WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
7 December 2007 
 (07-5437) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects 
of Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES: 
INFORMATION FROM MEMBERS  
 
UNITED STATES 
 
Addendum  
  
 The following communication, dated 15 October 2007, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of the United States.  It was ci rculated as an advance copy at the October 2007 
meeting.   
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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 2006 to 30 September 2007.  Further information is av ailable on the website of the Intellectual Property 
Rights Training Program Database:  http://www.training.ipr.gov. IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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TRAINING DATE T ITLE  C OUNTRIES  S PONSOR  S YNOPSIS /COMMENTS  
28-29  Sep. 2007 Location:  Guatemala City, Guatemala 
Training Recipient:  Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts 
This was the inaugural event which is part of a 6-part programme to train new Guatemalan 
judges on intellectua l property issues.  Course on 
Intellectual 
Property Rights 
for Judges Guatemala USPTO 
Additional sponsors include:  American 
Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala and the 
Judicial School 
18-21 Sep. 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
other enforcement official s, Prosecutors, Judges 
- civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts. 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Enforcement Academy provides IPR 
enforcement training to foreign judges, 
prosecutors, customs officials, police, and others involved in enforcing intellectual property 
rights.  USPTO GIPA 
Enforcement of IPR Program Chile 
China Guatemala 
India 
Kuwait Lebanon 
Lithuania 
Peru Philippines 
Ukraine 
Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
17-21 Sep. 2007  Location:  Miami and New York 
Training Recipient:  Customs officials 
Roundtable discussions on best practices for 
border enforcement;  site visits to port and 
warehouse in Miami and New York;  meetings with copyright and trademark industry 
representatives for product identification 
training.  DR-CAFTA 
Roundtable on 
Border Enforcement of 
IPR Costa Rica  
Dominican 
Republic  El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Honduras  Nicaragua  
United States USPTO 
Contact:  Jacqueline Morales, Attorney-Advisor, 
Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, USPTO, 571-272-9300.  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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11-14 Sep. 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials. 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) Enforcement Academy provides IPR training to foreign judges, prosecutors, customs 
officials, police and others involved in enforcing 
intellectual property rights.  USPTO GIPA 
Trademarks  Madrid Protocol 
Program Armenia 
Aruba Brazil 
Canada 
Czech Republic 
Ecuador 
Egypt 
India 
Jordan Lebanon 
Lithuania 
Malaysia Mauritius 
Morocco 
Nigeria Peru 
Philippines 
Romania Swaziland 
Tanzania 
Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
4-6 Sep. 2007 Location:  Munich, Germany 
Training Recipient:  Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts 
Workshop for judges on intellectual property rights.  Judicial 
Workshop on 
IPR Czech 
Republic  
Egypt  
Estonia  Finland  
Germany  
Jordan  
Lebanon  
Lithuania  Portugal  
Spain 
Turkey  Yemen USPTO 
Additional sponsors:  EPO, George Washington 
University. 
6-10 Aug. 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
other enforcement official s, Prosecutors, Judges 
- civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts. 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) Enforcement Academy provides IPR 
training to foreign judges, prosecutors, customs officials, police and others involved in enforcing 
intellectual property rights.  USPTO GIPA 
Enforcement of IPR Program Albania 
Azerbaijan Croatia 
Egypt 
Kazakhstan Malaysia 
Ukraine 
Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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6-9 Aug. 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Copyright officials 
The Global IP Academy (GIPA) provides IP 
training to leadership of industrial property 
offices, patent and trademark examiners, and 
other IP experts.  The subject of this programme is copyrights.  The programme includes training 
on copyright law.  USPTO GIPA 
Copyright Program Azerbaijan 
Botswana Brazil 
China 
Egypt Jordan 
Kuwait 
Lao PDR 
Lebanon 
Nepal Nigeria 
Pakistan 
Philippines Russian 
Federation 
Swaziland Chinese Taipei 
Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Susan Anthony and Ann Chaitovitz, 
Office of International Relations, USPTO, (703)305-9300, Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
23-27 July 2007 Location:  Vera Cruz, Manzanillo 
Training Recipient:  Copyright officials, 
Trademark officials, Poli ce, Customs officials, 
Prosecutors  Customs-to-
Customs Best IP Practices Mexico DOJ 
The Department of Justice, in cooperation with 
the US Embassy, and US Department of 
Homeland Security and with leading support 
from the World Customs Organization, conducted a five-day trai ning course July 23-27 
on protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) 
for 53 Mexican customs and law enforcement 
officials in the most technologically advanced 
port of Mexico, the Port of Veracruz.  This was the first time that the WCO assisted in such role. 
This course focused on how to identify and 
interdict the importation of pirated and counterfeit goods, and to follow the seizures of 
such goods with appropriate administrative 
actions and criminal investigations.  It emphasized the importance of a coordinated 
inter-agency approach to combat the 
phenomenon of copyright and trademark infringement, and included a number of practical 
exercises, such as the real-time targeting of 
inbound containers that had recently arrived in Veracruz.  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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9-13 July 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Patent officials, Legal 
professionals, other 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) Program designed for foreign 
government officials with some intellectual 
property knowledge in agencies affiliated with intellectual property, environment, and 
agriculture.  USPTO GIPA 
Patent:  TK-GR Policy and 
Practice Bolivia 
Canada Cote d'Ivoire 
Indonesia 
Kenya Lesotho 
Lithuania 
Malaysia 
Mexico 
Papua New Guinea 
Qatar 
Singapore Chinese Taipei 
Tajikistan 
Thailand Tunisia 
Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
29 June 2007  Location:  Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 
Training Recipient:  Customs officials 
Seventy officers from Guangdong Customs unit received training in the recognition of pirate 
music products.  Identification of 
pirate music products China IFPI & DOS 
Training organized in conjunction with 
Guangdong Customs and US Consulate. 
26-28 June 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials, Judges - civil/administrative courts 
This enforcement pr ogramme focuses on 
trademark and border enforcement.  The Global Intellectual Property A cademy (GIPA) provides 
IP training to leadership of industrial property 
offices, patent and trademark examiners, and other IP experts.  USPTO 
GIPA/MEPI 
Enforcement Program Morocco USPTO 
Co-sponsored by MEPI Contact:  Darren 
Pogoda, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, (703) 
305-9300, Barbara McCaffrey at Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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18-29 June 2007  Location:  Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, 
Capetown (SA) 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
Revenue (Tax) officials, Organized crime task 
force members, other enforcement officials, 
Prosecutors, Trade officials  Investigative 
Skills for IP Crimes - South 
Africa South Africa DOJ 
The Department of Justice organized with the 
cooperation of the Department of Homeland 
Security (ICE) and US Embassy in South Africa, 
four two-day workshops on advanced investigative techniques for IPR crimes for 
South African enforcemen t officials in each of 
the major cities.  The conferences were attended 
by 250 SAG officials from eight of SA's nine 
regions, and included prosecutors, commercial crime police investigators, customs' anti-
smuggling units, customs' border officials, and 
Department of Trade and Industry's IPR Enforcement Division investigators.  In addition, 
three SAG participants attended all four sessions 
to become "trainers" for future on-going workshops.  The course was successful in raising 
awareness as to the seriousness of IPR crimes, 
providing detailed investigative techniques for handling IPR cases from inception through 
prosecution, engendering cooperation among the 
respective SAG agencies, and promoting good relations between IPR interest groups and SAG 
officials. 
11-15 June 2007 Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
other enforcement official s, Prosecutors, Judges 
- civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal 
courts 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) Enforcement Academy provides IPR 
enforcement training to foreign judges, 
prosecutors, customs officials, police and others 
involved in enforcing intellectual property 
rights.  USPTO-WIPO 
GIPA 
Enforcement of IPR Program Bahamas 
Belarus 
Brazil Egypt 
Hungary 
Jordan Malaysia 
Mexico 
Peru USPTO 
Co-Sponsor:  WIPO  
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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5-8 June 2007  Location:  Kenya 
Training Recipient:  other 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) programme provides intellectual 
property (IP) training to leaders of industrial 
property offices, patent and trademark examiners, and other IP experts.  This 
programme covers plant variety protection.  The 
programme includes training on the basic 
requirements for compliance with the standards 
of the UPOV Convention.  USPTO GIPA 
Patents Program in Kenya Botswana  
Burundi  Ghana  
Lesotho  
Madagascar  Mauritius  
Mozambique  
Namibia  
Tanzania  
United States  Zambia  
Zimbabwe USPTO 
Co-Sponsored by UPOV (the International 
Union for the Protection of New Variety of Plants), and the Kenyan Plant Health 
Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) Contact:  
Barbara McCaffrey at Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
5-8 June 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  other 
The programme subject matter is trademarks with a particular focus on trademark examination.  The USPTO's goals for the 
programme include:  fostering better 
understanding of international intellectual property obligations and norms;  introducing the 
US system as an example of providing TRIPs-
level protection for trademarks;  and promoting discussion of trademark examination matters in a 
friendly and supportive environment with the 
use of case studies as examples.  USPTO GIPA 
Trademarks Program Albania  
Azerbaijan  Bosnia-
Herzegovina 
Bulgaria  Czech 
Republic  
Ecuador  Guinea  
Honduras  
Hungary  Jordan  
Lesotho  
Malaysia  Mexico  
Mongolia  
Mozambique  Peru  
Philippines  
Slovenia USPTO 
Contact Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
21-22 May 2007  Location:  Cuidad del Este, Paraguay 
Training Recipient:  Customs officials 
Roundtable on IPR Board Enforcement.  Roundtable on 
IPR Border 
Enforcement Argentina  
Brazil  
Paraguay USPTO & 
DOS 
Additional Sponsor:  US Embassy in Paraguay 
Contact:  Jacqueline Morales, Office of 
Enforcement, USPTO, 571-272-9300. IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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23-24 May 2007  Location:  Banska, Bystrica, Slovakia 
 Training Recipient:  Trademark officials, Police, 
Customs officials, Reve nue (Tax) officials, 
Administrative officials 
  Workshop for border and market inspection 
officers on the enfor cement of intellectual 
property. 
  Workshop IPR-
Border and Market 
Enforcement Slovak 
Republic  United 
Kingdom  
United States USPTO 
Additional Sponsors:  UK IP Office, and 
Industrial Property Office of the Slovak 
Republic Contact:  Mi chael Smith, Office of 
Enforcement, USPTO, 571-272-9300. 
14-25 May  2007 Location:  See Comments 
Training Recipient:  Police, Administrative 
officials, other enforcement officials, Prosecutors, Judges - civil/administrative courts, 
Judges - criminal courts 
USPTO Global IP Academy capacity-building programme and study tour entitled "Current 
Trends in the Prosecu tion and Enforcement of 
Intellectual Property Rights."  US Study Tour 
for Vietnamese 
Judges and 
Prosecutors Viet Nam USPTO 
Location of Programmes, Washington, DC;  
New York, NY;  Memphis, TN;  San Francisco 
& Sillicon Valley, CA;  and Los Angeles, CA. 
Additional Sponsor:  STAR-Viet Nam Contact: 
Kristine.Schlegelmilch@uspto.gov or 
Peter.Fowler@uspto.gov 
8-10 May 2007  ICE/IPR 
Center & 
USCC Location:  San Salvador, El Salvador 
 Training Recipient:  Cu stoms officials, other 
enforcement officials, Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts  IPR Training 
Conference Belize  
Costa Rica  
El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Honduras  Nicaragua  
Panama 
  80 prosecutors, judges and other law 
enforcement officials from 7 countries 
participated in the training programme offered 
by government official s and private sector 
representatives. 
7-8 May 2007  Location:  Khabarovsk, Russia 
Training Recipient:  Cu stoms officials, other 
enforcement officials, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Commerce officials, Legal professionals, Right holder groups 
Regional border enfo rcement workshop in 
Khabarovsk, Russia for the frontline customs 
officials.  US-Russian Fed. 
Workshop on 
Border Enforcement Russian 
Federation USPTO & 
DOS 
Contact:  Maria Lamm, Office of Enforcement, 
USPTO, (571)272-9300.  Additional Sponsor: 
DOS/Int'l Narcotics & Law Enf. Bureau  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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30 Apr. – 4 May 
2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
other enforcement official s, Prosecutors, Judges 
- civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal 
courts 
Programme on IPR enforcement for 26 judges 
from Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria.  USPTO GIPA 
Enforcement of IPR Program Algeria  
Morocco  Tunisia USPTO 
Co-sponsor:  MEPI Contact:  Darren Pogoda, 
Office of Enforcement, USPTO, (703)305-9300, 
Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
23 Apr. 2007 Location:  Guatemala City, Guatemala 
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials 
Provided trademark examination on sound and 
scent marks to Guatemala's Intellectual Property 
Office.  Sound and Scent 
Trademark 
Examination 
Training Guatemala USPTO 
Contact:  John Rodriguez, Office of 
International Relations, USPTO, 571-272-9300. 
17-20 Apr. 2007  Location:  Belmopan, Belize 
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials 
Provided trademark examination training to 
Belize's Intellectual Prop erty Office (BELIPO)  Trademark 
Examination for BELIPO Belize USPTO 
Additional Sponsor:  WIPO Contact:  John 
Rodriguez, Office of International Relations, 
USPTO, 571-272-9300. 
16-18 Apr. 2007  Location:  Guatemala City, Guatemala 
Training Recipient:  Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal 
courts 
Intellectual property rights workshop for judges 
and prosecutors.  IPR Enforcement 
Workshop El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Honduras USPTO 
Additional sponsor:  SIECA Contact:  
Jacqueline Morales, Office of Enforcement, 
USPTO, 571-272-9300. 
11-13 Apr. 2007  Location:  San Juan, Costa Rica 
Training Recipient:  Prosecutors, Judges - civil/administrative courts and criminal courts. 
Intellectual property rights enforcement 
workshop for judges and prosecutors.  IPR Enforcement 
Workshop Costa Rica  
Nicaragua  
Panama USPTO 
Additional Sponsor:  SIECA Contact:  
Jacqueline Morales, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, 571-272-9300. IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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28-30 Mar. 2007  Location:  Yogyakarta, Java 
Training Recipient:  Copyright officials, 
Trademark officials, Police, Administrative 
officials, Commerce officials, Economy 
officials. 
Principal sponsor DOJ's ICITAP on behalf of the 
National IPR Task Force of Indonesia.  Input 
from IFPI (also on behalf of ASIRI,) MIAP (IP rights holders associa tion,) Intel Corporation 
representatives, Pharmaceutical company reps, 
Local Software producers and MDTCA of 
Malaysia.  IPR protection & 
Investigation Indonesia IFPI & DOJ 
Three day seminar and workshop with input 
from neighboring country. 
27-30 Mar. 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
other enforcement official s, Prosecutors, Judges 
- civil/administrative courts and criminal courts. 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) Enforcement Academy provides IPR enforcement training to foreign judges, 
prosecutors, customs officials, police, and others 
involved in enforcing intellectual property rights.  USPTO GIPA 
Enforcement of 
IPR Program Armenia  
Brunei  
Bulgaria  Cambodia  
Cameroon  
Estonia  
Jordan  
Kazakhstan  Korea  
Lao PDR  
Lithuania  Malaysia  
Moldova  
Nigeria  Oman  
Pakistan  
Peru  Philippines  
Saudi Arabia  
Thailand  Turkey  
United States  
Viet Nam USPTO 
Cosponsors:  ASEAN and WIPO Countries  
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
20-21 Mar. 2007  Location:  Kaliningrad, Russia 
Training Recipient:  Cust oms officials, Industry 
officials (i.e., Ministry of), Legal professionals, Right holder groups 
The workshops focused on challenges and 
procedural aspects of en forcement of IPR at the 
border and included region-specific case studies and practical exercises.  Workshop on 
Border 
Enforcement of 
IPR Russian 
Federation USPTO 
Additional Sponsor:  Russian Federal Customs 
Service Contact:  Marina Lamm and Todd 
Reves, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, 571-
272-9300.  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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12-16 Mar. 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Patent officials, Legal 
professionals, other 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Programme:  Patents TK/GR Policy & 
Practice, Biotech/Pharmaceutical Practice.  These programmes are designed for foreign 
government officials with some intellectual 
property knowledge in agencies affiliated with 
intellectual property, environment, and 
agriculture.  USPTO GIPA 
Patents TK/GR Policy & 
Practice Algeria  
Egypt  Gambia  
Ghana  
Jordan  Mauritius  
Mexico  
Moldova  
Nigeria  
Oman  Swaziland  
Tanzania  
Tunisia  Turkey  
Zambia USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
27-28 Feb. 2007  Location:  Bangkok, Thailand 
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials, 
Administrative officials,  Commerce officials, 
Culture officials, Economy officials, Industry 
officials (i.e., Ministry of ), Trade officials, other 
executive branch officials,  Right holder groups, 
other, Academics 
Workshop to convey the advantages of GI protection through the trademark system;  
discuss economic benefits of promoting and 
protecting GIs, particularly, to SMEs;  and share 
GI protection systems of ASEAN countries.  ASEAN-USPTO 
Geographical 
Indications (GI) 
Workshop Australia  
Brunei  
Cambodia  
Indonesia  Lao PDR  
Malaysia  
Philippines  Singapore  
Thailand  
Viet Nam USPTO 
Additional Sponsor:  ASEAN Secretariat 
Contact:  Susan Tong, Office of International Relations, 571-272-9300. 
19-21 Feb. 2007  Location:  Cairo and Alexandria, Egypt 
Training Recipient:  Copyright officials, 
Trademark officials, Pate nt officials, Commerce 
officials, Legal professionals, Right holder groups, Academics  Seminar on IP in 
the Global Marketplace Egypt USPTO, 
DOS, DOC, Copyright 
Office 
Three one-day long programmes covering basis 
principles of intellectual property protection were organized and hosted by the US Embassy 
in Cairo and the US Commercial Service, with a 
prominent role in this regard being played by the new IPR Attaché in Cairo, Ms. Minna Moezie.  
Two of the programmes took place in Cairo and 
the final programme took place in Alexandria. 
Conference attendees included a mix of 
government officials, industry representatives (including IPR owners), the Alexandria 
Chamber of Commerce and members of the 
academic community.  The total number of attendees at all three events was approximately 
150. IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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    Additional Sponsors:  US Commercial Service 
and US Copyright Office Contact:  Darren Pogoda, Office of Enforcement, USPTO, 571-
272-9300. 
12-16 Feb. 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Patent officials, Legal professionals, other 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) Program to con centrate on advanced 
patent law and procedures.  USPTO GIPA 
Advanced Patent 
Law & Prosecution Albania  
Bangladesh  
Brazil  Bulgaria  
Costa Rica  
Czech Republic  
Egypt  
El Salvador  Ethiopia  
Georgia  
Hungary  Jordan  
Lebanon  
Malaysia  Nepal  
Nigeria  
Oman  
Peru  
Philippines  Romania  
Saudi Arabia  
Seychelles  Singapore  
Slovenia  
Spain  Tanzania  
Tunisia  
Ukraine  UAE  
Uruguay  
Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
7-9 Feb. 2007 Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
other enforcement official s, Prosecutors, Judges 
- civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) Enforcement Academy Program 
providing IPR enfor cement training for 
individuals involved in enforcing intellectual 
property rights.  USPTO GIPA 
IPR Enforcement Program - Latin 
America Brazil  
Costa Rica  Dominican 
Republic  
Ecuador  El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Honduras  Mexico  
Panama  
Paraguay  Peru USPTO 
Co-sponsor:  SIECA Contact:  Barbara 
McCaffrey at Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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23-27 Jan. 2007  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Copy right officials, Legal 
professionals, other 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy seminar concentrating on advanced copyright 
law as applied in the digital environment.  USPTO GIPA 
Copyrights in the Digital Age 
Program Australia  
Brazil  Bulgaria  
Costa Rica  
Czech Republic  
Egypt  
El Salvador  
Estonia  
Fiji  Hungary  
Jordan  
Lesotho  Lithuania  
Madagascar  
Malaysia  Mexico  
Moldova  
Nigeria  Peru  
Spain  
Sri Lanka  Tajikistan  
Thailand  
Turkey  Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
17-18 Jan. 2007 Location:  Tallinn, Estonia 
Training Recipient:  Copy right officials, Police, 
Revenue (Tax) officials, Administrative officials, other enforcement officials, 
Prosecutors, Judges - civil/administrative courts, 
Judges - criminal courts, Culture officials, Industry officials (i.e.,  Ministry of), other 
executive branch officials, Legal professionals, 
Right holder groups, Academics 
Workshop for police, prosecutors and judges.  Criminal 
Enforcement of 
IPR Estonia  
Finland  
United 
Kingdom  United States USPTO & 
DOS 
Conference Organizers:  US Embassy Tallinn 
and USPTO IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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8-12 Jan. 2007 Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
other enforcement official s, Prosecutors, Judges 
- civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) enforcement academy programme 
provides IPR enforcemen t training to foreign 
judges, prosecutors, cust oms officials, police and 
others involved in enforcing intellectual property 
rights.  USPTO GIPA 
Enforcement of IPR Program Bahamas  
Bulgaria  Cameroon  
Egypt  
Hungary  Kenya  
Korea  
Kuwait  
Lesotho  
Lithuania  Malaysia  
Morocco  
Nepal  Nigeria  
Peru  
Serbia-Montenegro  
Sri Lanka  
Swaziland  United Arab 
Emirates  
Viet Nam  Zambia USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
Between 1 Jan. and 31 Dec.2007 DOS & Location:  Brazil 
 USPTO Training Recipient:  Prosecutors, Judges - 
criminal courts 
 Brazil Judges 
and Prosecutors Brazil 
 USPTO, working closely with Embassy Brasilia, 
delivered two 3-day training and technical 
assistance programmes on prosecution and punishment of IPR crimes to target audience of 
senior Brazilian judges and prosecutors. 
From 1 Jan. to DOJ & Location:  CAFTA-DR nations 
DOS Training Recipient:  Cu stoms officials, Judges - 
criminal courts 31 Dec. 2007 CAFTA-DR Costa Rica  
Dominican 
Republic  
El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Honduras  Nicaragua   The Department of Justice, working closely with 
US Missions in the region and the USG 
interagency community, delivered the second year of a comprehensive 2-year capacity 
building programme on IPR enforcement for 
judges and customs officials of the CAFTA-DR 
nations (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, 
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic) to help them meet the IPR protection requirements 
of the CAFTA-DR Free Trade Agreement. 
Between 1 Jan. 
and 31 Dec.2007 DOS & Location:  Colombia 
 Colombia Judges 
and Prosecutors Colombia 
USPTO Training Recipient:  Prosecutors, Judges - 
criminal courts  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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     USPTO, working with Embassy Bogota, 
delivered training to senior Colombian judges and prosecutors in combating IPR crime to help 
strengthen Colombian enforcement of its 
commitments under the February 2006 US-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.  The 
training was also designed to complement the 
WIPO plan to modernize Colombia's IP 
infrastructure. 
From 1 Jan. to  DOS & Location:  India 
USPTO Training Recipient:  Prosecutors, Judges - 
criminal courts 31 Dec. 2007 Indian Customs 
and Border Officials India 
  USPTO, working with Embassy New Delhi's 
new IPR attaché, delivered the second year of a 
two-year series of "train-the-trainer" workshops 
on combating IPR crime to an audience of key 
Indian judges and prosecutors.  The programme 
is specifically designed to follow through on 
DOJ's initial 2005 efforts and mesh with a long-term USG effort to assist India in building its 
IPR enforcement capacity. 
From 1 Jan. to  Location:  Paraguay 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
Prosecutors 31 Dec. 2007 Paraguay - 
Special Unit and Data Center Paraguay DOS 
This is the third year of support by Department 
of State, through Embassy Asuncion, to assist 
the Government of Paraguay in establishing an 
IPR Statistics Center and a special enforcement unit. 
Between 1 Jan. 
and 31 Dec.2007  DOJ & Location:  Nigeria 
DOS Training Recipient:  Prosecutors  Nigeria - Prosecutors Nigeria 
  US Department of Justice, working with 
Embassy Abuja and the US interagency law 
enforcement community, de livered a series of 
"train-the-trainer" workshops for one hundred 
selected Nigerian prosecutors in the 
investigation and prosecution of IPR crime. 
Between 1 Jan. and 31 Dec.2007
 DOJ & Location:  South Africa 
DOS Training Recipient:  Prosecutors, Judges - 
criminal courts  South Africa - 
Judges and 
Prosecutors South Africa 
  US Department of Justice, working with 
Embassy Pretoria and USG interagency TDY teams, delivered an assessment and follow-up 
training to South African judges and prosecutors 
focusing on optical media piracy. IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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Between 1 Jan. 
and 31 Dec.2007  Location:  Kiev, Ukraine 
 Ukraine - Forensics for OD Piracy 
Enforcement Ukraine DOS 
Training Recipient:  Police  
Working with the existing ICITAP advisory 
team, Embassy Kiev provided the Ukrainian 
Ministry of Internal Affairs and State 
Department of Intellectual Property with 
forensic equipment (and training in its use) to help enforce the laws agai nst optical disc piracy. 
From 1 Jan. to  ICE & Location:  ASEAN Member States 
USPTO Training Recipien t:  Customs officials 31 Dec. 2007 ASEAN - 
Customs and Border Officials Brunei  
Burma  Cambodia  
Indonesia  
Lao PDR  
Malaysia  
Philippines  Singapore  
Thailand  
Viet Nam   The US Patent and Tr ademark Office, working 
with US Missions and USG enforcement 
partners, and in particular the US Department of 
Homeland Security, delivered a two-year 
programme focused on building special IPR 
enforcement units  for the customs and border 
agencies at key HQs, ports and border cities of 
ASEAN member nations. 
Between 1 Jan. 
and 31 Dec.2007  DOJ & Location:  Indonesia 
DOS Training Recipient:  Po lice, Customs officials, 
Prosecutors  Indonesia - Prosecutors Indonesia 
  The US Resident Legal Advisor coordinated, in 
consultation with Indonesian officials and other 
members of the USG interagency and Mission 
enforcement teams, tr aining and technical 
assistance in combating IPR crime for a target 
audience of Indonesian prosecutors, police and 
border and customs officials. 
Between 1 Jan. 
and 31 Dec.2007  Location:  People's Republic of China 
Training Recipient:  Right holder groups  People's Republic of 
China - Rights 
Holders China DOS 
Embassy Beijing, working with the USG 
enforcement community and PRC enforcement 
officials, held a series of  seminars to educate US 
and Chinese rights holders on how best to 
defend their interests in PRC courts. 
Between 1 Jan. 
and 31 Dec.2007  DOS & Location:  Russian Federation 
USPTO Training Recipient:  Police, Customs officials  Russian 
Federation Russian 
Federation 
  US Embassy Moscow and the US Patent and 
Trademark Office, wo rking with Russian 
Federation enforcement official, held a series of joint US-Russian training sessions on IPR 
criminal enforcement for an audience of Russian 
customs and border officials.  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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11-13 Dec. 2006  Location:  Gaborone, Botswana 
Training Recipient:  Copy right officials, Culture 
officials, Trade offici als, Journalists, Right 
holder groups, Academics, Revenue (Tax) officials, Administrativ e officials, Commerce 
officials, Economy offici als, Industry officials 
(i.e., Ministry of), Legislators, Legal 
professionals, other 
USPTO (Office of Enforcement) and the IIPI 
completed a three day IPR programme to establish a National Collection Society and 
Strengthening the Culture Industries.  This 
programme focuses on helping essentially a royalty collection society -- that, once up and 
running, will work to ensure that artists are 
appropriately compensated when their copyrighted works are used, displayed or 
performed.  Formation of such a society was 
recently envisioned and called for in soon to be passed amendments to Botswana's copyright law 
-- this was a major impetus for this programme.  Establishing a 
National Collecting 
Society Botswana IIPI & 
USPTO 
Contact:  Darren Pogoda, USPTO, 571-272-
9300.  Additional sponsors:  Botswana Musician's Union, Botswana Register of 
Companies.  Additional Training Recipients: 
Writers, musicians, artists. 
6-8 Dec. 2006 Location:  Miami, Florida 
Training Recipient:  Judges - civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts 
Capacity building for judges on IPR 
enforcement, with a focus on the Dominican 
Republic-Central American Free Trade 
Agreement.  USPTO/SIECA 
IPR Enforcement 
Seminar for 
Judiciary Costa Rica  
Dominican 
Republic  
El Salvador  
Guatemala  
Honduras  Nicaragua  
Panama 
Mexico USPTO, 
DOS & DOJ 
Additional Sponsor:  SIECA Contact:  
Jacqueline Morales, USPTO, Office of Enforcement, 571-272-9300. 
5-8 Dec. 2006  Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials, Patent officials, other  USPTO GIPA 
Trademarks 
Program Belize  
Brazil  
Canada  China  
Croatia  
Egypt  El Salvador  
Iraq  USPTO 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy 
(GIPA) Program provided training to leaders of industrial property offices, patent and trademark 
examiners, and other IP experts. IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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  Malaysia  
Mauritius  Mexico  
Mozambique  
Nepal  Peru  
Serbia-
Montenegro  
Swaziland  
United Arab Emirates  
Viet Nam  Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
4-8 Dec. 2006 Location:  Gaborone and Francistown 
(Botswana) 
Training Recipient:  Poli ce, Customs officials, 
Organized crime task force members, other enforcement officials, Prosecutors  Investigative 
Skills for IP 
Crimes Botswana DOJ 
The Department of Justice organized (with the 
cooperation of the Department of Homeland 
Security (ICE)) a series of two workshops for Police Officers, Prosecutors, and a few Customs 
officers.  The workshop focused on best 
practices to investigate a criminal IP case.  This was the first event that the Department of Justice 
organized in Southern Africa.  The workshops 
took place in the two biggest cities of Botswana, Gaborone and Francistown.  Law enforcement 
from the different regions and border posts of 
Botswana were represented.  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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  TRAINING DATE T ITLE  C OUNTRIES  S PONSOR  S YNOPSIS /COMMENTS  
27 Nov. - 1 Dec. 
2006 Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Patent officials, Legal 
professionals, other 
USPTO Global Intellectual Property Academy (GIPA) Program geared to foreign governmental officials in the area of in dustrial designs.  This 
programme provided the opportunity for 
participants to learn from and interact with US 
Government officials responsible for patent 
examination procedure and policy.  Programme also provided the opportunity to interact with 
each other and build relationships with 
counterparts from other countries.  USPTO GIPA 
Patents Protection of 
Industrial Design Algeria  
Australia  Bahrain  
Canada  
Costa Rica  Czech 
Republic  
Egypt  
Greece  
Guinea  Hungary  
Japan  
Korea  Moldova  
Morocco  
Nigeria  Oman  
Philippines  
Portugal  Russian 
Federation  
Slovenia  Thailand  
Turkey  
Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
27 Nov. – 1 Dec. Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Police, other enforcement 
officials, Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal 
courts 
This USPTO Global Intellectual Property 
Academy (GIPA) Program provided participants 
the opportunity to learn from and interact with US Government officials responsible for civil, 
criminal, and administrative intellectual property 
rights enforcement.  The Programme also 
provided the opportunity to interact with each 
other and build relationships with counterparts 
from other countries. 2006 USPTO GIPA 
Enforcement of 
IPR:  Saudi Arabia Police Saudi Arabia USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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15-17 Nov. 2006  IIPI & Location:  Windhoek, Namibia 
Training Recipient:  Copyright officials, 
Trademark officials, Cultu re officials, Economy 
officials, Industry offici als (i.e., Ministry of), 
Right holder groups, Academics, other. 
The International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), in conjunction with the USPTO, hosted a 
three-day conference No vember 15 - 17 in 
Windhoek, Namibia.  A small delegate of IP professionals, including a law profession, an 
African art importer and an expert on the 
African film industry, addressed an audience of 
Namibian government officials, small business 
owners, craftspeople, university professors, local artists and enforcement officials in an effort to 
understand the issues and alleviate some of the 
IP-related problems that are hindering local economic growth.  IP Conf. - 
Supporting Culture Based 
Industries Botswana  
Namibia USPTO 
Contact:  Darren Pogoda, USPTO, Office of 
Enforcement, 571-272-9300.  Additional 
Training Recipients:  museum personnel, musicians, artists, SME owners. 
13-16 Nov. 2006 Location:  Jakarta 
Training Recipient:  Police, Administrative 
officials, Economy offici als, Industry officials 
(i.e., Ministry of) 
IFPI attended this programme the main sponsor 
of which was DOJ's ICITAP, (International Criminal Investigati on Training Assistance 
Program).  The seminar concentrated on OD 
regulations, plant visits and identification of product including the forensic examination of 
suspect product.  Optical Disc 
Plant Monitoring Indonesia IFPI & DOJ 
The final two days included practical aspects at 
optical disc plants including the provision of the 
IFPI booklet, Good Business Practice. 
7-15 Nov. 2006 Location:  China 
 Local Law 
Enforcement 
Workshops China USPTO 
Training Recipient:  Copyright officials, 
Trademark officials, Pate nt officials, Police, 
Customs officials, Admini strative officials, other 
enforcement officials, Prosecutors, Judges - 
civil/administrative courts, Judges - criminal courts, Commerce officials, Legal professionals, 
Right holder groups  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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  TRAINING DATE T ITLE  C OUNTRIES  S PONSOR  S YNOPSIS /COMMENTS  
USPTO Staff, along with invitational speakers (a 
senior ADA, from the Bronx District Attorney's Office and Assistant Chief of the Waterfront 
Commission of NY Harbor) traveled throughout 
five cities in China, speaking and meeting with over 80 local police officers, prosecutors, 
customs officials and j udges.  The Purpose of 
the workshops was to have US local 
enforcement officials share their experiences 
investigating and prosecuting UP criminal cases in NYC with their counterpa rts in China.  In an 
effort to get China to in crease criminal IP cases, 
the discussions in China demonstrated the efforts undertaken by US local governments and the 
challenges and obstacles our law enforcement 
officials face in pursuing successful criminal IP 
cases.     
Contact:  Susan Tong, USPTO, 571-272-9300. 
Location of Training:  Shanghai, Shenzhen, 
Guangzhou, Beijing and Shenyang, China. 
25-27 Oct. 2006 Location:  Port of Spain, Trinidad 
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials, Police, Customs officials, Lega l professionals, Right 
holder groups, Academics 
USPTO-CARICOM Seminar for Caribbean 
Customs Officials.  Cap acity-building exercise 
focusing on the enfor cement of intellectual 
property rights by customs officials.  Regional 
Training 
Seminar on IP 
Enforcement Antigua and 
Barbuda  
Bahamas  
Barbados  Belize  
Dominica  
Grenada  
Guyana  
Haiti  Jamaica  
St. Kitts and 
Nevis  St. Lucia  
St. Vincent 
and the Grenadines  
Suriname  
Trinidad and Tobago USPTO 
Sponsored by USPTO and CARICOM.  Contact 
Info:  Joseph Rodrigu ez, Attorney, Office of 
Enforcement, joseph.rodriguez@uspto.gov. IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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  TRAINING DATE T ITLE  C OUNTRIES  S PONSOR  S YNOPSIS /COMMENTS  
23-27 Oct. 2006 Location:  Alexandria, VA 
Training Recipient:  Patent officials, Legal 
professionals, other 
Global Intellectual Prop erty Academy (GIPA) 
Program provided the opportunity to learn from 
and interact with US Government officials 
responsible for patent examination procedure and policy.  The programme also provided the 
opportunity to interact with each other and build 
relationships with counterparts from other 
countries.  USPTO GIPA 
Patents Program Albania  
Brazil  Bulgaria  
Canada  
China  Croatia  
Czech 
Republic  
El Salvador  
Ethiopia  Ghana  
Hong Kong  
Hungary  Kazakhstan  
Korea  
Lithuania  Madagascar  
Moldova  
Nepal  Pakistan  
Saudi Arabia  
Singapore  Spain  
Switzerland  
Chinese Taipei Tunisia  
Viet Nam USPTO 
Contact:  Barbara McCaffrey at 
Barbara.McCaffrey@uspto.gov 
11-12 Oct. 2006  Location:  Senegal 
Training Recipient:  Trademark officials, Police, Customs officials, Reve nue (Tax) officials, 
Administrative officials,  Organized crime task 
force members, other enforcement officials, Prosecutors, Commerce officials, Health 
officials, Industry offici als (i.e., Ministry of), 
Ministry of Public H ealth officials, Trade 
officials 
Workshop on counterfeit Medicines in West Africa.  Combating 
Counterfeit 
Pharmaceuticals - W. Africa Benin  
Cape Verde  
The Gambia Ghana  
Guinea  
Liberia  Sierra Leone  
Togo USPTO & 
DOS 
Additional Sponsor:  DOS/Bureau of 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement  IP/C/W/496/Add.5 
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   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, commonl y 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 Traini ng 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. 
 
 Some of the Members of the IPR Training Coordination Group are: 
 
 United States Government:   US Department of State (DOS) 
 US Department of Commerce (DOC) 
 - International Trade Administration  - Commercial Law Development Program  US Department of Justice (DOJ)  - Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance & Training, Criminal Division  - Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division 
 US Department of Homeland Security Bur eau of Customs & Border Protection (CBP) 
 US Department of Homeland Security Bureau  of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) 
 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  US Agency for International Development (USAID)  Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) 
 US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) 
 Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
 
   Private Sector:   Business Software Alliance (BSA) 
 Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) 
 Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA)  International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC)  International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI)  International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) 
 International Intellectua l Property Institute (IIPI) 
 Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)  US Chamber of Commerce (USCC) 
 
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