WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
14 December 2005 
 (05-5925) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS 
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
 
Addendum  
  
 The following communication, dated 11 October 2005, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the European Communities.  It was circulated as an advance copy for the Council's 
October 2005 meeting. 
 
 
 
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  This document complements the information on the implementation of article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement, as provided in docume nt IP/C/W/426/Add.5 of 4 March 2005. 
 It concerns the technical cooperation activities carried out between Summer 2004 and 
Summer 2005 – by the European Communities and individual member States in favour of developing 
and least-developed country Members, with the ob jective to facilitate the implementation of the 
TRIPS Agreement.  It is intended to update this notification upon availability of additional 
information from other member States. IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS  
A. E
UROPEAN COMMUNITIES  
B. MEMBER STATES   
AUSTRIA........................................................................................................................ .........21  
CZECH REPUBLIC...............................................................................................................23  
DENMARK ........................................................................................................................ .....24  
FINLAND ........................................................................................................................ ........25  
FRANCE......................................................................................................................... .........27  
GERMANY ........................................................................................................................ .....37  
PORTUGAL....................................................................................................................... .....41  
SPAIN.......................................................................................................................... .............44  
SWEDEN ......................................................................................................................... ........48  
UNITED KINGDOM..............................................................................................................49  
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
 Page 3EC-CHINA IPR COOPERATION PROGRAMME 
 
 This programme is an EC initiative, implemented by the European  Patent Office (EPO), the Office  for Harmonisation in the Inter nal market (OHIM) and ERIN, in 
cooperation with various Chinese agencies: MOFTEC, State Intellectual Pr operty Office (SIPO), Tradem ark Office (TMO), National Copyright Administration of China 
(NCAC), Supreme Peoples' Court ( SPP), AQSIQ, universities, etc.  
 
The programme consists of four components:   
H = Horizontal component, dedicated to transversal subject-matters and enforcement issues 
S1 = component dedicated to Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs S2 = component dedicated to Trademar ks, and to Geographical Indications 
S3 = component dedicated to Copyright and Related Rights 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event  
 Organizing agency Description 
China S2 Study Tour to Europe   
21-27 May 2004 OHIM Study tour in the EU on trademarks examination guidelines in Alicante, Paris 
and Taastrup for 8 officials from Chinese Trademark Office (CTMO). 
China S2 Seminar  in China 
9-11 June 2004 OHIM Seminar on well know trademarks and tr ademarks with a reputation in the EU in 
Beijing attended by 30-40 examiners and staff members of CTMO. 
China S2 Seminar in China 
28 June-2 July 2004 OHIM Seminar in Beijing on Practice Examination procedures, opposition proceedings 
and cancellation of registered trademar ks, attended 8 CTMO officials and TRAB 
officials. 
China S2 Study Tour to Europe  
13-20 July 2004 OHIM Study tour on Geographical Indications in the EU (Jijona – Alicante – Porto - 
Parma and Reggio Emilia). 
China S3 Training in China  
10-14 May 2004 ERIN On the spot training MCSC (Music Copyright Society of China) in Shanghai and 
Beijing to strengthen China's only Collective Management Society.  Two EU 
short-term experts provided training to MCSC staff. 
China S3 seminar in China 
17-18 May 2004  
+ 20-21 May 2004 ERIN Two-day seminar in Beijing and Guangzhou on anti-piracy for 15 organizations 
and 41 trainees in Beijing and 15 organizations and 30 trainees in Guangzhou.  
China S3 Training in Europe  
17-28 May 2004  ERIN A two-week training course was organized in Europe for 3 NCAC (National 
Copyrights Administration of China) staff to provide technical assistance to 
establish new collective management societies in literary works and audio-visual 
works. 
China  S3 Awar eness building 
seminars 
26-27 June 2004 in 
Shanghai 1-2 July 2004 in Chengdu 
5-6 July 2004 in Beijing ERIN Seminars for various segments of the copyright industry including right owners, 
holders, users and administrative bodies.  Fifty-five participants in Shanghai, 67 
in Beijing and 55 in Chengdu.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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China S3 Workshop in China 
6-7 September 2004 ERIN Two-day workshop in Beijing for senior officials responsible for the 
procurement of computer software and other protected works in ministries, agencies and state enterprises using protected works and other materials. 
Forty-three participants attended the seminar. 
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 Page 5EC - ASEAN IPR COOPERAT ION PROGRAMME (ECAP II) 
 
 This programme, called ECAP II, is an EC  initiative implemented by EPO and OHIM.  It  consists of  Regional Component National Components.  All the ASEAN 
countries except Myanmar are elig ible under this programme.  The first Regional  and National activities took place in 2001.  Th e programme also includes Lao PDR, Cambodia 
and Viet Nam. 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
ASEAN 
(regional component) 
 ECAP II website 
(continuous) on-line,  
updated once a month EPO www.ecap-project.org  
Presentation of ECAP II programme, fu ture, on-going and past activities, IP 
links, IP information. Audience
: Interested circles in the field of IP in Europe and ASEAN, general 
public. 
ASEAN 
(regional component)  ASEANPAT 
(continuous) EPO Patent databases from the main patent offices of the world are available to the 
ASEAN IP Office for patent information purposes as well as for search within the granting procedure.  Following a mission of two EPO experts in July 2003, 
the data from the main countries of th e region were collected in electronic 
format and an update delivery procedure was jointly established with the IPOs. As a result of this mission, an ASEANPAT database containing the patent 
documents of VN, PH, ID, TH, MY and some of BR and SG are being 
produced, duplicated and distributed under the form of CD-ROM as of July 
2004.  The data processing route being now established for each country, and 
an update of the database is expected to take place every six months.  A mission to Lao PDR, and Cambodia is expected to take place in 2004 for 
completing the ASEANPAT database. 
Audience:
 
Direct beneficiaries of the above activitie s are the participating patent offices, 
the public (enterprises interested in know-how contained in patent documents, 
universities, interested public ) in Europe and in ASEAN. 
ASEAN 
(regional component) ASEANTM  
(continuous) OHIM The activity aims to undertake an anal ysis of the databases that currently exist 
and assess the feasibility as well as the costs that would be required to create a 
common database containing trademark information which could be accessed 
via the Internet and/or produced and distributed on CD-ROM.  A European IT expert undertook an analysis in December 2003 of the databases that currently 
exist and assessed the feasibility as well as the costs that would be required to 
create such a common database.  At the 4th regional Committee meeting it was proposed to IPOs that while three possible recommendations were outlined the 
most favourable proposal would be a dece ntralized system, i.e. SURFIP.  It was 
agreed that some additional time is needed to study the proposal submitted by OHIM. 
Audience:
 
Direct beneficiaries of the above activities are the participating patent offices,  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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 Organizing agency Description 
the public (enterprises interested in know-how contained in patent documents, 
universities, interested public ) in Europe and in ASEAN. 
ASEAN 
(regional component) Mission to finalize regional 
and national ECAP II work 
plans 
(ASEAN, September 2004) EPO To finalize ECAP II Work Plan 3. 
Audience:  
All Intellectual Property Offi ces in the ASEAN countries. 
 
ASEAN (regional component) IPR Laws Scholarship in 
Europe (Munich,  
London and Zurich)  
November 2004-April 2005 EPO To increase number of ASEAN universities offering IP courses and to draft 
postgraduate curriculum on IPR and to enhance networking between ASEAN 
and European IP institutes. 
Audience:
 
8 professors/lecturers from educational institutions in ASEAN countries (one 
from each country)/European University Professors.  
ASEAN 
(regional component) Regional handbook on 
enforcement for customs (on-going) EPO To publish handbook on enforcement for customs so that this will provide 
relevant and essential information on enforcement-related issues in Europe and ASEAN. 
Audience:
 
ASEAN prosecutors/ASEAN & European customs authorities, EC, IPOs, EPO 1 European and 1 ASEAN expert. 
ASEAN (regional component) ASEANPAT database 
(on-going) EPO To produce ESCAPE-ASEANPAT (regional database containing bibliographic 
data as well as abstracts in English from ASEAN countries. 
Audience:
 
All ASEAN stakeholders/EPO, ASEAN IPOs. 
ASEAN 
(regional component) ASEANTM database 
(on-going) EPO To improve compilation and dissemination of trademark information. 
Audience:  
All ASEAN stakeholders/EPO, ASEAN IPOs. 
ASEAN 
(regional component) Participation in Working 
Group Intellectual Property 
Committee Meetings (Indonesia, September 2004) EPO To brief the ASEAN stakeholders on r ecent ECAP II development or specific IP 
issues. 
Audience:
 
All ASEAN stakeholders/EPO, ASEAN IPOs. 
ASEAN 
(regional component) Edition of IP newsletter 
(November 2004) EPO To publish the main events of ECAP II in the last 6 months and to present and 
report on specific IP topics by experts and IPO. 
Audience:  
All ASEAN stakeholders/EPO, ASEAN IPOs.   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
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ASEAN 
(regional component) Website on ECAP II 
activities and news (on-going) EPO Presentation of ECAP II activities and latest developments with links to relevant 
IP sites. Audience:
 
All ASEAN stakeholders/EPO, ASEAN IPOs. 
ASEAN 
(regional component) Colloquium on a Common 
Postgraduate IP Curriculum and Syllabi Template for 
ASEAN Countries 
(Singapore,  17-18 August 2005)  EPO & OHIM To find out common ASEAN postgradu ate IP curriculum and syllabi template as 
well as to strengthen IP network in ASEAN. Audience:
 
Seven scholars from ASEAN countries/14 representatives AUN member 
universities, 2 European experts. 
ASEAN 
(regional component) Regional Committee 
Meeting (in combination 
with National Committee Meetings) 
(Singapore,  
16-19 August 2005) EPO To agree on regional and national work plans for 2006. 
Audience:
 
ASEAN IPOs. 
ASEAN  (regional component) Regional ASEAN 
cooperation: publication of 
ESPACE ASEANPAT CD-
ROM 
(September 2005) EPO The new ESPACE ASEANPAT CD-ROM Vol. 2005/001 (June) is now 
available and contains over 194,000 bibliographic patent, design and utility 
model records ASEAN. 
Audience: 
 
All ASEAN stakeholders. 
ASEAN 
(regional component) Compilation of ASEAN IP 
legislation and membership to international treaties 
(September 2005) EPO ECAP II has compiled a database of ASEAN IP laws, regulations and decrees.  
The database also contains relevant international IP treaties that ASEAN countries are parties.  
Audience:
 
All ASEAN stakeholders. 
Philippines  Creation of a patent attorney (Manila, December 2004) EPO An EPO expert spent two weeks examining patent agent qualification. 
Audience: 
  
IPO, IPR Administrators, EPO expert (Patent agent qualifying examination 
(PAQE)). 
Philippines  Resource audit and management project 
(Manila,  
September-October 2004) EPO An EPO expert spent two weeks developing resource and management plan to 
cope with the projected growth of the organization and its users. 
Audience:
 
IPO, IPR administrators, 2 European  experts, 2 local experts, IPO. 
Philippines  Colloquia for judges on IP 
(Manila,  
21-23 September 2004) EPO To increase perception among judges on the importance of IP infringements. 
Audience:   
65 Filipino judges, 2 European judges, IPO hearing officers, LCU 
administrators.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Philippines  Colloquia for judges on 
copyrights  (Manila,  
24 September 2004) EPO To increase perception among judges and prosecutors on the importance of 
infringements. Audience:
  
65 Filipino judges, 2 European judges, IPO hearing officers, LCU 
administrators. 
Philippines  Educational training programme for public 
prosecutors on industrial 
property and copyright (Manila,  
26-27 October 2004) EPO To increase perception among prosecutors  on the leanness of IP infringements 
and to better allocate cases between civil and criminal prosecution. 
Audience:
  
Public prosecutors Philippines, 2 Eur opeans experts, public prosecutors, IPO 
hearing officers, LCU administrators. 
Philippines  Resource and management audit for the IPO (Manila,  
25 April-6 May 2005) EPO The purpose of this mission by European  experts was to reassure compliance of 
the medium-term development plan to ensure the self-sustainability of the IPO Philippines by 2007. 
Audience:
  
2 European experts, IPO staff. 
Philippines  National Workshop on an ASEAN regional design 
system 
(Manila, 20-21 June 2005) EPO Local and European experts elaborated on design protection in the Philippines 
and in Europe, the implementation of the European Community Design system 
and the possible development of an ASEAN design system. 
Audience:
  
Local and European experts, IPO staff. 
Thailand Registration, administrative 
procedures, marketing and control of geographical 
indications 
(Bangkok, September 2004) EPO This was a European expert's mission to examine the actual protection and 
effective implementation of GIs. Audience: 
 
administrators of IPR, 3 European experts, 1 ASEAN expert, IPO, IP&IT court, 
ministry of agriculture, department of industrial promotion, department of industrial promotion, department of intellectual property and international trade 
litigation – office of the attorney general and customs. 
Thailand Creation of a research centre 
for intellectual property and international trade laws 
(Bangkok, October 2004) EPO This was a European expert's mission to create an upgraded IP and IT legal 
database research centre to support the development of Thai academic legal research arena, the training, da ily work and research judges. 
Audience: 
 
all stakeholders, ASEAN experts, CIPITC. 
Thailand Training in prosecution 
techniques for police and 
prosecutors 
(Bangkok, 11-15 October 2004) EPO This was a European expert's mission to enhance knowledge of prosecution 
techniques and cooperation between prosecutors and polic e official in Thailand 
leading to an improvement in the combat against counterfeiting and piracy. 
Audience: 
 
enforcement of IPR, 4 par ticipants from Thailand (2 prosecutors and 2 police 
officials), 1 DIP official.   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
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Thailand Preparation of a Thai 
database on patents (Bangkok, on-going) EPO This on-going activity is to prepare national ESPACE CD-ROM discs 
containing bibliographic data as well as scanned images of the full text of Thai patent documents. 
Audience: 
 
all stakeholders, EPO experts, DIP. 
Thailand Overhaul of procedures/ 
streamlining (part 2) 
(Bangkok, 1st week in April 
and October 2005) EPO This was and is a European expert's mission to examine the backlogs in the 
office and streamline the system. 
Audience:  
DIP examining staff (currently 14). 
Thailand EPO President meets 
European business 
community in Thailand 
(Bangkok, 25 March 2005) EPO EPO president Alain Pompidou met with  representatives of European companies 
operating in Asia to hear their concerns on IPR protection at a forum entitled 
"IPR-Powering the Growth Engine" and opened by Ambassador Friedrich 
Hamburger, Head of the EC Delegation to Thailand. Audience:
 
all stakeholders, European industries. 
Thailand Study visit to Europe on 
collecting societies (Budapest and London,  
11-15 April 2005) EPO A Thai delegation headed by the Chairman of the committee for the 
consideration of the draft copyright act, office of the council of the state made a study visit to Hungary and the UK as these 2 countries provide 2 different types 
of experience with collecting societies.  Based on these European models, the 
Thai authorities could use the expertise as a basis for Thailand to accommodate 
a possible legal framework to manage royalties collection. 
Audience:
 
Thai IPO and all stakeholders. 
Thailand Geographical indications, a 
land of opportunities 
seminar (Bangkok, 28 April 2005) EPO Selected by Thailand to mark the world IP day, this ECAP II event addressed 
geographical indications (GI) protection and dissemination.  In addition to the 
public seminar, the GI experts from Europe and ASEAN exchanged experience with Thai officials during 25-29 April.  An exhibition of Thai and EU GI 
products and talks on possible "twinnings" was part of this event. 
Audience:
 
All Thai GI producers, IPO and all stakeholders. 
Thailand Seminar on "IPR Protection 
in Europe: Reaching the 
European market" (Bangkok, 19-20 July 2005) EPO EPO vice president Manuel Desantes op ened this seminar featuring European 
and Thai experts to inform the Thai business on IPR protection available for 
their products in Europe.  
Audience:
 
All Thai stakeholders. 
Thailand Supreme court delegation 
visits the EPO 
(Munich,  
12 September 2005) EPO A delegation of supreme court judges led by the vice president of the supreme 
court visited the EPO in Munich as pa rt of their study tour to Europe. 
Audience:  
Delegation of supreme court judges, EPO staff.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Thailand Supply of literature to the 
CIPITC research centre (Bangkok, September 2005) EPO As part of the on-going cooperation with the Central Intellectual Property and 
International Trade Court, ECAP II is a bout to supply a range of essential IP 
literature to the IP Research Centre of the Court. 
Audience:
 
Staff of CIPITC. 
Singapore Patent examiners training in 
patent application processing 
(Singapore,  
November - December 2004) EPO This European expert's mission was to improve the patent grant procedure. 
Audience:
 
Patent examiners, 2 EPO experts. 
Singapore  Seminar on well-known marks training of IPOs 
officials on well-known marks 
(Singapore, Mid September 
2004) EPO This seminar increased knowledge of the IPO officers to improve the 
examination of trademarks applicatio ns and it provided a forum to hear 
oppositions based on well-known marks. Audience:
 
IPO officers. 
Indonesia Completion and update of 
implementing decrees and 
guidelines (part 1) 
(Jakarta, September – 
October 2004) EPO This was a European expert's mission to investigate implementing regulations 
and guidelines and complete the Indonesian IP legislation and provision of 
crucial details. 
Audience:  
Indonesian IPR and DGIPR staff. 
Indonesia Resource and management 
audit (part 1) (Jakarta, October 2004) EPO This was an investigative mission to assess the five-year business plan for a self-
sustained and autonomous DGIPR development.  It covered an inventory audit, organization of human resources and personnel structure, physical infrastructure 
and finance. 
Audience:
 
DGIPR, IPR administrators, 2 local experts DGIPR staff. 
Indonesia Expert mission to prepare 
guidelines on the substantive 
examination of trademarks (Jakarta, 14-18 March 2005) EPO & OHIM The DGIPR of Indonesia requested  the EU assistance in  the drafting of the 
guidelines on the substantive examina tion of trademarks.  Two experts from 
OHIM worked closely with the DG IPR to prepare these guidelines. 
 
Audience:
 
DGIPR staff and all Indonesian stakeholders. 
Indonesia ECAP II mission to fine-
tune geographical 
indications regulation 
(Jakarta, 12-13 July 2005) EPO A European expert worked with the DGIPR to fine-tune the draft regulation on 
GIs. 
Audience:  
DGIPR staff.   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
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Malaysia Inception mission for 
drafting a Strategic Modernization Plan (SMP) 
(Kuala Lumpur, September 
2004) EPO This was a mission by European expert to report on the current situation of IPR 
in Malaysia and proposed for a Strategic Modernization Plan. Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Malaysia. 
Malaysia Preparation of the final 
overall work plan and 1st 
annual work plan 
(Kuala Lumpur, October 2004) EPO To finalize overall work plan for the duration of ECAP II and 1
st annual work 
plan. 
Audience:  
All IPR stakeholders in Malaysia. 
Malaysia Launch of Strategic 
Modernization Plan/overall 
ECAP II work plan for Malaysia 
(Malacca, 3 March 2005) EPO & OHIM The Head of the EC Delegation to Malaysia officially presented the Strategic 
Modernization Plan and the ECAP II overall work plan for Malaysia. 
Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Malaysia. 
Malaysia Participation at FICPI/SEAD 
patent drafting course (Singapore, 4-8 April 2005) EPO A senior patent examiner from the inte llectual property corporation of Malaysia 
and an IP executive from the standards and industrial research institute (SIRIM) took part in this patent-drafting course within the ECAP II national programme 
for Malaysia. 
Audience:
 
Patent examiner, exec utive from SIRIM. 
Malaysia  Mission to assess 
automation needs for IPR administration 
(Kuala Lumpur,  
12-13 May 2005) EPO An expert from the EPO visited the national IPO of Malaysia and SIRIM to 
assess the current search tools availabl e and provided trai ning and consultation 
on search. 
Audience:
 
All stakeholders in Malaysia. 
Malaysia  Training of patent examiners (Kuala Lumpur,  
13 June-1 July 2005) EPO An EPO expert trained patent examiner s at MyIPO and SIRIM in patent search 
and examination. 
Audience:
 
Patent examiner, staff of SIRIM.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Malaysia  Consultancy on the transfer 
of IPR publications and assistance in drafting an IP 
curriculum 
(Kuala Lumpur,  11-13 July 2005) EPO A European expert studied amendments to laws and procedures required for 
transferring IPR publications (including patents, trademarks and designs) from the State Gazette to MyIPO bulletins.  Thereafter, he assisted public universities 
in Malaysia with drafting an IP curriculum. 
Audience:
 
Public universities, MyIPO, all stakeholders. 
Malaysia  Implementation of EPTOS 
(Kuala Lumpur,  
11-22 July 2005) EPO Two automation experts from the EPO prepared the ground work for the 
installation at MyIPO of the Electronic Patent and Trademark office Systems 
(EPTOS) package featuring automated ad ministration, electronic file-wrapper 
and online filing components. 
Audience:  
MyIPO staff. 
Malaysia  Preparation of Guidelines on Well-Known Marks 
(Kuala Lumpur,  
18-21 July 2005) OHIM An expert from OHIM prepared guidelines on well-known marks for MyIPO 
trademark examiners. 
Audience:
 
MyIPO trademark examiners. 
Viet Nam Inception mission for 
drafting a Strategic 
Modernization Plan (SMP) 
(Hanoi,  
30 August-10 September 
2004) EPO This was a mission by a European expert to report on the current situation of 
IPR in Viet Nam and proposed for a Strategic Modernization Plan. 
Audience:  
All IPR stakeholders in Viet Nam. 
Viet Nam Preparation of the final 
overall work plan and 1st 
annual work plan 
(Hanoi, October 2004) EPO To finalize overall work plan for the duration of ECAP II and 1st annual work 
plan. 
Audience:  
All IPR stakeholders in Viet Nam. 
Viet Nam Launch of strategic 
modernization plan/overall 
ECAP II work plan for 
Viet Nam (Hanoi, 4 March 2005) EPO  The Head of the EC Delegation to Vi et Nam officially presented the strategic 
modernization plan and the ECAP II overall work plan for Viet Nam. 
Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Viet Nam. 
Viet Nam Training of NOPI examiners 
in streamlining the patent 
granting process (Hanoi, 23-27 May 2005) EPO An EPO expert trained Vi etnamese examiners in the pr ocess of streamlining the 
patent granting procedure through optimal use of foreign results, thereby 
improving the efficien cy of the office. 
Audience:
 
Vietnamese examiners and IPR stakeholders.   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
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Viet Nam  Study visit to Europe on 
geographical indications (France, Spain and Portugal, 
27 June-8 July 2005) EPO A group of 12 Vietnamese officials from relevant ministries studied the 
legislation and administration of GIs protection in EU member States. Audience:
 
12 Vietnamese officials from relevant ministries. 
Viet Nam  Evaluation of the TRIPS 
compliance and further consultation on the draft IP 
law. 
(Hanoi, June 2005) EPO A European expert examined and comm ented on TRIPS compliance of the draft 
IP law. Audience:
 
All stakeholders. 
Viet Nam  Assessment of the current 
IPR enforcement structure 
(Hanoi, 4-8 July 2005) EPO A European expert assesses the current  IPR enforcement stru cture in Viet Nam 
in comparison to the international standards. 
Audience:  
All IPR stakeholder in Viet Nam. 
Viet Nam  Inauguration of IP library/supply of 1,000 CD-
ROM on IPR awareness 
(Hanoi, 21 July 2005) EPO EPO vice president inaugurated the IP library at the National Office of 
Intellectual Property of Viet Nam, NOIP.  ECAP II provided equipment and 
literature for NOIP and other ministries in Viet Nam. 
Audience:
 
NOIP and other ministries in Viet Nam. 
Cambodia Inception mission for 
drafting a Strategic Modernization Plan (SMP) 
(Phnom Penh, Sep. 2004) EPO This was a mission by European expert to report on the current situation of IPR 
in Cambodia and proposed for a Strategic Modernization Plan. Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Cambodia. 
Cambodia Preparation of the final 
overall work plan and 1st 
annual work plan 
(Cambodia, Oct. 2004) EPO To finalize overall work plan for the duration of ECAP II and 1st annual work 
plan. Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Cambodia. 
Cambodia  Launch of strategic 
modernization plan/overall ECAP II work plan for 
Cambodia 
(Phnom Penh,  24 March 2005) EPO  The Head of the EC Delegation to Cambodia officially presented the strategic 
modernization plan and the ECAP II overall work plan for Cambodia. Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Cambodia. 
Cambodia and Lao PDR  Training Courses for Cambodian and Lao 
Officials (Phnom Penh and Vientiane, 
May 2005-May 2006) EPO Government officials of Cambodia and Lao PDR involved in IPR works will 
benefit from 100 hours of English language training to equip them with 
technical and practical vocabulary on IP. Audience:
 
Government officials of Cambodia and Lao PDR involved in IPR. 
Cambodia, Viet Nam and 
Lao PDR  Mission to assess automation needs for IPR 
administration 
(Phnom Penh, Hanoi, EPO & OHIM The European experts visited Hanoi on 16-18 May and Ho Chi Minh on 
19-20 May to evaluate hardware and software needs of the NOIP of Viet Nam 
and related ministries.  The EPO expert and an OHIM expert then visited Phnom 
Penh on 24-25 May to assess the automation needs for IP administration in  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Ho Chi Minh City and 
Vientiane,  16 May-27 May 2005) 
 Cambodia.  The team finally proceeded to Vientiane to evaluate the automation 
needs for Lao PDR on 26-27 May. Audience:
 
IPR officials from Viet Nam, Lao PDR and Cambodia. 
Cambodia and Lao PDR  Joint study visit to Europe 
on trademark and industrial design administration 
(Paris and Alicante, 
4-8 July 2005) EPO & OHIM A joint delegation of Cambodian and Lao government officials studied the 
European system of trademarks and industrial design administration at INPI in Paris and OHIM in Alicante. 
Audience:
 
Cambodian and Lao government officials. 
Cambodia Audit and guidelines on 
copyright protection 
(Phnom Penh,  
29-31 August 2005) EPO A European expert assessed the situation in Cambodia with a view to drafting 
guidelines on copyright protection. 
Lao PDR Inception mission for 
drafting a Strategic 
Modernization Plan (SMP) 
(Vientiane, September 2004) EPO This was a mission by European expert to report on the current situation of IPR 
in Lao PDR and proposed for a Strategic Modernization Plan. 
Audience:  
All IPR stakeholders in Lao PDR. 
Lao PDR Preparation of the final 
overall work plan and 1st 
annual work plan (Lao PDR, October 2004) EPO To finalize overall work plan for the duration of ECAP II and 1
st annual work 
plan. 
Audience:  
All IPR stakeholders in Lao PDR. 
Lao PDR  Launch of strategic 
modernization plan/overall 
ECAP II work plan for Lao PDR 
(Vientiane, 3 May 2005) EPO  A ceremony was held to present the strategic modernization plan and the ECAP 
II overall work plan for Lao PDR. 
Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Lao PDR. 
Lao PDR  Translation and evaluation of the draft IP law (Vientiane, June 2005) EPO Local and European expert s translated the Laotian draft IP law into English and 
evaluated its compliance with TRIPS and pr ovided advice for other legal texts to 
be drafted. 
Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Lao PDR. 
Lao PDR  Audit and guidelines on copyright protection 
(Vientiane, 
25-27 August 2005) EPO A European expert assessed the situation in Lao PDR with a view to drafting 
guidelines on copyright protection. 
Lao PDR and Viet Nam Automation supply 
(Hanoi and Vientiane, 
September 2005) EPO Following the IT expert mission in May 2005 to Lao PDR and Viet Nam, ECAP 
II purchased hardware and software to upgrade the IT infrastructure at the 
national IP office of Lao PDR and Viet Nam. 
Audience:  
national IP office of Lao PDR and Viet Nam.   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
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 Organizing agency Description 
Lao PDR Drafting of plant varieties 
protection regulations (Vientiane, September 2005) EPO A European expert advised on the drafting of regulations to protect plant 
varieties in Lao PDR. Audience:
 
All IPR stakeholders in Lao PDR. 
  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
Page 16 EC/YEMEN COOPERATION ACTIVITIES 
 
 Cooperation between the EC and Yemen take s place within the programme in  favour of developing countries of Asia and Latin Amer ica (ALA).  Relations between the 
EC and Yemen are based on a coope ration agreement which became eff ective in 1998, w ithin the framework of which the EC implemen ts various economic and development 
cooperation projects. 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Yemen Support to Yemen's WTO 
Accession  
(December 2003-June 2007) GTZ The programme covers many areas of  activities, among which capacity building 
and technical assistance in th e field of IPR as follows: 
 
• Training of CCO-WTO staff an d government officials on WTO 
agreements including TRIPS; 
• Expert assistance in the drafting of legislation including laws relating 
to trade related intellectual property rights; 
• Support aimed at the institutional strengthening of the Yemeni 
Intellectual Property Agencies (training). 
 
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
 Page 17EC/TACIS NATIONAL ACTION PROGRAMME FOR RUSSIA 
 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Russian Federation Russia national action 
programme 2000 – Assistance to Rospatent in 
the harmonization of 
intellectual property legislation and in training of 
personnel 
September 2003-June 2005 German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ) The project aims at assistance to Rospat ent in the harmonization of intellectual 
property legislation and in training of personnel. 
Russian Federation Innovations and strategy in 
the use of intellectual 
property 
May 2005-December 2006 German Federal Ministry of 
Education and Research The project "Innovations and strategy in the use of intellectual property" is 
entitled to prepare proposals for the further development and optimisation of 
Russian innovation policy, based on the strategies and instruments currently 
used by German and European innovation policies. 
  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
Page 18 EC/TACIS NATIONAL ACTION PROGRAMME FOR GEORGIA  
 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Georgia  Tacis – Technical assistance 
to the Georgian National Investment Agency 
August 2004-September 
2005 TDI Group in partnership with 
Georgian National Investment Agency The project aimed to advice and guide the Georgian National Investment 
Agency in order to develop its capability in the provision of export related assistance to companies and to plan its future development. 
Georgia Tacis – Georgian – 
European Policy and Legal 
Advice Centre  
(2003-2005) GTZ in partnership with 
Government and Parliament The project aims at harmonizing the Georgian legislation with EU 
directives/regulations.  In particular it undertook several workshops while 
working with the Government and the Parliament of Georgia to harmonize the 
Georgian intellectual and industrial property legislation with the one of the European Union. 
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
 Page 19EC/TACIS SMALL PROJECTS PR OGRAMME (SPP) FOR MOLDOVA  
 
 The 2001 Technical Assistance Programme for Moldova is, to the ex tent possible, an integrated programme consisting of projects  aimed at delivering the 
objectives of the three selected areas of cooperation.  These are:  institutional, legal and administrative reform; private-sect or and economic development; and the 
social consequences of transition.  In particular, it addresses th e harmonization of Moldova's system of standardization, techn ical regulations and conformity 
assessment with PCA and WTO requirements. 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Moldova  
 Moldova Small Projects 
Programme (SPP) 2001: 
"Strengthening the legislative framework and 
enhancing the enforcement 
of Industrial Property protection Legislation"  
June 2004-November 2005 IDC (Investment, 
Development, Consultancy) The project set 3 specific objectives: 
 
1) harmonizing the legislative and the regulatory framework in the field of 
industrial property protection with that of the European Union; 
2) enhancing the technical and human resource capacity to enforce industrial 
property rights; 3) meeting with standards and requirements set by the WTO, the PCA and other 
international treaties and conventions. 
Moldova Moldova Small Projects 
Programme (SPP) 2001: 
"Moldova Trade Policy and 
Free Trade Area Implementation" 
December 2004-November 
2005 Pohl Consulting and 
Associates The wider objectives under this project are: 
 
1) contributing to efforts of the Moldovan  government, particularly the Ministry 
of Economy, in fulfilling commitments taken within the Partnership and Cooperation Agreemen t (with special reference to provisions addressing Trade 
in Goods in Title III); 
2) addressing the new partnership perspectives opened by the EU and Moldova jointly in developing a European Neighbourhood Policy Action Plan and 
assisting the move from cooperation towards integration in the EU's internal 
market.  
The project's specific objective is to facilitate transition towards full 
implementation of Moldova's preferential agreements.  This will be achieved 
through the provision of short-term tec hnical assistance in accordance with the 
countries WTO obligations and MOU commitments. 
  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
Page 20  EC/TACIS NATIONAL ACTION  PROGRAMME FOR UKRAINE 
 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Ukraine Ukraine national action 
programme 2000: "Application of a Foreign 
Trade Regime – Establishing 
a Framework for the Protection of Intellectual 
Property Rights (IPR)"  
December 2003-June 2005 European Patent Office The purpose of the project is to achieve an adequate and timely upgrading and 
harmonization of the Ukrainian intellectual and property rights as well as a strengthening of implementing authorities.  In particular, the project aims at 
reducing counterfeiting and piracy and at harmonizing with EU Directives and 
Regulations. 
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
 Page 21 
AUSTRIA 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Non specified 
 Assignment of a Junior 
Professional Officer (JPO) to WIPO. (Geneva,  July 2002-July 2005) 
 WIPO The Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs financed an Austrian Junior 
Professional Officer for WIPO in Geneva during the time July 2002 – July 2005. The JPO was assigned to the "Depar tment for Intellectual Property and 
Economic Development" and mainly worked on the following projects and 
tasks:  
- use of Intellectual Property to promote health technology innovation in   
Indonesia -  use of Intellectual Property to promote tourism in Sri Lanka 
-  cooperation with OECD and the University of Turin. 
GCC (Countries of the Gulf Co-
operation Council): Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, 
Oman, United Arab Emirates)  Training course for patent 
experts.  
(Vienna, 3-18 May, 2004) Austrian Patent Office Training course  (basic level) 
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 Co-operation Council for 
the Arab States of the Gulf. 
China  Meeting with a Chinese 
delegation on questions of patent protection. 
(Vienna, 6-14 June, 2004) Austrian Patent Office Meeting concerning topics of patents law and patent attorneys law. 
 Audience
:  
Chinese patent attorneys and offici als from the Chinese Patent Office 
Egypt, Fiji Islands, Ghana, 
Indonesia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Trinidad and 
Tobago, Turkish Republic, 
Ukraine Training course on patent 
documentation and information, protection of 
trademarks and designs, 
international treaties.  
(Vienna, 7-18 June, 2004)  Austrian Patent Office, in 
cooperation with WIPO Introduction in search strategies and electronic databases relating to patents, 
trademark and design law, internatio nal developments in all these areas, 
proceedings. 
 
Audience
:  
Patent examiners and legal Officers of National Industrial Property Offices  
GCC (Countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council): Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, 
Oman, United Arab Emirates) Training course for patent 
experts.  
 
(Vienna, November 2004)  Austrian Patent Office Training course  (advanced level) 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 Co-operation Council for the Arab 
States of the Gulf.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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 Organizing agency Description 
China Meeting with a Chinese 
delegation on questions of automation  
(Vienna, 1-5 December 
2004) Austrian Patent Office Meeting concerning automation concerning electronic data processing in patent 
administration.  
Audience: Chinese officials from the Chinese Patent Office  
Viet Nam, 
Madagascar ICSEI 2004 Austrian Patent Office, in 
cooperation with WIPO  
 State-of-the-art search and examination reports concerning patent application 
free of charge  
Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Romania, Saudi Arabia, 
Uzbekistan, Thailand, Ukraine Training course on patent 
documentation and information, protection of 
trademarks and designs, 
international treaties  
(Vienna, 6-17 June, 2005)  Austrian Patent Office, in 
cooperation with WIPO Introduction in search strategies and electronic databases relating to patents, 
trademark and design law, internatio nal developments in all these areas, 
proceedings. 
 
Audience : Patent examiners and legal Officers of National Industrial Property 
Offices  
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
 Page 23CZECH REPUBLIC 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Ukraine Study tour for Ukrainian 
representatives in the 
framework of the EU programme on Intellectual 
Property.  Visit to the Czech 
Republic. 
 
(Prague, 3-4 February 2005)  European Patent Office 
  Ukrainian beneficiaries from the Stat e Authority, from the state collecting 
society UACRR and from the private so cieties dealing with copyright and 
neighbouring rights spent two days in Prague visiting Ministry of Culture, Copyright Department and three collecting societies (OSA, Intergram and Dilia). 
The beneficiaries received informat ion on the Czech experience in 
transformation of collective management  societies and in conducting collective 
management of copyright and related rights.  
  
 
Audience :  Ukrainian Representatives of  the State Authority in charge of the sector 
(SDIP), of the state collecting society (UACRR) and from the private-sector (film 
Director Guild etc.) 
  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
Page 24 DENMARK 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
China One-day study visit for 
Chinese delegation from 
Guandong Province at the Danish Patent and 
Trademark Office.  
(6 August 2004) 
 Danish Patent and Trademark 
Office 
 The Danish Patent and Trademark offi ce received a delegation of 8 members 
from the Guandong Province.  The delegation – which was constituted by both 
public and as private-sector representatives were given a broad introduction to various aspects of IPR in a Danish context 
 
 
 
China One-day study visit for 
Chinese delegation from State Administration for 
Industry and Commerce at 
the Danish Patent and Trademark Office. 
(24 September 2004) 
 Danish Patent and Trademark 
Office The Danish Patent and Trademark offi ce received a delegation of 3 members 
from the Chinese State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC).  The 
primary interest of the delegation was input related to geographical indicators.  
 
Kyrgyzstan One-day study visit for 
Kyrgyz delegation from the 
Kyrgyz Patent Office at the 
Danish Patent and Trademark Office. 
(26 May 2005) Danish Patent and Trademark 
Office The Danish Patent and Trademark offi ce received a delegation of 6 members 
from the Kyrgyz Patent Office.  The presentations focused on Danish best 
practice related to: 
 
1) facilitating measures targe ting the private-sector 
2) international cooperation/technical assistance. 
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
 Page 25FINLAND 
 
Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Croatia, Egypt, FYR of 
Macedonia, Morocco, Serbia 
and Montenegro, Tunisia  Study visit  
(Helsinki, 15 October 2004) 
 National Board of Patents and 
Registration of Finland and 
EPO In cooperation with the European Patent Office (EPO), a study visit of nine 
experts from Croatia, Egypt, FYR of Macedonia, Morocco, Serbia and 
Montenegro, and Tunisia was organized in October 2004.  The objective of the visit was to exchange information and experiences with respect to the EPO 
software that is in use at the Finnish Patent Office. 
Bangladesh, Barbados, 
Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, 
Pakistan, Ukraine, Zimbabwe 
 Practical Training Course on 
Copyright and Related 
Rights 
(Helsinki,  18-29 October 2004) Ministry of Education and 
Culture in cooperation with 
Kopiosto (Joint Copyright 
Organisation) The Practical Training Course was organized and financed by the Ministry of 
Education together with the Finnish Copyright Society and Finnish Copyright 
Organizations. 
 The participants were provided with an introduction to the Finnish and Nordic 
solutions concerning copyright and neighbouring rights legislation, collective 
administration and management of rights, and questions relating to enforcement of rights. 
 
One of the objectives was also to provide an overall view of the recent 
developments in the field of copyright legislation in the European Union. 
 
Chile, Egypt State-of-the-art search 
reports (2004) National Board of Patents and 
Registration of Finland The National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland provided  
state-of-the-art search reports free of charge for Chile and Egypt within the 
framework of development cooperation with WIPO. 
 
Turkey 
 Study visit 
(Helsinki,  14-16 March, 2005)  National Board of Patents and 
Registration of Finland   Three trademark examiners from the Turkis h Patent Institute visited the National 
Board of Patents and Registration of Finland to learn about the trademark practice and policy.  The World Bank financed the visit. 
 
Kazakhstan  
 Study visit by a three- 
member delegation from the 
Kazakh Ministry of Justice 
(Helsinki, 13 April 2005) National Board of Patents and 
Registration of Finland Presentation of the functions of the National Board of Patents and Registration 
of Finland with a special focus on the registration of juridical persons.  The visit 
was a part of a TACIS project coordinated by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of 
Finland to bring Kazakh legislation on a par with the EU standards. 
 
Various developing countries 
 Third International Forum 
on Creativity and Inventions 
- A Better Future for Humanity in the 21st 
Century 
(Cape Town,  
19-21 May, 2005) World Intellectual Property 
Organization (WIPO) and the 
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of the Republic 
of South Africa The President of the National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland acted 
as speaker and Forum Co-ordinator.  The Forum had the following aims:  
to demonstrate the relevance of IP in economic, cultural, technological and developmental policies;  
to demonstrate the relevance of IP in intellectual capital; 
to demonstrate the value of IP in a knowledge- based economy; to explore the relevance of intellectual property rights in the small business 
sector;  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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 Organizing agency Description 
 to discuss awareness and advocacy programmes. 
 
Audience:  Invitations were extended to high-level government officials involved 
in economic and technological policy planning and implementation, professors 
and researchers, representatives from the private-sector, associations of 
inventors and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned 
with the promotion of creativity and innovative activity. 
 
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
 Page 27FRANCE 
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD, FISHERIES AND RURAL AFFAIRS (MAAPAR)  
 
 The MAAPAR organizes technical cooperation activities in the fiel ds of geographical indications and plant varieties.  Assistan ce activities mostly form part of 
agricultural and agri-food technical cooperation under agreements  signed between the Ministry and the authorities of other coun tries.  The Directorates -General in charge of 
customs and the suppression of fraud, the bodies reporting to the Ministry of Agriculture and professional and joint-trade grou ps are also involved. 
 
 In accordance with their respective areas of competence, these government departments and bodies take part in technical cooper ation activities conducted by 
international organizations, in particular the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Patent Office ( EPO), and in those organized by other French 
government departments, in connection more specifically with geographical indications.  They are also involved in the EC's PHAR E, TACIS and TAIEX programmes and 
activities.   
Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
OAPI (16 countries of French-
speaking Africa)  Development of 
geographical indications in 
the OAPI area1  
(2004-2005) INAO2 / CIRAD3  
WIPO4 / MAE5 / MAP6  Technical assistance to the OAPI in  introducing harmonized domestic 
regulations in the geographical indica tions area.  Information and awareness 
seminar for national experts (Ouagadoug ou, December 2004).  Identification of 
products that could benefit from a geographical indication in the four pilot countries (Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea):  beginning of field 
work (first half of 2005).  Assistan ce in preparing an  OAPI Ministerial 
Conference on the formulation of a geographical indications policy. 
Argentina Support for the demarcation 
of registered appellations of 
origin 
(2004) MAP / INAO Support for the introduction of a demarcation methodology in Argentina;  
training in France of a demarcation proj ect leader from the National Viticulture 
Institute;  activity suspended at the request of the Argentine Secretariat for 
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food (SAGEPyA).  
Mission to identify the 2005 cooperation programme (INAO, October 2004):  
awaiting validation by the Argentine authorities. 
Brazil  Raising awareness of the 
notions of geographical 
indication and registered appellation of origin 
(2004-2005) MAP / INAO Presentation by INAO in an international seminar in September 2004.  Draft 
agreement between INAO and Vale dos Vinedos submitted for signature – 
provides for support in introducing registered appellations of origin in exchange a commitment to refrain from usurping the "Champagne" appellation. 
                                                      
1 African Intellectual Prop erty Organization - Africa 
2 National Institute of Appellations of Origin - France 
3 Centre for International Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development - France 
4 World Intellectual Property Organisation 
5 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - France 
6 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries - France  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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 Organizing agency Description 
Brazil  Institutional cooperation in 
the area of geographical indications  
(2005)  MAP Cooperation programme with the Brazilian Standardization Institute 
(EMETRO) and the Brazilian ministries in charge of agriculture currently being defined (expert mission scheduled for July 2005). 
Brazil  Technical support and 
raising awareness of geographical indications 
(2004-2005) SEBRAE (Brazilian Small 
Enterprise Support Service) / CIRAD Round table in Sao Paulo (September 2004) on Minas Gerais cheeses.  
Application for registration of geographical indications for Vin do Vinhedos and Rio Grande do Sul wines. 
Zoning of San Joa Quim apples. 
Rio Grande do Sul wine and fruit seminar scheduled in 2005. 
Cambodia  Support for the development 
and implementation of 
regulations on geographical 
indications (2004-2005) INAO Financed under the Cambodia Trade Capacity Building Programme (PRCC).   
Legal support for the drafting of a law adopted at the end of 2004. 
Call for bids for the implementation of geographical indications, contract 
awarded to the Groupe de Recherche et d'Echanges Technologiques  (GRET) at 
the beginning of 2005. 
Chile Institutional support and 
raising awareness of 
geographical indications  (2004-2005) MAP / Chilean Ministry of 
Agriculture  International trade and food quality seminar (Santiago, December 2004). 
Invitation to France, in May 2005, of Chilean legal experts responsible for 
drafting implementing regulations for the Chilean Intellectual Property Law adopted at the beginning of 2005. 
Chile Support for labelling 
(2004-2005) INDAP (Chilean Institute for 
Agricultural Development) / CIRAD Technical support programme for the labelling of small-scale agricultural 
products which might eventually be eligible for a geographical indication. 
China Cooperatio n programme in 
the area of geographical 
indications (2004-2005)  MAP / BNIC ( Bureau 
National Interprofessionel du 
Cognac ) Continuation of the 2003 programme:  visit to INPI by the Director-General of 
the Chinese International Affairs and Cooperation Service and of the 
Trademarks Office (June 2004). Participation in the symposium on geographical indications organized by the 
European Union in July 2004. 
Support for the preparation of a memorandum of cooperation between the European Union and China on geographical indications (beginning 2005).  
CAN (Bolivia, Colombia, 
Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela) Institutional support and 
raising awareness of 
geographical indications (2004-2005)  Economic mission  (Embassy 
of France) from Bogotá / 
MAP / INAO Geographical Indications Seminar / means of upgrading agriculture 
(October 2004). 
Support for the harmonization of legislations:  Programme to be defined at the beginning of 2005. 
Colombia / CAN Institutional support and 
raising awareness of 
geographical indications (2005) Economic mission from 
Bogotá National version of the regional programme:  French expert missions to assist in 
setting up a national institute of appellations of origin and to implement the 
regulations programmed for 2005. 
Cost Rica Typicity of coffee 
(2004-2005) ICCAFE (Costa Rican coffee 
Institute)/CIRAD   Technical and economic characterization of coffee in two potential candidate 
sites for a geographical indication (Dota and Orosi):  agronomy, sensory  
evaluation, socio economic considerations;  follow-up of the dossier.   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
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 Organizing agency Description 
Georgia Support for the introduction 
of appellations of origin (AO) for wine (October 
2004) WIPO/INAO/SAKPATENTI 
(Georgian Intellectual Property Office)  Technical and legal assistance in introducing appellations of origin for wine;  
expert missions in October 2004.   
Georgia Support for the demarcation 
of appellations of origin (December 2004)  INAO/World Bank Four researchers from the Georgi an Viticulture Institute invited to INAO, 
Montpellier. 
India  Identification of prospects 
for cooperation (2005)  INPI/MAP Statement of intent to cooperate issued by the joint Franco Indian Commission 
of December 2004.   
Continuation of the exchange of views between partners from the two countries (2005). 
Indonesia  Development of 
geographical indications 
taking coffee as an example (2004-2005) CIRAD/MAP/INAO/INPI CIRAD-INAO expert mission in December 2004.  Extension of the programme 
currently being developed in the framework of the Franco-Indonesian protocol 
on industrial property, with legal support. 
Indonesia Arabica coffee pilot project 
(Bali, 2004-2005) CIRAD/INAO/MAE Support for the characterization of an Arabica coffee potentially eligible for 
one of the geographical indications and local organization of producers.  
Support for the introduction of regulations on national geographical 
indications.  Continuation of the programme.  
Indonesia  Support for the introduction 
of regulations on geographical indications 
(2004-2005) INPI/INAO/CIRAD  Seminar in December 2004, organized by the Indonesian IP department.  
Technical assistance for the development and implementation of regulations on geographical indications. 
Morocco – Tunisia – Jordan – Lebanon – Iran  Awareness raising 
/identification of cooperation programmes  
(2004-2005)  CIRAD/MAP/World Bank  Geographical indications seminar in June 2004 to draw up geographical 
indications projects to be financed by the World Bank and MAP.  
Identification of the programme under way at the beginning of 2005. 
Russian Federation  Standardization programme 
(2004-2005) TACIS AFNOR (French 
Standardization Agency) 
/INAO programme Standardization programme with a component involving the training of 
GOSTANDARD officials in geographical indications (TACIS funding). 
Agreement to address cooperation and usurpation of geographical indications in the framework of the working group to combat counterfeiting or CEFIC 
(Moscow meeting, March 2005).  
Mission of Russian experts on count erfeiting to Paris, May 2005.  
Initiation of the INAO-Rosspatent Agreemen t on the protection of appellations 
of origin:  invitation of a Russian delegation scheduled for September 2005. 
Thailand Support programme for the 
development of geographical indications (2004-2005) MAP/INAO  Technical and legal support for the introduction of regulations on geographical 
indications leading to the publication of decrees at the end of 2004.  Support for the recognition of three geographical indications (fragrant rice, 
grapefruit, tamarind). 
  
Information campaign on procedures for the registration of Thai geographical  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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 Organizing agency Description 
indications with the European Commission. 
MAP-INAO support mission in June 2005. 
Turkey  Institutional assistance 
(2004-2005) INAO/BNIC (National 
Multisectoral Office for 
Cognac) Institutional and legal assistance/study mission of three Turkish intellectual 
property experts. 
Ukraine Technical and lega l support MAP/INAO/CIVC 
(Multisectoral Committee for Champagne Wines)/BNIC  Visit by Ukrainian experts to INAO-BNIC-CIVC in June 2004. 
Discussion of an INAO support programme for the development of standards and regulations (2005). 
Viet Nam Support programme for the 
development of geographical 
indications (2004-2005) BNIC/CIVC/MAP/INAO  Visit by a Vietnamese dele gation (ministries and technical institutions) in 
December 2004. 
Ongoing evaluation of texts proposed by Viet Nam for the recognition of its geographical indications at the European level (2005). 
Invitation of a Vietnamese delegation to France and Portugal in July 2005 (in 
the framework of Europe ECAP II). 
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
 Page 31MINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY, FINANCE AND INDUSTRY 
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY INSTITUTE (INPI ) 
 
Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Algeria Fight against counterfeiting 
(26 April 2004) Manufacturers' union Participation in the seminar on action to be taken to combat counterfeiting. 
Algeria Fight against counterfeiting 
(14 December 2004) INPI – UbiFrance7 (French 
agency for international 
development of enterprises), 
French manufacturers Participation in the seminar on the fight against counterfeiting in association 
with the French manufacturers in Algeria. 
Algeria Industrial property, fight 
against counterfeiting (16 March 2005) INPI Visit by an Algeria customs official for a presentation of the INPI and of the 
Emage project (assistance programme fo r the identification of counterfeit 
goods). 
Algeria, Cameroon, Morocco, 
Madagascar, Congo, Tunisia Intellectual property – fight 
against counterfeiting 
(6 June 2005) INPI - WIPO Practical training course at INPI:  Patent and trademark law, copyright, fight 
against counterfeiting. 
Armenia, Georgia, Tadjikistan Industrial property 
(27 April 2005) INPI/EPO (European Patent 
Office) Visit by a delegation to present the French experience in the area of patent 
management, innovation and regional action. 
Cambodia, Laos Industrial property 
(27 April 2005) INPI/EPO Visit by a delegation in the framework of the ECAP8 for training in the 
management of French trademarks and industrial designs 
Cameroon, Mauritania, Senegal, 
Niger Industrial property 
(14 July 2004) OAPI – EPO - INPI Participation in  the roving seminar on "better and more favourable protection of 
IP".  
Cameroon Technical assistance in IT 
(6 June 2004) INPI Audit mission to the OAPI in connection with the introduction of a data security 
system. 
Cameroon, Morocco, 
Madagascar Intellectual property – fight 
against corruption 
(7 June 2004) INPI - WIPO Practical training course at INPI, patent and trademark law, copyright fight 
against counterfeiting.  
Cameroon Industrial property – patents 
(24 October 2004) INPI Training of an engineer on the examination of patentability in France. 
Cameroon Industrial property – 
documentation (7 November 2004) INPI Training of a documentation officer with a view to creating a documentation 
centre at the OAPI. 
Cameroon Industrial property training 
(15 February 2005) INPI Visit by an OAPI official in connection with the management and establishment 
of an intellectual property training centre at OAPI. 
China Industrial property – 
trademarks (24 May 2005) OHIM (Office for 
harmonization in the internal market) Visit by a Chinese delegation to the trademarks office. 
China  Industrial property – 
trademarks (21 June 2005) SAIC (Chinese trademark 
office) Visit by a Chinese delegation accompanied by the vice-minister responsible for 
the SAIC:  trademark law in France  
                                                      
7 French agency for international development of enterprises. 
8 EC-ASEAN IPR cooperation programme.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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 Organizing agency Description 
China Industrial property – patents 
(16 November 2004) INPI Meeting of Chinese engineers with th eir French counterparts:  patent law and 
cooperation activities with China. 
China Industrial property 
(19 January 2004) INPI Visit programme for the presentati on of French three-dimensional marks. 
China, Romania, Cameroon, 
Congo Industrial property 
(1 February 2005) INPI University course, trademarks an d industrial designs 2005, at CEIPI.9 
China, South Korea T echnical cooperation, 
intellectual property (9 April 2005) INPI Meeting with the patent office, followed by a seminar on intellectual property in 
the presence of the French  Foreign Trade Minister. 
South Korea Technical cooperation, 
intellectual property 
(11 April 2005) INPI Meeting with the patent office, followed by a seminar on intellectual property. 
China Technical cooperation, 
(16 May 2005) INPI Meeting with the trademark office in the presence of the Fr ench State Secretary 
for Industry  
China Industrial property 
(11 May 2005) INPI – Conseil général du Val 
de Marne  (General Council of 
the Val de Marne) Visit of the governor of the province of Zhejiang for a general presentation of 
the INPI. 
China Industrial property (27 May 
2005) INPI/CCIP (Paris Chamber of 
Commerce and Industry) Seminar in Paris on the protection of industrial property rights in China. 
Cost Rica, Bolivia Dissemination of patent 
information  (6 November 2004) INPI - WIPO Presentation on the dissemination of patent information through data bases 
Egypt Industrial property 
(6 June 2004) INPI - DREE Participation in the regiona l conference on intellectual property.  
El Salvador, Nicaragua Provision of information on 
industrial property  (13 October 2004) INPI - WIPO Participation in  the conferences on informing the public with respect to 
industrial property. 
Gabon Intellectual property 
(7 June 2004) INPI Involvement in the Libreville workshop on the implementation of intellectual 
property rights. 
Indonesia Technical cooperation, 
geographical indications (22 June 2004) INPI Franco-Indonesian meeting, follow up of a presentation on geographical 
indications. 
Indonesia Geographical indications 
(6 April 2005) INPI Involvement of an  INPI official in the Jakarta seminar. 
Iran Industrial property 
(21 February 2005) INPI Presentation at the seminar on industrial property and innovation. 
Iran Industrial property 
 (6 March 2005) INPI Visit by Iranian officials for a pres entation of cooperation activities in the area 
of industrial property innovation. 
                                                      
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Jordan Fight against counterfeiting 
(15 February 2005) INPI Participation in a seminar on the organization, the role, and the administration 
of customs in the countries of the Middle East. 
FYR of Macedonia Industrial property, 
trademarks 
(24 June 2005) INPI/WIPO Presentation at the seminar on trademarks organized by WIPO. 
Morocco Collective marks 
(21 June 2004) INPI - WIPO Presentation at th e seminar on collective marks. 
Morocco Collective marks 
(21 June 2004) INPI/ADETEF10 Visit to Moroccan craftsmen by a specialist in the management of collective 
trademarks with a view to creating a co llective mark in the crafts sector.  
Morocco Technical cooperation 
(3 July 2004) INPI Franco-Moroccan meeting. 
Morocco Training in patent law 
(26 September 2004) INPI Training for the Office chérifien des Phosphates  (Moroccan Phosphates Board):  
improvement patents and contracts in connection with patent law. 
Morocco  Trademarks and opposition 
(4 December 2004) INPI - WIPO Participation in the seminar organized by the Moroccan authorities on the 
subject of "trademarks and opposition procedure". 
Morocco Fight against counterfeiting 
(24 February 2005) INPI/OMPIC (Moroccan Trade 
and Industrial Property Office) Mission to participate in the Casablanca seminar on counterfeiting. 
Morocco Technical cooperation 
(24 May 2005) INPI Franco-Moroccan meeting in Casablanca. 
Mexico Industrial property 
(8 December 2003) INPI Presentation at the wo rkshop on trademark law. 
Mexico Technical cooperation 
(2 May 2005) INPI Franco-Mexican meeting and presentation of geographical indications in 
France. 
Moldova Industrial property 
(9 March 2005) INPI Visit by experts from the Moldovan office for training on patent, trademark, and 
industrial design procedures. 
WIPO Intellectual property 
(2 May 2005) INPI/WIPO Participation in the internati onal seminar on intellectual property and 
development.  
Russian Federation Industrial property 
(16 February 2005) INPI Participation in the Moscow seminar on "industrial property at the service of 
innovation". 
Russian Federation Fight against counterfeiting 
(28 March 2005) INPI Meeting in Moscow of the Fran co-Russian group on action against 
counterfeiting. 
Russian Federation Fight against counterfeiting 
(25 May 2005) INPI Visit of Russian officials on the fight against counterfeiting. 
Senegal Industrial property 
(13 June 2005) INPI/EPO/OAPI Presentation by the INPI at the Dakar seminar on the industrial property system 
contributing to sustainable development in Africa. 
Thailand Geographical indications 
(24 May 2004) INPI/MAP11 Presentation on the French experience in the area of geographical indications. 
                                                      
10 A Public Interest Group ADETEF (Associa tion for the Development of Exchanges in  Economic and Financial Technologies). 
11 Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Thailand Fight against counterfeiting, 
intellectual property rights (13 December 2004) INPI Visit by Thai prosecutors for introduction to France's experience in legal 
proceedings against counterfeiting and piracy. 
Tunisia Industrial property 
(2 February 2005) INPI Visit by a Tunisian expert concerning INPI's organization and services with a 
view to the restructuring of the Tunisian office. 
Turkey Industrial property 
(25 November 2004) INPI Presentation of technical cooper ation activities to Turkish journalists. 
Ukraine Industrial property 
(10 March 2004) INPI/Ukrainian office  Presentation of the INPI an d cooperation activities to three Ukrainian directors 
(Research, Education, Ukrainian Industrial Property Office). 
Viet Nam Industrial property 
(28 October 2004) INPI Visit by officials from the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology for 
a presentation of the activities of INPI and industrial property in France. 
Viet Nam Geographical indications 
(23 November 2004) INPI/MAP Visit of senior officials on the subject of geographical indications.  
Viet Nam, Hong Kong, Chin a Technical cooperation, 
industrial property 
(24 January 2005) INPI Franco-Vietnamese meeting followed by  a seminar on intellectual property in 
Hong Kong, China. 
Viet Nam Geographical indications 
(27 June 2005) INPI/EPO/INAO12 Visit by a Vietnamese delegation in the framework of the ECAP programme for 
a presentation of the system of ge ographical indications in France. 
 
                                                      
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GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF CUSTOMS AND INDIRECT DUTIES (DGDDI) 
 
Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Lebanon  Training in the fight against 
counterfeiting 
(27 September-
3 October 2004) DGDDI/ADETEF Visit by a French expert to the General Directorate of Customs of Lebanon, 
organization of a training seminar. 
Algeria Conference on the 
counterfeiting of automobile 
parts and equipment (12-13 October 2004) DGDDI/ADETEF Visit by a French expert, participation in a conference. 
Russian Federation Training on regulations 
governing the protection of 
intellectual property rights (26-30 April 2004) DGDDI/TACIS - Eurodouane Visit by a French expert to the General Di rectorate of Customs of Russia, 
organization of a training seminar. 
China Training on the fight against 
fraud and the fight against 
counterfeiting (4-9 July 2004) DGDDI/ADETEF Visit by two Fren ch experts to the General Dir ectorate of Customs of China, 
organization of a training seminar. 
China  Seminar for the Research 
and Development  Centre 
(DRC) of the State Council (17 November 2004) DGDDI/ADETEF Mission of French experts. 
Panama Seminar on the fight against 
counterfeiting 
(8-12 November 2004)  DGDDI/ADETEF Mission of  a French expert. 
Malaysia Presentation of the French 
system for fighting 
counterfeiting 
(13 October 2004) DGDDI/Malaysian customs Visit by a delegation 
 
   
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ANTI-COUNTERFEITING COOPERATION ACTIVITIES OF THE GENERAL DIRECTORATE  
OF THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT (DCPJ)  
 
(CENTRAL BRIGADE FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF INDUSTRIAL AND ARTISTIC COUNTERFEITING – BCRCIA ) 
 
Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Turkey  8-12 November 2004 International Police Technical 
Cooperation Service (SCTIP) Training of 35 Turkish police officers in the fight against intellectual property 
infringements. 
Viet Nam 23-27 May 2005 International Police Technical 
Cooperation Service (SCTIP) Training of 35 Vietnamese police offi cers in the fight against intellectual 
property infringements. 
Lebanon 22-24 November 2004 DCPJ/BCRCIA Exchange miss ion between two BCRCIA experts and the economic police, 
Customs, and the Ministry of Trade of Lebanon (Beirut). 
China 24 October - 
14 November 2004 DCPJ/BCRCIA Immersion of a BCRCIA police office r in the anti-counterfeiting services in 
Peking, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Wenzhou. 
China 28 November - 
19 December 2004 DCPJ/BCRCIA Immersion of a BCRCIA police officer s in the anti-counterfeiting services in 
Hong Kong, China. 
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Viet Nam Seminar on "Enforcing the 
Protection of Patents and 
Trademarks in Germany"  
(Munich, June 2004) GPTO The 20 participants visited different respective institutions in the framework of 
the project "Viet Nam's WTO Accession: Preparing to compete in a new 
environment". 
Viet Nam Visit to exchange 
experiences with the Federal 
Patent Court 
 (Munich, 30 May 2005) Federal Patent Court Half-day first time visit of a delegation from Viet Nam to exchange experiences 
on the basic tenets of national and international industrial property protection in  
the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and in Germany.  The Republic of Viet Nam 
is endeavouring to join the WTO. 
Albania, Croatia, Mexico; 
Nigeria, the Philippines, FYR of 
Macedonia, and Serbia and Montenegro WIPO/InWEnt Workshop on 
Innovation Support Services 
and their Management   
(June 2004) GPTO Experts from the mentioned countries attended a workshop at the German Patent 
and Trademark Office for gaining insight into the tasks, organization and 
information facilities of the Office.  This workshop was held in cooperation with 
WIPO. 
China Visit of a delegation headed 
by the Vice Director General of Trademark Review and 
Adjudication Board of the 
State Administration for Industry and Commerce 
(Munich, 11 October 2004) GPTO The purpose of that visit was to learn more about the legal system with regard to 
judicial review for Trademarks and related regulations and examination standards as well as the mechanism and procedures by handling of Trademark 
cases in Germany.  The vice president of  the trademark office of China visited 
the GPTO and gained insight into the pr actice of "balanced score card" and the 
use of the "accounting system" at the GPTO. 
 
China Study visit to the GPTO 
(Munich, October 2004) GPTO Six delegations each with 7 – 18 partic ipants from different  Chinese regional IP 
offices and various research institutes undertook a study visit to the GPTO in order to learn more about the IP System and information technology in 
Germany. 
China Visit of the president of the 
GPTO to the Patent Office 
of China GPTO During his visit to the Patent Office of China (SIPO) the president of the GPTO 
signed an agreement regarding the continuation of the technical cooperation 
with the SIPO. 
China Information visit in the field 
of Copyright GPTO A delegation consisting of  24 member s of the State Administration of Foreign 
Experts Affairs of China visited the GPTO and attended a lecture on "The German copyright law and the basic principles of copyright administration law".  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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China Visit to exchange 
experiences  with the Federal Patent Court 
(Munich, 22 September 
2004) Federal Patent Court Half-day visit of a group of judges to exchange experiences with regard to 
jurisdiction in the area of industrial property. 
China Visit to exchange 
experiences with the Federal 
Patent Court 
(Munich, 12 October 2004) Federal Patent Court Half-day first time visit of  a Chinese delegation from  the area of trademark 
jurisdiction, which in China is sepa rate, both in terms of content and 
organization, from patent jurisdiction.  The purpose of the visit was an initial 
exchange of experiences with regard to jurisdiction in the area of trademark law. 
Korea Six official s of the Korean 
Patent Office attended a 
Training Course  GPTO Six officials of the Korean Patent Office attended a Training Course on 
Trademark Law and the registration of Geographical Indications as collective 
Marks as well as the international registration of Trademarks according to the 
Madrid Protocol. 
Saudi Arabia Cooperation project: 
long-term expert of the 
GPTO at the Saudi Office GPTO The project "Assistance in establishing a national system of industrial property 
protection in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" has been run by GPTO since 
January 2003.  A long-term expert from the GPTO has been working in Saudi 
Arabia General Directorate of Patents from the beginning of the project.  A group of 5 to 6 Saudi patent examiners attends a three-week training session at 
the GPTO every year.  The main focus of  this project is patent examination 
procedures particularly in the field of chemistry. 
Saudi Arabia Seminar for the six patent 
judges of  Saudi Arabia 
(Munich,  20-23 July 2004) Federal Patent Court 
Multi-day professional seminar for the six patent judges of Saudi Arabia.  This 
was the first visit of these judges to the Western world in this capacity. 
− The event formed a portion of a multi-y ear project of the GTZ, the goal of 
which is to support Saudi Arabia in establishing a national system of 
industrial property protection which is compatible with the national and 
international systems of the Western world, particularly with the treaties of the WTO. 
Tajikistan Information Visit in the field 
of intellectual property GPTO A delegation from Tajikistan consisting of members of parliament, research 
institutes and the Patent Office of Tajikistan visited the GPTO in 2004.  The 
purpose of this visit was to learn more about the German system of intellectual property, particularly about the strategies  of assistance to the SMEs and also the 
work and the role of the patent information centres in Germany. 
Tajikistan Visit to exchange 
experiences with the Federal Patent Court 
(Munich, 15 June 2005) Federal Patent Court 
One-day visit of a delegation from Tajikistan - the second visit of this kind to 
the Federal Patent Court - to exchange experiences on the basic tenets of 
national and international industrial property protection in Tajikistan and in 
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The visit was part of a medium-term EU project designed to familiarize the 
Republic of Tajikistan with the nationa l and international systems of industrial 
property protection in the Western world. 
Tajikistan is endeavouring to join the WTO. 
Russian Federation Two week training course 
for patent examiner from  
ROSPATENT 
(27 September- 7 October 
2004) GPTO Three patent examiner from the tec hnical fields of chemistry and electrical 
engineering from ROSPATENT attended a two-weeks training course supervised by their respective German co lleagues.  They gathered information 
about patent administration, quality management and DEPATIS. 
Russian Federation A full-day seminar in the 
field of chemistry, 
biotechnology, mechanics, 
Physics and electrical engineering . 
(6-15 October 2004) GPTO A seminar was held for 15 Russian IOP experts in the field of chemistry, 
biotechnology, mechanics, physics and el ectrical engineering as well as for  
members of law school and courts in Moscow.  On the basis of a list of 
questions sent in advance to the GPTO the German experts held a full-day seminar at the GPTO. 
Russian Federation Several Seminars on Patent 
Law within the EU-TACIS Project Component 
"Assistance to the 
Arbitration Courts System 
RF" 
(EUROPEAID/115581/C/SV/RU) 
(2004-2006) German Foundation for  
International Legal Cooperation  (Consortium 
Leader) The programme comprises a far reaching training programme for 80% of all 
judges of the Russian Arbitration Court System, including a series of seminars 
on Patent Law. 
Russian Federation Assistance to the Russian 
Patent and Trademark Agency (ROSPATENT) in 
harmonization of intellectual 
property legislation and training of personnel (EU-
Tacis-Twinning Kl 02-24) 
(Moscow,  August 2003-June 2005) German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ-
Foundation), German Patent 
and Trademark Office, Federal Patent Court The project aims to improve the Russian legislation in the mentioned field in 
compliance with the EU-directives and to raise the professional level of civil servants by organizing scientific a nd practical conferences, seminars and 
workshops with the participation of ex perts from EU Member countries and 
arranging topical internships in EU countri es.  A German expert will be resident 
in Moscow as a partnership adviser (PA) to improve the implementation of the 
project in close cooperation with the Russian partners.   IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Ukraine Translation of the Law 
Against Restraints of Competition (GWB) and 
subsequent translation of the 
Law Against Unfair Competition (UWG) into 
Ukrainian 
(spring 2005) German Foundation for 
International Legal Cooperation (IRZ-Foundation) The translation has been made by the IRZ-Foundation at the request of the 
Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. 
 
Turkey Visit to exchange 
experiences with the Federal 
Patent Court 
(Munich, 12 November 
2004) Federal Patent Court One-day visit of a group of judges from Turkey to exchange experiences with 
regard to jurisdiction in the area of industrial property protection.  The visit was 
a part of a major EU project designed to familiarize Turkey with the national 
and international systems of industrial property protection in the EU.  The 
project leadership lies with the European Patent Office (=organ of the European 
Patent Organisation, not the EU). 
 
   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
EuroMed Market 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 Training of trainers Seminar 
on Intellectual Property 
Rights (Second phase)  
(January 2004) INPI PT Training of trainers Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights held in Lisbon, in 
January 2004, in the scope of the Regional Programme for the Promotion of the 
Instruments and Mechanisms of the Euro-Mediterranean Market (EuroMed Market), with the financial support of the European Commission (EC) Meda 
Programme. 
 It was based on the Presentation of Community law in the field of Protection of 
innovations, products and services in order to promote regulatory convergence, 
aiming also at deepening the knowledg e of the Mediterranean Partners.  
 
Speakers from INPI PT participated in this Seminar and a Study visit was also 
made to INPI PT in the scope of the Re search System of Industrial Property.  
 
Representatives from the following countries participated in this Seminar: 
Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan , Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, Palestinian 
Authority, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey. 
African Intellectual Property 
Organization (OAPI)  Training course in the 
relevant areas of IP  
(June 2004) INPI PT Following the Cooper ation Agreement signed betw een OAPI and INPI PT in 
October 2003, a training course for an IP  official from OAPI was held in June 
2004 in Lisbon during one week, in the areas of patents and trademarks. 
Brazil  
(Institute of Industrial Property) 
 Training course in the 
relevant areas of IP  
(June 2004) INPI PT 
 Wipo Academy Inter-regional training programme with the WIPO Academy was first held in 
Geneva.  Afterwards the IP official from Brazil, received an intensive IP 
practice course in Portugal, organized by INPI PT in the areas of patents, 
trademarks and information/documentation, during two weeks, in Lisbon. 
 
Mexico 
(Instituto Mexicano de 
Propriedad Industrial - IMPI)  Visit of the Presidents of the 
Instituto Mexicano de 
Propriedad Industrial (IMPI) 
and Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (OEPM) 
 to INPI PT 
 (September 2004) INPI PT In the scope of th e Ibero-American cooperatio n strategies, INPI PT was 
considered the Office with the best practice in the field of the IP promotion, 
namely through the creation of the Units of Industrial Property Promotion 
(UIPP) network in Portugal. 
As many countries have manifested their interest in knowing the Portuguese 
experience, a Triangular Meeting was held at INPI PT with  the Presidents of 
the Instituto Mexicano de Propriedad Industrial (IMPI) and Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas (OEPM) in September 2004  which included also a visit 
to relevant UIPP's. 
Guinea Bissau Training course in the 
relevant areas of IP 
(September 2004) INPI PT Training of a Lawyer from Guinea Bissau in the areas of patents, trademarks 
and information/documentation, during two weeks, in Lisbon.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Angola 
(Institute of Industrial Property - 
IAPI) 
 
Mozambique 
(Institute of Industrial Property - 
IPI) 
 Roving Seminar 
 (September 2004) INPI PT 
 EPO, WIPO, ARIPO and 
OAPI 
 Roving Seminar held in September 2004 in the field of Trademarks, Patents, 
Geographical Indications and Designs, organized in cooperation with the European Patent Office (EPO), the Wo rld Intellectual Property Organization 
(WIPO) the African Regional Property Organization (ARIPO) and the African 
Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI). 
Mexico 
Instituto Mexicano de 
Propriedad Industrial (IMPI) Mission of the Regional 
Delegations of IMPI to INPI 
PT and UIPP 
 (4-7 April 2005) INPI PT In April 2005, in the sequence of the Triangular Meeting Portugal-Mexico-
Spain held in Portugal in September 20 04, a visit of representatives from the 
Regional Delegations of Instituto Mexi cano de Propriedade Industrial (IMPI) 
was made to INPI PT and to some UIPP with the purpose to promote a deeper cooperation relationship between IMPI and INPI PT and to develop projects 
with common interest as well as a new Triangular Meeting, held in Mexico 
City, in April 2004 between the Pres idents of INPI PT, OEPN and IMPI. 
Sao Tome and Principe   
(Ministry of Economy, 
Directorate of Commerce and 
Industry   
 
Brazil INPI Brazil 
 Interregional Intermediate 
Seminar on Industrial 
Property 
 
- Practice training course on 
Intellectual Property  
(Geneva: 1-3 June 2005) 
and   (Lisbon: 6-17 June 2005) - WIPO 
(World Intellectual Property 
Organization) 
 
and 
 - INPI PT 
 
  Inter-regional training programme in  Geneva for IP officials from the 
Portuguese Speaking African Countrie s (PALOP) in cooperation with the 
WIPO Academy, held in June 2005.  Afterwards the participant members of 
the African countries and Brazil, recei ved 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.  
   
 
Mozambique 
(IPI - Ministry of Industry, 
Commerce and Tourism - 
National Directorate of Industry, 
Industrial Property Department) 
 Technical Mission in the IT 
field 
 (20-24 June 2005) INPI PT Having in mind the process started in December 2001 for the reinforcement of 
technical competences of the Portugue se Speaking African Countries (PALOP) 
IP Offices in the computer technology field with the supply of IT equipment 
and in order to provide Mozambique with further expertise in Industrial 
Property, a Mission of two INPI PT IT  experts was made to Instituto da 
Propriedade Industrial (IPI) in June 2005.  Such assistance is required with the purpose of studying the level of IT equipment existing at IPI in order for this 
Office to work in the future  the available information in the IP field, to access 
legal and technological information sour ces and to create information centres. 
Viet Nam 
 Study visit to Europe on 
Geographical Indications for 
12 Viet Nam officials  
 
(4 July 2005) INPI PT  
and  
EC Property Rights Co-
operation Programme, ECAP II 
 Study visit organized for 12 Viet Nam officials from relevant Ministries to 
Portugal in the scope of the EPO and EC  ECAP II Programme with the purpose 
to study the legislation and administration of Geographical Indications 
protection in EU member States (France and Portugal)  
Angola (Angolan Ministry of 
Education, Culture and Sports)  Long Distance Course 
Programme on Intellectual Property GDA/WIPO 
Gabinete do Direito de Autor  Ministeria da Cultura The Intellectual Property training course is composed by three steps. 
 The first is the WIPO – World International Property Organization, annual long   IP/C/W/455/Add.6
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Cap vert  (Ministry of 
Education, Culture and Sports)  
Guinée Bissau (Ministry of 
Education, Culture and Sports; Guinée Copyright Office; State 
Department of Copyright) 
 Mozambique (Ministry of 
Education, Culture and Sports; 
Private Copyright Entity; State Copyright Department) 
 
Sao Tomé e Principe (Ministry 
of Education, Culture and 
Sports) 
 Brazil (Ministry of Culture, 
ECAD – Private entity of music 
collecting management).   
Inter-regional seminar on Intellectual Property 
 
Practice training course on Intellectual Property distance course, made On line, in a digital or paper support, where the 
participants have an introduction to th e principal questions related with the 
international protection of copyright. 
 
Secondly there will be taken the inter-regional training programme at the WIPO headquarter in Geneva. 
 
Thirdly, in Lisbon, participants of Port uguese speaking countries will be given 
access to Portuguese legislation and mark et.  The practice training course is 
organized by the GDA Gabinete do Direito de Autor do Ministerio da Cultura, 
in cooperation with several public an d private entities who will share their 
knowledge in this domain. 
 
The representative members of the Portuguese speaking countries should make their inscriptions directly to WIPO. 
  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Beneficiary country(ies) Title and date of the event  
 Organizing agency  
 Description 
Dominican Republic, Mexico, 
Brazil, Uruguay, Cuba, Honduras 
 Theoretical and practical 
training in copyright and related rights 
 
(Madrid, 2-19 November 2004) Ministry of Culture Theoretical an d practical classes by officials of the Subdirectorate-General for 
Intellectual Property on all matters pertaining to copyright and related rights and on experience in management of such rights in Spain. 
 
Recipients :  Latin American professionals with experience in copyright and 
related rights. 
All Latin American countries III Forum on Copyright and 
Related Rights  
 (Antigua, Guatemala, 
11-15 April 2005) Ministry of Culture 
Spanish International 
Cooperation Ag ency (AECI) 
General Council of the 
Judiciary Theoretical and practical course by offi cials of the Subdirectorate-General for 
Intellectual Property and Spanish judges on all matters pertaining to copyright 
and related rights.  The purpose was also  to create a forum for the exchange of 
national experience among the different government departments in the area of 
copyright. 
 Recipients :  Latin American judges. 
All Latin American countries Seminar on "Audiovisual 
works:  creation, production 
and exploitation" 
 
(Buenos Aires, 4-7 April 2005) Audiovisual Producers' Rights 
Management Unit (EGEDA) 
Ministry of Culture 
 Co-organization of the seminar, the aim of which was to enhance training in 
the market for audiovisual works. 
 
Recipients :  Professionals and experts fr om Latin American countries. 
Latin America Third Regional Seminar on 
Intellectual Property 
 (Antigua, Guatemala, 
25-29 October 2004) Spanish Patent and Trademarks 
Office (OEPM) in conjunction 
with the Ministry of Culture  Participation in the third such seminar aimed at providing specialized training 
in industrial property and copyright and creating a contact point between the 
different organizations and bodies working in these areas.  
Recipients :  Latin American judges and prosecutors. 
 Visit of Palestinian officials 
within the framework of the "Euro-Mediterranean 
Market" Programme to the 
Subdirectorate-General for Intellectual Property on 
6-7 June 2005 Spanish Patent and Trademarks 
Office in conjunction with the Ministry of Culture Debate on general aspects of intellectual property legislation, in particular 
those relating to measures aimed at preventing activities which infringe copyright and related rights. 
Latin American countries During the reference period: Panama, Mexico, Cuba and El 
Salvador July 2004-December 2005 
CIBIT Programme 
(Latin American training 
programme on technological 
information searches) OEPM  The purpose of this programme is to further the use of Spanish in international 
search processes and improve the trai ning of examiners in international 
searches for PCT international applications.  It involves the incorporation of a 
Latin American patent examiner and the pr esence during this period of a patent 
examiner from Panama. 
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 Description 
Cooperation with Latin 
American in the field of international patent searches 
Latin America 2-3 September 
Cooperation meeting OEPM / WIPO (World 
Intellectual Property 
Organization) Meeting of the Director of the WIPO  Bureau for Latin America and the 
Caribbean and the Director of the OEPM to define the 2004 and 2005 
cooperation projects financed by the Trust Fund. 
Central America 6-9 September 
1st Sub-regional Meeting of 
Patent Experts from Central 
American countries and the 
Dominican Republic CNR (National Centre of 
Registries) / WIPO / SIECA 
(Central American Economic 
Integration Secretariat) / EPO (European Patent Office) / 
OEPM Mission of OEPM expert in El Salvador to attend the 1st Sub-regional Meeting 
of Patent Experts from Central American countries and the Dominican 
Republic and the Sub-regional Workshop organized by WIPO on patent 
application examination techniques.  
Mexico 19-21 October 
Technical assistance WIPO / IMPI (Mexican 
Industrial Property Institute) Technical cooperation mission in Mexico for the development of computer 
applications. 
Latin America 25-29 October 
Regional Seminar for Latin 
American Judges and Prosecutors OEPM-WIPO-EPO-AECI  Industrial property seminar in La Antigua (Guatemala).  Study of Spanish and 
European legislation on patents, trademarks, industrial designs, utility models 
and copyright.  
Latin American countries 1 November-19 December 
On-line course on patent 
management and evaluation OEPM / CEDDET (Distance 
Learning Centre for Economic and Technological 
Development) Course on patents, based on the "virtual classroom" methodology with Internet 
support and aimed at Latin America. 
Users of the patent system and representatives of Latin American offices 15-16 November  
Technical Seminar on the 
Madrid System OEPM / WIPO First Technical  Seminar on the Madrid System for the International 
Registration of Marks in Spanish. 
Mexico 25 November 
Visit to the Resources Unit OEPM Demonstration of and exchange of experience on administrative resource 
procedures. 
Andean Community of Nations 7-9 December 
First meeting on the 
preparation of an Andean 
manual on trademark 
processing procedures WIPO / OEPM / SGCA 
(General Secretariat of the 
Andean Community of Nations) Mission of OEPM expert to take part in the preparation of an Andean manual 
on the procedures for granting trademarks. 
 
Argentina 13-15 December 
Technical assistance OEPM / INPI (Brazilian 
Industrial Property Institute) Training mission to hold a course  on the application of the Vienna 
Classification of Figurative Elements of  Marks: OEPM criteria and practices 
and the related information technology tools.  Comparison of OEPM and 
OHIM (Office of Harmonisation for the Internal Market) practices. 
Korea 15 December 
Visit to the Resources Unit OEPM Demonstration of and exchange of experience on administrative resource 
procedures.  IP/C/W/455/Add.6 
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Korea 17 December 
Visit to the Distinctive Signs 
and Patent Departments OEPM General presentation of the OEPM and of  practices with regard to international 
brand management and the implementation of legislation on designs. 
Morocco 17-18 January 
Fourth IMPIC-OEPM 
Spanish-Moroccan Joint 
Committee Meeting OEPM / IMPIC (Moroccan 
Intellectual Property Institute) Meeting in Casablanca aimed at enco uraging the mutual exchange of 
information and the development of a 2005 work plan by the Moroccan 
Intellectual Property Institute (IMPIC) and the OEPM and encompassing, in 
particular, the exchange of experts, a seminar on industrial property for judges, 
other seminars on piracy, and meetings with members of the Spanish chambers of commerce. 
Central American countries 2-4 March  
Second Sub-regional 
Meeting of Patent Experts 
from Central American 
countries and the Dominican Republic WIPO / SIECA Mission of an OEPM expert in the Dominican Republic to attend the 2
nd Sub-
regional Meeting of Patent Experts from Central American countries and the 
Dominican Republic.  Further work on the manual on the examination of patent applications in the industrial proper ty offices of Central America and the 
Dominican Republic. 
Latin American countries 18-19 April 
Seminar in Bolivia: "Ten 
years of TRIPS: experiences 
relating to its 
implementation and study of 
its impact in Latin America 
and Europe" OEPM / University of Alicante Participation of OEPM representatives in two presentations: 
1) International technical cooperation by the OEPM;  
2) Impact of TRIPS on national patent and trademark legislation. 
Latin American countries 18-19 April 
Nicaragua: "Regional 
seminar on global protection systems (trademarks, 
industrial designs and 
appellations of origin) as tools for business 
competitiveness and 
efficient rights management" OEPM / WIPO / Nicaraguan 
office 
 Attendance of an OEPM expert in order to give a presentation on international 
registration and the legal effects thereof and to participate in two round-table 
conferences, one on the importance of  the Hague Agreement as regards 
providing added value for designs through protection and the other on international registration systems as effective business tools for responding to 
the challenges of the global economy. 
Mexico 18-22 April 
Cooperation Meeting of the 
Portuguese, Mexican and 
Spanish Offices OEPM, IMPI, INPI Technical cooperation meeting of the three Offices to discuss a number of 
cooperation development areas. 
Latin American countries 19-21 April 
Day refresher courses for 
Latin American officials OEPM / WIPO / IMPI Participation of the OEPM in events relating to different aspects of the PCT in 
two meetings aimed at the following groups: 
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within the framework of the 
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and a Specialization 
Seminar on the Patent 
Cooperation Treaty 2) Mexican agents and professionals. 
Latin American countries 23 May-10 July 
Second on-line course on 
patent management and evaluation OEPM / CEDDET Course on patents, based on the "virtual classroom" methodology with Internet 
support and aimed at Latin America. 
Latin America 6-17 June 
Spain: Practical inter-
regional seminar on 
trademarks and common 
aspects of industrial property OEPM / WIPO Training in the industrial prope rty area for experts and senior officials from 
Latin American intellectual property offices. 
Andean Community of Nations 6-8 July 
Peru: Second meeting on the 
preparation of an Andean 
manual on trademark 
processing procedures WIPO / OEPM / SGCA Involvement of an OEPM expe rt in the preparation of  an Andean manual on 
the procedures for granting trademarks. 
 
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, 
Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, 
Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, 
Paraguay, Peru, El Salvador, Uruguay and Venezuela 2004-2005 
Bilateral cooperation 
programme with intellectual 
property offices in Latin 
American countries OEPM Exchange of documentation and material on intellectual property.  
Depending on the particular country concerned, the documentation consists of 
patent documents in different formats, industrial property bulletins, CD-ROM databases and annual indexes of inventions and trademarks. 
 
China, Syria, Turkey 2004-2005 
Bilateral cooperation 
programme with intellectual property offices in a number 
of countries OEPM Exchange of documentation and material on intellectual property.  
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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 Trade 
16 August-3 September 2004 Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in 
cooperation with WTPO  International training course to provide information about the main national and 
international elements of the law on copyright and related rights as well as a 
presentation of the World Intellectual Property Organization and the World Trade Organization and their functions. 
Least-developed countries Intellectual Property for 
Least-developed Countries 
8-26 November 2004 Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in 
cooperation with WTPO 
 International training course to provide information and knowledge about the 
main national and international elements of the law on intellectual property 
rights and information on the World Intellectual Property Organization and the 
World Trade Organization. 
Developing countries "Genetic Resources and 
Intellectual Property Rights – Pathways for 
development" 
18 May-8 June 2005 Swedish Biodiversity Centre, 
Stockholm Environment Institute, Svalöf Weibull AB International Training Course to assist participants to understand the 
background and the implications of the recent developments related to IPR and exchange of genetic resources. 
Developing countries I ndustrial Property for 
Developing Countries 
 
4-29 April 2005 (1) December 2005 (2) 
 Swedish Patent and 
Registration Office in 
cooperation with WIPO 
 The objective of the course is to enhance the participants' understanding of 
industrial property rights with empha sis on their contribution for economic 
growth, trade and development. 
 
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Beneficiary country (ies) Title and date of the event 
 Organizing agency Description 
Korea Visit from the Korean IPPO to 
the UKPO 
1 April 2004 UKPO An overview of the UKPO patent process. 
China  Visit from the Chinese 
delegation to the UKPO 2 April 2004 Euro Asia An overview of the UK patent process, scientific and electrical fields. 
Russian Federation Visit to Rospatent (Federation 
of Intellectual Property), Moscow  
21-23 April 2004  TACIS EU twinning project Information exchange on training for all staff working within Rospatent. 
Russia Study visit by two Russian 
patent examiners. 
6 September-1 October 2004 UKPO/Training and 
Development Unit Participation in induction programme for new patent examiners provided by 
UKPO and the University of Glamorgan. 
Russian Federation Visit of Russian officials and 
twinning project head 
(German IP judge) 
20-22 October 2004 UKPO/Training and 
Development Unit Study visit from Russian officials to learn more about training methods used in 
UKPO and to meet with University of Glamorgan who provide part of induction 
course for new patent examiners. 
Argentina Visit of Roger Walker to 
Argentina PO (INPI) 
23-25 October 2004 Argentina PO (INPI) Discussion on patent protection for inventions in the fields of pharmaceuticals 
and biotechnology. 
Jamaica Visit by UK PO Inter Partes 
Hearings Officer 
June 2005 WIPO Training course to instruct in  Inter partes proceedings/oppositions. 
Russian Federation Visit to Rospatent (Federation 
of Intellectual Property), 
Moscow 23-25 June 2005 TACIS EU twinning project To offer advice on a long-term training strategy for all staff working within 
Rospatent. 
 
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