WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/476/Add.6 
25 October 2006 
 
 (06-5120) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:    English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS  
 
UNITED STATES 
 
Addendum  
  
 The following communication, dated 20 October 2006, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States.   
 
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   The attachment contains a table providing information on the US technical cooperation 
activities in the area of intellectual property, covering the period from 1 October 2005 
to 30 September 2006.  Further information is av ailable on the website of the Intellectual Property 
Rights Training Program Database:   http://www.training.ipr.gov.  IP/C/W/476/Add.6 
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Training 
Date
 Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
4 Oct. 2005 to 6 Oct. 2005
 USPTO Academy on Enforcement of IPR 
 
 Belize  
Costa Rica 
Dominican 
Rep.  
El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua  Panama  
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, VA  
Training Recipient:  police, customs officials, 
prosecutors, judges - 
civil/administrative courts, judges - criminal courts, commerce officials, culture officials, trade officials  This is part II of the USPTO 
Academy on the 
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights held in February 2005.
 
17 Oct. 2005 to 18 Oct. 2005
 Protection and Enforcement of IPR Conference
 Costa Rica Dominican Rep. 
 
El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua
 USPTO  Location:  Guatemala  
Training Recipient:  prosecutors, judges - 
civil/administrative courts, 
judges - criminal courts  The programme covered intellectual property protection and enforcement 
issues such as overview of 
intellectual property rights, including copyright, trademarks, geographical indications, patents, data protection measures, 
technological protection 
measures and rights management information;  standards for protecting and enforcing intellectual 
property rights under the 
Agreement of Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) and CAFTA-DR;  intellectual property 
enforcement challenges 
presented by the Internet and digital technologies;  and best practices for civil, criminal and administrative 
enforcement of intellectual 
property rights.  Additional sponsor:  SIECA 
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  Training 
Date Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
17 Oct. 2005 to 28 Oct. 2005
 USPTO's Visiting Scholars Program
 Bolivia  
China  Ethiopia  Iraq  
Italy  
Jordan  Lithuania  Mexico  Nepal  Pakistan 
Philippines 
Romania  Chinese Taipei Tunisia  Viet Nam 
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, VA  
Training Recipient:  copyright officials, trademark officials, patent 
officials  
Since, 1985, the USPTO Visiting Scholars Program has provided participants from over 30 foreign countries with two weeks of 
classroom and hands-on 
study of the United States' system for protecting intellectual property.  Past participants in the Visiting 
Scholars Program include 
directors and deputy directors of industrial property offices, patent and trademark examiners, and other experts from 
developing countries. The 
goals of the program are threefold:  (a) to foster a better understanding of international intellectual 
property obligations and 
norms;  (b) using the US system as an example, to expose participants to at least one method of 
providing TRIPS-level 
protection for a variety of intellectual property disciplines;  and (c) to promote discussion of intellectual property issues 
in a friendly and supportive 
environment. 
 
17 Oct. 2005 to  20 Oct. 2005
 Implementation and Coordination of IP Border Enforcement 
 
 Russian Fed.  
Ukraine  CLDP  Location:  Yalta, Ukraine  
Training Recipient: Customs 
officials.  A joint training programme for customs officials from Russia and 
Ukraine.  Full title of 
program:  Workshop on the Implementation and Coordination of IP Border Enforcement:  
Ukraine-Russia 
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  Training 
Date
 Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
24 Oct. 2005 to  25 Oct. 2005 
 
 Enforcement of 
IPR at the Border  
 Peru USPTO  Location:  Peru  
Training Recipient:  customs 
officials  The programme covered 
optical disc piracy, standards 
for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights under the Agreement of Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights 
(TRIPS), and effective 
border measures. 
 
21 Nov. 2005 to 23 Nov. 2005 
 
 Commercialization 
and Enforcement of IP Rights 
 
 Ukraine  USPTO  Location:  Kiev, Ukraine  
Training Recipient:  customs 
officials  Programme explored the commercialization and 
enforcement of intellectual 
property rights. Attendees included government officials, academics, and representatives of private 
industry.  
Full title of programme:  The Commercialization and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.  Additional sponsor:  
UN/ECE IP Advisory Group 
5 Dec. 2005 to  
8 Dec. 2005 
 
 USPTO Middle 
East Partnership 
Initiative (MEPI) IPR Enforcement Academy
 Algeria  
Bahrain  Egypt  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon  
Qatar  
Saudi Arabia
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, 
Virginia  
Training Recipient:  customs 
officials  This programme was exclusively for officials 
from the MEPI region.  It 
focused on intellectual property rights ("IPR") issues and challenges in the region. The programme 
included:  presentations by 
numerous US Government officials with IPR enforcement responsibilities, case studies and interactive discussions led by trademark 
and copyright industry 
representatives, substantive training regarding international obligations and  IP/C/W/476/Add.6 
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  Training 
Date Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
standards for protecting and enforcing IPR, exercises on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, best practices 
for civil and criminal 
enforcement, and the relationship between IPR enforcement and public health and safety.  Officials from Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, 
Kuwait, Yemen, Algeria, 
Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia attended. 
 
16 Jan. 2006 to  18 Jan. 2006 
 
  MEPI Regional 
Judicial Program  Algeria  
Bahrain  Egypt  Iraq  
Jordan  
Kuwait  Lebanon Morocco  Oman  
Qatar  
Saudi Arabia Tunisia  United Arab Emirates
 USPTO  Location:  Dubai, United Arab Emirates 
 
Training Recipient:  police, customs officials, judges - 
civil/administrative courts, 
judges - criminal courts  This programme featured presentations, panel discussions, group exercises 
and case studies on:  the 
types and nature of IPR, standards for protecting and enforcing IPR under the TRIPS Agreement and US free trade agreements, best 
practices for civil and 
criminal enforcement of IPR, IPR enforcement challenges presented by the Internet and digital 
technologies, the potential 
role of specialized courts in IPR enforcement, private sector views regarding regional trends in counterfeiting and piracy, 
and forming effective 
relationships between law enforcement personnel and private sector representatives. A US 
federal judge and a senior 
official from the Federal Judicial Center will actively participate in this programme, which is 
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  Training 
Date
 Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, 
Tunisia, the United Arab 
Emirates and Yemen. 
 
22 Jan. 2006 to  24 Jan. 2006 
 
 MEPI Regional 
Prosecutors Program
 Algeria  
Bahrain  Egypt  Jordan  Kuwait  Lebanon  
Oman  
Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
 USPTO  Location:  Muscat, Oman  
Training Recipient:  prosecutors  Topics covered by this programme in large part tracked those covered in the 
MEPI Regional Judicial 
Program, though the approach was prosecutorial rather than judicial.  A US federal judge and a 
prosecutor from the US 
Department of Justice's Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section actively participated in this 
programme, which drew 
attendees from Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. 
 
24 Jan. 2006 
to 
27 Jan. 2006  USPTO Global IP 
Academy (GIPA):  
Enforcement Academy
 Algeria  
Barbados Cameroon  China  Congo (Dem. Rep. of the;  Kinshasa) 
Egypt  
Guyana  Hungary  Indonesia  Jamaica  
Lesotho  
Mexico  Moldova  Pakistan Philippines  
Qatar  
Romania  Russian Fed. Spain  Suriname  USPTO
 Location: Alexandria, 
Virginia  
Training Recipient:  police, 
customs officials, other enforcement officials, prosecutors, judges - civil/administrative courts, 
judges - criminal courts  
This programme dealt with the US government's system for the protection and enforcement of intellectual 
property rights. 
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  Training 
Date Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
Thailand  Trinidad and Tobago Turkmenistan 
Uganda  
Viet Nam 
 
13 Feb. 2006 to 24 Feb. 2006
 USPTO GIPA Visiting Scholars Program
 Brazil  
Cambodia  China  Colombia  Estonia  
Hong Kong, 
China  Hungary  Indonesia  Iraq  Jordan  
Korea  
Malaysia  Pakistan Philippines  Saudi Arabia 
Sierra Leone 
Ukraine  Viet Nam 
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, Virginia 
 
Training Recipient:  trademark officials, patent officials  
Provided government 
officials from patent and trademark backgrounds an overview of the US system of patent and trademark examination.
 
21 Feb. 2006 to 24 Feb. 2006
 USPTO GIPA Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
 Czech Republic Djibouti 
 
Ecuador  Guinea  
Indonesia  
Jordan  Kenya  Lesotho  Lithuania  
Mexico  
Nepal  Oman  Paraguay  Romania  Russian Fed. 
Thailand  
Viet Nam 
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, Virginia 
 
Training Recipient:  customs officials, organized crime 
task force members, other 
enforcement officials, prosecutors, judges - civil/administrative courts, judges - criminal courts  
This programme discussed 
the US system for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
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  Training 
Date
 Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
27 Apr. 2006 to 28 Apr. 2006
 Copyright Infringement in the Digital Environment 
 
 Bulgaria  
Cyprus  
Czech Republic Estonia  
Hungary  
Latvia  Lithuania  Malta  Romania  Slovenia
 USPTO  Location:  Tallin, Estonia  
Training Recipient:  copyright officials, trademark officials, patent 
officials, police, customs 
officials, prosecutors, culture officials, justice officials, right holder groups Conference addressed issues involving enforcement of 
copyrights in an electronic 
environment.  Topics addressed included:  gathering evidence, best practices in the US and 
Europe, international 
cooperation, and a case study exercise.  Co-Sponsor:  US Embassy in Estonia Participants 
included:  ICE, FBI, and 
DOJ 
 
13 May 2006  
 IPOP Internet 
Searching  
 Pakistan  CLDP 
USPTO  Location:  Karachi, Pakistan Training Recipient:  patent officials  Training on publicly available internet resources for patent 
search/examination.
  
19 May 2006  USPTO GIPA Patents Program
 Albania  
Brazil  
Cape Verde  Iraq  Kenya  Lesotho  
Mexico  
Nepal  Oman  Paraguay Philippines 
Romania  
Russian Fed. Swaziland Thailand Uzbekistan  
Viet Nam  
Zambia 
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, VA, 
USA  
Training Recipient:  patent 
officials  This programme presented a detailed view of the US 
system of patent 
examination and procedures. In addition, part of the course focused on international IP agreements.
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  Training 
Date Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
22 May 2006 to 25 May 2006
 USPTO-CTMO Seminar on Geographical Indications
 China  USPTO  Location:  Beijing (May 22-23) and Xiamen (May 25) 
 
Training Recipient:  
trademark officials, 
administrative officials, other enforcement officials, commerce officials, industry officials (i.e., ministry of), trade officials, other 
executive branch officials, 
legislators, journalists, legal professionals, right holder groups, other, academics  The focus of the programme 
was on the benefits of using 
the trademark-based system for GI protection, discussion of the WTO Panel Report, and WTO TRIPS Council 
discussions on the GI issue. 
The seminar also focused on US industry's view concerning the benefits of using the trademark system and the "economic 
advantage for rightholders."  
Additional Sponsor:  China Trademark Office 
 
5 Jun. 2006 to  9 Jun. 2006
 Seminar:  Traditional Knowledge/Genetic Resources/Folklore
 China  
United States  USPTO  Location:  Beijing and Kunming, China 
 
Training Recipient:  copyright officials, patent 
officials, other enforcement 
officials, commerce officials, culture officials, industry officials (i.e., Ministry of), Ministry of Public Health officials, trade 
officials, journalists, legal 
professionals, right holder groups, other, academics  Seminar to discuss new developments in the 
protection of traditional 
knowledge, genetic resources, and folklore.  Additional Sponsor:  State Intellectual Property Office 
of China (SIPO) 
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  Training 
Date
 Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
8 Jun. 2006 to  9 Jun. 2006
 IPR Border Enforcement Training 
 
 Morocco  USPTO  Location:  Casablanca  
Training Recipient:  customs 
officials  customs training on IPR 
border enforcement.  
Additional Sponsor:  MEPI 
 
13 Jun. 2006 to 14 Jun. 2006
 Copyright Enforcement Seminar
 Morocco  USPTO  Location:  Rabat  
Training Recipient:  copyright officials, other enforcement officials, prosecutors, culture officials, Industry officials 
(i.e., Ministry of), 
information officials (i.e., Ministry of), justice officials, journalists, legal professionals, right holder 
groups  
Copyright enforcement program for Morocco's Copyright Office (BMDA), ISPs, journalists, Ministry of 
Justice and others.  
Additional Sponsor:  MEPI
 
26 Jun. 2006 to 29 Jun. 2006
 Botswana:  IP for Development
 Botswana  
 IIPI 
USPTO  Location:  Gaborone, Botswana 
 
Training Recipient:  copyright officials, trademark officials, patent officials, police, customs 
officials, revenue (tax) 
officials, administrative officials, organized crime task force members, other enforcement officials, health 
officials, Industry officials 
(i.e., Ministry of), Information officials (i.e., Ministry of), justice officials, journalists, legal 
professionals, right holder 
groups  Programme focused on IPR enforcement and how SMEs can benefit from IPR. 
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  Training 
Date Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
27 Jun. 2006 to  28 Jun. 2006
 Resolving Complex IPR Disputes
 India  DOJ Location:  San Jose, CA  
Training Recipient:  judges - civil/administrative courts, legal professionals, 
academics  
Indian judges met with DOJ, USPTO, and US District Court Judges to discuss the use of ADR in resolving IPR cases among other IPR 
issues.  
Additional Sponsor:  State/INL
 
1 Aug. 2006 to 4 Aug. 2006
 USPTO GIPA Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
 Argentina  
Belize  Bolivia  Brazil  
Chile  
Colombia  Costa Rica Ecuador  El Salvador 
Guatemala  
Honduras  Mexico  Nicaragua  Panama  
Paraguay  
Peru  Spain  Uruguay Venezuela 
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, Virginia 
 
Training Recipient:  police, customs officials, organized 
crime task force members, 
prosecutors, judges - civil/administrative courts, judges - criminal courts  The training was offered to 
foreign government officials 
responsible for enforcing intellectual property rights, including:  police, custom officials, organized crime taskforce members, 
prosecutors, and judges - 
civil/administrative/criminal. 
15 Aug. 2006 to  18 Aug. 2006 
 
 USPTO Global IP 
Academy Copyright Program 
 
 Cameroon  
China  
Colombia  
Hong Kong, 
China Indonesia  Lesotho  Mexico  
Nigeria  
Philippines  Saudi Arabia Thailand  Ukraine Uzbekistan 
Viet Nam  
Zambia  
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, VA Training Recipient:  copyright officials, 
administrative officials, 
other executive branch officials, legal professionals  programme provided copyright training to foreign 
government officials 
featuring presentations, panel discussions, and case-studies on broad range of legal and policy issues, including the purposes of 
copyright;  the subject 
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  Training 
Date
 Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
rights and limitations, copyright infringement and liability;  and copyright's role in economical and 
cultural development. 
 
21 Aug. 2006 to 
23 Aug. 2006
 Judges Seminar - 
Law of IP and 
Related Civil Procedure 
 
 United States 
Viet Nam  
 USAID 
USPTO  
 Location:  Hanoi and Ho 
Chi Minh City, Viet Nam  
Training Recipient:  judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts  A training seminar for provincial judges on the new 
IPR law in Viet Nam and 
related civil litigation procedures for IP enforcement and dispute resolution.  
Additional Sponsor:  STAR-
Viet Nam 
 
24 Aug. 2006 to 25 Aug. 2006 
 
 Public Prosecutor 
Seminar on IP Law/Criminal Procedure 
 
 United States 
Viet Nam  
 USAID 
USPTO  
 Location:  Hanoi and Ho 
Chi Minh City, Viet Nam  
Training Recipient:  judges - civil/administrative courts, judges - criminal courts  
A training seminar for 
public prosecutors on the new IPR law in Viet Nam and related criminal procedures for IP 
enforcement and dispute 
resolution.  Additional Sponsor:  STAR-Viet Nam 
 
7 Sep2006  to  8 Sep. 2006 
 
 Patent Examination 
of Inventions  
 Chile  
Colombia 
Dominican Rep. 
El Salvador 
Guatemala  Mexico  Peru 
 USPTO  Location:  Alexandria, VA  
Training Recipient:  patent officials  Lecture on search and 
examination of inventions 
involving traditional knowledge and genetic resources. 
 
11 Sep. 2006 to 13 Sep. 2006
 MEPI/USPTO Judicial Program on IPR 
Enforcement 
 
 Algeria  
Bahrain  
Egypt  
Jordan  
Morocco  Oman  Qatar  Tunisia  
 USPTO
 Location:  Munich, 
Germany  
Training Recipient:  judges - 
civil/administrative courts, 
judges - criminal courts  Capacity building for Middle Eastern judges on IPR enforcement  
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  Training 
Date Title Countries  Sponsor  Synopsis/Comments  
United Arab Emirates  Yemen 
 Additional Sponsor:  MEPI  
28 Sep. 2006 to 29 Sep. 2006 
 
 IPR Enforcement 
Seminar for Ugandan Judiciary 
 
 Uganda  
 USPTO  Location:  Uganda  
Training Recipient:  judges - 
civil/administrative courts, 
judges - criminal courts  
Capacity building for Ugandan judges on IPR enforcement.  Additional Sponsor:  
State/INL 
 
11 Oct. 2006 to 
12 Oct. 2006 
 
 Combatting 
Counterfeit 
Pharmaceuticals in West Africa
 Benin  
Cape Verde Gambia  Ghana  Guinea  Liberia  
Sierra Leone  
Togo 
 USPTO  Location:  Senegal  
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials, police, customs officials, revenue (tax) officials, administrative officials, organized crime task force members, other 
enforcement officials, 
prosecutors, commerce officials, health officials, Industry officials (i.e., Ministry of), Ministry of 
Public Health officials, trade 
officials  Workshop on counterfeit Medicines in West Africa.  Additional Sponsor:  
State/INL 
 
 
 The IPR Training Coordination Group is compri sed of US government agencies and industry 
associations that provide IPR-rela ted informational programmes, training, and technical assistance to 
foreign officials and policy makers.  Many progra mmes are offered to help developing countries 
comply with their obligations under the Worl d Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade 
Related Aspects of Intellectual Property, commonly known as "TRIPS."   These programmes also help the United States meet its TRIPS obligation to provide technical assistance to developing and 
least developed members of the WTO.  Anyone with access to the World Wide Web may view the 
calendar of programmes.  Members of the Trai ning Coordination Group offer many, but not all, 
programmes on the calendar.  Non-member programme s may also be included in order to facilitate 
programme planning by members.   Members of the IPR Training Coordination Group are: 
 
 United States Government: 
 
 US Department of State  US Department of Commerce  - International Trade Administration  - Commercial Law Development IP/C/W/476/Add.6 
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   US Department of Justice 
 - Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance & Training, Criminal Division  - Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division 
 US Department of Homeland Security Bureau of Customs & Border Protection 
 Federal Bureau of Investigation 
 US Agency for International Development 
 Office of the US Trade Representative  US Patent and Trademark Office  Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
 
  
 Private Sector: 
  Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR)  Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA)  International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) 
 International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) 
 International Intellectua l Property Institute (IIPI) 
 Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) 
 
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