IP/C/W/644/Rev.1/Add.4  
19 octobre  2018 
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Conseil des aspects des droits de  propriété 
intellectuelle qui touchent au commerce  Original:  anglais  
 
  
ACTIVITÉS DE COOPÉRATION TECHNIQUE: RENSEIGNEMENTS COMMUNIQUÉS  
PAR D'AUTRES ORGANISATIONS INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES  
ORGANISATION RÉGIONALE AFRICAINE DE LA  
PROPRIÉTÉ INDUSTRIELLE (ARIPO)  
Addendum  
À sa réunion des 4  et 5 juin 2018, le Conseil des ADPIC est convenu d'inviter les organisations 
intergouvernementales ayant le statut d'observateur au Conseil à actualiser les renseignements 
concernant leurs programmes de coopération technique et financière en rapport avec la mise en 
œuvre de l'Accord sur les ADPIC.  
 
Le présent document reprend les renseignements que l'Organisation régionale africaine de la 
propriété intellectuelle (ARIPO) a fournis dans une communication datée du 11  octobre  2018.  
 
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1.  Le présent document rend compte des principaux programmes et activités de coopération en lien 
avec l'Accord sur les ADPIC et d'autres composantes de la propriété intellectuelle qui ont été réalisés 
par l'Organisation régionale africaine de la propriété intellectuelle (ARIPO) du 1er novembre  2017 au 
30 septembre  2018, suite à l'invitation à fournir des renseignements actualisés sur ces activités, 
lancée par le Président du Conseil des ADPIC de l'OMC dans sa lett re du 6 juillet  2018.  
2.  Dans le cadre de la r éalisation de son mandat énoncé dans l'accord sur sa création, l' Accord de 
Lusaka du 9  décembre  1976, l'ARIPO  entreprend des activités dans le but premier d'assister ses 
États membres et l'Afrique dans son ensemble pour tout ce qui concerne  la propriété intellectuelle . 
Pendant la période considérée, l'Organisation a réalisé, seul e ou en collaboration avec ses 
partenaires  de coopération , des activités qui s'inscriva ient dans le cadre de coopération de l'Accord 
sur les ADPIC et qui avaient ess entiellement pour objet s la sensi bilisation et le renforcement des 
capacités . 
3.  S'agissant de la sensibilisation à la propriété intellectuelle, l'ARIPO a poursuivi l'initiative amorcée 
en 2017, qui vise à mobiliser les universités et les institutions de rech erche en tant que principaux 
organismes créateurs de droits de propriété intellectuelle . Ainsi, des séminaires ayant pour thème 
"Promouvoir la créativité et l'innovation en faveur de la croissance et du développement 
économiques de l'Afrique" ont eu lieu d ans certaines universités . Ces séminaires visent à mieux faire 
connaître la propriété intellectuelle dans les universités, les collèges et les instituts de recherche afin 
qu'ils puissent utiliser le système de la propriété intellectuelle à l'échelon nation al et régional dans 
leur intérêt économique et celui des détenteurs  de droits et des pays dans leur ensemble . 
4.  En ce qui concerne le renforcement des capacités, l' ARIPO a continué à aider financièrement les 
étudiants inscrits au programme de maîtrise en propriété intellectuelle offert par l' Université Africa 
de Mutare  (Zimbabwe) , en collaboration avec l'OMPI et l'Office japonais des brevets . Il convient 
également de souligner que l' ARIPO , en collaboration avec l'Office ghanéen de propriété 
intellectuelle,  a lancé un nouveau programme de maîtrise en propriété intellectuelle (MPhil) à 
l'Université de science et de technologie Kumasi Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana)  le 28 août 2018. IP/C/W/644/Rev.1/Add.4  
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  5.  Le tableau ci -après contient des détails sur les activités de coopération technique et f inancière 
réalisées par l'ARIPO en lien avec l'Accord sur les ADPIC et d'autres composantes de la propriété 
intellectuelle . Cela comprend des initiatives de formation et des activités de sensibilisation, 
l'assistance aux offices nationaux de la propriété i ntellectuelle des États membres actuels ou 
potentiels de l'ARIPO, un symposium sur le droit d'auteur et des publications sur la propriété 
intellectuelle.  
 
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ANNEX E1 
Activity  Location and date  Brief description  
1. TRAINING INITIATIVES AND IP AWARENESS ACTIVITIES (including organization of workshops, symposia and conferences ) 
Symposium on Copyright and Related 
Rights  
 ARIPO Headquarters, Harare,  
12 – 13 June 2018.  The 2nd edition of the Symposium was jointly organised by ARIPO and WIPO on the theme: 
"Shaping the Copyright and Related Rights System in Africa ". The Symposium 
brought together copyright offices, collective management organizations from 18 ARIPO 
Member States, entrepreneurs and partners.  
 
The purpose of the 2nd edition of the Symposium was to discuss critical Copyright issues 
affecting Africa and explore ways to address copyright in the digital environment for the 
benefit of right holders, users and other stakeholders. The symposium also sought to 
promote effici encies of administration and management by the copyright offices and 
collective management organizations.  
Regional Training of Trainers 
Workshop on Teaching of IP in Police 
Colleges of the ARIPO Member States.  ARIPO Headquarters, Harare,  
2 – 3 July 2018.  The Workshop was organized by ARIPO, WIPO and the Japan Patent Office.  The aim of the 
Workshop was to train law enforcement officers in the ARIPO Members States with a view 
to assist them in the prosecution of IP infringement.  
Regional Seminar on the 
Implementation and Use of Patent -
Related Flexibilities  ARIPO Headquarters, Harare,  
1 – 3 August 2018.  The Seminar was organized by ARIPO in collaboration with WIPO. Its objectives were to 
enhance the knowledge of available patent -related flexibilities and to develop skills in their 
optimal use and implementation for the benefit of ARIPO Member States.  
Subregional meeting on the 
development of a Subregional 
Technology and Innovation Support 
Centre (TISC) Network  ARIPO Headquarters, Harare,  
28 – 31 August 2 018. The meeting was organised by ARIPO in collaboration with WIPO, with a support from the 
Japan Patent Office through the Japan Funds -in-Trust (FIT) for IP development in Africa. 
The meeting aimed at establishing a regional TISC in order to share best pr actices in 
effectively using technology found in patent databases and science and technology journal 
databases.  
Patent Drafting Course for IP Officers 
and Patent Agents and Attorneys  ARIPO Headquarters, Harare,  
3 – 7 September 2018.  The training course was organized by WIPO in cooperation with ARIPO and the Japan Patent 
Office (JPO).  
 
In attendance were Research and Development Institutions, Universities, Intellectual 
Property Offices, Technology Transfer Offices, Intellectual Property Attorneys, Legal 
Advisors, as well as Science and Technology Offices from ARIPO Member States and 
Observer States, namely: Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and 
Zanzibar.  
Workshop  on best practices on 
trademark examination  
 Uganda Registration Services Bureau 
(URSB), Kampala, Uganda,  
22 & 25 June 2018.  The workshop was organized by USPTO. ARIPO was invited to provide resource persons  to 
train URSB officials on the Best Practices o n Trademark Examination . 
                                                
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Activity  Location and date  Brief description  
Roving Seminars in Universities and 
Research Centres in ARIPO member 
States  University of Rwanda, Kigali,  
2 – 3 November 2017.  The Seminar was organised by ARIPO in collaboration with the University of Rwanda and 
the Rwanda Development Board. More than 100 participants from different academic 
institutions, research centers and private sector attended the Seminar.  
National University of Science and 
Technology (NUST) (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe), 
26 – 27 March 2018.  The Seminar was organised by ARIPO in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Intellectual 
Property Office and the National University of Science and Technology (the TechnoPark 
Department) in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.  
 
University of Liberia, Monrovia,  
7 – 8 April 2018.  
 The Seminar was organised by ARIPO in collaboration with the University of Liberia and 
the Liberia Intellectual Property Office.  
International University of Management, 
Windhoek, Namibia, 19 – 20 June 2018.  The Seminar was organised by ARIPO in collaboration with the International University of 
Management (IUM) in Windhoek.  
University of Botswana, Gaborone, 5 – 6 
July 2018.  
 The Seminar was organised by ARIPO in collaboration with the University of Botswana. A 
total of 81 participants from Universities in Botswan a attended the Seminar.  
 
University Eduardo Mondlane (Maputo, 
Mozambique), 26 – 27 July 2018.  The Seminar was organised by ARIPO in collaboration with the University Eduardo 
Mondlane and the Intellectual Property Institute of Mozambique.  
Offering sponsorship to students to 
undertake the Master of Intellectual 
Property (MIP programme)  Africa University, Mutare, Zimbabwe.  The MIP programme is jointly organized by ARIPO, WIPO, the Japan Patent Office and 
Africa University in Mutare, Zimbabwe.  
The pro gramme was initiated to develop a critical mass of Intellectual Property experts for 
the development of the Intellectual Property system in Africa.  
 
The 10th cohort graduated in June 2018. Another intake (11th cohort) is expected to 
graduate early next ye ar.  
 
So far, the programme has produced 296 IP experts from 26 African Countries from the 
1st to the 10th cohort from ARIPO Member States and other countries in Africa.  
Extension of the Master in Intellectual 
Property in Ghana  
 Kumasi University of Science and 
Technology (Ghana)Kumasi, Ghana.  ARIPO in collaboration with the Kumasi Nkwame Nkrumah University of Science & 
Technology in Ghana  and the Ghana Intellectual Property Office launched on 28 August 
2018 a new MPhil programme on IP. ARIPO is  sponsoring ten students from its Member 
States.    
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Activity  Location and date  Brief description  
 
2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RELATED PUBLICATIONS AND OTHER TOOLS  
 
 
Regional Intellectual Property 
Database   
ARIPO Headquarters, Harare, 2018.   
The database, which was developed with the support of WIPO, is designed to efficiently 
serve multiple purposes, including on -line provision of published IP data, encouragement 
of regional trade and IP scientific research. The database was lunched on 10 September 
2018 and has currently more than 400,000 IP titles from ARIPO Office and 12 Member 
States, namely: Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, 
Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.  
 
Publication of Guiding tools to assist 
Member States; and other 
publications  ARIPO, Harare, 2018.  In its overall aim to assist Member States and the public at large in IP matters, ARIPO 
endeavors to publish guiding tools and avail other publications in IP field. In 2018, the 
following publications were registered:   
- Comparative Study of Copyright Laws of ARIPO Member States (Volume 2)  
- African Journal of Intellectual Property – AJIP – (jointly published twice a year by 
ARIPO and the Africa University)  
- A textbook on IP:  Intellectual Property Law, Practice and Management: Perspectives 
from Africa (publishe d in collaboration with the Africa University)  
 
 
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