WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
26 October 2009 
 
 (09-5301) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION FROM 
OTHER INTERGOVERNMEN TAL ORGANIZATIONS 
 
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) 
 
Addendum  
   At its meeting of 8-9 June 2009, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite intergovernmental 
organization observers to the Council to update th e information on their technical and financial 
cooperation programmes relating to the impl ementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  
 The present document reproduces the information which has been received from the World 
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by mean s of a communication dated 22 October 2008.  
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1. The present note has been prepared by the Inte rnational Bureau of the World Intellectual 
Property Organization (WIPO), pursuant to the invitation of the Chair of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Council for TRIPS of 2 Octobe r 2009, to provide updated information on its 
technical, legal and financial cooperation programme s relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS 
Agreement for the meeting of the Council for TRIPS scheduled for 27-28 October 2009. 
2. TRIPS-related legal assistance and technical cooperation activities and programmes managed 
by WIPO fall within the framework of the provi sions of the Agreement between WIPO and WTO 
which entered into force on 1 January 1996.  Sin ce then, WIPO's International Bureau has responded 
to requests received from developing countries and least developed countries (LDCs) by providing 
extensive legal and technical assistance focused on the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  It is 
recalled that the WIPO-WTO Agreement was later complemented by two joint initiatives launched by 
the Directors General of the two Organizations in July 1998 and in June 2001, respectively.  These 
initiatives further reinforced the co mmitment of the two organizations to provide necessary advice and 
assistance to developing countries and LDCs relating to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement.  
As a result of the discussions between the Directors General, the WIPO and WTO Secretariats have 
strengthened their consultation and periodically discussed  issues and matters of mutual interest with a 
view to enhancing the existing in stitutional cooperation.  The meeti ngs between the two Secretariats 
have resulted in increased levels of joint activities at  the regional and national levels, with particular 
attention given to LDCs. 
3. In the period October 2008-September 2009, WIPO  has continued to provide demand-based 
legal-technical assistance to developing countri es and LDCs in support of their efforts in 
implementing obligations deriving from the TRIP S Agreement.  The assistance extended in this 
respect covered, among others, the areas of legisl ative advice, awareness building and human resource IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
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  development, institution and capacity building, mode rnization of the intellectual property systems as 
well as enforcement-related activities. 
4. WIPO, therefore, continued to assist countries in developing and implementing strategies and 
policies aimed at creating, protecting, managi ng and exploiting intellectual property (IP) for 
economic, social and cultural development.  WIPO also strengthened its assistance to help countries 
in integrating IP into overall na tional development and public policy in areas such as health, trade, 
education, research, technology transfer and compet ition policies, including advising countries on the 
flexibilities available under international IP treati es, and in particular the TRIPS Agreement. 
5. The present note covers activities relevant to  the above context dur ing the period under 
review and the list found hereunder is mean t to be indicative and not exhaustive 
I. LEGISLATIVE ADVICE 
6. Legislative and legal advice is provided by WIPO upon specific request by countries 
concerned and on a confidential basis.  WIPO's le gislative advice to developing countries and LDCs 
for the revision of their IP laws continued, in par ticular with the aim of modernizing the intellectual 
property legal framework to implement public polic ies and development, ta king advantage of legal 
options and flexibilities permissible under the TRIPS Agreement and WIPO-admin istered treaties.   
7. Although the deadline for the implementation of  general TRIPS obligations by LDCs has 
been postponed until 1 January 2013, WIPO's lega l advice continued to be requested by those 
countries anticipating such implementation in the contex t of their envisaged graduation to the status of 
developing countries and the adoption of national IP st rategies to implement IP obligations.  To this 
end, WIPO's advice on draft laws on industrial prop erty rights and their enforcement for LDCs took 
into account not only implementation obligati ons under the TRIPS Agreement and the Paris 
Convention for the Protection of In dustrial Property, but also the flexibilities those countries could use 
to make IP protection more development-friendly an d less costly while preserving its value as a tool 
for ensuring legal security as regards IP assets. 
8. Further, legislative assistance included discu ssions on the possible modalities for the adoption 
of the Decision of the General Council of the WTO of 30 August 2003, on the implementation of 
paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRI PS Agreement and Public Health, subsequently 
embodied in the TRIPS Agreement as a new Article 31 bis.  
9. During the period October 2008-September 2009 lega l advice, comments and draft laws were 
provided in response to requests from the authoriti es of Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bhutan, 
Bosnia & Herzegovina, Botswana, Cambodia, CARI COM, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican 
Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Honduras, Indonesia, Maldives, Nicaragua, 
OAPI, Peru, South 
Africa, Thailand, Turkmenistan and Uruguay.   
10. In the same period, advisory missions and outr each missions were undertaken in Afghanistan, 
Botswana, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Maldiv es, Panama, Peru, Spain (GIs), Uruguay and 
Trinidad & Tobago (regional CARICOM project), to discuss with government authorities new or 
revised legislation and consult on specific topics of IP  law, in particular the protection of works under 
copyright and related rights, trade secrets and test  data, trademarks and geographical indications. 
 
11. Concerning legislative advice provided specifically on copyright and related rights, countries 
continued to receive assistance in updating laws for compliance with current international standards.  
The assistance was rendered by WIPO in the form  of comments to amend and modernize existing  IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
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  laws or as draft new legislation.  That activity  responded to requests from Afghanistan, Bosnia & 
Herzegovina, El Salvador, Grenada, Indonesia, Maldives and Uruguay.   
II. PATENT DIVISION RELATED ACTIVITIES 
12. During the period from 30 September 2008 to 1 October 2009, advice and comments in the 
field of patents were provided to the Sult anate of Oman and Antigua and Barbuda. 
13. The following 13 capacity-building courses and wo rkshops on technology transfer or related 
areas were given by WIPO between September 2008 and September 2009:  WIPO/IAEA Innovation 
Promotion, Technology Transfer and Successful  Technology Licensing (STL) Regional Training 
Programme, Vienna, Austria, 20-24 October 2008;  Atelier de Haut Niveau pour une Concession 
Réussie de License de Technologie, Dakar, Séné gal, 10-14 November 2008;  Workshop on Patent 
Drafting Training (Biotechnology and Mechanics)  and Two-Month Distance  Practice, Santo 
Domingo, Dominican Republic, 17-21 November 2008;  Training Course on Intellectual Property in Commercialization and Funding of Drug Developm ent, 25-28 November 2008;  WIPO Regional 
Patent Drafting Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopi a, 3-12 December 2008;  National Workshop on 
Technology Transfer and STL for Research and De velopment Networks, Colombia, Bogota, 27-30 
April, 2009;  Workshop on Industrial Property in Mozambique in the Last Decade, Maputo, 
Mozambique, 4 May  2009;  WIPO Regional Workshop on IP Management and STL for R&D 
Institutions, Cairo, Egypt, 14 May 2009;  Innovation Promotion, Technology Transfer and STL, 
Regional Training Programme, Sofia, Bulgaria, 25-29 May 2009;  Workshop on Patent Drafting 
Training (Chemistry and Biotechnology) and Two-Month Distance Practice, Montevideo, Uruguay, 9 12 June 2009;  Regional Forum for University  IP Coordinators, Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan, 
14-16 July 2009;  Patent Drafting Workshop, Amma n, Jordan, 3-6 August 2009;  Workshop on Patent 
Drafting Training (Biotechnology and Mechanics)  and Two-Month Distance  Practice, Cali, 
Colombia, 7-11 September 2009. 
14. During the period of October 2008 to Septem ber 2009, legal advices, comments and draft 
laws were provided in response to requests from au thorities of Granada, Bangladesh, Peru, Salvador 
and Colombia. 
15. Korea
 
WIPO Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on IP Righ ts and Competition Policy, Deajeon – 7 to 
9 October 2008. 
16. Panama  
 WIPO Forum on Industrial Property and Pub lic Policy, Panama - 20 and 21 October 2008. 
 The meeting was co-organized with the Gove rnment of Panama, who invited representatives 
from each public institution competent or involved on IP matters, which in cludes research centers, 
public universities and chambers of entrepreneurs.  Two external speakers participated, who shared 
views on recent developments at national and regional levels as well as two WIPO Officials.  The 
ultimate goal is to proportionate a very informal opportunity for government officials to share their 
experiences in facing and solving practical problems that may arise from the difficult task of drafting 
and crafting public policies frameworks on IP matters.  
 
17. Mexico  
 WIPO staff participation in Official consu ltations with the Mexican Congress (Comisión de 
Competitividad de la Cámara de Diputados), to  take place in Mexico City – 5 November 2008. IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
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 At the request of the President of th e Committee on Competitiveness of the Mexican 
Congress, Mr. Mariano González Zarur, a WIPO offici al participated in the session of the Congress 
that took place on 5 November 2008, on the discussion about the Mexican legal framework on pharmaceutical matters and IP. 
 
18. Ecuador
 
 WIPO Seminar on the Use of Flexibilities of the Industrial Property System to Implement 
Public Policies in the Health Sector, Quito, 11 and 12 November 2008. 
 
 The goal of the seminar was to proportionate a very informal opportunity for government 
officials and industry to share their experiences in th e use of the IP system.  It looked at, on one side, 
attempts for the extension of the frontiers of IP ri ghts and the limits of the patentable subject matter; 
on the other side, the seminar would assess the needs of users and their struggle for restricting rights 
as possible and convenient; finally, policy making cons iderations were devoted to strike a balance.  
The role of the International Bureau was to pr ovide a forum for discussions and experience-sharing 
among participants.  The seminar counted with the contribution of three international speakers and 
two WIPO Officials. More than one hundred par ticipants coming from public and private sector 
assisted to the seminar. 
 
19. Zambia  
 Seminar on Certain IP Issues, Lusaka –27 - 28 November 2008. 
 
20. Brazil  
 Invitation to attend and speak in a Seminar on "Industrial Property – Its Legal, Economic and 
Social Implications", organized by the Office of INPI's General Attorney, Rio de Janeiro – 
17 and 18 November 2008. 
 
 Workshop organized by the Intellectual Propert y Technical Group of Pró-Genéricos, Rio de 
Janeiro –19 November 2008. 
 
21. Mozambique  
 National Seminar on IP and Public H ealth, Maputo – 2 to 3 December 2008. 
 
22. Egypt  
 WIPO/LAS Regional Symposium for the Heads of Institutes of Diplomatic Studies in the 
Arab Region, Cairo –16 to 18 December 2008. 
 
23. Singapore  
 WIPO staff participation in the WTO-Si ngapore Workshop on the TRIPS Agreement and 
Public Health for Asia Pacific – 2 to 6 February 2009. 
 
24. Republic of Poland  
 International Conference on Intellectual Propert y in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Warsaw – 
24 April 2009. 
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  25. Indonesia  
 Training for Diplomats on Intellectual Property, participation of WIPO officials as speakers, 
Jakarta – 16 and 17 April 2009. 
 
26. Oman  
 WIPO Seminar for Certain Arab Countries on Facilitating Access to Innovative 
Pharmaceuticals through the Creative Implementation of International Industrial Property Obligations, 
Muscat – 11 to 13 May 2009. 
 
27. Saudi Arabia  
 Advisory Mission to the GCC, Riyadh - 26 and 27 May 2009. 
 
28. India  
 WHO Executive Course for Policy Makers "Towar ds an Intellectual Property Regime that 
Protects Public Health, Bungalore –6 to 10 July 2009 
 
29. France  
 Roundtable discussion on competition, patent s and innovation of the Competition Committee 
of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 11 June, Paris 2009. 
 
30. Brazil  
 WIPO official participation in Seminar on Intellectual Property as a Tool for Economic 
Regulation, Rio de Janeiro –16 to 17 June 2009. 
 
III. ENFORCEMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES 
31. In the period under review, the enforcement-re lated activities of WIPO, guided by Strategic 
Goal VI of the WIPO Programme and Budget 2009  "International Cooperation on Building Respect 
for IP", and taking due account of the objectives a nd the substantive provisions of Part III of the 
TRIPS Agreement, aimed at facilitating informed polic y discussions at the international level, and at 
strengthening capacity in Member States for the effec tive enforcement of IP rights in the interest of 
social and economic development a nd consumer protection. As such, legal, strategic and technical 
assistance was provided, upon request, to Member St ates in formulating enforcement provisions in 
line with international obligations; in developing st rategic approaches aiming to effectively integrate 
intellectual property issues into national policies and programmes; in training officials attached to the 
relevant enforcement agencies to strengthen the na tional enforcement infrastructure and institutions; 
in securing right holder cooperation in the enforc ement process; and in raising public awareness on 
the negative socio-economic impact of counterfe iting and piracy while underscoring the growing 
number of health and safety concerns asso ciated with the trade in fake goods.   
32. In that context, WIPO organized, or participat ed in, the following regional, sub-regional and 
national meetings and seminars dedi cated to the enforcement of intellectual property rights, in close 
cooperation with Member States, other intergovern mental organizations and the private sector:  
Officer Training on IP Rights Enforcement in the Eu ropean region, organized by the US Patent and 
Trademark Office (USPTO), Budapest, 14-16 Octobe r 2008; Sub-regional Seminar, co-organized 
with the Peruvian Copyright Office (INDECOPI ) and the USPTO, on Border Enforcement of 
Intellectual Property Rights, Lima, 29-31 October 2008; Regional Conference on IP Enforcement in IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
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  the Digital Age, Cairo, 9-11 November 2008; Seminar on IP for Journalists (with a focus on IP 
enforcement), Geneva, 10-13 Novemb er 2008; Study visit by Students of the Geneva Master in 
International Dispute Settlement (MIDS), Geneva, 18 November 2008;  Sub-regional Symposium co-
organized with the USPTO on the Enforcement of IP Rights, Sofia, 27-28 November 2008;  Training programme, in co-operation with the Sudanese Cent er for Intellectual Property Studies, on IP for 
Small and medium-Sized Enterprises, Geneva, 200 8 November;  Regional Training, co-organized 
with the Japan Patent Office (JPO), on the Enforc ement of the IP Rights, Tokyo, 8-19 December 
2008;  WIPO Malaysian National Seminar on Count erfeit Medicines and Public Health, Kuala 
Lumpur, 22-23 December 2008;  Commonwealth Consultative meeting on Co-operation on the 
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, Belize City, 24-26 March 2009;  WIPO National 
Workshop for the Judiciary, Police and Customs on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, 
in co-operation with the State Agency on IP of the Republic of Moldova (AGEPI), Kishinev, 
7-8 April 2009; Consultation meeting on EC-WIPO Pr oject to determine the assistance required on 
enforcement by Bangladeshi author ities, Dhaka, 4-7 May 2009;  WIPO Conference on Enforcement 
of Copyright, in co-operation with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Abuja, 5-6 May 2009;  
Regional IP Enforcement Programme for Southern Africa, organized by the US Department of 
Commerce with the assistance of the USPTO and in co-operation with the South African Department 
of Trade and Industry, Cape Town, 13-15 May, 2009;  Seminar for Students from the Washington 
College of Law, Geneva, 5 June 2009;  Study vis it of Master of Trainers on Intellectual Property 
Enforcement from Vietnam, Geneva, 29 June 2009;   WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of IP, 
Geneva, 2 July 2009;  WIPO-APEC-ASEAN-USPTO Work shop on Effective Prac tices in the Border 
Enforcement of IP Rights, Honolulu, 20-23 Ju ly 2009;  Consultation meeting concerning the 
development of the WIPO tool on "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Countries in Transition", Vienna, 28 July 2009;  National Work shop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property 
Rights, organized by the US Department of Co mmerce under the initiative "Strengthening Intellectual 
Property Protection in Africa" (SIPPA), in co-ope ration with WIPO, the World Bank and the Ministry 
of Justice of Mozambique, Maputo, 9-11 Sept ember 2009; WIPO Inter-Regional Symposium on 
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, Sk opje, 5-6 October 2009;  WIPO-WTO Advanced 
Course on Intellectual Property for Government  Officials, Geneva, 5-9 October 2009.  
33. Next to these meetings and seminars, WIPO al so met, in the period under review, national 
policy makers
 to discuss IP enforcement related matters,  as follows: WIPO Study Visit by High Level 
Officials from Yemen, Geneva, 5 November 2008; WI PO Study Visit by High level Policy Makers 
from Afghanistan, Geneva, 20 November 2008; Study Visit from the State Administration of the 
Radio, Film and Television of China (SARFT), Ge neva, 28 April 2009;  Study Visit by High level 
Policy Makers from Nepal,  Geneva, 3-5 June 2009. 
34. In addition, in the framework of the mandate  of the Advisory Committee on Enforcement, 
WIPO continued its close co-operation with intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) and the privat e sector to fight counterfeiting and piracy, as 
follows:  Several meetings of the Global Congr ess on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy Steering 
Group for the preparation of the fifth Global C ongress, to be held in Cancun, Mexico, from 
1-3 December 2009;  16th meeting of the In terpol Intellectual Property Crime Action Group 
(IIPCAG), Rome, 29 October 2008; m eeting with the International Publishers Association (IPA), 
Geneva, 26 March 2009;  G8 Intellectual Pr operty Experts Group (IPEG) meeting, Rome, 
27-28 April, 2009; meetings of the OECD Adviso ry Group on Counterfeiting and Piracy on 5 May 
2009 and 2 October 2009, Paris; meetings of the IPR Business Partnership Group on 13 October 
2008, in London, on 17 June 2009, in Paris,  and on 9 October 2009, in Brussels. 
IV. COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT RELATED ACTIVITIES 
35. Work relating to collective management has b een carried out in close cooperation with the 
WIPO Regional Bureaus and in coordination w ith partner NGOs, such as the International  IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
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  Confederation of Societies of Authors and Com posers (CISAC), the International Federation of 
Reproduction Rights Organizations (IFRRO), the So cieties' Council for the Administration of 
Performers' Rights (SCAPR) and the Association of European Performers' Organizations (AEPO-
ARTIS). The agreements concluded with those or ganizations in the past years have facilitated 
exchange of information, organization of trai ning programmes, creation and strengthening of 
collective management organizations worldwide,  as well as a rational approach of cooperation 
avoiding duplication of activities and adding respec tive support to each other in order to obtain more 
positive results.  
 
36. The consolidation and reinforcement of coll ective management systems for copyright and 
related rights in developing countries were undert aken along the lines descr ibed in the Programme 
and Budget 2006-2007, and 2008-2009.  Apart from rein forcing existing societies, the need to attract 
other countries to create collective management organizations and to join the Caribbean Copyright 
Link (CCL) has been one of the objectives in the region.   In order to complete the analysis that led to 
the establishment of the CCL a few years ago, WI PO has initiated a "Study on the Feasibility of 
Establishing Collective Management Organizations  Administering Rights in Multiple Types of 
Subject Matter ("Multi-Disciplinary collective manage ment organizations") in Developing Countries".  
Such study responded to questions that decision-makers  rose in particular for small territories where a 
multi-disciplinary organization would be more viable than several collective management organizations for each category of works. In additi on, the Argentinean society SAVA (visual arts) was 
created in 2007 and has received in 2008 the govern mental authorization to officially start its 
activities.  The visual arts society in Gu atemala was also created during the period. 
37. During the period under consideration, the Progr amme responded to as ma ny Member States 
requests as possible, within the resources available. Examples of activities were:  
 - National Forum on Visual Arts and Collec tive Management (Mexico City, Mexico, April 
2008) organized by WIPO in cooperati on with the SOMAP and the CIAGP for 
associations, artists, users and public officials dealing with the subject 
  - National Seminar on Collective Manageme nt of Visual Arts, (Guatemala City, 
Guatemala, April 2008) organized by WIPO in cooperation with the IP Registry Intellectual Property Registry of Guatemala and the CIAGP for artists, users and public 
officials dealing with the subject. 
 
 - WIPO-Malaysia National Seminar on Collec tive Management of Copyright and Related 
Rights for Performers, (Kuala Lumpur, Mala ysia, August 2008) organized by WIPO in 
cooperation with the Intellectual Property Co rporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) and the 
assistance of the Performers and Artistes Rights (M) SDN.BHD (PRISM). 
 
 - Copyright International Seminar, (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 2008) organized by the 
Brazilian societies SOCINPRO, ABRAMUS, AMAR, SBACEM, SICAM, ABRAC in cooperation with the Escritorio Central de Arrecadacao e Distribucao (ECAD), ABDA, 
ABER, ABEM, WIPO, CISAC and FILAIE for artists, societies, users and public officials 
  Subject:  To deal with new challe nges in collective management in Brazil 
 
 - IV International Congress of the ABDA - The future of copyright:  The importance of 
Social and Cultural aspects of Intellectual Creations", (Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 2008) 
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   -  Collective Management Training in SUDEI (Montevideo, 15 October 2008) followed by 
Seminar-discussion on the Law Project "Performers status" (Montevideo, 16 October 2008) 
  Organized by SUDEI, with the cooperation of WIPO, AADI (Argentina) and 
SOCINPRO (Brazil) 
 
 -  Latin American Visual Arts Collective Management Society Training Courses in the 
VEGAP (Spain), 30 November to 5 December 2008.  Financing of the participation of 
staff from the Argentinean collective management society (SAVA). 
 
 - Training Course on Collective Management Performer's Intellectual Property Rights for 
New or Emerging Latin American Socie ties (Santiago, Chile, November, 2008) for 
participants from  Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil,  Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, 
Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,  Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, 
Peru, Republica Dominicana, Uruguay and Venezuela.  
 
V. COPYRIGHT IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT 
38. During the period under consideration, WIPO has undertaken several activities, designed to 
address issues that arise from the exercise of copyri ght in relation to emerging technologies.  WIPO 
has provided a balanced forum for discussion, and has been engaged in many awareness raising 
activities focused on many topics related to the envir onment of the Internet, such as the liability of 
Internet intermediaries.  A significant example of implementation of this strategy is the WIPO Asia-
Pacific Regional Symposium on Copyright and Rela ted Rights in the Digital Network Environment: 
User Generated Content (Jakarta, Indonesia), that, li ke other activities in the field, was a valuable 
opportunity to facilitate discussion on different appro aches to Internet intermediary issues that are 
proliferating worldwide, and secondarily, to examine whether there is a need for attention to these 
issues by policy makers at international level.  
39. WIPO promoted a number of activities to in form and survey, from a multi-stakeholder 
perspective, existing technologies for identifying di gital content, as well as the ways that digital 
identifiers can facilitate access to content, including content in the public domain or whose authorship 
is unidentifiable.  For example WIPO organized  a Workshop on Digital Identifiers and IPRs:  
Enabling Access to Content within the Internet Gove rnance Forum in Hyderabad (India).  The result 
achieved from activities in this area was not only a greater understanding of the role played by new 
technologies on access to creative content, but also an increased practical capacity to find solutions to 
the issues arising from the use and misuse of the Internet. 
40. WIPO has launched a series of regional seminars on software and IP, with participation of 
Governments and the software i ndustry and community in different regions of the world.  The 
objective of the Seminars is to provide crucial in formation to demonstrate how software can be a 
powerful tool for economic development in such areas as the business models and licensing; software 
development and standards; and the role of public au thorities in the field of software, including in the 
field of public procurement and the development of industry incubators.  With a practical approach 
the Seminars had showcased business experiences that  illustrate each of the issues under discussion. 
During the period , two Seminars have taken place:   WIPO Latin America and Caribbean Regional 
Seminar on Intellectual Property and Software in the XXI Century: Trends, Issues, Prospects, held in 
San Jose (Costa Rica); WIPO Sub-regional Roundtable on Emerging Issues of Copyright in the Software Industry held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).   
 
41. Since September 2006 WIPO has organized a num ber of national and regional seminars in 
Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America.  In preparing these events the WIPO  IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
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  Secretariat has followed a flexible and balan ced approach.  Depending on the circumstances and 
resources available WIPO has partnered with G overnments, trade unions and guilds, collective 
management organizations a nd organizations representing producers, performers and other 
stakeholders.  In all cases the Seminars had a practical  focus in areas that have a significant impact on 
the status and welfare of performers, such as the development of guilds and collective management, 
contractual relations and collective bargaining.  Tr ansfer of rights and remuneration systems, as well 
as legislative reform, featured among the issues that  received greater attention during the Seminars.  
The role of collective management organizations , guilds and producers was extensively debated as 
performers do not exercise their rights in an isolated manner but in the context of a creative industry where other stakeholders play a relevant role.  Wh ile the seminars aimed at facilitating the design of 
public policies and private initiatives having a favora ble impact on the status of actors they also 
opened a dialogue among stakeholders  and Governments, in regard the international protection of 
audiovisual performances.   
42. The following activities took place in the period concerned:  
 - IV International Forum on the Protection of Audiovisual Performers in Latin America, 
Santiago de Chili, 25 and 26 October 2007, or ganized by Corporación de Actores de 
Chile (CHILEACTORES);  Sociedad Chilena  del Derecho de Autor (SCD) Fundación 
Aisge and Artistas Intérpretes, Sociedad de Gestión (AISGE, Actors, Spain), in 
cooperation with the Government of Chili and WIPO.  
  - Training Course on Collective Management  Performers' Rights, Madrid (Spain), 
29 November to 5 December 2007, organized  in cooperation with the AIE (Music 
Performers, Spain) and with the assistance of FILAIE.  
  - WIPO Asia-Pacific Regional Symposium on Emerging Issues of Copyright and Related 
Rights in the Audiovisual Industry, Kathmandu (Nepal), 29 to 31 January 2008, 
organized in cooperation with the Nepal C opyright Registrar's Office, Ministry of 
Culture, Tourism and Civil Avia tion Government of Nepal, and with the assistance of the 
Japan Copyright Office (JCO).  
  -  WIPO Sub-Regional Symposium on th e Rights of Performers in the Digital 
Environment, Romania, 10 to 12 June 2008, organized in cooperation with Romanian 
Copyright Office (ORDA), and with the assistance of the Romanian Center for 
Performing Artists Rights Management (CREDIDAM).  
  -  WIPO National Symposium on Emerging Issu es of Copyright and Related Rights in the 
Film and Audiovisual Sector, Shanghai (Chi na), 16 and 17 June 2008, organized by the 
State Administration of Radio, Film and Te levision (SARFT) of China, in cooperation 
with WIPO and the Protection of Film Copyright Society of China. 
  -  WIPO Malaysia National Seminar on Coll ective Management of Copyright and Related 
Rights for Performers, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), 25 and 26 August 2008, jointly organized by WIPO and the Intellectual Pr operty Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO), 
with the assistance of the Performers and Artistes Rights (M) Sdn. Bhd. (PRISM).   
 
VI. COPYRIGHT LAW RELATED ACTIVITIES 
 -  WIPO Asia Pacific Regional Seminar on the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the 
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 
4 to 6 December 2007: 
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   -  WIPO National Seminar On Collective Mana gement of Copyright and Related Rights for 
Performers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 to 26 August 2008. 
 
 -  WIPO Regional Seminar on the Prom otion of the WCT and WPPT in Cairo in 
October 2008- Our Sector with the cooperation of the Technical Assistance and Capacity 
Building Bureau for Arab Countries, and the League of Arab States. 
 
VII. TRADEMARK RELATED ACTIVITIES 
43. According to Article 3 of the WIPO-WTO Agreement, the WIPO Secretariat administers the 
procedures for the implementation of Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention for the purposes of the 
TRIPS Agreement.  Thus, during the period under review, the WIPO Secretariat has transmitted a 
total number of 21 communications (i.e. nine requested by States and 12 by international 
intergovernmental organizations), cont aining a total number of 167 signs.   
44. The Paris Union Assembly at its 40
th Session, which took place in Geneva from 
22 September 2008 to 1 October 2008, d ecided to modernize the Article 6 ter procedure through the 
introduction of electronic means of communication.  Under the new publication procedure, individual 
communications of signs for which protection under Article 6 ter is requested by States and 
international intergovernmental or ganizations is replaced by a periodical electronic publication in the 
"6ter Express" database.  This publication is made on a semi-annual basis, on the last working day of 
the months of March and September according to  the WIPO calendar, starting on 31 March 2009.  
According to the decision of the Paris Union A ssembly, the above-mentioned 167 signs have been 
published in the "6ter Express" database and are available for downloading from the WIPO FTP 
server. 
VIII.  LIST OF ACTIVITIES ORGANI ZED IN THE AFRICAN REGION 
45. In the African region, activities were organized in compliance with the strategic objective of 
making intellectual property a tool for national deve lopment.  This was translated into specific 
programmes that included, inter-alia , legislative technical assistance, the formulation of IP 
development plans, policies and strategies to ensure  the integration of IP in development planning, 
general sensitization and/or specialized training works hops particularly in the area of patent drafting, 
technology transfer, licensing, IP enforcement, c opyright collective management business procedures, 
IP office automation, and the forging of partners hips with Sub-regional economic groupings in the 
context of multilateral trade and economic policy formulation at the regional level.  Activities 
undertaken during the period referred to herein are as follows: 
46. Legislative advice was provided to Botswana , Ethiopia, Ghana, Rwanda and the United 
Republic of Tanzania (Zanzibar).  In addition, WI PO attended a special session of Parliament to 
sensitize the lawmakers on industria l property and copyright legislation in Rwanda and undertook a 
joint ARIPO/WIPO advisory mission to Gambia. 
47. WIPO continued to assist in the elaboration of IP development plans, policies and strategies 
in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo,  Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, 
Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia.  Activities include consultations with vari ous stakeholders, needs 
assessments and, in some cases, training work shops which involved legal practitioners, senior 
government officials, public and private sector representatives, the academia and R&D institutions, 
officials from IP and CR collective administration. 
48. A special programme of assistance was fo rmulated for African Portuguese-Speaking 
Countries members of the Community of Portugue se-speaking Countries (CPLP) in the area of 
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  organizations.  A working document had been prev iously formulated and presented to the CPLP 
Secretariat and the Ministries in charge of the matte r in the respective countries.   A work plan for the 
implementation of the working document will be elaborated in 2009. 
49. To enable IP stakeholders, business and the cr eative communities, R&D institutions to benefit 
from the wealth of knowledge accessible through th e IP information system, the following IP/CR 
Offices in their capacity as IP service delivery centres have received data processing software and 
equipment to improve IP information processing a nd the administration of copyright and related 
rights: Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Cape Verde,  Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, 
Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Seychelles, South A frica, Togo, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia 
and Zimbabwe. Improvement and deployment of the AFRICOS and IPAS Software continue to 
feature predominantly in IT support activities, to improve service delivery capacity of IP Offices and 
CR collective management organisations (CMO) in Africa. 
50. An Inter-Regional Forum on Development and Service-Oriented Intellectual Property (IP) 
Administration was held at WIPO in Geneva, 1-2 July 2008.  The meeting aimed at addressing the 
development of service-oriented intellectual property (IP) administration for cultural and social 
development. 
51. A National Workshop on the Protection and Enforcement of IP Rights was organized in 
Kigali, on April 2008.  A Workshop on Challenges of Copyright Enforcement for East-African Countries Public Sector and Book Industry was held  in Tanzania, in April 2008.  A Sub-regional 
Seminar on the social and economic impact of infringement of Intellectual Property Rights in 
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 26 to  28 August 2008.  WIPO participated in the 
Sub-regional Workshop on enforcement for Afri can French-speaking countries was held in 
Cameroon, in December 2007.  A Training Progra mme was organized for officials from Kenya on 
law enforcement.  The aim of these activities w as to sensitize the enforc ement agents, the right 
holders and the public on issues of prot ection of IP, counterfeiting and piracy. 
52. WIPO continued to provide assistance in the elaboration of regional instruments for the 
protection of traditional knowledge and traditio nal cultural expressions and the implementing 
regulations.  It also facilitated the preparation for Member States' active participation in the Sessions 
of the Intergovernmental Committee on Traditiona l Knowledge, Folklore and Genetic Resources 
(IGC).  A WIPO-African Union (AU) Workshop on  Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and 
Folklore was organized in Chavannes-de-Bogis on 19 and 20 June 2008 to agree on a common African position with regard to critical issues to be discussed at the 13th session of the IGC.  The 
Workshop was followed by a Colloquium held in Du rban, South Africa where African experts were 
able to fine tune their position. 
53. A series of Regional and National Workshops on IP and Technology Management were 
organized for Universities and R&D Institutions with a view to increasing the use of the IP system in 
those institutions (International Colloquium on Inte llectual Property in the Knowledge Economy: A 
Challenge for Africa and its Diaspora, Ya oundé, Cameroon, from 7 to 9 October 2008. 
54. A 2
nd Forum on Cooperation with Portuguese-speaking countries in the field of industrial 
property was organized in Maputo, Mozambique on 28 and 29 April 2008 jointly with the National 
Institute of Industrial Property of Portugal (INP I) and the Government of Mozambique. The meeting 
was a follow up to the IP Conference for Ministers and a Preparatory Meeting of Heads of Industrial Property Offices which was organized jointly with  the Portuguese Ministry of the Economy and 
Innovation in Lisbon in 2006. 
55. At the invitation of the WTO, the Africa Bure au participated in a National Seminar on 
Intellectual Property and Competition Policy held in  Luanda, Angola on 14 and 15 February 2008 and IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
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  spoke on the protection of innovation through the patent system in addition to giving an update on the 
work of the IGC. 
56. Similarly, a number of general awareness rais ing meetings, seminars and training workshops 
were organized on intellectual property, comprising, inter alia , the international registration of 
industrial designs (Cameroun), geographical indicati ons (Burkina Faso, Cameroun, Côte d'Ivoire and 
Guinea), patent drafting (Côte d'Ivoire),  IP en forcement (Cameroun, Democratic Republic of Congo, 
Rwanda) as well as advisory missions, specialized trai ning or awareness raising on copyright and/or 
collective management of copyright and related ri ghts (Benin, Botswana, Cameroun, Côte d'Ivoire, 
Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Niger, United Republic of  Tanzania, Seychelles and Zambia) and to assess 
the needs of the member states in order to provide  them with a capacity building programme in line 
with their national priorities and needs (Angola, Comoros, Gabon, Guinea, Mali).  A regional training 
on copyright and reprography was organized jointl y with the African Regional Intellectual Property 
Organization (ARIPO).  
57. Support for the modernization of IP infrastru cture was provided to Angola, Cape Verde, 
Guinea Bissau, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles,  United Republic of Tanzania and Zanzibar. 
58. A WIPO mission was undertaken to the Secretariat of the East African Community (EAC) to 
discuss possible cooperation between WIPO and the EAC in the area of IP policy, legal and administrative framework harmonization for the EAC Member States. 
IX. LIST OF ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED BY THE WIPO ACADEMY 
59. In the area of Training and Human Resources Development, the WIPO Worldwide Academy 
(WWA) continued to organize specialized progra mmes for government officials, judges, customs 
officers, diplomats, university professors, students and young professionals, a nd heads of IP Offices 
during the period under review.   
60. In order to equip law enforcement officials w ith appropriate knowledge in the protection of 
intellectual property rights at nati onal and international le vels and their effective enforcement, an 
Academy on the Enforcement of Intellectual Propert y Rights and Capacity Building was organized in 
cooperation with USPTO in Washington , D.C., from July 27 -31, 2009.  
61. National Symposia on IP education, training and research to provide information on the 
concept of and international standards including  on the TRIPS agreement for the protection of 
intellectual property were organized in Luanda, Angola (2 to 5 December 2008) and in Kampala, 
Uganda (11 to 13 May 2009).   
62. In addition the following regional and interre gional symposia were organized: the WIPO-
ESCAP High-level Regional Round Table on Intell ectual Property and Trade in Ulaan Baatar, 
Mongolia (22 to 24 October 2008);  a WIPO Regi onal Colloquium on IP education, training and 
research was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka ( 24 to 26 November 2008); the two Interregional 
Intermediate Seminars organized in cooperation w ith partner institutions on Copyright and Related 
Rights (8-24 October 2008), and on Industrial Prop erty (10-26 June 2009); the Advanced Training 
Course on Industrial Property in the Global Ec onomy (6-24 April 2009) and the WIPO-Sida 
Advanced Training Course on Copyright in th e Global Economy (10-28 August 2009);  and the 
WIPO-Norcode Advanced Course on Management of  Copyright and Related Rights in the Global 
Economy organized jointly with the Norwegian Co pyright Development Association (Norcode) in 
Oslo, Norway (2-20 June), . 
63. Furthermore, the TRIPS Agreement and related issues were discussed in the context of the 
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  organized in Geneva (6-17 July 2009) and jointly with other partner institutions in Bangkok, Thailand 
(18-29 May 2009); Dubrovnik, Croatia (1-12 June 2009); Daejeon, Republic of Korea (22 June to 
3 July 2009); Odessa, Ukraine (20-31 July 2009) ; Mexico City, Mexico (3-14 August 2009); and 
Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation (17-28 August 2009). 
64. The WIPO Academy has been receiving particip ants in the Trade Policy Course organized by 
the WTO and briefing them on the international treaties administered by WIPO in the field of 
intellectual property. 
65. Taking into account the role of professors in teaching intellectual property, a joint WIPO-
WTO Colloquium on intellectual property (IP) for 22 teachers of IP from universities all over the 
world was held at the WIPO headquarters from 22 –26 June 2009, and at the WTO from 29 June – 
3 July 2009, to exchange information and expose participants to recent developments and policy 
issues under debate in the two organizations and to  update them on the activities and instruments of 
WIPO and the WTO (TRIPS Agreement, Paris and Be rn Convention etc).  In addition a joint WIPO-
WTO Advanced Course on IP was held on 5 and 6 October 2009 at the WIPO Headquarters and from 
7-9 October 2009 at the WTO (issues pertaining to the TRIPS Agreement, Paris and Berne 
Convention were presented and discussed). 
66. Following the annual study visits to WIPO hea dquarters by students who participate in the 
Master of Laws in IP jointly offered with the University of Turin, from 1-8 October 2009 students 
received lectures on IPRs and Public Health and IPRs and Economic Development citing the TRIPS 
agreement.  In addition from 11 August to 27 Nove mber 2009, during the teaching of the Masters in 
Intellectual Property offered jointl y by WIPO, ARIPO and Africa University students receive lectures 
on the TRIPS Agreements, Paris and Berne Conventions . 
X. LIST OF JOINT WIPO-WTO COOPERATION ACTIVITIES 
67. The WTO held three regular Trade Policy Courses held in Geneva during the reporting period 
(46th WTO Trade Policy Course from 15 September to 5 December 2008 for French-speaking 
countries;  47th WTO Trade Policy Course from 12 January to 3 April 2009 for English-speaking 
countries;  48th TPC for French-speaking countries from 20 April to 10 July 2009) that included a visit 
to WIPO, learning about that Organization, its conventions and activities.  
68. An important component of the activities carried  out in Geneva during the reporting period 
was the holding of the sixth joint WIPO-WTO Coll oquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property from 
Developing Countries from 22 June to 3 July 2009.  The main objectives of the Colloquium were to update university teachers of intellectual propert y in developing countries on the activities and 
instruments of WIPO and the WTO, and to provide  a forum for exchange of information and ideas 
between the teachers and the two Secretariats on these matters.  Emphasis was put on recent developments and on policy issues under debate in  the two Organizations.  The Colloquium also 
provided an opportunity for an exchange of view s on teaching methodologies and on the outsourcing 
of technical cooperation.  One week of the Coll oquium took place at the WIPO Worldwide Academy 
and the other at the WTO.  The joint WIPO-WTO Colloquium on intellectual property was organized 
for 21 teachers of intellectual property from universities, 20 were from developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and one was from a developed country.  The professors were 
from the following countries: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Belarus, Botswana, Brazil, Cameroon, 
China, Chile, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, 
Nigeria, Philippines, South Africa, Thailand and Ukraine.  In addition to speakers from the two 
Secretariats and from the WHO and the UPOV, several Geneva-based delegates as well as 
representatives from industry and NGOs shared views on certain topical issues under discussion or negotiation.  Participating uni versity teachers also made presentations on selected topics. IP/C/W/541/Add.1 
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  69. In addition, WIPO and the WTO organized thei r first joint WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on 
intellectual property.  The advanced course was held in Geneva at WIPO headquarters on 5 and 
6 October 2009 and at WTO headquarters from 7 to 9 October 2009.  Twenty-four government 
officials from developing countries, least-developed c ountries; countries with economies in transition; 
developed countries and from the European Union participated in the first joint WIPO-WTO 
Advanced Course on IP.  Participants were from the following countries:  Albania, Argentina, 
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Colombia, Co sta Rica, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, 
Germany, Jordan, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambi que, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Sri 
Lanka and the European Union.  The objectives of the course were to update the government officials 
on the activities and instruments of the WIPO and the WTO and to provide a forum for exchange of 
information and ideas between them and the two secretariats on recent developments and policy 
issues under debate in the two organizations.  Th e programme of the course addressed a range of 
topics, including: an overview of international po licy and law in intellectual property; the negotiating 
background of the TRIPS Agreement and an  overview on subsequent developments; 
intellectual property and economic development; th e WIPO development agenda; overviews of the 
current international landscape in copyrights, tradem arks,  industrial designs, geographical indications 
and patents; WTO Dispute Settlement and TRIPS;  IP Global issues; TRIPS and public health; 
innovation and intellectual property; intellectual prope rty and genetic resource s, traditional knowledge 
and folklore; the relationship between the TR IPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological 
Diversity; and enforcement of intellectual property rights 
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