IP/C/W/655/Add.5  
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Consejo de los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad  
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio  Original:  inglés  
 
  
ACTIVIDADES DE COOPE RACIÓN TÉCNICA: INFO RMACIÓN  
FACILITADA POR LOS M IEMBROS  
CANAD Á 
Addendum  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 27 de septiembre de 2019, se distribuye a petición de 
la delegación del Canadá.  
 
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1  BREVE EXPOSICIÓN SOBRE LA COOPERACIÓN TÉCNICA DURANTE EL AÑO OBJETO DEL 
INFORME  
1.  De conformidad con el artículo 67 del Acuerdo sobre los Aspectos de los Derechos de Propiedad 
Intelectual relacionados con el Comercio (Acuerdo sobre los ADPIC), el Consejo de los AD PIC pide a 
los países desarrollados Miembros que le informen sobre sus programas de cooperación técnica y 
financiera en favor de los países en desarrollo y los países menos adelantados Miembros . El presente 
documento contiene información actualizada sobre las actividades de cooperación técnica y 
financiera del Canadá en la esfera de la propiedad intelectual en favor de los países en desarrollo y 
los países menos adelantados Miembros durante el período 2018 -2019.  
2.  El Canadá ha emprendido una serie de activida des de cooperación técnica a nivel multilateral, 
plurilateral y bilateral . A nivel multilateral, el Canadá colabora estrechamente con la 
Organización  Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (OMPI) y el Grupo de Expertos en derechos de 
propiedad intelectual del  Foro de Cooperación Económica de Asia y el Pacífico (IPEG -APEC), donde 
participa en las deliberaciones que mantiene la organización dos veces al año para compartir 
información y dar a conocer las mejores prácticas en materia de derechos de  propiedad intel ectual.  
3.  El siguiente resumen contiene información actualizada sobre estas actividades, que son 
administradas principalmente por la Oficina  de la Propiedad Intelectual del Canadá (CIPO), 
Global  Affairs Canada (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores, Comercio y De sarrollo del Canadá), 
el Centro Internacional de Investigación para el Desarrollo (IDRC) y la Real Policía Montada del 
Canadá (RCMP) . Otras instituciones canadienses que reciben financiación del Gobierno del Canadá, 
como el Centro de Política y Derecho Com erciales (CTPL) y la Universidad de Ottawa, participan 
también en las actividades de cooperación técnica internacional.  
4.  Las actividades de cooperación técnica aparecen detalladas en el anexo.  
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ANEXO1 
TECHNICAL COOPERATIO N ACTIVITIES FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2018 TO 31  AUGUST 2019  
Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
Patent 
Cooperation 
Treaty (PTC) 
Regional Seminar 
for Latin American 
Countries  17-19 October, 2018  United States Patent and  
Trademark Office's 
(USPTO) headquarters  Patent Cooperation Treaty (PTC) Regional Seminar for 
Latin American Countries  -- 
WIPO Program of 
International 
Cooperation in the 
Search and 
Examination of 
Inventions (ICSEI)  Between 1 
September 2018 and 
31 August 2019 3 requests from Kenya 
and 1 request from 
Trinidad and Tobago  CIPO provides search and examination reports of 
patent applications, upon request from other WIPO 
Member States.  -- 
CIPO-WIPO 
Executive 
Workshop on 
Management 
Techniques in the 
Delivery of IP 
Services for senior 
officials from 
developing 
countries  Betwee n 3 June and 7 
June 2019  Participants were from 
Tanzania, Zambia, 
Zimbabwe, Gambia, 
Nigeria, Botswana, 
Lesotho, Egypt,  
Tunisia, Cuba, Trinidad 
and Tobago and 
the African Regional 
Intellectual Property 
Organization (ARIPO)  CIPO-WIPO Executive Workshop on M anagement 
Techniques in the Delivery of IP Services for senior 
officials from developing countries  Between 3 June and 7 June 2019  
 
1 En inglés solamente.    
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
Pre-recorded 
webinars on IP 
and patents on the 
website of TFO 
Canada  Available throughout 
2019 Available online  These webinars, which were recorded in 2016 through 
CIPO collaboration with TFO Canada, are available in 
English on the TFO Canada website for embassies, 
consulates and businesses from developing and 
emerging countries.  
 
Topics covered : Basics of Canadian IP, Registering 
patents in Canada, Registering trademarks in Canada, 
IP Foundations for women entrepreneurs, Overview of 
IP – trademarks for S MEs. 
 https://www.tfocanada.ca/webinars.php  
National 
Legislative 
Development 
project  Between 20 October 
2009 and 28 
September 2018  
 Viet Nam  The objective of the project is to strengthen the legal 
foundations for economic growth through an 
integrated program of reforms to the Vietnamese 
legislative development process. It addresses several 
priorities of the Government of Viet Nam's legal 
reform agenda, including: the development of laws 
that a re clear and more easily implemented; improved 
review of legislation to ensure that it is consistent 
internally and with other legislation; and more 
effective public participation in the lawmaking 
process. The project addresses these concerns 
through an in tegrated work program addressing all 
points of the legislative development process, with 
attention to legislation that supports economic growth 
and development.  
 https://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser -
banqueprojets/project -
projet/details/a032788001  
Open African 
Innovation 
Research network 
(Open AIR)  -- Africa and Canada  Open AIR is a unique collaborative network of 
researchers spread across Africa and Canada. Their 
research aims to ease tensions between IP and 
access to knowledge, and to understand how 
knowledge -based businesses can take advantage of 
global opportunities,  while sharing the benefits of 
innovation throughout society. Open AIR is funded 
by Canada’s International Development Research 
Centre (IDRC) and has a Partnership Grant from the 
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 
(SSHRC) until March 2022. The y were also selected 
for the Queen Elizabeth Scholars – Advanced 
Scholars program, funded through Universities 
Canada.  http://www.openair.africa     
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
A new phase which started in 2018, implemented in 
collaboration with the University of Cape Town, 
South Africa, will research how Africa ’s high -tech 
hubs are facilitating the adaptation and adoption of 
emerging technologies in Africa, including artificial 
intelligence; how maker communities facilitate 
inclusive innovation, especially by empowering 
women and girls and benefitting members of  
marginalized groups; and how to build confidence in 
Indigenous populations to effectively participate in 
collaborative knowledge production with optimal and 
equitable benefits.  
Expert 
Deployment 
Mechanism for 
Trade and 
Development 
(EDM)  Between 2018 and 
2025 Global  The EDM is designed to reduce poverty by deploying, 
on demand, Canadian and international technical 
experts to assist developing countries negotiate, 
implement, adapt to and benefit from bilateral or 
regional Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Foreign 
Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements 
(FIPAs) with Canada. Experts can be deployed while 
FTA/FIPA exploratory talks are underway, during 
formal negotiations, or fol lowing the conclusion and 
ratification of an agreement. There is a significant 
roster of experts relating to IP, including Trade 
Facilitation Office Canada (TFO  Canada).  
 https://edm -mde.ca/  
 
Centre for Trade 
Policy and Law 
(CPTL) – 
guidance, 
support, 
knowledge and 
tools -- -- Canada -based CTPL is a Canadian institution that 
provides developing and transition economies with 
guidance and support to sustain them in the short -
term and with the knowledge and tools to ensure 
their full participation in international trade 
agreements, including specific training on IP law and 
policy issues.   https://carleton.ca/ctpl/     
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Activity  Date Location  Brief Description  Link to further details  
Communication 
for Policy Research 
(CPR) South -
South  -- North of Sahara, South of 
Sahara, North and 
Central America,  South 
America, Central Asia, 
Far East Asia, South Asia, 
Sri Lanka, Peru, South 
Africa  This project aims to foster the emergence of a 
community of policy intellectuals in Africa, As ia and 
Latin America capable of supporting policy formulation 
in the area of information and communication 
technology (ICT) infrastructure and sector 
performance. It will do so by supporting the capacity 
building programs of three IDRC recipients: 
LIRNEasi a, Research ICT Africa (RIA) and DIRSI, the 
Spanish acronym for Regional Dialogue on the 
Information Society (DIRSI). The programs will follow 
a common research methodology (peering and 
mentoring) and evaluation framework (tracking young 
scholar developmen t). Project activities will consist of 
an annual regional conference that will include at least 
one inter -regional session; a set of tutorials that will 
allow young scholars to interact with international 
scholars; and an internship program that will see t he 
expansion of exchanges of young scholars between 
the three regions. The program will also serve to 
strengthen collaboration, knowledge sharing and 
cross fertilization of ideas between the three 
initiatives.  https://www.idrc.ca/en/project/communication -
policy -research -cpr-south -south  
Supplying free 
copies of 
Canadian patent 
documents for 
developing 
countries  Upon request from 
WIPO  -- --  -- 
International IP 
Crime Training 
Seminars hosted 
by Interpol  -- -- The RCMP has contributed to the seminars each 
year. The seminars have been given to participants 
from developed and least developed countries, 
facilitating the exchange of best practices and  
techniques, and networking.  -- 
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