WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
18 October 2006 
 
 (06-5049) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:  English 
  
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION FROM 
OTHER INTERGOVERNMEN TAL ORGANIZATIONS 
 
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION  
(WIPO)  
 
Addendum  
 
 
 At its meeting of 14-15 June 2006, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite intergovernmental 
organization observers to the Council to update th e information on their technical and financial 
cooperation programmes relating to the impl ementation of the TRIPS Agreement.   
  The present document reproduces the inform ation which has been received from 
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by means of a communication 
dated 16 October 2006.   
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 1. The present note has been prepared pursuant to the invitation of the President of the World 
Trade Organization (WTO) Council for TRIPS to the Secretariat of the World Intellectual Property 
Organization to provide updated information on its technical and financ ial cooperation programmes 
relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Ag reement for the meeting of the Council for TRIPS 
scheduled for 25 and 26 October 2006. 
2. It may be recalled that the TRIPS-related lega l-technical assistance and technical cooperation 
activities/programs administered by WIPO fall within the framework of the provisions of the 
Agreement between the World Intellectual Prope rty Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade 
Organization (WTO), which entered into force on Janua ry 1, 1996.  Since then, the WIPO Secretariat 
has provided, in response to requests received from developing countries and least developed 
countries (LDCs), extensive legal-technical assistan ce specifically focussed on the implementation of 
the TRIPS Agreement.  The WIPO-WTO Agreemen t was subsequently complemented by two joint 
initiatives launched by the Directors General of the two Organizations in July  1998 and in June 2001, 
respectively.  These initiatives furthe r reinforced the commitment of the two organizations to provide 
necessary advice and assistance to developing countries and LDCs relating to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  More recently, and following  discussions between the two Directors General, 
it was agreed that WIPO and WTO Secretariats w ill consult with each other periodically to discuss 
issues and matters of mutual interest between the two organizations with a view to enhancing the 
existing institutional cooperation.   A meeting  betw een the two Secretariats was held in June 2006 to 
consider ways of enhanc ing cooperation in the field of legal- technical assistance to developing 
countries and LDCs and, in this respect, an agre ement was reached to increase the level of joint 
activities at the regional and national levels, with par ticular attention to be given to the special needs 
of LDCs. IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
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  3. While the technical assistance programme of WI PO relates to issues and areas beyond TRIPS 
implementation requirements, WIPO continues to pr ovide demand-based legal-technical assistance to 
developing countries and LDCs in support of their e fforts in implementing obligations deriving from 
the TRIPS Agreement, giving particular attention to the needs of LDCs.  The assistance extended in 
this respect covers several areas that include legislative advice, awareness building and human 
resource development, institution and capacity build ing, modernization of the intellectual property 
systems as well as enforcement-related activities. 
4. Apart from the specific TRIPS-related legal-technical assistance, WIPO assists countries in 
developing and implementing strategies and polici es aimed at creating, protecting, managing and 
exploiting intellectual property (IP) for economic, soci al and cultural development.  WIPO also assists 
them in integrating IP into ove rall national development and public policy in areas such as health, 
trade, education, research, technology transfer a nd competition policies, including advising countries 
on the flexibilities available under international IP tr eaties, and in particular the TRIPS Agreement. 
5. The present note covers activities relevant to the above context during the period from 
October 2005 to June 2006, and in some instances up to  September 2006.  The list of activities in this 
note is meant to be indicative and not exhaustive.  Hereunder is a summary of the relevant activities 
carried out during the period under review. 
I. LEGISLATIVE ADVICE 
6. At the outset, it should be emphasized that legislative advice is provided by WIPO upon 
specific request by countries concerned and on a c onfidential basis.  WIPO's legislative advice to 
developing countries and LDCs for the revision and m odernization of their IP laws continued, in 
particular with the aim of incorporating the fl exibilities permissible under the TRIPS Agreement and 
WIPO-administered treaties for promoting public pol icies and development.  Advice, comments and 
draft laws were provided to Brazil, the Domi nican Republic, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, 
Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia. 
7. Although the deadline for the implementation of  general TRIPS obligations by LDCs has 
been postponed until 1 January 2013, WIPO's lega l advice continued to be requested by those 
countries anticipating such implementation in the cont ext of the adoption of national IP strategies as 
well as by those that have already started implementi ng such obligations.  To this end, WIPO's advice 
on draft laws on industrial property rights and th eir enforcement for LDCs took into account not only 
implementation obligations under the TRIPS Agreem ent and the Paris Convention for the Protection 
of Industrial Property, but also flexibilities those countries could use to make IP protection more 
development-friendly and less costly , while preserving its value as a tool for ensuring legal security as 
regards IP assets. 
8. Further, legislative assistance included discu ssions on the possible modalities for the adoption 
of the Decision of the General Council of the WTO of 30 August 2003, on the implementation of 
paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health. 
9. Comments were also provided on the draft Regulations under the Protection of the 
Layout-Design (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits Act for Dominica;  on a national patent administration system for the Cook Islands;  on Pakistan's Ordinance No LXI (Chapter V 
Examination of Applications) of 2December  2000, inter alia , concerning Art 29 (2) TRIPS. 
10. More specifically, in the field of trademarks and geographical indications, comments and 
legal advice were provided in respect of the followin g:  the draft Regulations for the Act on Protection 
of Geographical Indications of Iran (Islamic Republic of) (October 2005);  draft provisions for 
insertion in the Industrial Designs Amendment Bill of Swaziland to implement the Hague Agreement  IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
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  (1999 Act) (October 2005);  comments on the draft Trademarks and Geogra phical Indications Bill 
2005 of Papua New Guinea (January 2006);  comments on the draft Law to revise the Industrial Property Law of Burundi (February 2006);  comments on the draft Law of Nicaragua to revise the Law on Marks (February 2006);  draft provisions for insertion in the draft Industrial Property Act of Bhutan to implement the Hague Agreement (1999 Act) (May 2006);  and comments on the draft 
Trademark Regulations of Dominica (June 2006).  
11. Advisory missions were undertaken to Managua , Nicaragua (in July 2006) to advise the 
Nicaraguan authorities on the implementation of the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of 
Appellations of Origin and their International Regi strations;  and to Thimphu, Bhutan (August 2006) 
to advise the government authorities on a draft Industrial Property Act and draft Regulations 
thereunder. 
12. Concerning legislative advice provided exclusivel y on copyright and related rights, countries 
continued to receive assistance in preparing new,  or updating existing, laws for compliance with 
current international standards.  The assistance was rendered by WIPO  at the request of the countries 
concerned, in the form of preparation of five draft laws (Cook Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Oman, 
Rwanda, Thailand) and eight sets of comments (China, Cook Islands, Djibouti, Libyan Arab 
Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Myanmar, Paraguay and Uga nda), to amend and modernize existing laws or 
draft legislation.  
13. Legal assistance also covered aspects of comp etition law, namely as far as prevention and 
remedying anti-competitive practices that involve the use or abuse of IP rights. 
14. WIPO also prepared terms of reference a nd commissioned studies on a number of issues 
including:  two studies on the interface and interacti on of competition (antitrust)  law and IP which are 
in progress;  a study on IP management by private- public partnerships, which is being finalized;  and 
a study on the nature, extent and implementation of flexibilities available under the Paris Convention 
and the TRIPS Agreement as regards the protection of  inventions in the pharmaceutical sector, which 
is under preparation.  The purpose of the studies is to clarify the different issues and contribute to a 
better understanding by Member States of the policy considerations at stake. 
II. COLLECTION OF LAWS 
15. On an associated matter, namely that of the Collection of Laws, WIPO continued to maintain 
and update the Collection of Laws for Electroni c Access (CLEA) through which an information and 
documentation service is provided.  It is recalled th at CLEA is an electronic database of intellectual 
property legislation, first publishe d on the Internet in September 1999 (http://www.wipo.int/clea) ;  its 
access is free of charge and provides a key resour ce for countries developing their own intellectual 
property legislation. 
16. The CLEA database recorded 3,870 bibliogra phic entries and direct access to around 2,900 
full text documents (in English, French and/or Sp anish) relating to the laws of 122 countries, the 
European Communities, the Andean Communities, the Benelux, the European Patent Office (EPO), 
the Organisation Africaine de la Propriété Intellectuelle (OAPI)  and the African Regional Intellectual 
Property Organization (ARIPO), the texts of Treaties administered by WIPO and the texts of Treaties not administered by WIPO. 
17. During the period under review, 177 full legislativ e texts were posted on the CLEA website 
and 331 new bibliographic referenc es were added to the database.  The updating of the 122 countries 
is in progress and the legislation of 18 additional countries is in the process of being integrated into 
CLEA. IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
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  III. CAPACITY BUILDING AND IP AWARENESS 
18. In the African region
, the benefits of existing IP polic ies and practices continued to be 
assessed with a view to gathering information for informed strategic decision-making on how to use 
IP as an effective tool for development and ensure its integration in nationa l development planning.  
Peer review exercises were initiated at the sub- regional and national leve ls as input into the 
preparation of National IP Strategic Plans. 
19. A Regional Workshop on Devel oping National IP Strategies was organized (Kenya, 
February 2006) to train legal pr actitioners, senior ministry offici als, public and private sector 
representatives, the academia and staff of R&D ins titutions as resource persons during the formulation 
of national IP strategies.  As a follow-up, Steerin g Committees for the preparation of IP strategies 
were set up in Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania 
(Zanzibar) and Zambia.  Requests for similar a ssistance were received from Burundi, Ethiopia and 
Ghana. 
20. As part of the Tenth Anniversary Celebrati ons of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking 
Countries (CPLP), an IP Conference for Ministers and a Preparatory Meeting of Heads of Industrial 
Property Offices was organized jointly with the Portuguese Ministry of the Economy and Innovation 
(Lisbon, April 2006) at which a common strategy fo r cooperation in the field of industrial property 
was adopted, and a work plan is expected to  be developed in the second half of 2006. 
21. A Sub-Regional Seminar on the Enhancement of  Traditional Medicine and Pharmacopoeia:  
What Role for IP? was organized in cooperation with  the Government of Mali  (Bamako, June 2006).  
The meeting sensitized holders of, and researchers on, African traditional medicine and related 
traditional knowledge (TK) about the role of IP in the enhancement of traditional medicine and 
pharmacopoeia, the respective rights of the differe nt partners, as well as the establishment of a 
framework for strengthening their partnerships.  Th e seminar also dealt with the issue of access to 
genetic resources (GR) in relation to IP rights. 
22. Activities to strengthen IP infrastructures and capacity building continued in the 
Central African Republic, Cape Verde, and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as did the 
automation of industrial property and copyright offices and collective management societies. 
23. A series of information meetings and semina rs was organized on licensing and the fight 
against piracy of literary and artistic works, incl uding training for judges (Burkina Faso, April 2006) 
followed by an information  seminar (Ghana, May 2006).   
24. In the Arab region , the WIPO/League of Arab States (LAS) Arab Regional Coordination 
Meeting for Heads of Industrial Property and Copy right Offices (Cairo, January 2006), reviewed the 
state of progress of negotiations in the WIPO standing committees, discu ssed issues of common 
interest and priority, exchanged information and country experiences, and identified new avenues for 
promoting inter-Arab cooperation in the field of IP.  
25. A Sub-Regional Forum on Industrial Propert y and Access to Pharmaceutical Products 
addressing the Concerns of Developing Countri es was organized (Amman, March 2006), to share 
views on the problems and solutions regarding the re lationship between the industrial property system 
and access to pharmaceuticals, and on countries' achievements using Inte rnational Agreements 
(TRIPS Agreement, Paris Convention) and their indust rial property laws to protect and promote their 
own generic drug industries;  and a Sub-Regional Seminar on Industrial Property and Innovation for 
SMEs (Casablanca, June 2006).  IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
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  26. The following national activities were also unde rtaken during 2006:  National Workshop on 
Geographical Indications and Collective Trademarks, jointly organized with the National Institute of 
Industrial Property of Jordan (Amman, January);  National Workshop on Drafting and Elaboration 
Techniques of Patent Applications, in cooperati on with the Moroccan Office for Commercial and 
Industrial Property (OMPIC) (Casablanca, January );  National Workshop on the Introduction of 
Industrial Property and the PCT (Djibouti, March) ;  National Workshop on Copyright and Related 
Rights and Collective Management, in cooperation with  the Ministry of Culture of Lebanon, and the 
Ministry of Economy and Commerce (Beirut, March);   National Seminar on the Economic 
Importance of Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Environment, organized in collaboration 
with the National Research Center and the High Commission of Planning (Rabat, April);  National 
Seminar on Trademarks, Models and Industrial Designs, in cooperation with the Moroccan Office for 
Commercial and Industrial Property (OMPIC) (C asablanca, April);  Roving Seminars on the 
Protection of Craft Products in cooperation with th e National Office for Crafts (ONA) (Tunis, Sousse 
and Gafsa, April);  National Seminar on Industrial Property, in cooperation with the Ministry of 
Industry and Commerce (Manama, June); Nati onal Workshop on Geographical Indications 
(Casablanca, June);  National Symposium fo r the Jordanian Judiciary (Amman, June). 
27. In the Asia and the Pacific Region , events organized to highlight the policy implications of 
emerging IP issues included a WIPO High-Level Fo rum on IP Policy and Strategy (Tokyo, January 
2006);  and a High-Level Asia-Pacific Policy Foru m on Traditional Knowledge (TK) and Traditional 
Cultural Expressions (TCEs) (Cochin, India, April 2006).  
28. A WIPO Asia-Pacific Subregional Round Table on Branding and the Madrid System 
(Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2006) and a Nati onal Seminar on Patents and Industrial Designs 
(Ahmedabad, Mumbai, India, April 2006) were also held. 
29. A WIPO Sub-Regional Forum for IP Cooperation among Member States of the South Asian 
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) (Dha ka, January 2006), and a consultation meeting 
with the Association of South-East Asian Nati ons (ASEAN) Working Group on IP (Ho Chi Minh 
City, March 2006), were organized to strengthe n regional cooperation in the field of IP. 
30. In addition, an International Seminar on Licensi ng of Patents, was held in Tokyo, Japan, in 
January 2006.  
31. WIPO's support to IP offices in streamlining their administration included the deployment of 
computers and related equipment to the national IP Office of Iran (Islamic Republic of), expert 
missions to Bhutan, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea an d Sri Lanka to advise on automation issues, and a 
training course on industrial property administration (Tokyo, February 2006).  
32. To highlight the importance of copyright and related rights in national economic 
development, studies on the contribution of copyright-based industries to national economies were undertaken in Malaysia and the Philippines.  Th e methodology for conducting such studies was also 
translated into Chinese.  In add ition, events related to copyright-b ased industries included:  the WIPO 
Sub-Regional Round Table on Copyright-Based Business:  Authorship, Publishing and Access to 
Knowledge (Colombo, March 2006);  the WIPO Asia-Pacific Regional Symposium on the Use and 
Protection of Copyrighted Works in the Media I ndustry;  Multimedia Productions in the Digital 
Environment (Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 2006) ;  and two national seminars on Copyright and 
Related Rights in the Creative Industries (U laanbaatar, January, and Yangon, May 2006). 
33. To strengthen cooperation with national IP au thorities and multilateral  organizations, annual 
consultations were held between WIPO and the Jap an Patent Office (JPO), Japan Copyright Office 
(JCO), and the Korean IP Office (KIPO), to fi nalize technical assistance projects under the respective 
Fund-in-Trust (FIT) arrangements.  Such an ar rangement was also signe d between WIPO and the IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
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  Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Ko rea, to promote the development of copyright 
systems in developing countries, particularly in Asia.  In addition, programmes continued to be 
designed and implemented in cooperation with the European Union.  
34. In the Latin America and the Caribbean Region
, major activities included the Regional 
Meeting of Heads of Industrial Property and C opyright Offices, organized jointly with the 
Government of Argentina (May 2006), at which vari ous topics relevant to national IP systems and the 
capacity of national IP Offices to apply, manage and use IP to promote innovation and creativity were discussed.   
35. Activities to promote industrial property as a tool for economic development in 
Latin America, within the framework of the Me morandum of Understanding between WIPO and the 
Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM) con tinued, and a Regional Course on how to use the 
IP system to promote competitiveness in the agri-business sector is under preparation.  
36. A Regional Outreach Workshop for Officials of Caribbean IP Offices was organized 
(Jamaica, June 2006), within the framework of th e Cooperation Agreement and Development Project 
to assist IP Offices in raising public IP awareness.  In this context, a multimedia training tool to assist 
IP Offices in their outreach initiatives is being prepared.  
37. Support activities to SMEs, governments and other stakeholders on the strategic use of IP 
included workshops on the use of distinctive signs as tools to identify stra tegies for the creation, 
protection and management of intangible assets in tended for export (the Dominican Republic and 
Guatemala, March 2006).  As a result, the first app lication for an appellation of origin for coffee ( Café 
de Antigua Guatemala ) was submitted in Guatemala. 
38. To strengthen the infrastructure and capacity of  national IP Offices in the region, training in 
patent examination, the use of the internati onal classification systems on trademarks, industrial 
designs and patents, and use of patent informati on services was organized.  In addition, a project to 
convert the current automation systems for administ ration of trademarks a nd patents to open source 
technologies is currently under way. 
39. Studies on the current use made by SMEs of the IP system at the national level were 
undertaken in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica, to assist policy makers in formulating 
IP strategies, policies and programmes targeting SMEs .  In addition, studies on the economic impact 
of copyright industries are under way in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico using WIPO methodology. 
40. WIPO organized a Regional Forum on IP and Access to Pharmaceuticals (Havana, 
February 2006) attended by representatives from the Ministries of Industry and Health in the region. 
41. WIPO also held, or provided input or resource persons for, the following events:  Workshop 
on Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications for Caribbean Countries, Castries, St. Lucia, 9 December 2005;  Workshop on Intellectual Property,  São Paulo, Brazil, October 2005;  Seminar for 
Andean Community countries on Appellations of Origin, Lima, Peru, January 2006;  WIPO 
Workshop on Distinctive Signs (trademarks and geographical indications) Santo Domingo, 
Dominican Republic, February, 2006;  Workshop on Distinctive Signs (trademarks and geographical 
indications), Guatemala, February 2006;  Work shop on "Distinctive Signs and Industrial Designs, a 
Tool for Business Competitivity", Asunción, Paraguay,  July 2006;  and the First Sub-regional Forum 
to Promote the use of Intellectual Property among SMEs in the Agri-business Sector in 
Latin American Countries, Montevideo, Uruguay, July 2006.  IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
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  42. WIPO also participated in the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 
(UNCTAD) Regional Seminar on Geographical Indi cations, Lima, Peru, November 2005, as well as 
in the European Commission Symposium on Geogr aphical Indications, Lima, Peru, January 2006. 
43. On the special needs of LDCs , a comprehensive report was prepared on the special needs of 
LDCs, as input to the mid-term review of the implementation of the Un ited Nations Program of 
Action for the LDCs for the Decade 2001-2010, adop ted at the Third United Nations Conference on 
the Least Developed Countries (Brussels, May 2001) .  The report was used at the Ministerial 
Conference of the Least Developed Countries (Cot onou, June 2006) to prepare for the Mid-term 
Comprehensive Global Review, and described major activities undertaken by WIPO in the areas of 
human resources development, information and communication technologies and office automation, 
SMEs, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge  and Traditional Cultural Expressions, collective 
management of copyright and related rights, and IP advisory services and information centres.  The 
report also contained an assessment of the impact of WIPO technical assistance to LDCs.  
44. Two follow-up meetings to the Training and Advisory Program on IP for LDCs were 
organized jointly with the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (Dar-es-Salaam, January, and 
Dhaka, June 2006), with financial assistance from the Swedish International Development Agency 
(SIDA), to discuss the implementation of projects in the countries that participated in the Stockholm Training Program.  
45. A Regional Meeting on IP relating to GR, TK and folklore (Cotonou, January 2006) was 
attended by representatives of 14 countries.  As a re sult of this meeting, WIPO is in the process of 
identifying national focal points. 
46. Four projects for preparing chapters on nati onal legislative, regulatory and institutional 
mechanisms in support of technology licensing, for inclusion in the book Exchanging Value, 
Negotiating Technology Licensing Agreements – A Training Manual , were launched in Ethiopia, 
Nepal, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania .  The translation of the book into French has 
been completed for use in the French-speaking LDCs. 
47. A project for the establishment of an IP Advi sory Service and Information Center in the 
United Republic of Tanzania is being implemented.  The purpose of the project is to facilitate the use 
of patent information for technol ogical advancement, trademarks for the promotion of trade and 
copyright to promote the interest of writers and performers. 
48. The first draft of national studies on TCEs, wh ich began in Senegal,  June 2004, and in 
Bangladesh, May 2005, are currently under review by WIPO.  The studies will enable governments to 
develop appropriate strategies and mechanisms for the protection, administration and management of 
national TCEs. 
49. A cooperation agreement was concluded between WIPO and the National School of 
Magistracy of Bordeaux (Paris, February 2006) for the preparation of teaching materials and training of a number of judges from French-speaking LDCs. 
50. In the area of Automation of IP Institutions
, assistance continued on the modernization and 
strengthening of the infrastructure and capacity of  national IP Offices in all regions, promoting 
interregional cooperation and alignm ent with international standards and best practices.  Follow-up 
activities to WIPO's IP Office automation assistance we re reinforced to ensu re the effectiveness of 
automation projects. 
51. Coordination within the Secretariat and with re gional automation experts and IP Office Focal 
Points was enhanced, in particular regarding pr oject planning, implementation and follow-up.   IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
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  52. A meeting of regional and ad hoc automation e xperts was organized, to review challenges, 
problems, knowledge transfer, and to consolidate experience and best practices from all regions.  Future direction and strategies were discussed, including the creation of an on-line forum for automation system users. 
53. During the period under review, automation activiti es were implemented in five regions, as 
follows:  six needs assessments;  five deployment s of automation systems;  and 12 training and 
evaluation activities.  A total of 21 regional expert  missions and 18 WIPO staff missions were carried 
out.  
54. In the area of Training and Human Resources Development
, the WIPO Worldwide Academy 
(WWA) continued to organize specialized progr ammes for government officials, diplomats, 
university professors and heads of IP Offices and trai ning institutions during the period under review.   
55. Training programmes with special emphasis on enforcement included the WIPO-USPTO 
Academy for the Judiciary on the Enforcement of IP Rights, July 2005, Washington, D.C.;  and the WIPO-USPTO Academy on the Enforcement of IP Rights, July, 2006, Washington, D.C. 
56. Training programmes on IP with topics on TRIPS included the Colloquium on Intellectual 
Property, February 2006, Bangkok;  the WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of IP Law, June, 2006, 
Geneva;  and the High-level Semi nar on IP, August 2006, Changsha. 
57. Programmes organized jointly with the WTO included a one-day seminar on intellectual 
property at WIPO for the WTO Trade Policy Course (French), July, 2005, Geneva;  and a one-day seminar on intellectual property at WIPO for the WTO Trade Policy Course (English), October, 2005, 
Geneva;  a one-day seminar on intellectual property at WIPO for the WTO Trade Policy Course 
(English), February, 2006, Geneva;  a one-day semin ar on intellectual property at WIPO for the WTO 
Trade Policy Course (English), March, 2006, Geneva;  and a one-day seminar on intellectual property 
at WIPO for the WTO Trade Policy Course (Spanish), June, 2006, Geneva. 
58. The Professional Development Program and Education and Degree/Diploma Program 
included the Summer School on Intellectual Property in  Geneva of July 2005 and that of 2006;  the 
Summer School on Intellectual Property, July 2006, Gene va;  the financing of officials at the Master 
of Laws in Intellectual Property/Post-graduate Sp ecialization Course on IP, in 2005 and in 2006.  
IV. ENFORCEMENT-RELATED ACTIVITIES 
59. The activities of WIPO in the area of enforc ement aim at addressing the diverse needs of 
Member States in developing and strengthening th eir legislation and infrastructures for effective 
enforcement of intellectual property rights consistent with Part III of the TRIPS Agreement.  Legal 
and technical assistance is provided upon request to Member States in formulating enforcement 
provisions and implementing obligations in the fiel d of intellectual property rights enforcement.  
WIPO cooperates and coordinates at the nationa l, regional and intern ational levels, with 
intergovernmental organizations and the private sect or, to assist Member States in adopting formal 
and effective strategies aimed at combating counterfeiti ng and piracy.  In order to ensure the effective 
implementation of the above, the activities of WIPO also focus on the training and education of all 
stakeholders from the public and private sectors.  The activities are designed to underscore equally the 
importance of raising public awareness on the bene fits of protecting and enforcing intellectual 
property rights, as well as on the negative soci o-economic, health and safety implications 
underpinning the trade in counterfeit and pirated goods. 
60. From 15 to 17 May 2006, WIPO convened the third meeting of the Advisory Committee on 
Enforcement (ACE).  This session of the ACE fo cused on the issue of education and awareness  IP/C/W/478/Add.3 
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  building, including training, in all areas of intell ectual property enforcement and illustrated the extent 
of the counterfeiting and piracy problems with a ser ies of presentations from government and private 
sector experts.  The need for continued edu cation and awareness raising was stressed in its 
conclusions and it was agreed to address the issue of enforcement coordination and cooperation at the 
international, regional and nationa l levels at its fourth session. 
61. During the period under review, WIPO undertook  a large number of activities aimed at 
rendering IP enforcement more effective, which focused on providing training to law enforcement 
agencies and the judiciary.  It responded to th e requests from Member States for training for law 
enforcement agencies and the judiciary in the form  of frequent seminars, colloquia, workshops and 
courses aimed at police, customs officers, judges, ma gistrates and prosecutors, and to assist with the 
development and implemen tation of enforcement strategies wh ich would include suggestions for 
improved cooperation within the public sector and in tegration of private sector support through their 
representative associations. 
62. Enforcement-related activities have thus comp rised a WIPO/FIT Japan Regional Training 
Course on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, Tokyo, Japan, October 2005;  WIPO 
Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights in Cariló, Argentina, October 2005;  WIPO Colloquium for 
Romanian Judges, in cooperation with the European  Patent Academy and the Swiss Federal Institute 
of IP, in Geneva, Munich and Berne, October 2005 ;  WIPO Workshop on the Enforcement of IPRs 
for Police and Customs Officers in Kingstown, Sa int Vincent and the Grenadines, November 2005; 
WIPO Workshop on the Enforcement of IPRs fo r Police and Customs Officers in Bridgetown, 
Barbados, November 2005;  WIPO Workshop on th e Enforcement of IPRs for Police and Customs 
Officers in Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda, November 2005;  WIPO/CISAC Joint Regional 
Colloquium for the Judiciary on Copyright and Related Rights in Singapore, November 2005;  WIPO/Japan Copyright Office (JCO) Special Traini ng Course on the Enforcement of Copyright and 
Related Rights in Tokyo, Japan, November 2005;  WIPO Workshop on the Enforcement of IPRs for 
Police and Customs Officers in Kingston, Jamai ca, November 2005;  National Workshop on the 
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Ma puto, Mozambique, November 2005;  Retreat for 
Judges and Magistrates on Intellectual Property Enfo rcement in Mauritius, November 2005;   Seminar 
on the Infringement of Copyright and Related Ri ghts in Mexico City, November 2005;    Rencontre 
relative à la fraude et la contrefaçon dans l'Un ion économique et monétaire ouest africaine 
(UEMOA):  Quels moyens pour une lutte plus efficace?  in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 
2005;  Séminaires itinérants de l'OMPI sur la protection et la défense des marques et dessins et 
modèles industriels,  in Tunis and Sfax, Tunisia, December 2005;  National WIPO Seminar for Judges 
on Intellectual Property Rights and their Enforcemen t in Guatemala, December 2005;  Colloquium on 
IP for Judges from Sudan in Geneva, December 2005;  National WIPO Seminar for Judges on 
Intellectual Property Rights and their Enforcement in San Salvador, December 2005;  National WIPO 
Seminar for Judges on Intellectual Property Rights and their Enforcement in San José, December 
2005;  WIPO National Seminar on the Enforcemen t of Copyright, Related Rights and Collective 
Management in Khartoum, Sudan, February-March 2006;  Séminaire national de l'OMPI à l'intention 
des élèves magistrats et greffie rs de l'Ecole d'administration et de la magistrature du Burkina Faso , 
in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, March 2006;  OMPI-CISAC-SACEM-AIF Séminaire-atelier de 
formation des magistrats sur la lutte contre la piraterie des oeuvres littéraires et artistiques , in 
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, April 2006;   Inte rnational Conference on Customs Protection and 
Enforcement of IPR, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Ap ril 2006;  WIPO-Asia and the Pacific Sub-regional 
Colloquium for the Judiciary on Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, New Delhi, India, June 
2006;  WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Inte llectual Property, Geneva, June-July 2006;  
WIPO National Seminar on the Role of Intellectual Pr operty Courts in the Enforcement of Intellectual 
Property Rights, Island of Langkawi, Malaysia, July 2006;  WIPO National Workshop on the 
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Poli ce and Customs Officials, Roseau, Dominica, July 
2006; WIPO Colloquium for the Judiciary on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights, Roseau, Dominica, July 2006;  WIPO Asia-Pacific Re gional Symposium on the Enforcement of IPRs,  
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  Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, August 2006;  WIPO National Seminar on th e Enforcement of IPRs for 
Customs Officials, Ulaanbataar, Mongolia, Augus t 2006;  WIPO National Workshop/Consultations 
on Enforcement of IPRs, Islamaba d, Pakistan, September 2006;  Séminaire national sur le droit 
d'auteur et les droits connexes  à l'intention des magistrats, Bamako, Mali, September 2006;  Seminar 
for Judges on the Enforcement of IPRs, Quito, Ecuador, September 2006. 
63. WIPO also cooperated with inter-government al organizations (IGOs) and non-governmental 
organizations (NGOs) through its participation at  the Annual Session of the UNECE IP Advisory 
Group in Geneva, October 2005;  the G8 Meeting at the United Kingdom Patent Office, on Reducing 
Piracy and Counterfeiting, London, October 2005;  the First Meeti ng of the WCO Task Force on IPR 
Protection, Belgium, Brussels, October 200 5;  the Second Global Congress on Combating 
Counterfeiting and Piracy, Lyon, France, November 2005;  the Executive Board Meeting of the WCO 
IPR Strategic Group, London, November 2005;  th e IDLO Workshop, Intellectual Property in 
Practice: How to Protect and Enforce IPRs, Cair o, Egypt, December 2005;  the WHO International 
Conference on Combating Counterfeit Drugs:  Buildi ng Effective International Collaboration, Rome, 
Italy, February 2006;  the G8 Expert Meeting on Combating Piracy and Counterfeiting, Moscow, 
Russian Federation, March 2006;  the  Preparatory M eeting with European Patent Office (EPO) for IP 
Enforcement Week, Munich, Germany, May 2006;  th e Meeting of the Interpol Intellectual Property 
Action Group (IIPCAG), Toronto, Canada, May 2006;   the International Trademark Association 
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th Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, May 2006;   the Eastern Europe and Central Asia 
Regional Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Pi racy, Bucharest, Romania, July 2006;  the 
Meeting of the Steering Committee of the Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy, 
Geneva, September 2006, to prepare for the Th ird Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and 
Piracy, to be hosted by WIPO on January 2007. 
64. In addition WIPO issued a casebook on The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in 
November 2005.   The publication contains  material pertaining to Chapter III of the TRIPS Agreement 
and made available on the WIPO enforcement we bsite sources for intellectual property case law.  
V. OTHER ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN COOPERATION WITH WTO 
65. WIPO responded favourably to requests from the WTO for cooperation in the organization of 
activities in favour of LDCs through the joint organi zation of meetings or through the provision of 
WIPO speaker(s) to WTO meetings.  A number of  national workshops were  thus held addressing 
issues pertaining to the TRIPS Agreement in genera l or specifically addressing IP and Public Health, 
as follows:  WTO National Workshop on Intellectua l Property, Ethiopia July 2006;  WTO National 
Workshop on Intellectual Property and Public Health, Bangladesh, August 2006;  and a joint 
WIPO/WTO National Workshop on Intellectual Property,  was also held in Rwanda in August 2006.  
66. WIPO further participated by sending speak ers to the following WTO Regional events:  
Regional Workshop on Certain Topical Issues in regard to Intellectual Property for Countries in the Caribbean – Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda October, 2005; Regional Workshop on Certain 
Topical Issues in regard to Intellectual Property for Asian Countries, Macao, China, March, 2006;  
Regional Workshop on Certain Topical Issues in re gard to Intellectual Property for Central and 
Eastern European and Central Asian Countries, A nkara, Turkey, May 2006;  Regional Workshop on 
the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, Maur itius, June 2006;  Regional Workshop on the 
TRIPS Agreement and Certain Topical Issues in rega rd to Intellectual Property for Latin American 
Countries, San José, Costa Rica, September 2006;  and the Regional Workshop on Certain Topical 
Issues in Regard to Intellectual Property for Arab  and Middle East Countries, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 
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  67. Also at the request of the Secretariat of the WTO, WIPO agreed to support similar activities 
during 2007 and indicated that it would endeavour to take into account, upon request from the concerned countries, the needs assessment exercise fo reseen in paragraph 2 of the Decision of the 
Council for TRIPS, on November 29, 2005, in its own technical cooperation activities in favour of 
LDCs. 
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