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IP/C/W/550/Add.7 
1 June 2011 
 (11-2748) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS 
 
EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, dated 3 March 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the European Union. 
 
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 This document complements the information on th e implementation of article 67 of the TRIPS 
Agreement, as provided in document IP/C/W/539/Add.7 of 24 February 2010. 
 
 It concerns the technical cooperation activiti es carried out mainly between August 2009 and 
August 2010 by the European Union and individual me mber States in favour of developing and least 
developed country Members, with the objective to facilitate the implementation of the TRIPS 
Agreement.   IP/C/W/550/Add.7 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
I.  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................... 3  
II.  MEMBER STATES ................................................................................................................ 10 
AUSTRIA ....................................................................................................................... ....................... 10  
BELGIUM ....................................................................................................................... ...................... 11  
BULGARIA ...................................................................................................................... ..................... 15  
CZECH
 REPUBLIC ...................................................................................................................... ........ 16 
FINLAND ....................................................................................................................... ....................... 17  
FRANCE ........................................................................................................................ ........................ 18  
GERMANY ....................................................................................................................... .................... 25  
HUNGARY ....................................................................................................................... .................... 31  
PORTUGAL ...................................................................................................................... .................... 33  
ROMANIA ....................................................................................................................... ..................... 35  
SPAIN…. ....................................................................................................................... ........................ 36  
SWEDEN ........................................................................................................................ ....................... 38  
UNITED  KINGDOM........................................................................................................................ ..... 40 
III. EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO) ............................................................................... 43  
 
 
  
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 Page 3I. EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
EU-China Project on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR2) 
 
 The EU-China Project on the Protection of  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR2) is a cooperation project between the European Co mmission and the Government of 
People's Republic of China.  With EUR 10.85 million from the EU and EUR 5.425 million from China, IPR2 was launched on 26 Novem ber 2007.  Building on the success of 
IPR1 from 1999-2001, which promoted international standards of IPR protection in Chinese legislation, IPR2 targets the reliabil ity, efficiency and accessibility of the IP 
protection system, towards establishing a sustainable environment fo r effective IPR enforcement in Ch ina.  This is done by supp orting a comprehensive framework of technical 
assistance and cooperation with the Chinese authorities and institutions promoting the environment of IP protection in China, o ver 4 years. 
 
 In practice, IPR2 organises seminars, symposia, workshops, studies, training programmes, study tours and information managemen t activities across the following core 
components: 
 
1. Legal Framework 
Improve the Chinese legal framework of IPR laws and regulations on  all aspects of Criminal law, Patent law, Trademark law, Copy right law, Geographical Indications, 
Civil and Administ rative procedures. 
 
2. Capacity Building 
Build the technical capacity of human resources in all institutions involved in IPR in China. 
 
3. Access to Information 
Provide better access to informa tion for users and officials. 
 
4. Enforcement 
Develop legal procedures to promote and support China's efforts to build up efficient internal, inter-agency, inter-regional an d inter-jurisdictional systems and civil, 
criminal and administrative proc edures for IPR enforcement. 
 
5. Support to Right Holders 
Reinforce support to right holders in China and Europe to make best use of the Chinese IP systems. 
 
6. Trademarks & Designs 
This additional horizontal component leverages the core competence and channels the expertise of the European Office of Harmoni zation of the Internal Market 
(OHIM). 
  
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Page 4  The following activites have been implemented between September 2009 and September 2010:  
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event  
 Organizing agency Description 
China New legal platform for 
intellectual property in China 
9 July 2009, Beijing  IPR2 Senior Officials from the Ministry of  Commerce, the Delegation of the European 
Commission to China together with se nior academics from Peking University 
inaugurated the China IP Law Search, a new platform of laws and regulations 
related to the protection and enforcement of  intellectual property in China. More 
than 80 representatives of  government, industry, law firms, academics, students 
and the press gathered at Peking Univer sity to learn how China IP law Search 
could contribute to their daily work. www.ipr2.org/ipsearch.  
China EU-China training course 
on criminal IPR 
enforcement and application 
of criminal IP law 25-29 July 2009, Wuhan IPR2 IPR2, together with the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), organised training for 
local criminal enforcement and public security officials on experiences and best 
practices of criminal IPR enforcemen t.  The training aimed to provide 
comprehensive information and best practi ces on criminal IP enforcement and the 
transfer of cases, provide a platform fo r experience sharing between Chinese and 
European IP prosecutors a nd increase understanding of the most relevant issues 
for adjudication and handling of criminal IP  cases in the officials' daily work.  
China EU-China workshop on the 
regulation of on-line 
business 
11-12 June 2009, Quanzhou IPR2 IPR2 supported the State Administration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC) in 
organising a workshop for local officials on the monitoring of internet business 
behaviour, including enforcement of IP rights to reinforce capacity in 
adjudicating and handling in ternet-related cases. 
China  EU-China workshop on the 
Protection of Business 
Secrets 
25-26 June 2009, Shanghai IPR2 In cooperation with the State Admini stration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC), 
IPR2 organised a workshop on the protection of business secrets for local 
Administration of Industry and Commerce enforcement officers,  to highlight the 
key issues and the practical implications of the existing legal systems in China and Europe as well as to share best  practice on how to tackle infringing 
behaviours.   
China  EU-China training on 
copyright protection on the 
Internet 
15-19 June 2009, Harbin and Yinchuan IPR2 IPR2 and the National Copyright Administration of China (NCAC) furthered 
cooperation with two training sessions on on-line copyright protection and 
enforcement on the internet, providing a platform for Chinese and European 
copyright enforcement  bodies to share intelligence and be st practices in their fight 
against on-line piracy.  
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 Organizing agency Description 
China  New IP Protection 
Roadmap – How to register 
and Protect a Community Trademark 
12 August 2009, Beijing IPR2 A new issue in the IPR2 series 'Roadmaps for Intellectual Property Protection' is 
now available – How to Register and Pr otect a Community Tr ademark in Europe . 
A Community Trademark (CTM) is a supranational, unitary , exclusive  
intellectual property right valid  and enforceable in the EU 's 27 Member States, 
and therefore a market of almost 500 m illion consumers. CTMs are governed by 
the Community Trademark Regulation an d administered exclusively by the 
Office for the Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM). While the CTM 
system does not replace the national tr ademark systems and OHIM does not 
replace the single industrial  property offices of th e EU-Member States, the 
existence of a supranational system gives trademark owners the possibility to 
choose, based on their business needs, an additional protection route once they 
have decided to enter a specific market.  
China  International seminar on IP 
protection of software 
18-19 June, Beijing and 
Dalian IPR2 IPR2 supported the implementation of two seminars aimed at enhancing the 
mutual understanding of intellectual property protection in the software and 
service outsourcing industry. Co-organised by the China Association of Trade in 
Services (CATIS), under the Ministry  of Commerce (MOFCOM), both events 
aimed to build understanding on the challenges and means of improving the 
international competitiveness of enterprises and the overall development of this 
industry.  
China  New IP Protection 
Roadmap – How to register 
and Protect a Community Design 
25 June 2009, Beijing IPR2 A new issue in the IPR2 series 'Roadmaps for Intellectual Property Protection' is 
available – How to Register and Protect a Community Design in Europe. A 
Community design is a right for the external appearance of a product or part of it, resulting from the features of the product itself and/or its ornamentation valid for 
all 27 Member States of the European Un ion and directly enforceable in all of 
these countries. This issue covers the term and scope of protection in Europe, the requirements for protection, the registration process and the key means (civil, 
administrative and crimin al means) of enforcing a Community design.  
 
The Roadmap series aims to provide information on the IP systems in China and 
Europe and to give guidance to both European and Chinese companies in protecting their IP. All issues are ava ilable to download free-of-charge at 
www.ipr2.org/roadmap.
 
  
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EU – WIPO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS PROJEC T FOR THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH 
 
 This programme is an EU initiative implemented by WIPO.  Th e project budget is €1,220,000 of whic h €1,100,000 is the EU contri bution.  The 
implementation of the project started in July 2008 and is expected to end in July 2011.   
 The purpose of the IPR project is to strengthen national capacity to develop, modernize, administer and use the intellectual p roperty system to meet 
national developmental objectives taking into account the relevant international standards including those in the area of IP un der the Agreement on Trade Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement).    
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 Page 7EU T RADE COM FACILITY 
 The TradeComm Facility, also referred to as the TradeCom Facility, is an ACP Group Progr amme financed by the European Developm ent Fund. 
It is divided in three main, complementary, components, each wi th its specific beneficiaries and results: (1) Formulation of tr ade policies, (2) Trade negotiations 
and (3) Implementation of trade polici es and international trade agreements. 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Uganda  Technical assistance to the 
Uganda Ministry of 
Tourism, Trade and Industry 
in the Area of IPR Kampala, December 2008 - 
July 2009 IIAS The specific objective of the project is to bring Uganda's IP regulatory 
framework in line with the TRIPS Agreement as well as other applicable 
multilateral and regional/bilateral IP Agreements.  The main activities 
carried out included: 
 Review existing literature of policy and legislative work on IP 
carried out in Uganda and/or countri es with similar characteristics. 
 Review of existing laws and regulations on IP in Uganda. 
 Conduct consultations with all stakeholders in Uganda (two 
national workshops organised for small groups of stakeholders 
including parliamentarians). 
 Draft/revise/review legislation and re gulation, as appropriate, in the 
area of IP. 
 Present results during a national seminar for all stakeholders in 
Uganda. 
For more information, please consult the final report:  http://www.tradecom-acpeu.org/Portals/49/IIAS_Final_Report.pdf   
 
Pacific Islands Forum 
Secretariat Pacific Regional Action Plan 
for Traditional Knowledge (TK) Development 
Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, 
Papua New Guinea, Palau, Vanuatu, 2008-2010  The objectives of  the project are: 
 Protect the rights of traditional resource owners in their traditional 
knowledge and expressions of culture  
 Model Law on TK and Expressions of Culture 
 Protect the rights of traditional resource owners in their TK and 
biological/genetic resources through the implementation of the 
Model Law on Traditional Biological Resources, Innovations and Practices and assist countries in its implementation, administration 
and enforcement once endorsed. 
 Assist countries develop, impl ement, administer and enforce 
Access and Benefit Sharing Arrangements for the utilization of TK 
resources. 
 Assist countries develop databases for TK. 
 Assist countries develop cultural industries.  
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Zambia Technical Assistance to the 
Ministry of Commerce, 
Trade and Industry in Intellectual Property 
Zambia, Dec. 2008- June 
2009  The objectives of  the project are: 
 To bring Zambia's IP legislation and regulation in conformity with 
the WTO's TRIPS Agreement a nd applicable regional and 
international IP Treaties and Agreements; 
 To propose the legal framework and draft legislation for the 
protection of relatively new forms of intellectual property that are 
not covered by the current legislation including traditional 
knowledge, traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and genetic resources; and 
 To build institutional capacity for IP implementing agencies and 
enhance Zambia's ability to harness IP for socio-economic development. 
 
Mauritius Technical assistance to the 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and 
Cooperation to update IP 
legislation and build the capacity of officials for the 
enforcement of IPRs in 
Mauritius 
Date missing  The overall objectives  of the project are: 
 Update IP legislation in conformity with international obligations; 
 Improve capacity of officials involv ed in the enforcement of IPRs 
in Mauritius; 
The specific objectives of the project are to: 
 Identify constraints and impediments hampering the 
implementation of IPRs and identify measures to address them; 
 Propose amendments to existing le gislation to ensure compliance 
with international obligations, and propose new legislation for 
geographical indications, traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions (folklore) and animal and plant and genetic resources; 
 Build institutional capacity for and strengthen coordination of 
officials involved in the enforcement of IPRs in Mauritius; 
 Disseminate the benefits, rights and obligations of IP through print 
media to the general public, in particular the private sector and 
persons involved in the production of cultural goods and services. 
  
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DG AIDCO 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Gabon Trade support programme 
 Dates missing   FED/2009/021-484 (€3 million) - The aim of the programme is to further 
the integration of the Gabonese economy into the regional and world economies by enhancing the capacity of  the Gabonese private sector and the 
national institutions responsible for the trade sector. 
 
The programme includes support for CONAPE activities and will help 
CONAPE to conduct studies aimed at defining Gabon's position in respect of services and intellectual property within the EPA framework. 
South of Sahara, Regional RISP 2 
Dates missing  FED/2009/021-716 (€50,000,000) - Objective of the project is to support 
economic integration process of ESA -IO region as a means to enhance 
economic growth and raise stds of living.  It has 6 result areas.  COMESA is lead RO on behalf of EAC, IOC and IGAD. to collabarate with SADC too. 
The programme will also introduce work on Intellectual Property Rights in 
the regional and design regional frameworks as a reference for Member/Partner states. 
 
Thailand Thailand EU Cooperation 
Facility Phase II Dates missing  DCI-ASIE/2009/020-525 (€4,500,000) - This programme is a second phase 
for TEC (TEC II), building on the achievements and lessons learnt from the previous programmes ( TEC and SPF). The programme purpose is to 
enhance capacity of Thai private and public sector organisations in support 
of national development goals in the areas of trade and investment; higher education and science-technology; environment, energy and good 
governance. 
The programme includes a grant component under which IPR-related activities may be funded (contracts not yet awarded). 
 
  
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AUSTRIA 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Jordan, Viet Nam, Chile 
 ICSEI 2009 
Second half of 2009 Austrian Patent Office, in 
cooperation with WIPO (Development Cooperation) 
 International cooperation on Search and Examination of Inventions (ICSEI). 
State-of-the-art search and examin ation reports concerning patent 
applications - free of charge. 
China Meeting with a Chinese 
delegation from SIPO 
Vienna, 3 August 2009 Austrian Patent Office Meeting concerning the "Memorandum of Understanding" signed 2006 in 
Beijing between China and Austria. 
 
Audience:   Delegation from the Beijing Intellectual Property Office. 
 
Cambodia, Viet Nam 
 ICSEI 2010 
First half of 2010 Austrian Patent Office, in 
cooperation with WIPO 
(Development Cooperation)  International Cooperation on Search and Examination of Inventions 
(ICSEI). State-of-the-art search and examination reports concerning patent 
applications - free of charge.  
GCC (Countries of the Gulf 
Cooperation Council): 
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait Training course for patent 
experts 
Vienna, 14-25 June 2010 Austrian Patent Office Training course concerning the principles of patent law, international 
developments in this area, search strategies and databases relating to 
patents.  
Audience: patent examiners of the Patent Office of the Cooperation Council 
for the Arab States of the Gulf.  
Belarus, Bhutan, Cuba, Iraq, 
Kyrgyzstan, Oman (GCC),  
Pakistan, Serbia, Syria, Ukraine Training course on patent 
documentation and 
information, protection of trademarks and designs, 
international IP treaties 
Vienna, 14-25  June 2010 Austrian Patent Office in 
cooperation with WIPO 
("WIPO-Austria-Course") Introduction in search strategies and electronic databases relating to patents; 
trademark and design law, international developments in these areas.  
 Audience: patent examiners and legal officers from National Industrial 
Property Offices. 
Jordan  Training course on PCT 
Vienna, 21-25  June 2010 Austrian Patent Office 
 Training course concerning  PCT and EP procedure. 
 
Audience : IP-experts from the Jordan Industrial Property Protection 
Directorate, Ministry of Industry & Trade.  
  
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* EWI: Flanders Economy, Science and Innovation 
   ITM: Institute of Tropical Medicine 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo Consolidation and 
strengthening of the National 
Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) as a national 
reference laboratory and 
institute of biomedical research 1/1/2008 - 31/12/2010  ITM and partner institute 
INRB Strengthens the INRB's role as a nationa l reference laboratory and institute 
for research on infectious diseases. 
Morocco  Support for building the 
training and research capacity 
of the National Health Administration Institute (INAS) 
1/1/2008 - 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
INAS Develops and strengthens the training , supervision and research capacity 
and expertise of INAS in the fields  of decentralized health system 
management and health programme management. 
Uganda  Capacity Strengthening for 
Health Systems Research and 
Health Policy Development in 
Uganda 1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
Makerere University 
Institute of Public Health 
(MUIPH) This project aims to significantly increase IPH's capacity and involvement 
in providing an evidence and knowledge base for rational policies and in 
developing the district health system. This will provide, through the 
excellent linkages between IPH, selected districts and the MOH, and with the added technical expertise of ITM, a basis for the creation and effective 
implementation of health policies in Uganda and beyond. 
Ecuador Strengthening the capacity to 
perform good quality PH training programs at the IPH – 
Public Health Institute at 
PUCE, Quito, Ecuador 1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
Instituto de Salud Pública at Pontificia Universidad 
Católica del Ecuador 
(PUCE) To strengthen the capacity of IPH-PU CE for providing high-quality training 
in public health, including Master degr ees, and as a centre for research and 
expertise in public health. 
Cuba Strengthening Public Health 
Care Research in Cuba 
1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institutes 
INHEM: National Institute 
of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology and IPK: 
Institute of Tropical 
Medicine Pedro Kourí To support the scientific mission of the INHEM and the IPK by capacity 
strengthening and scientific cooperation  
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 Organizing agency Description 
Plurinational State of Bolivia Strengthening Post-graduate 
training at the UMSS of 
Cochabamba 1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
Graduate School, 
Department of Medicine, Universidad Mayor de San 
Simon 
(UMSS) Plurinational State of Bolivia To strengthen the training capacity of the Faculty of Medicine of the UMSS 
and to jointly organize a Diploma Course  in Tropical Medicine and Health 
Service Organization and a Master in Tropical Medicine, Health Management and Disease Control, both of relevance and up to standards. 
India Strengthening the capacity of 
the Institute of Public Health 
(IPH) to provide training and conduct 
research. 
1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
Institute of Public Health, 
(IPH) Bangalore, India To develop IPH as a centre of excellen ce for training and research in public 
health. 
Cambodia Building capacity to conduct 
high quality clinical research 
and training in infectious 
diseases, in an environment where quality of care, including 
laboratory diagnostics, is 
assured through implementation 
of a quality assurance program. 
1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
Sihanouk Hospital Center 
of Hope Enhance SHCH's capacity to gather evidence on and to implement best 
practice in management of infectious diseases in Cambodia. 
Zambia Institutional capacity 
strengthening of the Tropical 
Diseases Research centre, 
Ndola, Zambia in the conduct of quality health research. 
1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
Tropical Diseases Research 
Centre To enhance capacity of the TDRC as an autonomous centre of excellence in 
the field of applied health research  and training in the prevention and 
treatment of malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and trypanosomiasis. 
Peru Institutional Collaboration with 
the Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von 
Humboldt in 
Lima, Peru: from generation to dissemination of knowledge 
and practice. 
1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von 
Humboldt, 
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia To strengthen the IMTAvH as a scientifically autonomous centre of 
excellence in the field of applied clinical  research on infectious and tropical 
diseases. Special emphasis will be provided to study chemotherapy failure 
and/or disease progress in 6 diseases (AIDS, TB, Malaria, Leishmaniasis, 
HTLV 1 related diseases, and bacterial diseases).  
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 Organizing agency Description 
Viet Nam & SEA Institutional collaboration to 
strengthen the rational basis for 
prevention and control of malaria and other parasitic 
diseases in Southeast Asia. 
1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
National Institute of 
Malariology Parasitology Entomology (NIMPE) To strengthen at regional level the capacities in biomedical and 
epidemiological research required fo r the surveillance and prevention of 
malaria and other parasitic diseases  in Viet Nam, Cambodia and other 
Southeast Asian countries. 
Senegal Strengthening of Dakar 
University Hospital (CHU) as a 
centre of excellence for the 
control of and research into HIV, tuberculosis and other 
infectious diseases in Senegal 
 1/1/2008 - 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
CHU Strengthening of Dakar University Hospital's institutional capacity in terms 
of the control of and research into HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other 
infectious diseases. 
South Africa Institutional collaboration to 
establish a sustainable basis for 
the development and transfer of appropriate methods to control 
important endemic parasitic 
diseases of livestock and 
zoonoses in the SADC Region. 
1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner: 
Department of Veterinary 
Tropical Diseases (DVTD), University of Pretoria To strengthen the research and training capacity and capability of the 
DVTD and its regional partners to support the sustainable control of the 
main endemic parasitic diseases (trypanosomosis, tick-borne diseases and helminthosis) of livestock and important endemic zoonoses (tuberculosis, 
brucellosis, trypanosomosis and cysticercosis) in subsistence livestock 
production systems in the SADC Region 
Burkina Faso Strengthening of the 
International Centre for 
Research and Development on 
Livestock in the Sub-Humid Zone (CIRDES) as the 
reference centre for the 
diagnosis and control of trypanosomosis and resistance 
to trypanocides in West Africa 
1/1/2008 - 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
CIRDES Strengthen the capacity of CIRDES in the field of the diagnosis and control 
of animal trypanosomosis and trypanocide-resistant trypanosomes in 
livestock in West Africa in order to improve breeder disease-control 
strategies. 
Ecuador Capacity strengthening of the 
CIZ. 
1/01/2008 – 31/12/2010 ITM and partner institute 
Centro Internacional de 
Zoonosis (CIZ) Increase the capacity for diagnosis, ep idemiological monitoring and data 
analysis, disease control of the CIZ.  
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 Organizing agency Description 
FINANCED BY EDCTP :    
Burkina Faso, Nigeria & 
Rwanda 
  
 
  Capacity building for setting up 
or maintaining African research 
sites Date missing ITM and 'Centre Muraz' 
(Burkina Faso), 'Institute 
for Tropical Diseases Research & Prevention ' 
(Nigeria) 'Programme 
National de lutte contre le Paludisme,  (Rwanda) The aim is to train young African clin ical investigators in the theory and 
practice of clinical research that follows GCP (Good Clinical Practices) 
guidelines and to focus on clinical trials with antimalarials. 
  
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 Page 15BULGARIA 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Jordan (11 searches) 
Syria (1 search) Bahrain (4 searches) 
African Regional Intellectual 
Property Organisation (ARIPO) (1 search) 
Ghana (4 searches) 
Bhutan  (1 search)  Free search  
Exchange of documents  July 2009 – August 2010 Bulgarian Patent Office 
  Development cooperation with WIPO: performing free state of the art 
searches and examination reports.     
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Page 16 CZECH  REPUBLIC 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Botswana, 
Fiji, Saint Kitts and Nevis  
 Inter-regional Intermediate 
Seminar on Industrial Property 
 
Practical Training Course on Industrial Property 
Geneva, June 2010 
Prague, 14-26 June 2010 WIPO Worldwide Academy 
and Industrial Property Office of 
the Czech Republic 
  Inter-regional Intermediate Seminar in Geneva for IP officials organized by 
WIPO Worldwide Academy held in June 2010. Afterwards the particip ant members from Botswana, Fiji, Saint Kitts and 
Nevis, 
received an intensive practice course in the Czech Republic, organized by 
the Czech Industrial Property Office, an d which    included training in all 
areas of industrial property, during two weeks, in Prague.   
Republic of Kosovo Consultation on copyright-
related issues (administration, legislation, collective management etc.)  Prague, Ministry of Culture, 30 June 2010  European Patent Office 
 
(Industrial Property Office of 
the Czech Republic and the Ministry of Culture of the 
Czech Republic) A delegation of IP experts from the Republic of Kosovo consulted questions 
on administration and legislation related to copyright and related rights, 
practical experiences with functioning  of collective management etc.   
 
Audience:   IPO staff  
 
  
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 Page 17FINLAND 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Bahrain, Cambodia, Jordan State-of-the-art search 
reports July 2009 – August 2010 National Board of Patents and 
Registration of Finland and World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland provided state-of-the-
art search reports free of charge for Argentina, Cuba, Chile, Jordan, Syria 
and Uruguay within the framework of development cooperation with 
WIPO. 
Various developing countries Fifth International Forum on 
Creativity and Inventions – A Better Future for 
Humanity in the 21
st Century 
 
New Delhi, India, November 2009  WIPO in cooperation with the 
Government of India and with assistance of the Federation of 
Indian Chambers of commerce 
and Industry 
 The Forum addressed this time the theme of "Intellectual property in a 
changing world: New challenges and opportunities".   
Themes for discussion included the implications of the global economic 
downturn for IP and how IP can mitigate the impact of the economic crisis, IP for economic resurgence and development, new innovation models and 
strategies, and the role of IP in fostering the development of new 
technologies. The advantages of developing a national IP and innovation strategy as a cohesive framework for the development of dynamic 
innovation ecosystem together with th e critical role of public research 
institutions, universities and industry was also explored.   
The President of the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland 
spoke at the seminar and he has also been the main coordinator of the five 
WIPO Forums on Creativity and Innovations. 
 
Viet Nam Innovation Partnership 
Programme 
 
Study Tour Helsinki, 16-25 January 
2010  Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 
Finland and Ministry of 
Science and Technology, Viet 
Nam   The purpose of the Innovation Partnership Programme (IPP) is to strengthen 
the National Innovation System (NIS) in capacity, capability and through 
public-private partnerships enable improved NIS contributions to the socio-
economic development. The study tour was part of the IPP and the main focus was public information about science. Experts of the National Board 
of Patents and Registration of Finland gave lectures on IPR-issues in 
Finland   
Audience :  10-member group from different Vietnamese organizations. 
 
  
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1. National Industrial Property Institute (INPI) – June 2009 – June 2010 
 
Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Algeria, Armenia, Burkina 
Faso, Burundi, Cuba, Djibouti, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, 
Mali, Morocco, Tajikistan, 
Cameroon, Madagascar, Central 
African Republic Organization of a seminar on 
industrial property in cooperation with WIPO 
 
14 June - 25 June 2010 INPI/WIPO Intensive training on patent, tradem ark and industrial design law at the INPI. 
Abu Dhabi Anti-counterfeiting seminar 
 30 May 2010 INPI The Abu Dhabi customs authorities pa rticipated in this awareness-raising 
seminar on IP rights and anti-counterfeiting measures. 
Algeria, Brazil, Cameroon, 
Central African Republic, 
Indonesia, Kenya, South Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Senegal, 
Serbia, Singapore, Suriname, 
Tajikistan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan Organization of a seminar on 
industrial property in 
cooperation with WIPO  
14 June - 25 June 2010 INPI/WIPO Intensive training on patent, trad emark, and industrial design law at the 
CEIPI in Strasbourg. 
Brazil University-level training 
 
14 September 2009 - 
30 January 2010 INPI University-level trai ning (patent course) at the CEIPI in Strasbourg for 
two officials from the Brazilian Office. 
Brazil, Mexico, Cameroon, Central African Republic, 
Tunisia University-level training 1 
February 2010 - 
30 June 2010 INPI University-level training (trademark  course) at the CEIPI in Strasbourg for 
two officials from the Brazilian Offi ce, two officials from the Mexican 
Office, one OAPI official, and one official responsible for liaison structures 
in the Central African Republic. 
China University-level training 
 
14 September 2009 - 
30 January 2010 INPI University-level trai ning (patent course) at the CEIPI in Strasbourg for 
two officials from SIPO. 
China Study visit 
 
7 September 2009 INPI Study visit by a delegation from the Ministry of Industry on anti-
counterfeiting measures in France. 
  
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China Study visit 
Intellectual Property 
Observatory (OPI)  
17 December 2009 INPI/SIPO Visit by Chinese administration o fficials from SIPO for an overview of the 
INPI. 
China Study visit 
 15 May 2010 INPI Study visit by a delegation from the Supreme Court on anti-counterfeiting 
measures in France. 
China Seminar 
 
Shanghai, 3 June 2010 INPI/SIPO/SAIC Bilateral anti-counterf eiting workshop held in Shanghai. 
China IPR2 seminar 
 
26 March 2010 INPI/EPO/IPR2/OHIM EU-China seminar on the Chinese design protection system (held in Paris). 
South Korea Study visit 
 Date missing INPI/CNCPI Visit by the Korean Patent A ttorneys Association (K PAA) to learn about 
French databases. 
South Korea Study visit on trademarks 
 
26 November 2009 INPI/KIPO Study visit by a delegation from  KIPO for training on anti-counterfeiting 
measures in France. 
Egypt Briefing mission 
 
16 October 2009 INPI Briefing mission to Cairo on the functioning of INPI, institutional 
capacity-building in Egypt with a view to the legislative reform of IP, and 
the 2008 Cannes Declaration against Counterfeiting.  This Declaration 
brings together the Mediterranean countries most committed to combatting 
counterfeiting (Bulgaria, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, 
Tunisia and Turkey). 
Egypt Seminar on rights 
enforcement and anti-
counterfeiting measures 
Study visit on trademarks 16 November 2009 INPI Seminar entitled "Postal freight and counterfeiting:  a sensitive issue", 
organized by La Poste in conjunction with INPI, CNAC and the 
Manufacturers' Union.  Presentation on the role of the INPI trademark 
department.  Participants included the legal affairs advisor from the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the head of commercial registration from the 
trademark office. 
Morocco Seminar on rights 
enforcement and anti-counterfeiting measures 
Study visit on trademarks 
16 November 2009 INPI/OMPIC/LA POSTE Seminar entitled "Postal fre ight and counterfeiting:  a sensitive issue", 
organized by La Poste in conjunction with INPI, CNAC and the Manufacturers' Union.  Presentation on the role of the INPI trademark 
department.  Participants included the OMPIC official responsible for 
distinctive signs.  
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Morocco Mission concerning the 
Franco-Moroccan IP 
twinning arrangement  
30 March 2010 INPI/INPI Portugal Talks held in Casablanca  on the Franco-Moro ccan twinning project. 
Morocco Franco-Moroccan IP 
twinning arrangement  
13 December 2009 INPI/INPI Portugal Preparatory m eeting for INPI France-INPI Portugal institutional twinning in 
favour of OMPIC. 
Morocco, Egypt  Second Euro-Mediterranean 
meeting of national anti-counterfeiting committees 
 
Tangiers, 4 December 2009  INPI (CNAC) This meeting was an opportunity to involve three new Euro-Mediterranean 
countries in the anti-counterfeiting pr ocess:  Egypt, Greece and Slovenia, 
and led to the signing of the second Joint Declaration on Anti-Counterfeiting 
with the Euro-Mediterranean representatives of CNAC. 
Mexico University-level training 
 
14 September 2009 - 30 
January 2010 INPI University-level (paten t course) at the CEIPI in Strasbourg for two officials 
from the Mexican Office. 
Mexico Study visit on IP 
pre-diagnosis 
 16 September 2009 INPI Study visit by three IMPI (Mexican Office) officials for training on pre-
diagnosis and the role of a regional delegation. 
World International conference 
 
4 November 2009 INPI/WIPO Conference on the creation of partnerships with a view to mobilizing 
development resources. 
Pakistan Study visit on IP rights 
 
14 December 2009 INPI/WIPO Study visit by a delegation from the Federal Investigation Agency of 
Pakistan. 
Chinese Taipei Study visit on trademarks 
 23 November 2009 INPI/TIPO Study visit by a delegation from TIPO for a presentation on the trademarks 
department. 
Tunisia University-level training 
 
14 September 2009 - 30 January 2010  INPI University-level trai ning (patent course) at the CEIPI in Strasbourg for 
one INNORPI official. 
Viet Nam IP training 
Date missing INPI LEEM training and support missi on to the Vietnamese authorities 
responsible for IP protection.  Market control training for senior officials.  
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CEIPI:  Centre for International Industrial Property Studies CNCPI:  National Institute of  Industrial Property Agents 
CTMO:  Chinese Trademark Office ECAP:  EC-ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Cooperation Programme ENM:  National School for the Judiciary (Bordeaux) 
EPO:  European Patent Office 
IMPI:  Mexican Industrial Property Institute INNORPI:  National Institute for Sta ndardization and Industrial Property 
INPI:  National Industrial Property Institute KIPO:  Korean Industrial Property Office 
KPAA:  Korean Patent Attorneys Association 
LEEM:  French Pharmaceutical Companies Association NOIP:  National Office of Industrial Property (Viet Nam) OAPI:  African Intellectual Property Organization OHIM:  Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Alicante) OMPIC:  Moroccan Industrial and Commercial Property Office 
OriGIn:  Organization for an Interna tional Geographical Indications Network 
PCT:  Patent Cooperation Treaty SAIC:  State Administration for Industry and Commerce SIPO:  State Intellectual Property Office of th e People's Republic of China, Patent Office 
TIPO:  Taiwan Intellectual Property Office 
WIPO:  World Intellectual Property Organization 
    
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Technical cooperation activities in favour of developing and l east-developed countries in the area of geographical indications,  
June 2009   June 2010 
 
Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Mediterranean, Latin American, 
South East European and Asian 
countries 2007-2008 + 2009-2010: 
FAO project to support the 
strengthening of food quality 
policies.  Events included the following: 
 
- June 2009:  Asia regional 
seminar in cooperation 
with the EU and AFD 
- September 2009:  Latin 
America regional 
follow-up workshop in 
Costa Rica  MAAP/FAO 
 
In cooperation with CIRAD, 
INAO, AGRIDEA (Switzerland), SINERGI, 
WIPO and governments and 
national bodies of the countries concerned 
 Repeated two-year programme with one expert and funding of €100,000 + 
€190,000 provided by France. 
Building on and sharing experiences with regard to the introduction of 
official quality labels.  Numerous case studies.  
Multilingual guide on good  practice methods: 
- English version ("Linking people, places and products") published in 
December 2009 
- French version ("Territoires, produits et acteurs locaux:  des liens de 
qualité") published in March 2010 
- Currently being translated into Spanish 
 Website:  http://www.foodquality-origin.org/  
 
Technical cooperation projects in Morocco, Tunisia, Jordan and Lebanon;  
Latin America regional project (Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia). 
Multi-country International training on GIs 
and rural development in 
Montpellier  
June 2010 Organization:  Joint research 
and innovation unit (CIRAD-
INRA) + AGRIDEA in cooperation with INAO 
Funding provided by MAAP, 
AFD, WIPO and the Swiss IPI Two-week theoretical (lect ures, group work) and pr actical (field trips to 
appellation-of-origin areas) training course in English for national staff 
responsible for GIs, from the Ministry of Agriculture, or in charge of GI projects, attended by 17 trainees from 15 countries in 2010:  Cameroon, 
China, Croatia, Brazil, India, Indones ia, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Peru, 
Serbia, Sri Lanka, Syria and Viet Nam.  
Training course repeated annually since 2007 (training a total of 60 trainees 
from 32 countries). 
Morocco Visit to France by a 
Moroccan delegation 
 
February 2010 EU/MAAP Visit by a delegation from the Moroccan Ministry of Agriculture and 
Maritime Fisheries to discuss regional food products and specialities. 
China Cognac registration file 
 
2009 MAAP/INAO/BNIC BNIC mission to China, vis it to France by a Chinese delegation and 
preparation of a model registration file, under Chinese GI law, for the 
Cognac GI, registered in Ch ina at the end of 2009.  
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Thailand Visit to France by a 
Thai delegation 
 20 May 2010  INAO Visit by Ms Padchima Tanasanti, Director-General of Intellectual Property 
at the Ministry of Trade of Thailand. 
Viet Nam Training in Viet Nam on 
intellectual property right 
enforcement  
January 2010 ADETEF Viet Nam/INAO Training course on geographical indications for the Vietnamese Market 
Control Directorate. 
Ethiopia GI study visit to France by 
an Ethiopian delegation  
September 2009 
 Field mission to Ethiopia to 
provide legal expertise 
 November 2009 AFD/INAO/MAAP 
  
 
 AFD/INAO Week-long study visit to Paris and Montpellier by an Ethiopian delegation 
on the subject of AFD project financing.  
 
 INAO mission providing legal support for the drafting of a legislative text 
on the establishment of a GI system and expert field mission to producers of 
pilot products.  
Project funded by the AFD. 
 
List of acronyms 
ADETEF French Agency for International T echnical Cooperation of the Ministries of the Economy and the Budget (France) 
AFD  French Development Agency 
AGRIDEA  Association for the Development of  Agriculture and Rural Areas (Switzerland) 
BNIC Cognac National Joint-Trade Bureau (France) 
CIRAD  Centre for International Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development (France) 
EU  European Union FAO  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 
GI  Geographical indication 
INAO National Institute of Origin and Quality (France) IPI  Intellectual Property In stitute (several countries) 
MAAP  Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (France) 
SINER-GI  Strengthening International Research on Geographical Indications (European- and Swiss-funded project) WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization 
  
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Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Morocco Training workshop for 
CONPIAC1 members on 
intellectual property right enforcement and 
anti-counterfeiting measures 
 Casablanca, 2 - 3 June 2010 Moroccan Industrial and 
Commercial Property Office, 
Manufacturers' Union and Regional Economic Service of 
Rabat Meeting of French and Moroccan enterprises with the Moroccan 
anti-counterfeiting authorities (Gendarmerie Royale, justice, customs, 
police, Moroccan Industri al Property Office) in personalized sessions. 
Panama ''Judicial proceedings and 
their effectiveness in dealing with industrial property 
offences'' 
 8 - 9 June 2010 School for the Judiciary and 
Supreme Court of Panama, with the participation of the 
Sanofi Aventis group and the 
Regional Economic Service of Panama Discussion of industrial property protection.  Participants included the 
director of the Panamanian School for the Judiciary, local magistrates, the regional representative of INPI (based in Brazil), a French magistrate from 
the French National School for the Ju diciary, an INTERPOL official and 
representatives from Sanofi Aventis. 
Argentina Seminar:  "Intellectual 
property fraud:  developing a 
plan of action"  
Buenos Aires, 30 September 
2009 Regional Economic Service of 
Buenos Aires under the 
auspices of the Directorate-General of Argentine Customs This seminar looked at the extent of the counterfeiting phenomenon and its 
links with laundering, the measures taken to combat fraud in the medicine 
and trademark sectors and the measures taken by the public authorities and private enterprises. 
 
 
                                                      
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Implementing agency Description 
Egypt, Albania,  
Brazil, China,  Democratic Republic Congo, 
India, Israel, Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, North Korea, Mexico, 
Moldova, Mongolia, 
Montenegro, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Thailand, Ukraine, 
Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Belarus, 
South Africa Free search  
Exchange of literature  
Date missing DPMA Development cooperation with WIPO : Carrying out of free searches on the 
state of the art for developing countries. International exchange of literature.  
Indonesia, Iraq, Croatia, Malaysia, Oman, Papua New 
Guinea, Philippines, Russia, 
Zimbabwe, Thailand, Ukraine, Viet Nam  
 WIPO-DPMA Interregional 
Seminar on Industrial 
Property 
Munich, 14 to 25 June 2010 DPMA, WIPO, EPO Within the scope of a programme organised by the WIPO Worldwide 
Academy, 12 experts from the countri es listed in the left-hand column 
were thoroughly briefed by DPMA experts on the patent and trade mark 
examination procedures in Germany and received information on the 
structure, organisation and informati on services of the DPMA. In an on-
the-job training programme, they processed patent applications together 
with DPMA experts and discussed trade mark cases. 
Turkey Study visit 
Munich, 12  July 2010 DPMA 
 Delegation of the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) (8 persons) 
Topics: structure and organisation of the DPMA, Depatis 
China Study visit 
Munich, 1  July 2009 DPMA 6-member delegation headed by Mr. An Jian, member of the Standing 
Committee of the National People's Congress of the P.R. China, deputy director of the Committee's Legisl ative Affairs Commission (LAC); 
Presentation on the tasks and the organisation of the DPMA; discussion on 
issues of trade mark law, particularly, the collision of trade mark registrations and earlier rights and the entitlement to give notice of 
opposition to trade mark registrations 
China Study visit 
Munich, 28  August 2009 DPMA Chinese patent attorney from Beijing; 
Briefing about the tasks and the orga nisation of the DPMA and the patent 
examination procedure 
China Study visit 
Munich, 9  September 2009 DPMA  Delegation of the State Intellectua l Property Office (SIPO) (25 persons); 
Presentations on the tasks and the organisation of the DPMA and the 
patent examination procedure  
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China Study visit 
Berlin, 3 November 2009 DPMA 
IPR2 Project Delegation of the State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) (4 persons) 
Presentations on the tasks and the or ganisation of the DPMA, TIZ Berlin 
and the patent information centres (PIZ) in DE, and on the cooperation with national patent offices of European countries under the umbrella of 
the EU project "IPeuropAware" 
 
China Symposium 
Munich, 18 December 2009 DPMA 
IPR2 Project Within the scope of the  EU-China IPR2 project, new provisions of 
Chinese patent law were discussed with a 5-member delegation of the 
State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and guests. 
 
China Study visit 
Munich, 4 March 2010 DPMA Delegation of the State Intellectua l Property Office (SIPO) (4 persons) 
Talks about the continuation of  cooperation with the DPMA 
 
China Visit 
Munich, 18 April 2010 DPMA Delegation of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) 
(6 persons) Signing of an MoU between the State Administration for Industry and 
Commerce (SAIC) and the DPMA an d talks about future cooperation 
 
China Symposium 
Munich, 11 June 2010 DPMA 
IPR2 Project Within the scope of the EU-China IPR2 project, new provisions of 
Chinese trade mark law were discu ssed with a 6-member delegation of 
China's State Administration for In dustry and Commerce (SAIC) and 
guests. 
China Workshops in the field of 
patents 
Beijing, 16 to 26 July 2010 DPMA 
SIPO Within the scope of the cooperation scheme, 2 DPMA patent examiners 
conducted a workshop at  SIPO on  developments in patent law and 
examination procedures 
India Visit 
Munich, 16 September 2009 DPMA Controller General of Patents,  Designs & Trademarks, Intellectual 
Property Office, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, 
Government of India 
Talks about future cooperation 
Taiwan Study visit 
Munich, 3 September 2009 DPMA Patent examiner of the Intell ectual Property Of fice (IPO) gained 
information on questions of utility model protection 
 
Belarus Seminar: Copyright and 
similar rights in Belarus and Germany 
Minsk, 11 May 2010 IRZ 
German Foundation for International Legal 
Cooperation, 
District Court Munich Economic and cultural importance of copyright in Germany  
Constitutional and European Law aspects of copyright 
Audience:  National Centre for Intellectual Property
, 
Supreme Court of Belarus, Belorussian State University, lawyers and 
others  
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Belarus Seminar: Patent law and  
trademark law in Germany 
and Belarus  
Minsk, 1 June 2010 
 IRZ 
German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation, 
Federal Patent Court, Munich German Patent Law. International conventions and agreements, European 
Patent Office; 
European and International Trademark Law Audience:  National Centre for Intellectual Property, 
Supreme Court of Belarus, Belorussian State University, patent attorneys, 
lawyers an others 
Belarus Study Visit  
Munich, November 2010 
 IRZ 
(German Foundation for 
International Legal 
Cooperation), 
Federal Patent Court, Munich Participants: 
National Centre for Intellectual Property, 
Supreme Court of Belarus, Be lorussian State University, 
(to be confirmed) 
Jordan Conferences  on practical 
aspects in terms of 
combating product piracy-experiences in Germany and 
Jordan 
Jordan, May 2009 IRZ Foundation The conference was held in Jordan and was dealing with following topics: 
 Meaning of counterfeiting and product piracy 
 Protection against piracy of goods in Jordan 
 Freedom of imitation versus product piracy 
 Scope of protection of IP rights, forbidden acts, situation in 
Jordan 
 Scope of protection of IP rights, forbidden acts, situation in 
Germany 
Republic of Moldova Seminar:  Protection of 
intellectual property rights 
Kishinew, 20 - 21 October 
2009 
 IRZ 
(German Foundation for 
International Legal 
Cooperation), 
Federal Patent Court, Munich 
 German Patent Law. International conventions and agreements including 
TRIPS, European Patent Office; 
 
European and International Trademark Law   
Audience:  Bar Association of Moldov a, Supreme Court, Customs Office,  
National Agency for Intellectual Property, lawyers and others  
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Republic of Moldova Seminar: Impact Assessment 
on Competition Law in 
respect to EU Law  
Minsk, 1 June 2010 
 IRZ 
German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation, 
Federal Cartel Authority Impact Assessment on the new Competition Law of Moldova with a main 
focus on the EU-Standards and legal provisions also in respect to 
intellectual property rights.  
European and International Law 
Audience:  National Agency for Competition 
Turkey EU-Twinning-Project: 
Supporting Turkey for 
Enhancing Implementation 
and Enforcement of 
Industrial Property Rights 
3.11.2009 – 2.12.2009 
(prolongation possible) IRZ Foundation 
Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) Overall Objective: Full alignment of Turkish Legislation with EU-acquis 
Component 1:   Elaboration of Turkish Legislation in view of further 
alignment with EU acquis and development of TPI's capacity and 
functions 
Component 2:  Training and information exchange activities 
Component 3:  Establishing a sustainable constructive dialogue among 
IPR stakeholders 
China Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 2 July 2009 Federal Patent Court Germany Members of the Chin ese Legislative Affairs Commission (LAC) spent half 
a day at the court in the course of a study tour organized by the GTZ.  The seminar focused on trademark law. 
Audience: LAC staff 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the 
court's functions 
Munich, 27 July 2009 Federal Patent Court Germany Delegation of Fudan Univer sity of Shanghai spent half a day at the court in 
the course of a seminar organized by the University of Kontanz. 
Audience: professors and students of Fudan University  
Chinese Taipei Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the 
court's functions 
Munich, 9 September 2009 Federal Patent Court Germany Senior Patent Examiner s of the Taiwanese Patent Office (TIPO) spent half 
a day at the court. The agenda focused on the law on utility models. 
Audience: TIPO staff 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the 
court's functions 
Munich, 3 November 2009 Federal Patent Court Germany Delegation of IP judges from the Jiangsu province of China spent half a 
day at the court.  
Audience:  judicial staff  
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China  Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the 
court's functions 
Munich, 9 November 2009 Federal Patent Court Germany Delegation of IP judges from Guangzhou (Canton) spent half a day at the 
court.  
Audience: judicial staff 
China  Official visit to several 
courts and institutions in 
Taiwan 
Chinese Taipei, 11 - 18 
November 2009 Federal Patent Court Germany President of the Federal Patent Court spent one week on an official visit in 
Chinese Taipei. Counterparts were met and several lectures on the 
functions of the Federal Patent Court were delivered. 
Audience: judicial staff, patent exam iners, law professors and students 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 10 December 2009 Federal Patent Court Germany Delegation of IP judges from the city of Ningbo spent half a day at the 
court.  
Audience: judicial staff 
China  Conference introducing the 
revised Chinese patent law 
 
Munich, 18 December 2009 Federal Patent Court Germany 
in cooperation with the 
European Patent Office and 
the German Patent and 
Trademark Office A joint conference (within EU-China IPR2 Project) on the amended and 
new regulations of the revised Chinese patent law.  The agenda focused on the background on the amendment as well as possible consequences for 
European patent applicants and litigation procedures in China. Lectures 
were delivered by Delegates of the State Intellectual Property Office 
(SIPO). 
Audience: patent attorneys, judicial staff, patent examiners, SIPO staff 
China  Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the 
court's functions 
 Munich, 10 June 2010 Federal Patent Court Germany Delegation of State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) 
spent half a day at the court in the course of a seminar organized by the 
European Patent Office (EU-China IPR2  Project).  The seminar focused on 
trademark law. 
Audience: SAIC staff 
Albania, China, Croatia, Former 
Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the 
court's functions 
Munich, 16 June 2010 Federal Patent Court Germany Delegation of judges, staff from national offices of EPO member states 
and non-member states (China) spent half  a day at the court in the course 
of a seminar organized by the European Patent Office.  
Audience: participants of EPO seminar   
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Chinese Taipei Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the 
court's functions 
Munich, 21 June 2010 Federal Patent Court Germany Delegation of IP judges spent half a day at the court.  
Audience: judicial staff 
China, Croatia, Egypt, 
Indonesia, Iraq, Malaysia, 
Oman, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Syria, Thailand, 
Ukraine, Viet Nam, Zimbabwe Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the 
court's functions  
Munich, 22 June 2010 Federal Patent Court Germany Delegation of judges and IP Experts spent one day at the court in the 
course of a interregional seminar on IP organized by WIPO and German 
Patent and Trademark Office. 
Audience: WIPO scholarship holders 
Turkey Visit to the Federal Patent 
Court and lecture on the court's functions 
Munich, 14 July 2010 Federal Patent Court Germany Patent Examiners of the Turkish Patent Institute (TPI) spent half a day at 
the court. 
Audience: TPI staff 
  
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Implementing agency Description 
Republic of Croatia 
 Strengthening the 
enforcement of intellectual property rights Zagreb, 16-18 November 2009  State Intellectual Property  
Office of the Republic of 
Croatia (SIPO) In the framework of Twinning 
Project HR06/BOT/01 
 In the framework of Twinning Project HR06/BOT/01, the Danish Patent 
and Trademark Office requested the HPO to  take part in an expert meeting 
in the Croatian IP office. The experts of the HPO exchanged experience on the ACSEPTO software used effi ciently in the HPO for years. 
Republic of Croatia 
 
 Workshop on Trademark 
and Design Protection Opatija, 3-4 December 2009  State Intellectual Property  
Office of the Republic of 
Croatia (SIPO) 
with the assistance of TAIEX of the European Commission 
 Upon request of the TAIEX unit of the European Commission, an expert 
of the HPO gave a presentation on the Community trade mark system and 
the absolute grounds for refusal of registration. The workshop targeted at 
the Croatian SMEs.  
 
China NCAC Study Mission 
Copyright Enforcement in Europe  Budapest, 10-11 December 2009     Hungarian Patent Office 
(HPO) 
in cooperation with the EPO's 
EU-China IPR2 Project Management 
 
  
 
  In the framework of the EU-China IPR2 Project the HPO received five 
Chinese copyright experts from NCAC. The experts of the HPO made a 
presentation on the Office's tasks concerning copyright and the relevant 
Hungarian legislation. In addition, the strategy, actions and projects of the National Board Against Counterfeiting (NBAC) were presented by the 
secretariat of NBAC.  The HPO also organised visits to the Hungarian 
National Police Headquarters, the Hungarian National Bureau of Investigation and the Hungarian customs and finance Guard to familiarize 
the guests with the practical side of the fight against ec onomic crimes and 
counterfeiting.  Upon the request of the HPO, the Chinese delegates were also received by ARTISJUS, the biggest collective rights management 
organisation in Hungary. 
 
Russian Federation Seminar on SPC practice in 
EPO member states (patent offices) Moscow, 23-24 March 2010 Federal Service for 
Intellectual Property, Patents 
and Trademarks (Rospatent) 
with the assistance of the European Patent Office Upon request of the European Patent Office, an expert of the Hungarian 
Patent Office made a presentation on the situation of supplementary 
protection certificates in Hungary. The aim of the seminar was to 
approximate the IPR legislation of the EU and that of the Russian Federation. 
  
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Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia 
 Workshop on Internal 
Market – Community 
patents Skopje, 14-15 April 2010 Technical Assistance 
Information Exchange 
Instrument (TAIEX) of the European Commission 
 Upon request of the TAIEX unit of the European Commission, an expert 
of the HPO made a presentation on the creation of a unified European 
patent court system and a European Union patent.  
 
Georgia Study visit on Industrial 
Designs  
Budapest, 14-16 July 2010 
  
 
 Hungarian Patent Office 
with the assistance of TAIEX of the European Commission 
 
  
 
 Upon request of TAIEX, the HPO received a three-member Georgian 
delegation. The experts of the HPO made presentations on the administration of design applications and on the court practice of 
registered and non-registered designs, The guests were familiarised with 
the actions and projects of NBAC too. The delegation got an insight into the operation of the IP Information and Education Centre, into the 
activities of the Hungarian Design Council, into those of the Patent Library 
and the IP Special Library, as well as the Customer Service.  
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Beneficiary 
country(ies) Title and date of the 
event  
 Implementing agency  
 Description 
Brazil Technical cooperation 
meeting  
 
Lisbon, 19 June 2009  Industrial Property Office  
(INPI PT) Observation of the INPI PT IT System and its main characteristics as an important 
tool to support the Customs and Poli ce Authorities in the anti- counterfeiting 
activities in Brazil. 
 Audience :  BR Government Representatives and INPI-PT. 
 
Uruguay Technical cooperation 
meeting  
 
Lisbon, 24 June 2009  Industrial Property Office  
(INPI PT) Presentation of administrative modernisation projects in the scope of Industrial 
Property matters, under the Government Program for the administrative and legal 
simplification – SIMPLEX. 
 Audience : Representatives of UY and PT Go vernments and Representatives of 
Industrial Property Offices. 
 
Angola Brazil 
 Inter-regional training 
programme  
 
Lisbon:  15 - 24 June 2009 Industrial Property Office  
(INPI PT) 
& 
World International Property Organization (WIPO) Inter-regional training programme for IP  officials from the Portuguese Speaking 
African Countries (PALOP) in  cooperation with the WIPO Academy, held in Geneva 
in June 2008. 
Afterwards the participant members of A ngola and Brazil, received an intensive 
practice course in Portugal, organized by INPI PT which included training in the 
areas of patents, trademarks and information/documentation, during two weeks, in 
Lisbon.  
Audience :  Representatives of the Industria l Property Offices of AO and BR. 
 
Brazil Technical cooperation 
in the scope of  IT  
 
Rio de Janeiro,  27- 31 July 2009 Industrial Property Office  
(INPI PT) Support to the implementation in the IP Office of Brazil of the trademark search 
system developed by INPI PT aiming at the creation of a common database of the 
Portuguese speaking countries (CPLP) trad emarks. This common database will be an 
important tool for the future Lusophone Trademark System.  
Audience :  Representatives of the BR and PT Industrial Property Offices. 
 
Viet Nam Visit of a Viet Nam 
Delegation Industrial Property Office  
(INPI PT) Exchange of Experiences in the prot ection of Geographical Indications. 
  
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country(ies) Title and date of the 
event  
 Implementing agency  
 Description 
Lisbon,  
14 Sept. 2009  Audience :  Delegation of Viet Nam composed by several entities connected with IP 
protection, and more particularly with the protection of Geographical Indications. 
Angola  
  
 Training in IP to 
Angolan Customs   
Lisbon, 14 to  
18 September 2009 Industrial Property Office (INPI PT) The pa rticipant members of Angola  received an intensive prac tice course in Portugal, 
organized by Industrial Property Office PT (INPI) which included training in the areas of patents, trademarks, designs and information/documentation. 
 
Audience : Angolan experts from National Directorate of Angolan Customs 
 
Portuguese 
Speaking Countries 
Community (CPLP) - Angola, 
Mozambique, 
CaboVerde, Guinea-Bissau, São 
Tomé & Principe  Participation in the 2º 
edition of the Post-
Graduate in economics and management of IP 
 
Lisbon, October 2009 to March 2010 Industrial Property Office (INPI PT) 
& 
World International Property Organization (WIPO) 
& 
ISEG  Partnership between Industrial Property Office of PT (INPI), WIPO and ISEG to 
develop expertise in the field of IP to Portuguese Speaking Countries Community 
(CPLP).  
Audience : Representatives of Industrial Property  Office of PT (INPI), representatives 
of Industrial Property Offices /Central Services of the Portuguese Speaking Countries 
(CPLP); representatives of WIPO and ISEG. 
 
Brazil 
  
 
 Visit of Patent 
Examiner from Brazilian Office 
 
Lisbon, 14 to 18 
September 2009 Industrial Property Office (INPI PT) 
 Training in patents, more specifically re search, exam, administrative procedures – 
National, European and International Patents   
Audience : Representative of  the Industria l Property Office of BR (INPI) 
Angola 
  
 
 Cooperation Meeting  
 Lisbon, 29 November 
2009 Industrial Property Office (INPI PT) Signing of the  MoU on cooperation between Industrial Property Office of  PT (INPI) 
and Industrial Property Office of AO (IAPI)  
Audience : Representative of Industrial Property Office of AO (IAPI) and PT (INPI) 
Morocco 
 
 
 Cooperation Meeting  
 
Lisbon, 15 and 16 
December 2009 Industrial Property Office (INPI PT) 
& 
Industrial Property Office (FR) 
 Meeting for further cooperation between Industrial Property Office of PT (INPI), 
Industrial Property Office of FR (INPI) and MA (OMPIC), aiming at developing  the 
IP system in this latter  
 Audience : Representatives of the In dustrial Property Office of PT (INPI),  FR (INPI) 
and MA(OMPIC)   
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
FYROMacedonia 
  Director General of FYROM 
Patent Office visit to OSIM  
14-16 July 2009 OSIM - State Office for 
Inventions and Trademarks Bilateral visit for signing the Cooper ation Plan between the two offices 
Albania 
  Training mission of IP 
legislation  
27-28 October 2009 German Institute for 
European Politics Training on harmonization of  legislation of Albani a according to the aquis 
communautaire, organized by the German Institute for European Politics. 1 lecturer from OSIM 
Moldova   
 
  AGEPI delegation visit to 
OSIM 1-5 December 2009 
 
AGEPI Director General visit to OSIM 
11 March 2010  OSIM 
  
 
OSIM Bilateral visit of AGEPI delegation to OSIM in the framework of the 
activities of the cooperation plan.  
 
AGEPI Director General visit to OSIM in view of signing the Adendum of 
the Cooperation Agreement between the two offices.  
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Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event  
 Organizing agency  
 Description 
Latin American countries 
 
  
 
El Salvador Mexico 
Cuba 
Uruguay CIBIT programme 
(Latin American training 
programme on technological information searches). 
 
November 2009 - May 2010June 2010 - November 2010
June 2010 - November 2010
June 2009 - May 2010 OEPM The purpose of this programme is to further the use of Spanish in 
international search processes and improve the training of examiners in 
international searches for PCT interna tional applications.  It involves the 
incorporation of Latin American patent  examiners for a period of between 
six months and two years in the OEPM Patent Department in order to carry 
out patent searches on databases in Spanish. 
Latin American countries On line course on trademark 
management and evaluation.
 21 September 2009 - 
15 November 2009 CEDDET/OEPM 
 Course on trademarks based on the "virtual classroom" methodology with 
internet support and ai med at Latin America. 
Latin American countries Online course on industrial 
property for judges and prosecutors. 
 
2 November 2009 - 4 December 2009 CEDDET/OEPM Course on industrial property based on the "virtual classroom" 
methodology with internet support and aimed at Latin America's judiciary. 
Latin American countries Cl assroom course for judges 
and prosecutors. 
 30 November 2009 - 
4 December 2009 WIPO/EPO/OEPM Course on industrial property for judges and prosecutors from 
Latin America. 
Latin American countries Online course on patent 
management and evaluation. 
 
19 April 2010 - 13 June 2010 CEDDET/OEPM Course on patents based on the "virtual classroom" methodology with 
internet support and ai med at Latin America.  
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 Description 
Latin American countries Seminar on trademarks and 
common aspects relating to 
industrial property.  
14 June - 18 June 
Year missing  WIPO/Oficina Espñola de 
Patentes y Marcas (EPM) Course on trademarks attended by a patent examiner from each 
Latin American Indust rial Property Office. 
China Study visit by a Chinese 
delegation. 
 
Madrid, 14 December 2009 Subdirectorate-General for 
Intellectual Property 
(Ministry of Culture of Spain) 
National Intellectual Property Office of China (NCAC) Debate on a variety of aspects relating to intellectual property, and in 
particular the exchange of information on policies to combat infringement 
of intellectual property rights. 
Mexico and Spain Evaluation and follow-up 
meeting of the 11th Joint 
Sub-Committee on Educational and Cultural 
Cooperation held in the 
framework of the 9
th 
Meeting of the 
Mexico-Spain Bi-National 
Commission (cultural 
cooperation). 
 14 and 15 October 2009 Mexican authorities, Ministry 
of Culture of Spain, Spanish 
Agency for International Development Cooperation 
(AECID), Ministry of Foreign 
Affairs and Cooperation (MAEC) Evaluation and follow-up of the work of the Mexico-Spain Sub-Committee 
on Cooperation and Culture, to foster technical and scientific cooperation 
between the two countries. 
  
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event  
 Organizing agency  
 Description 
Developing countries Copyright and Related 
Rights in the Global Economy 
Stockholm, 10-28 August 
2009 and February 2010 (regional follow-up) Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in cooperation with WIPO 
financed by  the Swedish 
International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida 
 International Training Course to enha nce the participants understanding of 
copyright and related rights with emphasis on their contribution for economic growth, trade, and development, thus increasing their ability to 
handle, address, and deal with those issues at the national, sub-regional, and 
regional levels as well as in the international context with a view to build consensus and promote international cooperation. 
 
Audience :  25 policy-makers and their advise rs as well as persons at a senior 
decision-making level from the government sector and also persons from 
the university or the private sector who are or who will be involved in issues 
concerning copyright and related rights.  
Least developed countries Intellectual Property for 
Least Developed Countries 
Stockholm, 9-27 November 2009 and May 2010 
(regional follow-up) Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in 
cooperation with WIPO financed by  the Swedish 
International Development 
Cooperation Agency, Sida 
 International Training Course to enha nce the participants understanding of 
intellectual property rights with empha sis on their contribution for economic 
growth, trade, and development, thus increasing their ability to handle, address, and deal with those issues at the national, sub-regional, and 
regional levels as well as in the international context with a view to build 
consensus and promote international cooperation. 
 
Audience : 25 participants from least de veloped countries. Policy-makers 
and their advisers as well as persons at  a senior decision-making level from 
the government sector and also persons from the university or the private 
sector who are or who will be involved in issues concerning intellectual property rights.  
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 Organizing agency  
 Description 
Developing countries Genetic Resources and 
Intellectual Property Rights  
Alnarp, 3 May-21 May 2010 and 22-26 November 2010 
(regional follow-up) Department of Legal Affairs 
and Department of Plant 
Biology & Forest Genetics/ VBSG at SLU (Swedish 
University of Agricultural 
Sciences)  International Training Course to assist participants to understand the 
background and the implications of the recent developments related to IPRs 
and exchange (access and benefit shar ing/ABS) of genetic resources and 
related information; to enable participants to find, use and draw conclusions 
from sources of information and expertise world-wide, related to IPRs and 
exchange of genetic resources; to enhance participants' managerial efficiency to handle, address and deal with genetic resources and intellectual 
property rights issues.  
 Audience :  25 individuals at senior commanding level from the government 
sector and from national R&D institutions in charge of managing and 
defining regulatory/policy IPR and ABS frameworks on genetic resources and related information 
 
Developing countries Industrial Property in the 
Global Economy Stockholm, 12 April-3 May 
2010 and 25-29 October 
2010 (regional follow-up) Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in cooperation with WIPO 
financed by  the Swedish 
International Development 
Cooperation Agency, Sida 
 International Training Course to enhance the participants' understanding of 
industrial property rights with emphasis on their contribution for economic growth, trade, and development; procedures for search and examination of 
industrial property rights' applications; and the importance of industrial 
property information and how to provide such information to industry, 
research institutions and other potential users. 
 Audience :  25 policy-makers and their advi sers as well as professionals and 
persons at a senior level from the government sector and also persons from 
the university, research institutions or the private sector who are or who will 
be involved in issues concerning administration and use of industrial 
property rights. 
 
Member countries of ARIPO and OAPI Advanced course on 
intellectual property for 
ARIPO and OAPI member 
state professionals  Stockholm, 16 November -
4 December 2009 
 Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in 
cooperation with WIPO A training course for experts working in the field of intellectual property to 
enhance the participants' understanding of the administration of an IP-
office, the criteria for gr anting rights including procedures for search and 
examination of industrial property rights; the use of intellectual property; and the importance of industrial property information and how to provide 
such information to SMEs, research institutions and other potential users. 
 Audience :  Six professionals from the gover nment sector, private sector, or 
university or working within the intergovernmental organisation OAPI.  
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
African countries and China IP  Conference for judiciary, 
prosecutors and enforcers.   
December 2009 UK IPO jointly with USPTO IPO jointly hosted this co nference in raising awar eness to representatives 
from African Nations and China. The conference detailed resources, solutions and strategies to help combat 
the production, distribution and sale of counterfeit and pirated products 
especially in the digital environment.  
African countries Seed Fund  
 
September 2009 UK IPO with Light Years UK IPO working with Light Years to provide funding for seeding in 
African countries. (Donation of £15,000). 
 
All developing countries Workstream on "Next Steps 
on IPRs and Climate 
Technologies" – Part of  
"Trade, Finance and Climate Change: Building a Positive 
Agenda for Developing 
Countries" project 
 
May 2008-April 2010  Chatham House To explore market and tech nology-specific IPR conditions that may 
exacerbate barriers against the diffusio n of key technolo gies. (£105,690). 
 
Report published in September 09, "Who Owns Our Low Carbon Future?  Intellectual Property and Energy Technologies" 
African countries  Development of a New 
African Trade and Intellectual 
Property Capture Programme  
October 2008-December 2009 Natural Resources Institute 
and Light Years IP To provide stimulus to stakeholders (small-holders and exporters) in 
developing countries to overcome negative perceptions of intellectual 
property. (£164,000).  
The following workshops have been run:  
Mozambique, 23 Feb - 2 Mar 2009 Kenya, 20-24 Apr 2009 
West African Textiles, 27-30 July 2009 
Zambia, 18 Aug 2009  
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All developing countries Strategic Agreement 
 
August 2007 to July 2010 International Centre for 
Trade and Sustainable 
Development (ICTSD) £1.35m on IP over 3 years: 
 generating pro-development outcomes in international IP 
deliberations and negotiations. 
 promoting IP policy implementation in a way that balances public 
and private rights. 
 promoting policy coherence in trade related domestic policies. 
 maximising incentives for innovation, creativity and technology 
transfer. 
 
In the year 2009/10 ICTSD's IPR programme included: 
 more than 20 publications on IP and development 
 assisting Rwanda with TRIPS needs assessment 
 undertaking a joint project with  the EPO and UNEP for research 
on patent landscaping, licensing practices and policy options for the transfer of clean technologies. 
 
China UK-China Internet Forum,  
 Beijing 22-23 July 2009 
 Organised by UK Dept for 
Business Innovation & Skills (BIS) & Chinese State 
Council Information Office Aims: 
 share knowledge of current issues & discuss solutions to 
problems 
 spread best practice 
 promote light touch regulation 
 achieve closer cooperation on global IPR policy  
 
China IPR2 Project.  
 
July 2010 UK IPO & The Office of 
Harmonization for the 
Internal Market  (OHIM)  
 UK IPO gave a talk to visiting Chin ese officials on trade mark issues 
including the overlap with company names. 
 
China Memorandum of 
Understanding (MoU) with 
State Administration for 
Industry and Commerce (SAIC) of the People's 
Republic of China 
 
January 2009 (ongoing) UK IPO In line with the MoU (signed originally in January 2009 but ongoing), and 
the UK IPO: 
 provided information to SAIC during the latter part of 2010 
detailing how it managed the change from examination on 
relative grounds, including the related consultation document and 
examination guidance; 
 jointly held a symposium in Beijing to share technical and 
operational information (March 2010) 
  
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 Organizing agency Description 
All LDCs Analysis of the reports by 
Developed Countries in 
compliance with Article 66.2 of TRIPS 
 
No date DFID – Trade Mark 
Southern Africa programme Assistance to the LDC group to pr oduce a summary of the types of 
technology transfer incentives being provided by developed countries in 
fulfilment of their Article 66.2 obligatio ns.  Aims to assist in identifying 
gaps and providing support  for requests for technical assistance. 
 
Brazil Memorandum of 
Understanding (MoU) – Trade 
Marks 
 May 2010 (ongoing) UK IPO In May 2010, a Trade Mark offici al from UK IPO spent a week at INPI in 
Rio de Janeiro learning their processes and discussing INPI Trade Marks 
issues, among others: Madrid Protocol, Quality Management, Trade Marks 
backlogs, customer relationship management, in order to find out possible support from UK IPO in these areas. 
 
In July 2010, the UK IPO received a visit from two Trade Marks experts from INPI to learn more about ou r Trade Marks Quality Management 
System. It is currently assisting INPI Trade Marks to develop an 
implement a quality framework.  
Established a direct technical comm unication line between UK IPO Trade 
Marks classification team and INPI, in order to discuss and clarify Trade 
Marks classification issues. 
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  III.  EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE (EPO)  
A. GENERAL 
 The EPO delivered technical assistance to develo ping countries in view of assuring the proper 
functioning of the national patent systems in the beneficiary countries. 
 
Cooperation activities were designed and agreed foll owing the requests of the beneficiary patent 
offices. They were in line with the TRIPS requireme nts, and took into account the recommendations of 
WIPO's Development Agenda.  
The EPO continued to support patent offices in de veloping countries to become self sustained 
institutions, through feasibility studies and study visits of governmental officials to other patent offices.  
Furthermore, the EPO supported the initiatives in deve loping regional patent structures that will enhance 
efficiency in the patent system and help the na tional patent offices to cope with the search and 
examination workload and challenges.  
 EPOQUE Net was further expanded as a way to provide a professional patent search tool to 
patent offices around the world.    Gathering and dissemination of patent informati on including legal status data through universal 
accessible means like the internet was also intensively pursued as the best service a national patent office 
can provide to inventors and society. 
  Capacity building activities were organi sed through the European Patent Academy, 
complemented by study visits to Europe and specifi c workshops and seminars in developing countries. 
These covered training, i.a., for patent examiners and managers of IP offices in PCT procedures, patent 
information and other services related to the exploitation of IP. Activiti es in this field included assistance 
to establish qualifying examination systems for pate nt attorneys in developing countries and specific 
training for this collective for example in claims drafting.   Activities were planned in view of assuring sust ainability and continuatio n after the finalisation 
of the EPO's support.  For example, automation proj ects were based on technology transfers so that the 
recipient country can run and maintain the automation tools delivered without the support of the EPO. 
Similarly, in the capacity building activities th e "train the trainers" approach was favoured. 
  Coordination among providers of technical assistan ce was further pursued in order to optimise the 
resources devoted to it.  When possible, the activities were carried out jointly or in co-ordination with 
WIPO, EPO member states Patent Offices and othe r European and international IP Institutions.  
  B. EU-FUNDED
 PROJECTS   
 Besides the bilateral cooperation programmes,  the EPO implemented also IP cooperation 
programmes funded by the European Commission. 
 
1. China  
(a) EU-China IPR2 Project 
 The IPR2 Project is a technical assistance c ooperation project financed and implemented in 
partnership between the European Commission (EC) and the Ministry of Commerce of the Peoples 
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  is co-financed by the EC and MOFC OM with a budget of € 16.000 000 for an implementation period of 4 
years.   Launched on 26 November 2007, the goal of the IP R2 project is to foster IP protection and 
enforcement in order to support innovation and trade and to contribute to improving the business 
environment for both European and Chinese compan ies. The Project is organised under six main 
integrated Core Components (CC), managed by Core  Component Teams (CCT) with specialised short-
term expertises. 
  
2. ASEAN countries 
(a) ECAP III Project  
 ECAP III was launched on 1 January 2010, based on a Financing Agreement signed on 
21 October 2009 by the European Union (EU) and the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC), and a Contribution 
Agreement signed on 18 December 2009 by the EU and the European Patent Office (EPO).  The project 
is implemented by the EPO. The budget is €5,100,000 (€4,500,000 by the EC, €600,000 by the EPO) for 
an implementation period of four years.   ECAP III builds on the results achieved under the two previous phases ECAP I and ECAP II in 
1993-97 and 2000-2007 respectively.  The project includes five components, aiming at building the 
capacity of all human resources involved in IPR, at  developing the regional harmonisation of the IPR 
legal and administrative frameworks and improving th e quality of services, at developing public IP 
awareness and education, and at s upporting the ASEC to co-ordinate the implementation of regional IP 
policies and programmes.  3. Russia  
Approximation of EU and Russian Federation IPR aspects 
  The EPO signed a one-year contract with the EC for a budget of €500,000 to approximate EU and Russian Federation IPR aspects.  The project was la unched in September 2009 and is implemented by the 
EPO.  The project aims in particular at approxima ting the patent legislations, the patent processing 
approaches, the application, registration and pro cessing procedures, at streamlining and enhancing the 
effectiveness of teaching IP economics in Russia, and at approximating the Russian and EU approach 
towards extending the term of validity of  supplementary protection certificates. 
 
4. Western Balkans and Turkey 
 The EPO implements IPR projects under the IPA funding instrument.  These projects aim at 
supporting the national IP offices in their approximati on efforts with the acquis communautaire and with 
the requirements of the signed SAA.  Three projects were under implemen tation during the reporting period: 
 
 a regional IPA project aiming at delivering techni cal assistance in general IPR fields, taking into 
consideration the various advancement of each country of the IPA region in their European 
approximation process; 
 
 a national project in Serbia aiming at the creation of an Education and Information Centre within 
the national IP Office; the mandate of this Ce ntre being to promote an IP culture and the 
necessary IP knowledge in Serbia in order to  contribute to the economic development; 
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   a national project in Kosovo under UNSCR1244 / 99, aiming at the development of the capacities 
of the newly created IP office and at supporting the creation of a copyright office. 
 
From 01 August 2009 until 31 July 2010 the main act ivities carried out are specified and detailed in 
the table below. 
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EPO Cooperation Activities carried out between August 2009 and July 2010 
Beneficiary Countries Title and date of the event Organizing agency Description 
China  
Bilateral Programme  EPOQUE update and support Seminar 
 The Hague, 14 -18 Sept. 2009 EPO EPOQUE Net Train the Trainers level 3 was to train the SIPO trainers to have 
a sound knowledge of advanced EPOQUE Net applications, to understand how to adapt different case studies, coac hing material and training techniques 
to the needs of the new examiners at the SIPO. 
Expert mission on examination in the 
field of mechanics   
Beijing, 19 - 24 October 2009 EPO The key target was to improve SIPO's search and examination quality in the 
field of mechanics.  Between 30 and 40 experienced Chinese patent examiners 
participated in the seminar.   
Expert mission on examination in the field of
 electricity 
 
Beijing,  19 - 24 October 2009  EPO The objective was to improve SIPO's search and examination quality in the 
field of electricity.  The training wa s focussed on improving the general 
knowledge of substantive examination for examiners of SIPO having an 
average experience of 2 years. 
Expert mission on examination in the field of chemistry 
 
Beijing,  19 - 24 October 2009  EPO The objective was to train SIPO's sta ff in search and examination in the field 
of chemistry and improve SIPO's search and examination quality.  
Study visit of SIPO delegation on 
paperless information systems for 
administration of patent granting 
procedure  
Munich,  26 - 30 October 2009  EPO The objective was to exchange information and experiences on the respective 
"paperless" projects and harmonise the patent administration procedures.
  
 
Patent Granting Procedures - study 
visit of SIPO DGs of examination departments on administration 
 
The Hague,  02 - 06 Nov. 2009  EPO The objective was to in-depth exch ange EPO-SIPO experience in managing 
and operating examination departments, and to harmonize patent administration procedures.  
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China  
Bilateral Programme 3 SIPO experts in Classification visit 
EPO 
 
Munich,  23 - 27 Nov. 2009 EPO The objective was to harmonise the use of European Classification System 
(ECLA) and use common classification scheme in both offices. 
Study Visit of 5 SIPO heads and 
middle-level managers on Quality Control and Patent Examination . 
 
The Hague, 25 Nov - 05 Dec 2009 EPO The target was to harmonise the quality of the patent granting procedures and 
seek to establish common standards in quality. 
8 SIPO examiners participate in EPASearch and Examination of Patent 
Application Seminar   
Berlin, 30 Nov - 06 Dec 2009 EPO Participants were to understand the basics of the European Patent System. 
They gained insight into analysing applications and carrying out prior art 
searching.  They also learnt how to apply the basic patentability requirements 
in substantive examination. 
The Third EPO-SIPO Heads of Offices Meeting  
Beijing, 02 - 04 December 2009 EPO/SIPO The conference discussions compri sed an exchange of views on the current 
and future activities of the two Offices.  The agreed minutes of the Third Conference of Heads of Offices betwee n the EPO and SIPO were signed on 
3 Dec. 2009.  Work Programme between EPO and SIPO of 2010 was 
approved. 
Roving informative seminars on the Chinese patent system in 4 European 
cities  
 Stockholm/ The Hague/ Milan/ Munich, 
11 - 18 December 2009 EPO/GPTMO/SPRO The objective was to inform the European industry and IP professionals on the 
Chinese patent system after the revise d Chinese Patent Law (2009) entering 
into force and on practical information for patenting in China. 
SIPO Internship on  "Task force on 
capacity building cooperation activities"  
 
7 - 20 March 2010 EPO 
 Internship at Directorate 5.2.3. 
 Evaluation of the added value of EPO's cooperation programme in the field of 
training to SIPO's training programmes for new examiners.  
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Beneficiary Countries Title and date of the event Organizing agency Description 
China  
Bilateral Programme EPO-SIPO joint-organized Informative 
Seminar on the European Patent 
System 
 
Shanghai April 14/ Beijing April 19/ Shenzhen 22 April  2010 EPO/SIPO The objective was to inform the Ch inese industry and IP professionals on the 
European patent system and promote patenting in Europe. 
4 SIPO senior examiners participate in EPA Appeal procedures and practice 
seminar  
Munich,12 - 17 June 2010 EPO The target was to improve SIPO's  appeal procedures and practices. 
Expert Mission on examination in the 
field of Bio/Pharmaceuticals  
Beijing, 11 - 19 July 2010 EPO/SIPO The objective was to improve SIPO's  search and examination quality in the 
field of Bio/Pharmaceuticals by providing lectures and in particular practical 
exercises in the fields  of C12N and C12Q. 
Expert Mission on examination in the 
field of Physics 
 
Beijing, 11 - 19 July 2010 EPO/SIPO The objective was to improve SIPO's  training capacity and skills by providing 
advanced training in specific issues re lated to examination in the field of 
physics to SIPO patent examiners. 
 
Expert Mission on examination in the field of Mechanics 
 
Beijing, 11 - 19 July 2010 EPO/SIPO The objective was to improve SIPO's training capacity and skills by providing  
advanced training in specific issues re lated to examination in the field of 
mechanics to SIPO patent examiners. 
 
EPO-SIPO Joint Seminar for Advanced Examiners (Medication/Chemistry) 
 
Beijing, 11 - 19 July 2010 EPO/SIPO The aim was to provide advanced training in search and examination for 
SIPO's experienced examiners by presenting and discussing topics of 
paramount interest to them in their daily work and giving practical and 
concrete advise as to how to address problems in their work.  
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ASEAN countries 
REGIONAL Europe-Asia Patent and Patent Information Conference 
EAP
2IC 2009 
 
Singapore, 10 - 11 Sept. 2009 EPO / Intellectual 
Property Office of 
Singapore (IPOS) /  
WIPO EAP2IC aimed to promote the strategic use of patent information and related 
specialised products and servi ces in the Asia-Pacific region. 
 
PCT Training  
Manila, 12 - 16 October 2009 EPO / 
IP Philippines Training examiners from five IP offices  in the ASEAN region in how to use 
EPO search reports and written opinions. 
Needs Assessment Diagnostic 
 
Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Vietnam 
 
17 - 28 April 2010 EPO / DGIPR /  
MyIPO / 
IP Philippines /  DIP / NOIP Diagnostics undertaken between 22 and 28 April 2010 and during the ASPEC 
workshop (19 to 21 April 2010). 
 
Technical meeting on ASPEC 
Implementation 
 Manila, 19 - 21 April 2010 EPO / ASEC / 
USPTO / 
IP Philippines High-level meeting of patent directors and division heads of nine ASEAN IP 
offices to discuss regional work-sharing issues, in particular the 
implementation of the ASEAN Patent Examination Cooperation (ASPEC) pilot project.  
WIPO Conference 
 
Singapore, 19 - 21 May 2010 WIPO Presentation of the PATLIB centres to  IP offices from the Asia-Pacific region.  
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Beneficiary Countries Title and date of the event Organizing agency Description 
ASEAN countries 
NATIONAL 
 Philippines 
  
 
 Singapore 
 
  
Malaysia Patent Agent Qualifying Examination 
2009 (PAQE) 
 
13 - 21 August & 4 September 2009  EPO / IP Philippines The objective of the activity is to establish a dedicated patent attorney 
profession in the Philippines. 
 
EPO experts assisted with: 
1) Patent drafting training; tutors' training 2) Conducting the qualifying examination (supervision) 
3) Marking of the examination papers. 
Singapore Qualifying Examination  
 2009-ongoing EPO /  IPOS 
 2 European patent attorneys participated in the examination committee, which 
involves the setting and marking of different examination papers.  
EPOQUE.Net  
15 - 18 March 2010 EPO / MyIPO 10 MyIPO examiners trained on EPOQUE.Net. 
INDIA India Symposium 
 
New Delhi, 9 - 11 Dec. 2009  IP India / FICPI Representation of the EPO at the symposium and presentation of the EPO's 
opposition & appeal procedures.  
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Latin America 
 
 Seminar EPOQUE Net search 
advanced (train the trainers) 
 
The Hague, 14 - 18 September 2009 EPO 2 participants from Brazil and 1 from  Mexico attended the seminar "EPOQUE 
Net search advanced (train the trainers)." By displaying advanced training 
techniques for coaching sta ff, the trainees learned how to design EpoqueNet 
training courses for end users as well as techniques for the preparation of 
training material. The seminar addresse d search concepts, using extensively 
the EpoqueNet tools.  
 
 
VIII Seminar on Intellectual Property for Latin American Judges and Public Prosecutors 
 
Madrid, 30 Nov - 4 Dec 2009 WIPO / OEPM / EPO The training aimed at providing  Latin American countries with a regular tool 
for capacity building for the judges and public prosecutors responsible for deciding cases of IP litigation in their respective countries. The judges and 
public prosecutors trained in the framework of this activity were expected to 
be in the position to later train their own colleagues in Latin America 
following the concept of "train the trainers". 
PILA Project Seminar The European 
Patent System: tools for retrieving information 
 
Vienna, 8 - 12 February 2010 PILA / EPO 20 trainees from Latin America proposed by the PILA network (Latin 
American Intellectual Property Network) participated in the seminar. The aim of the course was to enable future R&D or TTO officers to make best use of 
EPO's patent information tools available online, with a special focus on 
retrieving information. 
Meeting on Patent Search and Examination Guidelines for Central 
American Countries and Dominican 
Republic  
Mexico City, 24 - 28 May 2010 WIPO / OEPM / 
IMPI / EPO The meeting was co-organised by WIPO,  OEPM and the EPO in cooperation 
with the Mexican Institute of Industrial  Property (IMPI). The objectives of the 
meeting were to discuss the update pro cess of the guidelines and to include a 
new chapter on PCT. One EPO expert participated in the meeting.   
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Brazil 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 Workshop on PHOENIX 
 
Rio de Janeiro, 30 November -  
4 December 2009 EPO The Brazilian Institute of Industrial  Property (INPI) examined the EPO’s 
software solutions for paperless dossier management and online filing, and 
with remote assistance from the EPO, installed the necessary hardware and 
software.  During the workshop, INPI  project team and one EPO expert 
worked on setting up the prototype and we re able to demonstrate all the major 
steps of the work flow, from the scanning process of a new filing up to patent 
granting, which was the objective of  the workshop.  
Seminar on PCT International Search 
and Preliminary Examination Practices  
Rio de Janeiro, 30 November -  
4 December 2009 WIPO / INPI / EPO In order to achieve and maintain international quality standards on patent 
examination and procedures, INPI is making efforts to give a continuous training to the technical area. Due to  the importance of training for the 
Brazilian Institute as ISA/ IPEA and after the success of the 1st edition, INPI 
Brazil invited the EPO to co-organise the second edition of this training together with WIPO. As a result, one WIPO expert and one EPO expert 
carried out the training concentrating in practical search and examination 
issues. The objective was to improve the overall quality of the PCT work in INPI and to follow the concept "train the trainers". 
Panel on Patents of the Board of 
ANVISA 
 Brasilia, 24 June 2010 INPI / ANVISA / 
EPO The EPO expert supported INPI’s Presid ent in the panel “Flexibility of the 
TRIPS Agreement and its impact on the fields of health and countries 
development” presenting the granting of patents on pharmaceutical compounds as beneficiary for the country and the national innovative industry. 
The main purpose of this panel was to bring together specialists to discuss 
intellectual property rights rela ted to pharmaceutical products.  
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 Patent Information Conference 2009 
 
Biarritz, France,  2 - 5 November 2009 EPO Participation of IMPI Mexico experts in the Conference. Participants of the 
conference had detailed technical discussions in small groups, specialised 
training courses, and attended Europe's leading patent information 
exhibition. The aim of the conference wa s to address the challenges and issues 
that concerned the participants most, to bring them news on products and trends and to provide them with an outlook for the future. 
Seminar on Patent Application 
Drafting 
 Monterrey, 7 - 11 December 2009  WIPO / IMPI / EPO The Seminar on Patent Application Drafting was addressed to 50 Mexican 
researchers and professionals from differe nt institutions, with the objective to 
learn how to draft a patent applicatio n in the field of mechanics. The EPO 
expert lead the workshops in the field of  mechanics, prepared the material and 
information to carry out different search and patent application drafting 
workshops and prepared presentations on issues related to patentability. 
Meeting on CADOPAT Project 
 
Monterrey, 7 December 2009  WIPO / IMPI / EPO The Mexican IMPI (with the support of the EPO, WIPO and the OEPM) has 
developed the so called CADOPAT project, setting up an internet portal to 
make available search and examination results to other Latin American 
offices, mainly to the Central American offices. The objective of this meeting was to discuss the current status of the CADOPAT Project, to evaluate its 
main achievements so far, discuss the future plans of IMPI regarding this 
strategic project as well as the EPO/WIPO support needed in the future.  
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Belarus 
 Training of examiners 
 
Minsk, 21-23 June 2010 EPO Training sessions for patent examiner s aim in general at an exchange of 
practices on specific topics such as processing of computer related inventions, 
clarity, unity of inventio n, classification, etc. 
Egypt Seminar on Technology transfer and 
the role of patents 
Cairo, 09-10 January 2010 EPO The EPO supports through training sessions an EU funded TEMPUS project 
in Egypt (beneficiary: American University  Cairo) that aims at the creation of 
technology transfer offices in Egyptian universities. 
Patent Information Conference 2009 Biarritz, 03-05 November 2009 EPO Officials of the Egyptian Patent Offi ce participate to the European conference 
on patent information as a support to the development of patent information 
products and services in Egypt. 
Georgia 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 Validation extension agreement: study 
visit of SAKPATENTI officials, Munich  May 2010 
 
  
Mission on publication issues 
Tbilissi, 22 - 24 June 2010  
Training on claims understanding in 
the field of Computer implemented inventions and classification (ECLA)  
Tbilissi, 05 - 08 July 2010 EPO 
  
 
  
 
EPO  
 
EPO  Non-EPO member states have the possibility to negotiate with the EPO an 
agreement that permit applicants to validate on demand a European patent / patent application in the country. This confers to the national patent system the 
same protection level as in EPO member states. The validation system 
represent a significant step in th e European harmonisation process. 
 
Study visit of an EPO expert to analyse the feasibility of a national publication 
server at SAKPATENTI using EPO technologies.  
Training sessions for patent examiners aim at an exchange of practices on 
specific issues such as processing of co mputer related inventions, clarity, unity 
of invention, classification, etc. 
Jordan Training on cl assification matters  
 
Amman, 09 - 10 November 2009 EPO Training sessions for patent examiner s aim at an exchange of practices on 
specific issues such as processing of co mputer related inventions, clarity, unity 
of invention, classification, etc.   
 Training on understanding a claim 
 
Amman, 02 - 03 August 2010 EPO  
 Training sessions for patent examiners aim at an exchange of practices on 
specific issues such as processing of co mputer related inventions, clarity, unity 
of invention, classification, etc.  
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Moldova 
 Setting up the profession of patent 
representative: Study visit of AGEPI 
officials to Germany 
 
 Munich, September 2009 EPO  The study visit is a fact finding missi on for Moldovan officials that aimed at 
gathering elements for possibly setting a national representation system that 
fully plays its role within the national patent system. The question of 
qualification and examination for representatives was studied. 
Patent claim draf ting workshop  
 
Chisinau, 20 - 21 October 2010 EPO  
 These training sessions on the spot aim at  a long term increase in the quality of 
national filings. 
INFOINVENT 2009  
 
Chisinau, 24 to 27 November 2009 EPO  Support of the EPO to the AGEPI during the national patent information fair, 
aiming at underlining the role of patent information in the national economic 
development. 
 Training of patent examiners 
 
Chisinau, 09- 11 November 2009 EPO Training sessions for patent examiner s aim at an exchange of practices on 
specific issues such as processing of co mputer related inventions, clarity, unity 
of invention, classification, etc. 
 On-the-job training 
 
Denmark DKPTO, November 2009 EPO / DKPTO Training sessions for patent exam iners aim at an exch ange of practices on 
specific issues such as processing of co mputer related inventions, clarity, unity 
of invention, classification, etc. 
 General assessment at AGEPI 
 Chisinau, 14 - 16 April 2010 EPO  Assessment mission by EPO mandated experts aiming at identifying possible 
improvements in the daily functioning of  the AGEPI, targeting in particular 
the patenting procedure and the IT and publication infrastructure. 
 Study visit of a delegation from AGEPI 
to Croatia 
 17 June 2010 EPO / SIPO (HR) Moldova has requested to the EPO the negotiation of an extension agreement 
that would permit applicant to extend to the Moldovan territory the validity of 
European patent and of patent applications. The study visit aims at studying the impact of such an agreemen t on the national patent system. 
 Patent claim drafting workshop 
Chisinau, 01 - 02 June 2010  These training sessions target patent re presentatives and applicants and aim at 
a long term increase in the quality of national filings.  
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Morocco EPOQUE NET training 
Casablanca, 19 - 21 October 2009 EPO EPOQUE is the search engine used by EPO examiners and it has been made 
available to OMPIC examin ers. The training aimed at the development of 
EPOQUE skills at OMPIC. 
 Study visit of an OMPIC delegation to 
the EPO Vienna, 09 - 10 Nov 2009 EPO The study visit aimed at assessing the possibility for OMPIC to implement an 
online filing system and an electronic register. 
 Patent information Workshop 
Casablanca, 15 - 16 December 2009 EPO Participation of EPO experts to a pate nt information workshop that aimed at 
increasing patent awareness among researchers. 
 Validation Agreement: Official visit of 
DG OMPIC 
 Munich, 25 February 2010 EPO Non EPO member states have the possibility negotiate with the EPO an 
agreement that permit applicants to validate on demand a European patent / 
patent application in the country. This confers to the national patent system the same protection level as in EPO member states. The validation system 
represent a significant step in th e European harmonisation process. 
 Publication server for the OMPIC 
 Casablanca, 17 - 21 May 2010 EPO The OMPIC has chosen the EPO technol ogy to create an in ternet server for 
the publication of national patents and patent applications.  EPO experts have initiated the installation of the server at OMPIC. 
Syria 
 
  
 
 Workshop on Patent information 
Damascus, 16 July 2009 EPO  The workshop took place in  parallel to the AL Bassel inventors' fair and aimed 
at raising inventors' patent awareness. 
Patent claim drafting workshop 
Damascus, 12 - 13 October 2009 EPO  These training sessions targets patent  representatives and applicants and aims 
at a long term increase in the quality of national filings. 
Review of the patent granting procedure 
Damascus, 28 - 29 June 2010 EPO The review of the national patent granting procedure aimed at identifying 
potential improvements in order to facilitate the harmonisation of the national 
patent system with the international standards. 
Tunisia 
  
 
 
 
 Patent claim drafting workshop 
Tunis, 30 June - 01 July 2009 and 03 - 04 December 2009 EPO  These training sessions targets patent  representatives and applicants and aims 
at a long term increase in the quality of national filings. 
Validation Agreement: study visit of 
INNORPI officials 
 
Munich, 11 Mai 2010  Non EPO member states have the possibility to negotiate with the EPO an 
agreement that permit applicants to validate on demand a European patent / 
patent application in the country. This confers to the national patent system the 
same protection level as in EPO member states. The validation system 
represents a significant step in the European harmonisation process.  
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Russian Federation 
(Rospatent) 
 
(EU-funded Project) 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 Expert Paper - "A comparison of 
current Russian and European patent 
legislation" 
 
January - March 2010 EPO 
 A legal IP expert compared the current Russian Patent legislation with the 
EPC, identifying and documenting the stat e of play. In the case of differences 
or divergences of the two laws, the expert drafted proposals on amendments to 
the RF patent legislation that would reduce divergences.
 
Seminar - Experts (one from EPO, the 
other from UK private practise)  
presented and discussed findings 
 January - April 2010  EPO 
 Experts presented and explained results of GAP analysis. The results of the 
documented comparisons and proposals were translated into Russian and 
discussed with interested parties, incl uding Rospatent legal experts, patent 
attorneys, ministry officials, and industry at a one-day seminar. In preparing for the seminar, the experts reviewed an y amendments made to RF Chapter IV 
CC in the intervening period. In advance of the seminar the results were made 
available to interested parties for comment / preparation.  
Seminar on "Supplementary Protection Certificates" 
 
23 - 24 March 2010  EPO 
 A 2-day seminar was organised at which the practice of extending a patent 
term for pharmaceutical products was disc ussed as carried out  at six European 
offices. This included a legal summa ry, decision making basis and case 
history, as well as experience from industry. A concluding document summarising the approaches has been drawn up and translated into Russian. 
Draft of examination Guidelines 
 
24-26 March 2010 in Moscow May 2010 EPO 
 
 The first meeting of the Ro spatent Guidelines drafting team with EPO leading 
expert took place on 24-26 March 2010 in Moscow. Here the parties agreed 
upon the basic approach, documentary basis and working procedures, time frame and responsibilities. Version 1 of the Guidelines was received on 
1 May, translated and assessed by the EPO expert and team. Version 
1 annotated with expert comments and advice was returned to the Rospatent 
team for assessment prior to discu ssion of the results in Moscow on 
2-5 August 2010. 
Translation of documents and comparison of procedures, draft of a 
summary upon main areas of deviation 
 By May 2010 EPO 
 
 The relevant administrative and procedural documentation describing patent 
processing and administrative procedures at the EPO was translated into 
Russian and made available to Rospatent experts for study and supplemented 
by explanation in Moscow. The Russian experts identified the main areas of 
deviation of procedures between the RF and the EPO and highlighted areas of 
specific interest to Rospatent management.  
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Russian Federation 
(Rospatent) 
 
(EU-funded Project) 
  Workshop on Patent administration and 
Procedure 
 
19-21 May 2010  EPO 
 
 Based upon feedback received from Rosp atent, a study visit and round table 
discussions of at least six Russian experts to the EPO in The Hague was 
organised. There the EPO document processing was explained and 
demonstrated, with particular focus on the areas of differen ce identified by the 
experts. A roundtable discussion was also included in the programme to facilitate technical assessment of the streamlining solutions available. 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 Workshop - "Teaching IP in economics 
and Management - European approach" 
 27-28 May 2010 EPO 
 
  A two-day seminar was held in Munich . Experts from several European and 
EIPIN (European Intellectual Property Institutes Network) institutions active 
in IP education presented their own appr oach in teaching IP in economics, 
discussed the various approaches in t eaching IP economics, shared curricula 
and offered advice and experience. The current Russian approach was also 
presented and commented upon.  
Recommendations on the extension of 
the term of validity of patent for 
Supplementary Protection Certificates  
June 2010 EPO 
 One European expert was selected to an alyse the current ap proach in the RF 
with regard to extending the term of SPCs on the territory of RF, and to make 
recommendations and proposals for clarifying the approach which at the same time are also in line with current EU legislation. The recommendations 
covered legislation as well as interpretation and practical implementation 
approaches. 
Draft of a paper on recommendations for the streamlining of Russian 
procedures 
 
July 2010  EPO 
 The Russian expert fine tuned the analysis and drew up proposals aimed at 
streamlining the Russian approach.  
  
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China 
EU-China IPR 2 Project 
 
 
(EU-funded Project) 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 Training on IP Management 
 
Shenyang, Fuzhou, Hangzhou 
17 - 25 August 2009 EPO The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) was supported 
by IPR2 in implementing this second wave of training sessions on IP 
management. 
The three training sessions provided information and advice from European 
and Chinese experts on the IP systems and were an opportunity for improving the understanding and knowledge of participating government officials on 
European IPR management, licensing models and IP enforcement. 
Training Course on Administrative 
Patent Enforcement (Tongji University) 
 
Shangha, 30 Aug. / 2 Sept. 2009  EPO This four-day training course consisted of eight sessions and provided an in-
depth training on substantive and procedural law related to administrative patent enforcement in China as well as  the patent protection at customs and 
trade fairs in China and the EU. Within this framework, presentations given by 
the European experts and Chinese experts enabled comparison and discussion 
of respective systems in Europe and China . 
IP Protection at Trade Fairs - IFA 
Berlin  
Berlin, 3 - 8 September 2009 EPO After the successful experience at the CeBIT 2009, the IPR2 Project was 
requested to concentrate its efforts on IPR protection at trade fairs and commit 
to support trade fairs such as the IFA Berlin and the International Cutting and 
Welding Fair in Essen. The main objec tive was to address exhibition centres 
in Europe with a dedicated support, aiming at reducing conflict on IP matters between European and Chinese exhibitors and increasing industry awareness 
on how to protect / respect IP rights at trade fairs. 
Seminar on the Interface between 
Standardisation and IPR  
Beijing, 4 September 2009 EPO The IPR2 Project supported MIIT an d Siemens in the implementation of a 
seminar aiming to engage the relevant authorities, standardisation bodies, industry and academia in a comprehens ive dialogue on the technical issues 
that exist between IP rights and standards. This seminar provided a platform 
for government agencies an d standardisation bodies to  present the current state 
of play on the legislative framework and IPR policies. 
2009 International Conference on 
Judicial Protection of IPR  
Chengdu, 9 - 11 Sept. 2009 EPO After the success of the first edition,  the IPR2 project supported the Supreme 
People's Court (SPC) in the organisation of the second edition of the international conference on the judicial protection on IPRs. The long term goal 
is to maintain a high level exchange platform between European and Chinese 
judges.  
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EU-China IPR 2 Project 
 
 
(EU-funded Project) 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 IP Protection at Trade Fairs - Cutting 
and Welding 
 
Essen, 14 - 19 September 2009 EPO After the successful experience at th e CeBIT, the IPR2 project was requested 
to concentrate its efforts on IPR protectio n at trade fairs and commit to support 
those trade fairs at the IFA Berlin and the International Cutting and Welding 
Fair in Essen. The main objective was to address exhibition centres in Europe 
with a dedicated support, aiming at reducing conflict on IP matters between European and Chinese exhibitors and increasing industry awareness on how to 
protect / respect IP rights at trade fairs. 
 
Support to the EU-China IP Working Group 2009 
 
Beijing, 16 September 2009 EPO IPR2 was mandated to take over the preparation of the IP Working Group. An 
up-date on progresses was made on IPR police within the EU and China, and a 
plan of actions for new activities was set up that will specifically target key 
themes. 
Workshop and Study Tour on IPR and Competition Law 
 
Beijing, London, Bonn, Karlsruhe, Brussels, Luxemburg 
16 - 30 September 2009 EPO Both the workshop and the study tour to Europe intended to support the 
Chinese judges in their efforts to implement and enforce the China's Anti-
Monopoly Law (AML) by providing EU experience and best practice. It 
provided the relevant information for the judges to explore the legislative frameworks at community level and in member states, including common law 
experiences (UK) and civil law experiences (Germany). 
 
CESL Professional Training in European IP Law 
 
Beijing, 18 - 20 September 2009 EPO The China-Europe School of Law (CESL) was supported by the IPR2 in 
implementing a three-day training on European IP Law, for practicing lawyers 
and IP professionals in the public sector . It was organised to cover three areas: 
introduction to European IP Law, Protection and Enforcement of IPR in 
Europe and IPR in a European-Chinese Business Context. 
 
Workshop on Revision of Copyright Law 
 
Xiamen, 24 - 26 September 2009 EPO This workshop focused on several questions raised by the Legislative Affairs 
Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress 
(LAC) drafting team, particularly relating to the copyright protection on the 
internet. The European experts and Chin ese officials discussed best practices 
on how to tackle problems with regard to the protection of copyrights.  
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EU-China IPR 2 Project 
 
 
(EU-funded Project) 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 Study Tour Criminal IPR Protection 
and Enforcement 
 
Germany, Denmark, Netherlands 
14 -25 October 2009 EPO The focus of this study visit was the exchange of information and experiences 
between Chinese prosecutors and their European counterparts. They provided 
input on various issues arising in crimin al enforcement of IPR and the transfer 
of cases from administrative to criminal enforcement authorities. 
Roving Workshop on the CTM System 
and 3D TMs 
 
Xi'an, Guangzhou, Tianjin 26 - 30 October 2009 EPO This series of one-day workshops provided in-depth information for IP 
representatives from Chinese industry on the Community Trade Mark System. 
This included information on the status of protection and trends of 
development under the Community System which are of interest for Chinese trade mark holders conducting or planning to conduct business operation 
with/in Europe. 
Study Tour on IPR Protection and 
Support to Rightholders  
Sweden, UK, Germany 
1 - 11 November 2009 EPO This study tour provided in-depth information on customer services and 
exchange on respective sy stems in Europe and China. Particular focus was 
given to the structure, management, financing and supervision of existing 
support services/projects in Europe and the Chines e IPR assistance centres. 
Information on EU IP Systems and 
Legislation: Gls 
 
Chongqing 13 November  2009 EPO IPR2 supported the implementation of a public forum on the protection of 
geographical indications and appellations of origin. The result was the 
publication of a comparative study  on GIs in Europe and China. 
Peking University Training for SIPO 
officials 
 
Beijing, Hangzhou, Xi'an 
16 - 24 November 2009 EPO IPR2 supported cooperation with the International Intellectual Property 
Programme (IIPP) of Peking University with a series of training courses 
addressed to the academia and to official s and industry. Focus of the trainings 
was patent protection at customs and trad e fairs in EU and China as well as IP 
management. 
Conference on Copyright Protection Trends 
 
Wuhan, 18 - 19 November 2009  EPO The development and enforcement of international and national laws and 
regulations governing copyrights have not kept pace with the speed of the 
evolution of information technologies. In  this context, the conference provided 
a unique opportunity to support the Chinese legislators by providing respective EU experiences through the provision of European expertise and 
sharing experiences on copyright prot ection trends in publication industry, 
design industry, music industry, film, TV etc.  
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EU-China IPR 2 Project 
 
 
(EU-funded Project) 
 
 
  
 
 Support to the Customs IPR Action 
Plan 
 
Shanghai, 23 - 27 November 2009 EPO IPR2 organised a series of meetings and exchanges amongst Chinese and 
European custom's officers.  This activity focused on : Systematic exchange 
and analysis of seizures, trends and general risk information, creation of a 
network of customs in key ports and airports, exchange of practices on means 
of providing seizure information to assist other administrations in stopping production, discussion for establishing a joint customs and business working 
group and exploring different types of activities (seminars, workshops etc.) 
 
Peking University IIPP Conference "International IP Trend & 
Enforcement" 
 Beijing, 27 - 28 November 2009 EPO A celebration event was organised to bring together faculties from China, 
Europe, the US and other countries, with the aim of comparing the evolution 
of the IP systems and its en forcement around the world. 
Maintenance of IP Search Tool 
 
Beijing, on-going EPO Following the launch of the China IP Law Search in July 2009, in this 
reporting period, preparations have been ongoing for inclusion of European 
legislation, which has been launched in May 2010. 
Workshop on Unfair Competition - Anti Bribery 
 
Wuhan, 1 - 2 December 2009 EPO IPR2 organised a workshop on the legal framework and remedy approaches 
for the protection against commercial bribery. European practitioners and 
Chinese officials from the Administra tion of Industry and Commerce (AIC) 
provided input on various issues arising in unfair competition related with the fight against commercial bribery. 
 
Study Tour on Copyright Enforcement  
 
France, Hungary, Finland 
6 - 17 December 2009 EPO This study tour focused on exchange s of experiences and best practices 
between the European and Chinese copyri ght enforcement bodies. Main topics 
were the challenges posed by new technologies to the creative industries 
through legislative means an d enforcement mechanisms. 
Workshops on IPR Protection and 
Support to Rightholders  
Yichang, Nanning 
9 - 11 December 2009 EPO IPR2 organised a series of workshops providing in-depth information on 
governmental and non-governmental support systems for right holders with regard to the protection and enforcement of IPR in China and in the EU.  
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EU-China IPR 2 Project 
 
 
 (EU-funded Project) 
 Workshop on China TM System 
 
Brussels, 15 December 2009 EPO European right holders and IP pr actitioners participated in a one-day 
workshop in Brussels on China trade mark system, organised within the 
framework of IPR2, by OHIM together with China Trademark Office 
(CTMO) under the State Administrati on of Industry and Commerce (SAIC). 
 
Workshop on the China Patent System  
Netherlands, Sweden, Italy 
16 December 2009 EPO The EPO, with the support of the IPR2  Project and SIPO hosted a series of 
seminars on changes to the Chinese patent system in light of the third revision 
of the Chinese Patent Law. 
International Workshop on the 
Protection of Folklore 
 
Haerbin 23 - 24 January 2010 EPO This workshop on the protection of folklore provided a platform for European 
and Chinese experts to discuss legal a nd technical assistance with respect to 
the development and strengthening of national and regional systems for the 
protection of Traditional Culture Expressions (TCEs) and Expressions of Folklore (EoF) as well as the strategic management of IP rights and interests. 
 
Study Tour on IP Management  
 France, Germany 
23 - 31 January  2010 EPO MIIT headed a delegation of Chinese officials on a study tour to France and 
Germany to further engage the relevant EU standardisation bodies but also other industry associations (aviation industry/consumer goods industry besides 
information and communication technology industry) in a comprehensive 
dialogue on the technical issues that exist between IP rights and standards. 
Training Course on Administrative 
Patent Enforcement  
Xiamen, 24 - 29 January 2010 EPO IPR2 supported a training for 20 local enforcement o fficials from four 
provinces, with Chinese and European experts providing in-depth presentations and discussions on protection, best practices and trends of 
development regarding administrative patent enforcement in China as well as 
a comparative analysis of patent protec tion at trade fairs and customs in China 
and in Europe.  
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EU-China IPR 2 Project 
 
 
(EU-funded Project)  Long Term Study in IP Law  
 
 
Beijing 
26 January -  31 March 2010 EPO The activity aimed at supporting research work and study on the laws and 
regulations of Trade Mark protection in Ch ina. On the longer term, the goal is 
to be able to provide an analytical collection of laws, regulations and leading 
administrative and court decisions on TM protection, including and explaining 
the evolution of the legislation and of the jurisprudence.  
Study Tour Strengthening Criminal 
Enforcement 
 London 
30 January - 3 February  2010 EPO Five officials of the Ministry of Public Security (M PS) at central and 
provincial level met with the International Federation of the Phonographic 
Industry (IFPI) forensic testing lab in London, the UK IPO and Interpol. Topic discussed included optical disc forensics, internet infringements and the 
INTERPOL IPR programme. 
IP Protection at Trade Fairs - CeBIT 
 Hannover 
27 February - 6 March 2010 EPO The IPR2 Project supported MOFCOM in the implementation of a mediation 
service at the Centre of Office and Information Technology (CeBIT) trade 
fair. 
Study Tour on IP Management in Science and Technology Plans  
Germany, Belgium, Sweden 
2 - 13 March 2010 EPO The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) headed a delegation of 
Chinese officials in a study tour to  Germany, Belgium and Sweden in a 
comprehensive dialogue on how European counterparts address issues related 
to the practice of IP management within science and technology plans, and to 
learn from EU best practices an d experiences in this field. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Workshop on Competition and IPR 
 
Changsha, 11 - 12 March 2010 EPO IPR2 organised a workshop in Changsha for enforcement officials from 
provincial and municipal AICs. The sessions concentrated on in-depth 
discussions of the link between competition law and the protection of IP and 
interrelated topics of the China and EU legal systems as well as respective 
remedy approaches.  
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EU-China IPR 2 Project 
 
 
(EU-funded Project)  Patent Enforcement Training (Peking 
and Tongji Universities) 
 
Beijing, Shanghai 
15 - 23 March 2010 EPO The training courses, co -organised with the IIPP in Peking University as well 
as with the IP Institute of Tongji University, provided in-depth training on 
substantive and procedural aspects related to civil patent enforcement in 
Europe, as well as a comparison of selected Chinese and European court 
cases.   
Customs IPR Action Plan - WG 
Meeting 
 Beijing, 17 - 18 March 2010 EPO Following the first meeting held on the 23 - 27 November 2009, this second 
meeting of IPR customs was attended by officials from Shanghai, Ningbo, 
Shenzhen, Beijing, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Huangpu customs, General Administration of Customs in Chin a (GACC), Directorate General for 
Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD) and national officials from 
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. This activity focused on exchange of data between China and Europe on 
seizures and creation of seaport and airport customs networks. 
SPC Study Visit to Europe - Gls  
France, Belgium 20 - 22 March 2010 EPO The IPR2 supported the implementation of this event involving SPC judges, 
EC officials and expe rts from the private sector in Brussels, on the protection 
of geographical indications and appellation of origin.  
Workshop on the China Design System 
in Europe  
 
Paris, 25 March 2010 EPO The seminar provided in-depth information for European industry on the 
China design system. 
Workshop on Classification Practice 
 Beijing, 25 - 26 March 2010 EPO This workshop provided a platform for an in-depth information and exchange 
on the trade mark classification prac tice between STMO of SAIC and OHIM. 
Training on IP Management (Jinan 
Uni) 
 
Guangzhou, 6 - 7 April 2010 EPO This training was organised as part of the Long Term Training Programme in 
IP Law, an IPR2 activity which suppor ts existing IP education programs at 
universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Guangzhou as well as with the 
Beijing Law School.   
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(EU-funded Project) 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 Training Courses on Criminal IPR 
Enforcement 
 
Dongguan, Wuhan 
7 - 15 April 2010 EPO IPR2 organised two training sessions focusing on the presentation and 
exchange of information and experiences between Chinese prosecutors and 
their European counterparts as well as Chinese IP experts and providing input 
on various issues arising in criminal en forcement of IPR and the transfer of 
cases from administrative to criminal enforcement authorities. 
IP Dialogue  
Beijing, 8 - 9 April 2010 EPO Within the framework of this activity, IPR2 supported the EU-China IP 
dialogue and working group meetings to facilitate the political debate.  
 
IPR Protection at trade fairs  
Architectural and Technical trade fair  
Frankfurt, 11 - 16 April 2010 EPO The main challenges facing IPR protection at trade fairs in China is to develop 
an effective working mechanism of co-ordinating local IP authorities and the 
trade fairs organisers. In this context and on the basis of the previous experience at European trade fairs, the IPR2 Project supported MOFCOM in 
the implementation of a mediation servi ce at the Architectural and Technical 
trade fair in Frankfurt.  
IPR Protection at trade fairs 
 
Industriemesse trade fair  
Hanover, 19 - 23 April 2010 EPO The main challenges facing IPR protec tion on trade fairs in China is to 
develop an effective working mechanism of co-ordinating local IP authorities 
and the trade fairs organisers. In this co ntext and on the basis of the previous 
experience at European trade fairs, the IPR2 Project supported MOFCOM in 
the implementation of a mediation service at the Industriemesse trade fair in 
Hanover.  
Study on formality requirements CNCA Support Line 
 
Beijing, April - May 2010 EPO The research work attempted to co mpile, analyse, evaluate and research 
further complaints regarding following irregularities in the CCC process (eg. 
certification requirements; overly extensive demands for documentation and 
background information for products undergoing CCC certification, etc.)  
The CCC IP Support took the form of a "survey" among stakeholders. The 
survey aspires to provide a comprehe nsive report on the verification of 
existence, scope and degree of IP and trade secret related problems under the 
CCC procedure. The report and feedback provided by companies after due 
consideration among all stakeholders may be considered to be brought – with the entrustment of the complainant and after an initial evaluation of the 
complaint – to the attention of th e appropriate Chinese governmental 
authorities.   
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(EU-funded Project)  Long Term Study in IP Law - Prof Guo 
TM cases 
 
Beijing, April - May 2010 EPO Although a number of Chinese Univ ersities have developed remarkable 
teaching activities in the area of IP, they do not yet offer comprehensive 
LL.M. in IPR. It is necessary to provide comprehensive education in IP and 
adjacent areas of law and economics taught jointly by world class foreign and 
Chinese faculties. 
Study/publication and Study Tour on Copyrights Protection in 
Internet 
 France, Belgium, UK, Germany 
10 - 21 May 2010 EPO IPR2 published a survey of the leadin g cases for online liability for copyright 
infringement in Europe and supported a study tour for a delegation of the 
Chinese Judiciary (Supreme People’s Court or SPC) to develop exchanges 
with their European counterparts in this field. 
Launch of the Europe IP Law Search  Beijing, 12 May 2010 EPO IPR2 prepared the launch of the European component of the IP Law Search 
tool. 
Support to the National Judges College  
 
Beijing, 18 May 2010 EPO The IPR2 project was invited by the National Judges College to contribute 
expertise to its training by introducing approximately 200 practicing judges to 
latest trends in European IP related ju risprudence, with a particular emphasis 
on the handling of evidence and expert reports. 
Workshop on Protection of Trade 
Secrets 
 Qingdao, 20 - 22 May 2010 EPO IPR2 assisted SAIC in implementing an expert workshop on the legal 
framework governing the protection of trade secrets. 
Study Tour on TM Law and IP issues on Civil Procedure Law 
 Netherlands, France, Swiss 
30 May - 6 June 2010 EPO Arrangement of meetings for members of the drafting team under LAC with 
trademark experts from parliamentary bodi es, ministries, IP offices, judiciary, 
research institutions etc. in European c ountries in order to discuss issues of 
particular interest for the drafting work and collecting respective information 
and material.   
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(EU-funded Project)  Study Tour on TM and TM Review / 
Roving Seminars 
 
Spain, Germany 
5 - 12 June 2010 EPO IPR2 organised a study tour to Spain, Luxembourg and Germany for officials 
from SAIC and Trademark judges to learn about TM in Europe. 
Seminar on court cases on IP and 
Competition Law 
 
Dalian, 10 - 11 June 2010 EPO High level Chinese IP judges have an interest in sharing views and experience 
with their foreign colleagues on the in terface between competition law and IP. 
Foreign IP judges could indeed share with them their experience in solving 
these disputes in the framework of a high level information and discussion platform between high ranking judges. This also allows Chinese judges to 
strengthen their network with foreign counterparts In this context, the project 
supported the SPC in the organisation of a comprehensive exchange on the interface between competition and IP laws. 
 
Seminar on Intellectual Property 
Protection of Software  
Dalian 23 June 2010 EPO The seminar focused on software copyright protection in Europe. It outlined 
the laws and regulations in force and presented in practice how European and Chinese enterprises can cooperate in software development, avoiding the risk 
of infringing third party rights in Europe. 
Training on IP Management 
 Qingdao, Xiamen 
24 - 29 June 2010 EPO The goal of this traini ng is to raise knowledge (thr ough training) and access to 
information and tools (e.g. online material including but not limited to training manuals, relevant IP information systems, etc.) of MIIT’s local departments 
servicing SMEs on how to legally use, valorise and protect IPRs. 
 
 Study Tour on Unfair Competition 
 
UK, Germany 4 - 14 July 2010 EPO IPR2 organised a study tour for officials from anti-unfair competition 
departments of SAIC and local AICs. Meetings were organised with 
counterparts from relevant government  agencies as well as experts from 
academic and private institutions.  
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(EU-funded Project)  IPR Protection at Trade Fairs - 
Training CCPIT 
 
 
 Hangzhou, Wenzhou, Beijing 
12 - 16 July 2010 EPO The main challenges facing IPR protec tion on trade fairs in China is to 
develop an effective working mechanism of co-ordinating local IP authorities 
and the trade fairs organisers.  In this context the IPR2 Project supported 
CCPIT/MOFCOM in the implementation of a training for industry exhibitors, 
service providers to exhibitors and exhibition organisers, and to CCPIT staff. The training focused on how to effectiv ely prepare a trade fair, how exhibition 
organisers can support industry representatives in the protection of IPR at 
trade fairs, and on how mediation services can be set up.  
Workshop on revision of TM Law 
 
Hohhot, 21 - 23 July 2010 EPO IPR2 assisted LAC in implementing an expert workshop on the revision of the 
Chinese Trademark law. European academics, offi cials and practitioners 
working the field of trademark law reviewed and discussed questions raised by the drafting team of LAC. 
 
Promotion, Communications & 
Visibility  
Beijing, on-going EPO The IPR2 web site continues to be the main tool for the IPR2 Project's external 
communications:13.000 visits - 3.000 more than last year - have been recorded this year. 
Long Term Training Program in IP Law - Europe  
 
 
Munich, on-going EPO A call for five candidates for a long-term study program in Europe for the 
academic year 2009/2010 was launched. It  is designed to support successful 
applicants during their LL.M program at the Munich IP Law Centre (MIPLC). 
Objective of this exercise is to increase the knowledge of IP and adjacent areas 
of law and economics and increase number of highly qualified Chinese 
negotiators in IP and international trade. 
 
IPR Roadmaps - China Patent Update I & II 
 
Europe, on-going EPO The compilation and publication of the IPR2 Roadmaps for IP Protection 
continue to be reference tools for companies on how to protect IP in key areas 
in China and Europe and build underst anding of European and Chinese IP 
systems.  
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(EU-funded Project) Implementation of an EU funded IPA 
national project "Creation of an 
Education and information centre at the 
IP Office of the Republic of Serbia" 
 2009 - 2012 EPO  
 The project aims at the creation within  the IPO of Serbia of a national IP 
education and information centre (EIC) that would become the coordinator at 
the national level of the diffusion of IP knowledge towards all the stakeholders 
of the IP system. It comprises the training of the EIC team and the 
development of awareness and training products for the IP stakeholders. Implementation: 2009-2012, budget €2,2 million.  
Kosovo UNSCR1244/99 
(EU-funded Project) Implementation of an EU funded 
project  "Assistance to the Patent 
Office"  
2009 - 2011 EPO 
 The project aims at the development of the capacity of the newly created 
industrial property office in Kosovo UNSCR 1244/99. It comprises training 
and setting of the necessary administrative systems. Implementation: 2009-2011, budget €0,8 million. 
IPA regional  (EU-funded Project) Implementation of an IPA regional 
project on IPR in the Western Balkans and Turkey 
 
2008 - 2010 EPO 
 The project aims at the delivery of techni cal assistance to the IP offices and to 
the other administrations involved in IP within the region. It comprises essentially training, development of IT products, development of IPR 
strategies. 
Implementation: 2008-2010, budget €2 million. 
 
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