WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/455/Add.5 
7 December 2005 
 
 (05-5823) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
Addendum  
  
 The following communication, dated 25 October 2005, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States.  It was circ ulated as an advance copy for the Council's October 
2005 meeting.   The attachment contains a table providing information on the US technical cooperation activities in the area of intellectual propert y, covering the period from 1 October 2004 to 
30 September 2005.  Further information is availa ble on the website of the Intellectual Property 
Rights Training Program Database:  http://www.training.ipr.gov. 
  
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
4-8 October 
2004 USPTO Training 
– TM 
Opposition for 
OMPIC Officials Morocco CLDP 
USPTO Location: Arlington, VA 
Training Recipient: Trademark officials, 
other technical assistance with 
developing a system for TM opposition 
in Morocco. 
Training also included IT officials Contact: David Morfesi, Office of 
International Relations, USPTO, 
Tel: (571) 272-9300 
5-8 October 2004 USPTO 
Fall 2004 
Enforcement 
Academy Algeria 
Hong Kong, 
China 
Iceland Indonesia 
Kuwait 
Lebanon Macao, China 
Mauritius 
Mexico Peru 
Romania 
Serbia-Montenegro 
South Africa 
Swaziland 
Chinese 
Taipei Thailand 
Tunisia 
Uruguay Yemen USPTO Location: Washington, DC. 
Training Recipient: Police, Customs 
officials, Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts  
Training, interactive exercises and case 
studies on IPR enfo rcement, including 
criminal prosecution, civil infringement 
actions and border measures, with focus 
on provisional measures, investigative techniques, Customs best practices, 
deterrent penalties and digital 
infringement. Contact: Michael Ad lin, USPTO, Office 
of Enforcement,  
Tel: (703) 305-9300 Additional country 
involved: Bermuda 
21-22 October 2004 ASEAN/USPTO 
Workshop Brunei 
Cambodia 
Indonesia Laos PDR 
Malaysia  
Myanmar Philippines 
Singapore 
Thailand Viet Nam USPTO Location: Bangkok, Thailand 
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, 
Police, Customs o fficials, other 
enforcement officials,  Culture officials, 
other executive branch officials, 
Legislators  Workshop on effective practices in the 
regulation of optical media production 
and the implementation of effective anti-piracy efforts and activities. 
Additional sponsor: ASEAN Contact: 
Peter N. Fowler, Senior Counsel for Enforcement, USPTO, 
Tel: 703-305-9300, email: 
peter.fowler@uspto.gov 
8-9 November 
2004 Hong Kong IP 
and Telecom 
Conference China 
Hong Kong DOS 
USPTO Location: Hong Kong, China  
Training Recipient: Economy officials  
IP training for US Econ Officers.  Sponsored by DOS and USPTO.  
Contact: Dominic Keating  IP/C/W/455/Add.5 
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
8-11 November 
2004 2004 Advanced 
Lecture Series on IP Protection Chinese 
Taipei USPTO Location: Chinese Taipei 
Training Recipient: Patent officials Training at the Taiwanese Intellectual 
Property Office on agricultural and 
biotechnology patent issues, appeals 
process, in the US on patent 
applications, data exclusivity and patent linkage, quality performance and 
initiatives, patent term adjustment, 
Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, role of Solicitor's Office, 
disciplinary actions, US Federal Circuit 
Court Review 2003, USPTO quality performance standards, 35 USC 112, 
and hearings on inter partes re-
examination.  Contact: Karen Hauda and 
John Whealan, USPTO  
12 November 
2004 Iraq Trade and 
WTO Orientation Iraq USPTO Location: Arlington, VA 
Training Recipient: Culture officials, Economy officials, Health officials, 
Trade officials, othe r executive branch 
officials  Iraq part of DOC Iraq Reconstruction 
and Investment Task Force 2-week 
WTO training programme. Training of 
30 high-ranking Iraqi officials from a 
dozen ministries, including an overview of intellectual property law, as well as 
in-depth presentations on TRIPS and 
patents, data protection, plant variety protection and industrial designs, 
TRIPS and trademarks and geographical 
indications, TRIPS and copyright and related rights, TRIPS and enforcement: 
civil, criminal and border measures and 
the future of TRIPS.  Contact: Linda Lourie, USPTO  
1-31 December 
2004 IPR Crime Law 
Enforcement 
Training South Africa DOS Location: South Africa 
Training Recipient: Prosecutors  
The Department of Justice Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance 
and Training Office (OPDAT), using 
US$100,000 in State Department INL crime funds, and in consultation with 
Department of Justice Computer Crime 
and Intellectual Property Rights 
Section (CCIPS) and relevant US 
Missions, shall send a USG team of prosecutors and investigators to South 
Africa to present seminars on 
combating IPR crime to selected African law enforcement officials.  The 
USG team in planning and delivering 
the seminars have been encouraged to closely coordinate with private industry 
groups supportive of strong IPR 
enforcement.  The target date for IP/C/W/455/Add.5 
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
delivery of this training is the first 
quarter of FY 2005.  For further 
information contact 
James.Silverwood@usdoj.gov 
1-31 December 2004 IPR Crime Law 
Enforcement 
Training South Africa DOS The Departme nt of Justice Overseas 
Prosecutorial Development Assistance 
and Training Office (OPDAT), using 
US$100,000 in State Department INL funds, and in consultation with DOJ 
Computer Crime and Intellectual 
Property Rights Section (CCIPS) and Embassy Pretoria, shall send a USG 
team of prosecutors and investigators to 
South Africa to present seminars on 
combating IPR crime. 
2-3 December 
2004 Judicial and 
Prosecutorial Workshop IPR 
Enforcement Tunisia USPTO Location: Tunis, Tunisia  
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, Trademark officials, Police, Customs 
officials, Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts, Legal professionals, 
Right holder groups, Academics  
Workshop for judges, prosecutors, and private sector attorneys on the important 
of IPR enforcement and IPR 
enforcement best practices. Contact, Michael, Adlin, 
Office of Enforcement, USPTO,  
Tel: (571) 272-9300 Additional Sponsor: MEPI 
6-8 December 
2004 West Africa and 
Intellectual 
Property Ethiopia 
Gambia 
Ghana Guinea-
Bissau 
Nigeria 
Senegal 
 IIPI 
USPTO Location: Dakar, Senegal 
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, 
Trademark officials, Police, Customs officials, Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - 
criminal courts, Co mmerce officials, 
Culture officials, Economy officials, 
Health officials, Ministry of Public Health officials, Tr ade officials, other 
executive branch officials, Legislators, 
Journalists, Legal professionals, Right holder groups, other, Academics  
Programme on Policy Priorities to 
Foster Economic Growth, Public Health and Culture.  This was a 3 day 
conference on the importance of the rule 
of law, improving IPR enforcement and the relationship of IPR to public health 
and safety.  
Contacts: Jeff Martin, IIPI,  Tel: (202) 544-6610;  
Michael Adlin, USPTO,  
Tel: (571) 272-9300  IP/C/W/455/Add.5 
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
8-11 February 
2005 USPTO 
Enforcement Academy Belize 
Costa Rica El Salvador 
Honduras 
Nicaragua 
Panama 
 DOS 
USPTO Location: Alexandria, VA  
Training Recipient: Customs officials, Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - 
criminal courts, othe r executive branch 
officials  
This is the PTO's semi-annual IP enforcement-centered programme.  
15-16 February 
2005 MEPI/USPTO 
Middle East 
Regional Customs Programme Algeria 
Bahrain 
Egypt Iraq 
Jordan 
Kuwait Lebanon 
Morocco 
Oman Qatar 
Saudi Arabia 
Tunisia United Arab 
Emirates 
Yemen USPTO Location: Amman, Jordan  
Training Recipient: Customs officials 
Programme on IPR Border Enforcement.  In depth programme on 
best practices, policies and training 
methods for border enforcement of IPR.  Also sponsored by Middle East 
Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Contact: 
Michael Adlin, USPTO,  Tel: (571) 272-9300 
16-17 March 2005 US - Azerbaijan 
IP Enforcement 
Conference 
 Azerbaijan USPTO Location: Baku, Azerbaijan 
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, 
Customs officials, Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - 
criminal courts  
IP enforcement conference addressing civil, criminal, an d border enforcement 
in Azerbaijan.  
Training Recipients included Industrial 
Property Office officials. 
Tentative 
1-30 April 2005 IPR Crime Law 
Enforcement 
Training Brazil DOS Location: Brazil  
Training Recipient: Police  
The Department of Justice Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance 
and Training Office (OPDAT), using 
US$60,000 in State Department INL crime funds, and in consultation with 
Department of Justice Computer Crime 
and Intellectual Property Rights Section (CCIPS) and Embassy Brasilia, shall 
send a USG team of prosecutors and 
investigators to Brazil to present seminars on combating IPR crime to a 
regional audience of judicial and law 
enforcement officials.   The USG team 
and Embassy Brasilia in planning and 
delivering the seminars have been encouraged to closely coordinate with 
private industry groups supportive of 
strong IPR enforcement.  The target date for delivery of this training is the 
second quarter of 2004.  For further 
information contact Amy.Young@usdoj.gov.  IP/C/W/455/Add.5 
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
4-8 April 2005 ASEAN-USDOJ 
USPTO 
Workshop Brunei 
Cambodia 
Indonesia 
Laos PDR Malaysia 
Myanmar 
Philippines Singapore 
Thailand 
Viet Nam DOJ 
USPTO Location: Thailand 
Training Recipient: Customs officials, 
other enforcement offi cials, Prosecutors  
Workshop on Effective Practices in combating Trade in Hard Goods 
Counterfeiting.  Sponsored by ASEAN, 
USDOJ, AND USPTO.  Contact Persons: Pe ter Fowler, USPTO 
or Eric Klumb, USDOJ. 
18-29 April 
2005 USPTO 
Visiting 
Scholars 
Program Argentina 
Bahrain 
China 
Czech 
Republic 
Hong Kong, China 
Jordan 
Kenya Lebanon 
Lithuania 
Macao, China 
Moldova 
Morocco Portugal 
Romania 
Saudi Arabia Singapore 
Turkey 
Yemen USPTO Location: Alexandria, VA. 
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, 
Trademark officials, Patent officials, 
other  
The USPTO's Visiting Scholars 
Programme provides participants with two weeks of classroom and hands on 
study of the US system for protecting 
intellectual property.  Presentations by US government officials on substantive 
patent, copyright and trademark policy 
and examination are given to the participants.  The goals of the 
programme are to foster a better 
understanding of international property obligations and norms; to expose 
participants to at least one method of 
providing TRIPs level protection for a variety of intellectual property 
disciplines and to promote discussion of 
intellectual property issues in a friendly and supportive environment.  
Training Recipients also included other 
government officials/experts having substantial involvement in intellectual 
property issues.  Other countires 
involved included: Bermuda, 
Palestinian Authority, and South Korea. 
Point of Contact: John Rodriguez, Attorney-Advisor, Office of 
International Relations, USPTO.  
Tel: (571) 272-9300; john.rodrigues@uspto.gov  
25-29 April 
2005 SIPO Patent 
Examiner 
Training China USPTO Location: Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient: Patent officials 
Training for SIPO patent examiners. Contact: Elaine Wu, USPTO  
26-27 April 
2005 Judical Training 
Programme on 
IPR Enforcement 
 Algeria USPTO Location: Algiers, Algeria  
Training Recipient: other  
Training held for Algerian ESM (Magistrate).  Lecture, case studies and 
interactive exercises on IPR's 
importance and effective civil and criminal IPR enforcement.  
Sponsor also included MEPI.  IP/C/W/455/Add.5 
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
28 April 2005 Judicial Training 
on IPR Enforcement Algeria USPTO Location: Algiers, Algeria  
Training Recipient: other  Training held for Algerian ESM 
(Magistrate).  Lecture, case studies and 
interactive exercises on IPR's 
importance and effective civil and 
criminal IPR enforcement.  Sponsor also included MEPI.  Training 
recipients - Magistrate students 
(graduating class of ESM students who will be judges next year) 
Tentative 
1-31 May 2005 IPR Crime Law 
Enforcement 
Training India DOS Location: India 
Training Recipient: Police  
The Department of Justice Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance 
and Training Office (OPDAT), using 
US$ 100,000 in State Department INL crime funds, and in consultation with 
Department of Justice Computer Crime 
and Intellectual Property Rights Section (CCIPS) and Embassy New Delhi, shall 
send a USG team of prosecutors and 
investigators to India to present seminars on combating IPR crime for 
Indian senior level prosecutors, judges, 
legislators and other relevant 
government official s.  The USG team 
and Embassy New Delhi, in planning and delivering the seminars have been 
encouraged to closely coordinate with 
private industry groups supportive of strong IPR enforcement.  The target 
date for delivery of this training is the 
second quarter of 2004.  For further information contact 
Michele.Crawfo rd@usdoj.gov. 
9-13 May 2005 MEPI/USPTO 
IPR Enforcement 
Academy Algeria 
Egypt Jordan 
Kuwait 
Lebanon Morocco 
Oman 
United Arab Emirates 
Yemen 
 USPTO Location: Alexandria, VA  
Training Recipient: Judges - civil/administrative courts, Judges - 
criminal courts  
Lecture, case studies and interactive exercises on IPR enforcement best 
practices.  
Sponsored by MEPI as well.  Contact Person: Mike Adlin, USPTO 
16-26 May 
2005 MEPI/USPTO 
IPR Study  Tour Algeria 
Egypt 
Jordan Lebanon 
Morocco 
Oman United Arab 
Emirates 
Yemen  USPTO Location: See below  
Training Recipient: Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts  
Meetings, tours and interactive sessions 
with courts and private sector interest on IPR enforcement.  Programme 
Locations: Washington, DC; Los 
Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; and New York, NY Additional Sponsor: 
MEPI Contact person:  Mike Adlin. IP/C/W/455/Add.5 
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
4-5 June 2005 MEPI/USPTO 
Judicial Training 
on IPR  
Enforcement Algeria USPTO Location: Oran, Algeria 
Training Recipient: Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - 
criminal courts  Training for over 75 Algerian judges on 
best practices for IPR enforcement.  
Sponsored by MEPI as well.   Contact Michael Adlin, USPTO, Office of 
Enforcement,  
Tel: (571) 272-9300. 
7-9 June 2005 US-Russian 
Federation IP 
Border 
Enforcement Russian 
Federation IIPI 
USPTO 
 Location: Russia  
Training Recipient: Customs officials, 
Judges - civil/administrative courts, 
Judges - criminal courts  
Workshop for Russian Customs and 
judiciary officials relating to border enforcement or IPR.  
Sponsors also included Russian 
Customs 
7-8 June 2005 MEPI/USPTO 
Seminar on IPR 
Enforcement Algeria USPTO Location: Algiers, Algeria  
Training Recipient: Customs officials  
Training for over 45 Algerian Customs 
officials on IPR enforcement and 
detection of infringements.  
Sponsored by MEPI as well.  Contact: 
Michael Adlin, USPTO, Office of Enforcement,  
Tel: (571) 272-9300. 
29-30 June 
2005 ASEAN-USPTO 
Seminar on IPR Capacity 
Building Brunei 
Cambodia Indonesia 
Laos PDR 
Malaysia Myanmar 
Philippines 
Singapore 
Thailand  
Viet Nam IIPI 
USPTO  Location: Thailand  
Training Recipient: Copyright officials, Trademark officials, Patent officials, 
Commerce officials, Economy officials, 
Trade officials, other  A capacity-building seminar for small 
and medium-sized enterprises.  A 
capacity-building seminar for 
government officials responsible for 
economic development, trade promotion, exports, and SME 
development, and representatives of the 
private sector from NGOs concerned with same.  
Sponsors also included: ASEAN 
Working Group on IP Cooperation, and Kenan Institute Asia.  Contact: Peter 
Fowler, Senior Counsel, USPTO 
5-7 July 2005 Sub regional 
Seminar on Enforcement of 
IPR Kazakhstan 
Kyrgyz Republic 
Russian 
Federation Turkey 
Uzbekistan USPTO Location: Kazakhstan  
Training Recipient: Police, Customs officials, Judges - civil/administrative 
courts, Judges - criminal courts  
Regional enforcement of intellectual property rights.  
Additional Sponsors: WIPO, UNECE, 
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
9-10 July 2005 Coordinating the 
Roles of Collecting 
Societies China USPTO Location: China 
Training Recipient: Legal professionals  Coordinating roles of collecting 
societies.  
Contact: Elaine Wu, USPTO Sponsor - 
Pierce Law Programme Participants 
included professional associations, in-house counsel, and outside law firms. 
25-29 July 2005 USPTO-WIPO 
Academy for 
Judiciary - IPR Enforcement Cambodia 
China 
Costa Rica Egypt 
Indonesia 
Jamaica Kenya Korea 
Laos PDR 
Nigeria Philippines 
Russian 
Federation Saudi Arabia 
Sri Lanka 
St. Vincent and the 
Grenadines 
Thailand 
Trinidad and 
Tobago Ukraine 
Viet Nam 
Yemen Zambia USPTO Location: Washington, DC  
Training Recipient: Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts  
Academy for the judiciary on the 
enforcement of intellectual property rights.  
Sponsors included: WIPO 
26-27 July 2005 IPR Border 
Enforcement 
Training for Moroccan 
Customs Morocco USPTO Location: Rabat  
Training Recipient: Customs officials  
Training on IPR bo rder enforcement 
best practices.  
Additional sponsor: MEPI 
2 August 2005 US Patent and 
FDA Law Training Russian 
Federation USPTO Location: US Grain Council 
Headquarters, Washington, DC  Training Recipient: other  
Training of five regulators on US patent 
and FDA law.  Sponsored by: USDA Contact: Dom 
Keating, Attorney-A dvisor, US Patent 
and Trademark Office. 
30 August-
2 September 
2005 IP Enforcement 
Seminar Armenia USAID Location: Yerevan, Armenia  
Training Recipient: Police  
A 4-day IP enforcement seminar for police, including a special IP 
enforcement unit.  
Training performed by Bearing Point 
30 August-14 September 
2005 IP Seminar Armenia USAID Location: Yerevan, Armenia  
Training Recipient: Customs officials, 
Justice officials, Tr ade officials, other 
executive branch officials  A 4-day seminar for Armenian Customs 
officials and a 3-day programme for 
judges, judicial clerks, reps of other IP/C/W/455/Add.5 
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Training Date Title Countries  Sponsor Synopsis/Comments 
ministries (e.g., Ministry of Trade) and 
a few local private sector reps.  
Training performed by Bearing Point. 
13-15 
September 2005 Counterfeit 
Medicines in Sub-Saharan 
Africa Botswana 
Congo (Dem. Rep. 
of the; 
Kinshasa) Cote d'Ivoire 
Ethiopia 
Ghana Guinea 
Kenya 
Madagascar 
Mauritius 
Nigeria Senegal 
Seychelles 
South Africa Uganda 
Zambia USPTO Location: Johannesburg  
Training Recipient: Trademark officials, Police, Customs officials, Revenue 
(Tax) officials, Pros ecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts, Ministry of Public 
Health officials  
Programme to explore the problem of counterfeit medicines in sub-Saharan 
Africa and identify ways to combat it.  
Additional sponsor: INL Contact: 
Michael Adlin, USPTO, Office of 
Enforcement,  Tel: (571)272-9300. 
27-29 September 2005 US-Russian 
Federation Border 
Enforcement 
Workshop Russian 
Federation United States IIPI 
USPTO Location: Vladicostok, Russia  
Training Recipient: Customs officials The workshop brings focused atention 
to the issue of IP and border 
enforcement in this key location. Experts from the US Customs, the 
Russian Customs Office and private 
industry were brought together to discuss the latest techniques in the 
targeting of shipments of counterfeit 
products and methodologies for detecting goods infringing legitimate 
copyrights and trademarks.  The 
programme also included a tour of the 
Vladivostok port to observe how 
Russian Customs officials conduct inspection to protect against goods that 
may contain infringing intellectual 
property.  Additional Sponsor: Russian Customs 
Office Contact: Jeff Martin, 
International Intellectual Property Institute 202-544-6610, 
jmartin@iipi.org and Dorian 
Mazurkevich, USPTO,  Tel: 571-272-9300, 
dmazurkevich@uspto.gov  
 
 
 
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