IP/C/W/610/Add.6/Rev.1  
 
14 October 2015  
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Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
  TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS 
NORWAY 
Revision 
By means of a communication, dated 13 October 2015, the following revised document is being 
circulated at the request of the delegation of Norway.  
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 1  THE NORWEGIAN INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OFFICE 
1.  The Norwegian Industrial Property Office, in collaboration with the World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) Academy, has since the year 2000 on an annual basis conducted training courses of one week on intellectual property rights . The courses gather up to 20 participants from 
national industrial property offices in developing countries and countries in transition from all over 
the world (countries listed on OECD's DAC list). The courses are free of charge for the participants and are financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Fo reign Affairs. Travel costs are covered by WIPO, 
which also handles applications from the participants.  
2.  The target group are officials who deal with in tellectual property rights at a practical level. The 
aim of the courses is to achieve among the pa rticipants a better understanding of different 
intellectual property rights, with a focus on the practical work and administrative management of 
industrial property applications. While the to pics of 2014 concerned trademarks, the course in 
2015 dealt with patents. Employees of the Norwegian Industrial Property Office and the WIPO Academy gave the lectures in English. 
3.  From 2015, the Norwegian Industrial Property  Office has expanded the activities with a new 
programme for developing countries and countries in transition (countries listed on OECD's DAC list). By expanding the activities Norway wants to contribute to WIPO's development agenda and 
offer demand-driven technical assistance. 
4.  The new programme was carried out for the first time in 2015 and address patent-quality as 
topic. The target group is senior management in national industrial property offices with mandate 
to initiate and implement specific projects.     
5.  The new programme consists of four phases, and gathers up to 20 participants. It is free of 
charge for the participants and is fully financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  
6.  In the first phase, the participants identify a patent-quality related project of interest for their 
country.  
7.  The second phase consists of two weeks training in Oslo, where the Norwegian Intellectual 
Property Office together with representatives from  private sector and academia carry out lectures, 
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8.  The third phase takes place in the particip ant's home country where they implement their 
project with support from a Norwegian colleague,  who is available by telephone and e-mail.  
9.  The fourth phase is a one-week follow-up session in a developing country, where 
representatives from WIPO Academy and the Norweg ian Industrial property Office evaluate the 
projects together with the participants.  
10.  The Norwegian Industrial Property Office cooperates also with WIPO and delivers Patent 
Information Services for Developing Countries. Mo re information can be found at this address: 
http://www.wipo.int/patentscope/en/ data/developing_countries.html  
 
Enquiries can be made to: 
 
Mr. Jostein Sandvik Director 
Legal and International Affairs Norwegian Industrial Property Office 
P. O. Box 8160 Dep. Sandakerveien 64 
N-0033 OSLO 
 Telephone:  +47 22 38 74 09 Telefacsimile: +47 22 38 73 01 
E-mail:  jsa@patentstyret.no  
 
 
2  WIPO-NORCODE TRAINING PROGRAMME 2015 
11.  NORCODE, The Norwegian Copyright Development Association, in collaboration with WIPO, 
the World Intellectual Property Organization, has, since 2008, every other year conducted training 
courses of two weeks on copyright in Oslo, Norway. The training sessions in Oslo are given by 
international and Norwegian experts on all aspects of a well-functioning copyright system. These sessions also include study visits to Norwegian Collective Management Organisations (CMOs), and other relevant institutions. The training programme includes interactive sessions with group 
discussions, case studies and development of negotiation and communication skills. 
12.  We organize a follow-up week half a year later in one of the participating developing 
countries. The course this year had 19 participants from 18 national copyright offices and CMOs in 
developing countries. The course is free of charge for the participants and is financed by WIPO, 
NORCODE and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with additional resources from the 
Norwegian Ministry of Culture. Travel costs are also covered and WIPO handles applications from 
the participants.  
13.  The target group for the training programme is personnel in a senior position within a 
Collective Management Organization and/or a National Copyright Office with a direct interest or involvement in collective management. The training programme is conducted in English.  
14.  For more information: http://norcode.no/training/training-1/  
Enquiries can be made to: 
 
Ms Inger Dirdal  
Special Adviser  NORCODE 
 
Telephone:  +47 975 10 353   E-mail:  inger.dirdal@norcode.no  
 
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