmaceuticals for Bulgarian Law 
Enforcement  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Pfizer, 
Moderna, and Johnson & 
Johnson  
4/21/2021  4/21/2021  Zambia, Nigeria, The Gambia, Kenya, 
Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, and Malawi  Investigating, Preparing and 
Prosecuting Criminal Intellectual 
Property Cases  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/22/2021  4/22/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
System in coope ration with CLDP (22 
Mar 2021)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
4/23/2021  4/23/2021  Mexico and Brazil  World IP Day Celebration with the First -
Ever Regional Presentation of Amazon's 
Counterfeit Crimes Unit (CCU) to 
Panamanian and Brazilian officials  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, HSI, 
USPTO  
4/26/2021  4/26/2021  Fiji, Nauru, New Zealand, Papua New 
Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, 
Vanuatu  USPTO -IVLP EAP Regional Program on 
IP Rights Regulation Formation  Virtual  USPTO  
4/26/2021  4/26/2021  Nigeria  World Intellec tual Property Day (WIPD) 
Program with the World Intellectual 
Property Organization Nigeria Office  Virtual  U.S. DOS, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
4/28/2021  5/4/2021  Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic , Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, 
Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Suriname, and 
Trinidad and Tobago  Virtual Industry Panel on COVID 19 
Related Frauds Regarding Counterfeit 
Vaccines and Frauds Associated with 
the Pandemic Both in Latin America and 
Throughout the W orld Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/3/2021  5/3/2021  Dominican Republic, El Salvador, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, 
Spain, Suriname, United States of America  Combatting the Distribution and Sale of 
Counterfeit COVID 19 Vaccines and 
Medicines  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
5/4/2021  5/4/2021  Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guam, 
Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, 
Suriname, United States of America  Combatting the Sale and Distribution of 
Counterfeit COVID 19 Vaccines and 
Medicines  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ  
5/4/2021  5/4/2021  Dominican Republic, Paraguay, United 
States of America  Webinar on Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Coordination  Virtual  USPTO  
5/4/2021  5/4/2021  Paraguay and the Dominican Republic  Discussion on the Creation and 
Implementation of an Inter -Agency 
Coordination Center to Tackle IP Crime  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, USPTO, 
U.S. DOS  
5/4/2021  5/4/2021  Ghana, The Gambia, Zambia, Kenya, 
Namibia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, 
Nigeria, Liberia, Burund i, Chad, Senegal, 
Côte d'Ivoire, Morocco, Benin, and Togo  Weekly Meeting of the  Pharma Crime 
Working Group for African Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. FDA  
5/6/2021  5/6/2021  Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, 
Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwa nda, 
Sierra Leone, Tanzania, The Gambia, 
Zambia  Africa Regional Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Training for Judicial 
Instructors  Virtual  USPTO    
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
5/6/2021  5/6/2021  Kenya, Malawi, Lesotho, Liberia, Sierra 
Leone, The Gambia, Tanzania, Zambia, 
Eswatini, Botswana, Uganda, Namibia, 
Rwanda, and from observer status country, 
Nigeria  Regional Judicial IP Enforcement 
Program  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, ARIPO, 
USPTO, U.S. Judiciar y 
5/10/2021  5/10/2021  Bangladesh  USPTO Practice Concerning 
Examination of Well -Known Marks and 
Bad Faith Filings  Virtual  USPTO  
5/11/2021  5/11/2021  China  CNIPA Program on Accession to Hague 
Design Treaty  Virtual  USPTO  
5/11/2021  5/11/2021  Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Côte 
d'Ivoire, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, 
Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia  Meeting of the Pharma Crime Working 
Group for African Countries  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/11/2021  5/12/2021  Dominican Republic  Meeting with the Fledgling IPR 
Interagency Group in the Dominican 
Republic  Virtual and in -
person in the 
Dominican 
Republic   U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
5/13/2021  5/13/2021  China  CNIPA  Program on Accession to Hague 
Design Treaty  Virtual  USPTO  
5/18/2021  5/20/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Program on "How to manage 
technology innovations at university -
based technology transfer offices"  Virtual  CLDP  
5/18/2021  5/18/2021  Afghanistan  Overview of Afghan and US Trademark 
System in cooperation with CLDP: 
Discussion and Viewing of TTAB 
Hearing (Trademark Distinctiveness)  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
5/18/2021  5/18/2021  Kenya  Case-Based Assistance Call with 
Regional Head of Kenyan Anti-
Counterfeiting Authority  Call U.S. DOJ OPDAT and the 
Kenyan Anti -Counterfeiting 
Authority  
5/24/2021  5/24/2021  Jordan, Qatar  Exchange in Best Practices in 
Trademark Examination  Virtual  USPTO  
5/25/2021  5/25/2021  Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Cô te 
d'Ivoire, Ghana, The Gambia, Kenya, 
Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 
Togo, Uganda, and Zambia  Pharma Crime Working Group for Africa 
Virtual Meeting  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
5/26/2021  5/26/2021  ASEAN Secretariat, Brunei Darussalam, 
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People's 
Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, 
Singapore, Thailand, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Webinar on USPTO Trademark Practice 
Concerning Classification and 
Identification of Goods & Services  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
5/26/2021  5/26/2021  Ukraine  Preliminary Dialogue on Customs 
Procedures in Ukraine  Virtual  USPTO  
5/26/2021  5/26/2021  Botswana, Cameroon, Canada , Ghana, 
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, 
Philippines, Sao Tomé and Principe, 
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, 
Sudan, Switzerland, Uganda, United States 
of America, Zimbabwe  USPTO - ARIPO Series:  Combatting 
Counterfeit Food and Beverages  Virtual USPTO  
5/26/2021  5/26/2021  Bulgaria  Webinar to Discuss Ways of Fighting 
Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals and 
COVID -19-Related Crimes for 23 
Officials of the Bulgarian National 
Customs Agency  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT; U.S. FDA, 
Moderna, Pfizer, and 
Johnson & Johnson  
5/28/2021  5/28/2021  Brazil  Virtual Meeting with a Sao Paulo State 
Judge to Discuss the Introduction and 
Use of Plea Bargains in Criminal IP 
Cases in Brazil.  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/1/2021  6/1/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Simulated technology licensing 
negotiations for  
the staff of Bahrain's Innovation and 
Technology Transfer Center (BITTC) 
with BITTC being in the position of a 
potential licensee  Virtual  CLDP  
6/1/2021  6/1/2021  Panama  Visit to the Port of Balboa to Discuss  
Current Challenges in the Investigation 
of Intellectual Property Crimes 
Stemming from the Shipment of 
Containers through the Canal and 
Other Port Facilities  Balboa, Panama  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. CBP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/1/2021  6/1/2021  Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, The Gambia, 
Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia, Niger, 
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South 
Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and 
Zambia  Pharma Crime Working Group for Africa 
Virtual Meeting  Virtual U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/2/2021  6/2/2021  Brazil and Dominican Republic  OPDAT -Facilitated Conversation 
Between Brazilian and Dominican 
Officials on Best Practices and an 
Interagency Model for Combatting 
Counterfeiting  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. DOS  
6/8/2021  6/8/2021  Nigeria  World Anti -Counterfeiting Day Law 
Enforcement Workshop for Nigerian IP -
related Agencies  Virtual  DOJ/ODPAT  
6/8/2021  6/22/2021  Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ghana, 
Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Morocco, Namibia, 
Nigeria, Senegal, Sier ra Leone, South 
Africa, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia  Webinar for the African Pharma Crime 
Working Group  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, Amazon, 
Alibaba  
6/14/2021  6/14/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  Advanced Trademark Training  Virtual  USPTO  
6/14/2021  6/18/2021  Brazil  Series of In -Person Meetings to Discuss 
Capacity Building, Including Creating a 
Uniform Interpretation of Customs 
Rules Throughout the Country to 
Detect and Deter Counterfeit Products  Rio de Janeiro, 
Brazil  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/15/2021  6/15/2021  Algeria  Workshop for managers of university 
incubators on "Intellectual Property 
Workshop for University Start -Ups" Virtual  USPTO, CLDP  
6/15/2021  6/16/2021  Australia, Austria, Belgium, Cambodia, 
China, Comoros, Czech Republic, France, 
Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, 
Netherlands, Portugal, Senegal, Singapore, 
South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, 
United Kingdom, United States of America, 
Viet Nam  Seminar on the Practical Aspects of the 
Madrid System for the International 
Regis tration of Marks  Virtual  USPTO    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/15/2021  6/15/2021  Angola, ARIPO, Botswana, Canada, 
Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, 
Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, 
Switzerland, The Gambia, Turkey, Uganda, 
United States of America, Zimbabwe  USPTO - ARIPO Series:  Fostering 
Technology Transfer in Africa  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
6/15/2021  6/15/2021  Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, ARIPO, 
Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Mexico, 
Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad 
and Tobago, United Kingdom, United  
States, WIPO, Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright Education 
(6/15/2021)  Virtual  USCO, USPTO, WIPO  
6/15/2021  6/15/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  Advanced Trademark Training (15 Jun 
2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
6/16/2021  6/17/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Simulated technology licensing 
negotiations for  
the staff of Bahrain's Innovation and 
Technology Transfer Center (BITTC) 
with BITTC being in the position of a 
potential licensor.  Virtual  CLDP  
6/16/2021  6/16/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, U ruguay  Advanced Trademark Training (16 Jun 
2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
6/17/2021  6/17/2021  Dominican Republic, Peru  Webinar to Facilitate Exchange of Best 
Practices  Virtual  USPTO  
6/21/2021  6/21/2021  Botswana, Canada, Egypt, France, Ghana, 
Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, 
South Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, Uganda, 
United States of America, Zimbabwe  USPTO - ARIPO Geographical 
Indications  Virtual  USPTO, ARIPO  
6/22/2021  6/22/2021  Uzbekistan  Workshop on Intellectual Property 
Enforcement at the Border  Virtual  USPTO  
6/23/2021  6/23/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Simulated technology licensing 
negotiations  
for the staff of Bahrain's Innovation and 
Technology Transfer Center, with a 
focus on licensing to spin -offs (start -up 
companies that commercialize 
inventions created by university faculty 
members)  Virtual  CLDP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
6/24/2021  6/24/2021  Argentina  Virtual Meeting to Discuss Intellectual 
Property (IP) Rights Enforcement in 
Argentina  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
6/30/2021  6/30/2021  Brazil  Series of Presentations to Federal, 
State, Highway, and Military Police; 
Customs Officials; and Health and 
Environmental Ministry Officials on the 
Importance of Using a Whole of 
Government Approach to Combatting 
IP Crimes, Including Counterfeit 
Agrichemica ls, in Goiâna, Goias   Virtual  DOJ/ODPAT  
7/5/2021  7/9/2021  Brazil and Dominican Republic  Series of Meetings to Discuss the 
Dominican Republic's Efforts to 
Construct an Inter -Agency Working 
Group to Combat IP Theft  In-person 
meeting in Brazil  U.S. DOJ OPDAT; National 
Council to Combat Piracy 
(CNCP), Brazilian Ministry of 
Justice and Security's (MJSP) 
Cyberlab; the Dominican 
Republic's Ambassador to 
Brazil,  UK IPO  
7/14/2021  7/14/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  Seminar for Bahrain's Innovation and 
Technology Transfer Center, (BITTC) 
on: Material Transfer Agreements 
(MTAs). MTAs are contracts that govern 
the transfer of materials between an 
organization that possesses rights in 
the materials and an organization that 
plans to use the materials for resear ch. Virtual  CLDP  
7/14/2021  7/14/2021  Australia, China, Indonesia, Singapore, 
United States of America  Online Counterfeit Medicines --Risks 
and Solutions  Virtual  USPTO  
7/14/2021  7/15/2021  Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, 
Turkmenistan and Tajikistan  Program for government officials from 
the five countries on: "How to address 
and overcome deficiencies in 
intellectual property rights (IPR) 
protections in Central Asia, as noted in 
the USTR's Special 301 Report"  Virtual  CLDP  
7/15/2021  7/15/2021  Chile; Mexico; El Salvador; Peru; Columbia; 
Ecuador; Dominican Republic; Honduras; 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Brazil; 
Argentina; Spain; Paraguay  FBI-APALA Webinar "La Proteccion de 
la Propiedad Intelectual"  Virtual  FBI, APALA    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
7/20/2021  7/20/2021  Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Jordan, 
Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor -
Leste, United States of America  USPTO -ASEAN Seminar on Patent 
Office Administration  Virtual  USPTO  
7/20/2021  7/20/2021  Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, ARIPO, 
Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Mexico, 
Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad 
and Tobago, United Kingdom, United 
States, WIPO, Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright Education 
(7/20/2021)  Virtual  USCO, USPTO, WIPO  
7/21/2021  7/21/2021  Brazil  Virtual Industry Panel on COVID 19 
Related Frauds Including Counterfeit 
Vaccines  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, HSI  
7/23/2021  7/23/2021  Panama  OPDAT Mentorship for a Panamanian 
Prosecutor on a Copyright Infringement 
Case Panama City, 
Panama  U.S. DOJ OPD AT and the 
Panamanian Prosecutor  
7/27/2021  7/27/2021  ASEAN countries  Investigation and Prosecution of 
Criminal Trade Secret Theft: Case 
Studies  Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT, 
and DHS/HSI  
8/2/2021  8/6/2021  Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, U.S. 
Virgin Islands, St. Martin, Aruba, Bahamas, 
Barbados, Cayman Islands  DHS IPR Training (Series)  Dominican 
Republic  U.S. DHS, U.S. HSI, U.S. 
DOJ  
8/2/2021  8/2/2021  United Arab Emirates  USPTO fees and filing predictions: 
patents  Virtual  USPTO  
8/2/2021  8/6/2021  Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 
Aruba, Sint Maarten, Bahamas, Cayman 
Islands, Haiti, and the U.S. Virgin Islands 
and six other Caribbean countries  Intellectual Property (IP) Rights 
Conference in Punta Cana, Dominican 
Republic  In-person 
Conference in 
Punta Cana, 
Dominican 
Republic  U.S. DOJ OPDAT and CCIPS  
8/3/2021  8/3/2021  United Arab Emirates  USPTO fees and filing predictions: 
trademarks  Virtual  USPTO  
8/4/2021  8/4/2021  Brazil  Webinar on the Importance of 
International Cooperation to Enforce 
Intellectual Property Rights  (IPR)  Virtual  WIPO, U.S. DOJ OPDAT  
8/5/2021  8/5/2021  Bahrain, Kingdom of  IP Discussion for BITC - Copyright 
Transfer and Software  Virtual  USPTO, CLDP    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
8/5/2021  8/5/2021  Brazil  Inaugural Session in Workshop Series 
Designed to Encourage Brazilian Police 
and Prosecutors to Collaborate and 
Coordinate Their Actions Earlier in the 
Investigative Process During 
Significant IPR Cases  Virtual  U.S. DOJ OPDAT, U.S. DOJ 
AUSA FBI, HSI  
8/10/ 2021 8/10/2021  Kenya  Preserving Generics (Common Names) 
of Products: A Geographical Indications 
Training for Kenya  Virtual  USPTO  
8/17/2021  8/17/2021  Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Day 1: ASEAN Workshop on Trade 
Secret Protection and Enforcement  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
8/17/2021  8/17/2021  Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, ARIPO, 
Brazil, Canada, Ch ina, Egypt, Mexico, 
Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad 
and Tobago, United Kingdom, United 
States, WIPO, Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright Education 
(8/17/2021)  Virtual  USCO, USPTO, WIPO  
8/18/2021  8/18/2021  Myanmar, Cambodia, I ndonesia, Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, 
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, United States of 
America, Viet Nam  Day 2: ASEAN Workshop on Trade 
Secret Protection and Enforcement  Virtual  USPTO, ASEAN Secretariat  
8/30/2021  8/30/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  IP Office Telework and Administration 
Workshop Day 1  Virtual  USPTO  
8/31/2021  8/31/2021  Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay  IP Office Telework and Administration 
Workshop Day 2  Virtual  USPTO  
8/31/2021  8/31/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
1 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/2/2021  9/2/2021  Algeria  IP Enforcement Discussion with Algeria  Virtual  USPTO  
9/7/2021  9/7/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
2 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
9/8/2021  9/8/2021  Dominican Republic, Mexico  Regional Judicial IP Program for Central 
America  Virtual  USPTO  
9/8/2021  9/8/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia , Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
3 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/9/2021  9/9/2021  Dominican Republic, Mexico  Regional Judicial IP Program for Central 
America  Virtual  USPTO  
9/9/2021  9/9/2021  Egypt  Technology Transfer and IP 
Commercialization: A Project for Egypt  Virtual  U.S. DOS IVLP, USPTO, NIST  
9/9/2021  9/9/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  IP and the Digital Economy - Day 4  Virtual  USPTO, IPOS  
9/13/2021  9/13/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democra tic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
5 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/14/2021  9/14/2021  Uzbekistan  Enforcement of IPR  at the Border: Risk 
Targeting  Virtual  USPTO  
9/14/2021  9/14/2021  Brazil  Quality and Office Management 
Workshop (9/14/2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
9/14/2021  9/14/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
6 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/15/2021  9/15/2021  Brazil  Quality and Office Management 
Workshop (9/15/2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
9/16/2021  9/16/2021  Brazil  Quality and Office Management 
Workshop (9/16/2021)  Virtual  USPTO  
9/20/2021  9/20/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
7 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/21/2021  9/21/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
8 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS    
  IP/C/R/TC/USA/2  
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Programme 
Start Date2 Programme 
End Date3 Participating Member(s) or 
Observer(s)  Programme Description  Venue  Sponsor(s) / 
Contributors  
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, T imor-Leste, Viet Nam  
9/21/2021  9/21/2021  Albania, Antigua and Barbuda, ARIPO, 
Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, Mexico, 
Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Trinidad 
and Tobago, United Kingdom, United 
States, WIPO, Zambia  USCO -WIPO Roundtables on 
International Copyright Education 
(9/21/2021)  Virtual  USCO, USPTO, WIPO  
9/22/2021  9/22/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Mal aysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  IP and the Digital Economy - Day 9  Virtual  USPTO, IPOS  
9/27/2021  9/27/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
10 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/28/2021  9/28/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
11 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/28/2021  9/28/2021  Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 
Trinidad and Tobago  Best Practices for the Destruction of 
Forfeited IP Infringing Goods - Part 1  Virtual  USPTO  
9/29/2021  9/29/2021  Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, 
Thailand, Timor -Leste, Viet Nam  TCTP IP and the Digital Economy - Day 
12 Virtual  USPTO, U.S. DOS, Singapore 
MFA, IPOS  
9/29/2021  9/29/2021  Barbados, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, 
Trinidad and Tobago  Best Practices for the Destruction of 
Forfeited IP Infringing Goods - Part 2  Virtual  USPTO  
9/30/2021  9/30/2021  Tunisia  USPTO -INNORPI Patent Examination 
Training Series: Patent Search Tools 
and Techniques  Virtual  USPTO  
 
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