WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  IP/N/7/Rev.3 
17 February 2010 
 (10-0892) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects  
of Intellectual Property Rights  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF CONTACT POINTS FOR 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ON TRIPS 
 
Note by the Secretariat
 
 
Revision  
  
 At its meeting of 22 to 25 July 1996, the Coun cil for TRIPS agreed to invite each developed 
country Member to notify a contact point for technical cooperation on TR IPS.  The Chairman noted that 
such contact point (or contact point s) could be the same as the one that the developed country Member 
in question had notified under Article 69 of the TRIPS Agreement, or it could be different, depending on 
the structure of the administration of that Member.  
 The present document contains contact points  for technical cooperation on TRIPS notified by 
developed country Members, as well as contact points for technical as sistance on TRIPS notifications 
between WTO Members, as notified by Members pursu ant to paragraph 11 of document IP/C/W/241.  
A list of Members offering techni cal assistance on TRIP S notifications under the scheme can be found 
in document IP/C/W/256/Rev.1.
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 This document compiles the information rece ived to date and contained in documents 
IP/N/7/Rev.2 and Addenda 1-8, as well as  updated information received from the delegations of 
Switzerland and the European Union.    
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  AUSTRALIA  General 
  Assistant Secretary 
 Services and Intellectual Property Branch  Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade  RG Casey Building  Barton ACT 0221 
 
 Telephone: +61 2 6261 3156  Telefax:  +61 2 6261 3514  E-mail:  mark.pie rce@dfat.gov.au  
 
                                                     
 
1 See paragraph 42 of document IP/C/M/29 and document IP/C/W/241. IP/N/7/Rev.3 
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  AUSTRALIA  (cont'd)  
 
Copyright, Trade Secret s and Circuit Layouts 
 
 Assistant Secretary 
 Intellectual Property Branch 
 Attorney-General's Department  Robert Garran Offices  Barton ACT 2600  
 Telephone: +61 2 6250 6313 
 Telefax:  +61 2 6250 5929  E-mail:  chris. creswell@ag.gov.au 
 
Patents, Trademarks and Designs 
 
 Deputy Director-General   Corporate Strategy, IP Australia  P.O. Box 200  Woden ACT 2606  
 Telephone: +61 2 6283 2101 
 Telefax:  +61 2 6285 4149  E-mail:  vthom@ ipaustralia.gov.au 
 
Technical Assistance on TRIPS Notifications between WTO Members 
  Ms Anna George 
 The Director  International Intellectual Property Section  Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade  R.G. Casey Building 
 John McEwen Crescent 
 Canberra ACT 0221   Telephone: +61 2 6261 2039  Telefax: +61 2 6261 3514 
 E-mail:  anna.george@dfat.gov.au 
 
 AUSTRIA  
 
 Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs 
 European Integration and Multilateral Trade Affairs 
 Division I/6 - WTO  Stubenring 1  A - 1011 Vienna  
 Telephone: +43 1 71100 5320 
 Telefax:  +43 1 715 9651 
 
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  BELGIUM  
 
 1. Ministère de la justice  
 
  Copyright and Related Rights  
 
  Administration de la légi slation civile et des cultes 
  Boulevard de Waterloo 115   1000 Bruxelles  
  Telephone: +32 2 542 65 11 
  Telefax:  +32 2 542 70 06   2. Ministère des affaires économiques
 
 
  Office de la propriété industrielle 
  Administration de la politique commerciale   Ministère des affaires économiques   Boulevard E. Jacqmain 154   1000 Bruxelles  
  Telephone: +32 2 206 41 11 
  Telefax:  +32 2 206 57 50   
3. Ministère des classes moyennes et de l'agriculture
 
 
  Administration de la politique agricole (DG2) 
  Service coordination et concertation   Avenue du Boulevard 21, 11ème étage   1210 Bruxelles    Telephone: +32 2 206 72 11 
  Telefax:  +32 2 206 72 16 
  4. Région Bruxelles-Capitale
 
   M. Olivier Vierendeels 
  Conseiller juridique adjoint 
  Administration de l'économie et de l'emploi   Rue du Champ de Mars 25   1050 Bruxelles    Telephone: +32 2 513 97 00  (ext. 303) 
  Telefax:  +32 2 511 52 55 
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  BELGIUM (cont'd) 
  5. Région wallonne
 
 
  Agricultural Products  
 
  Direction générale de l'Agriculture  du Ministère de la Région wallonne 
  Division de l'intégration   Direction de la coordination   Avenue Prince de Liège 7 
  5100 Jambes 
   Telephone: +32 81 32 12 11   Telefax:  +32 81 32 14 34    Other Products 
 
  Direction générale de l'économie et de l'emploi du Ministère de  la Région wallonne 
  Division de la politique économique   Direction de la coordination, de  la réglementation et des labels 
  Place de la Wallonie 1 
  5100 Jambes 
   Telephone: +32 81 33 31 11   Telefax:  +32 81 33 38 88  
 
CANADA  
 
 Mr. Douglas George 
 Director  Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Trade Policy Division  
 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade 
 Lester B. Pearson Build ing (Tower C, 3rd floor) 
 Ottawa, Ontario K1A OG2   Telephone: +613 944 20 14 
 Telefax:  +613 944 00 66 
 E-mail:  Douglas.Georg e@international.gc.ca 
  
CZECH REPUBLIC  
 
Copyright and Related Rights 
 
 Ministry of Culture 
Copyright Department 
 Milady Horákové 139 
 160 41  Praha 6 
  Telephone: +420 2 5708 5355  Telefax: +420 2 2432 4586 
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  CZECH REPUBLIC (cont'd) 
 
Trademarks, Appellations of Origin, Patents, I ndustrial Designs and Topogr aphies of Semiconductor 
Products 
  Industrial Property Office 
 International and European  Integration Department 
 Antonína Čermáka 2a 
 160 68  Praha 6 – Bubene č 
 
 Telephone: +420 2 2038 3312 
 Telefax: +420 2 2432 4718  
Border Measures and Questions on Trade in Infringing Goods 
  Ministry of Finance 
 General Directorate of Customs  Customs Legal Department  P.O. Box 12  Bud ějovická 7 
 140 96  Praha 
 
 Telephone: +420 2 6133 2143  Telefax: +420 2 6133 2100  
Plant Varieties and Geographical Indications 
 
 Ministry of Agriculture  Industrial Property Protection Department  T ěšnov 17 
 117 05  Praha 1  
 Telephone: +420 2 2181 2297 
 Telefax: +420 2 2481 0478 
 
Undisclosed Information 
  Ministry of Industry and Trade 
 Department of WTO and Intern ational Economic Organisations 
 Na Františku 32  110 15  Praha 1   Telephone: +420 2 2406 2264 
 Telefax: +420 2 2406 2256 
 
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  CZECH REPUBLIC (cont'd) 
 
Anti-Competitive Practices in Contractual Licences 
 
 Office for the Protection of Competition 
 European Integration and International Department 
 Joštova 8  601 56  Brno   Telephone: +420 5 4216 1277 (4216 1219) 
 Telefax: +420 5 4221 2021 
 
 DENMARK  
  The Danish Patent Office 
 Helgeshøj Allé 81  DK - 2630 Taastrup   Telephone: +45 43 50 80 00  Telefax:  +45 43 50 80 01 
 Telex:  16046 DPO DK 
 E-mail:  X400;C=DK;A=DK400;P=EM;U=EMPD; 
O=PATENTDIREKTORATET;S=PATENTDIREKTORATET 
 
EUROPEAN UNION 
 
 Mr. Luc Devigne  Head of Unit  European Commission  DG Trade E.2  Office CHAR  6/187 
 B - 1049 Brussels 
  Telephone:  +32 2 299 18 73  Telefax:   +32 2 296 70 45  E-mail:   luc.devigne@ec.europa.eu 
 
This is also the contact point for technical a ssistance on TRIPS notifications between WTO Members. 
 
 
FINLAND  
 
Copyright and Related Rights  
 
 Ministry of Education and Culture  Meritullinkatu 10  P.O. Box 293 
 00171 Helsinki 
  Telephone: +358 9 134 171  Telefax:  +358 9 135 9335  IP/N/7/Rev.3 
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  FINLAND  (cont'd) 
 
Trademarks, Geographical Indicati ons, Industrial Designs, Patents, Layout-Designs (Topographies) of 
Integrated Circuits and Protecti on of Undisclosed Information  
  Ministry of Trade and Industry 
 Industry Department  Aleksanterinkatu 4  P.O. Box 230  00171 Helsinki 
 
 Telephone: +358 9 1601  Telefax:  +358 9 160 3666 
 
 
FRANCE 
 
 1. Ministère de la culture et de la communication
 
   Mme Hélène de Montluc   Direction de l'administration générale 
  Sous-direction des affaires juridiques 
  Bureau de la propriété littéraire et artistique   Rue d'Aboukir 4   75002 Paris  
  Telephone:  +33 1 40 15 77 78 
  Telefax:  +33 1 40 15 77 99  
2. Ministère de l'agriculture et de la pêche
 
   Mme Ghislaine Legendre 
  Direction de la production et des échanges 
  Service des relations internationales   Rue Barbet de Jouy 3   75007 Paris  
  Telephone:  +33 1 49 55 45 03 
  Telefax:  +33 1 49 55 55 04   3. Secrétariat d'Etat chargé de l'industrie
 
   M. Denis Croze 
  Institut national de la pr opriété intellectuelle (INPI) 
  Service des affaires multilatérales   Rue de Saint-Petersbourg 26   75008 Paris Cedex 08  
  Telephone:  +33 1 53 04 53 99 
  Telefax:  +33 1 43 87 57 18   E-mail:   croze.d@inpi.fr 
 
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  GERMANY  
 
 Bundesministerium der Justiz  Referat III B 5  11015 Berlin 
 
 Telephone: +49 30 2025 9325  Telefax:  +49 30 2025 9339   GREECE  
 
Copyright and Related Rights  
 
 Copyright Organisation 
 5, Metsovou Str. 
 106 82 - Athens   Telephone: +301 825 3715    +301 825 3731  Telefax:  +301 825 3732 
 
Patents, Topographies of Integrated  Circuits and Industrial Designs  
 
 OBI (Industrial Property Organisation of Greece) 
 5, Pantanassis Str. 
 151 25 Paradissos Amaroussiou 
  Telephone: +301 682 8231  Telefax:  +301 681 9231 
 
 
HONG KONG, CHINA 
 Technical Assistance on TRIPS Notifications between WTO Members  
 Mr. R.J. Perera  Assistant Director 
 Intellectual Property Department of the    Hong Kong Special Administrative Region  Wu Chung House 25/F  Queen's Road East 213  Hong Kong 
 
 Telephone: +852 2961 6808  Telefax:  +852 2838 6276  E-mail:  rjperera@ipd.gov.hk   IP/N/7/Rev.3 
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  ICELAND 
 
 Mrs. Ásta Valdimarsdóttir 
 Chief of Legal Department  Einkaleyfastofan 
 Lindargata 9 
 150 Reykjavik   Telephone: +354 560 9450    +354 560 9452 (direct) 
 Telefax:  +354 562 9434 
 E-mail:  asta.valdimarsdottir@els.stjr.is 
 
 IRELAND  
 
Copyright and Related Rights  
 
 Mr. Jack Thompson  Principal Officer  Intellectual Property Unit 
 Department of Enterprise and Employment 
 Kildare Street  Dublin 2   Telephone: + 353 1 661 4444 
 Telefax:  + 353 1 662 7136 
 
Patents, Designs and Trademarks  
 
 Mr. Sean Fitzpatrick  Controller of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks 
 Patents Office 
 45 Merrion Square  Dublin 2    Telephone: + 353 1 661 4144 
 Telefax:  + 353 1 676 0416 
 
 ITALY 
 
 Ministère des finances 
 Département des douanes 
 Division XII  Dr. Gerardo Servello (D irecteur de la Division) 
 Via Mario Carucci 71  00143 Rome 
 
 Telephone:  +39 6 5024 20 15  Telefax:      +39 6 5095 73 00  IP/N/7/Rev.3 
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  ITALY  (cont'd) 
  Ministère grâce et justice  Service juridique  Cons. Vittorio Ragonesi (Conseiller juridique) 
 Via Arenula 
 00189 Rome   Telephone:  +39 6 6830 01 02  Telefax:      +39 6 6864 324 
 
 Ministère de l'industrie  Bureau des brevets et marques  Via Molise 19  00187 Rome 
 
 Telephone:  +39 6 4705 30 26  Telefax:      +39 6 4705 30 35  
 
JAPAN  
 
Copyright and Related Rights  
 
 Mr. Kaoru Okamoto  Director 
 International Copyright Office 
 Agency for Cultural Affairs  3-2-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo  100 Japan   Telephone: +81 3 3581 1276 
 Telefax:  +81 3 3591 0305 
 
Trademarks, Geographical Indicatio ns, Industrial Designs, Patents 
  
 Mr. Shigeo Takakura 
 Director for International Cooperation 
 Japanese Patent Office  Ministry of International Trade and Industry  3-4-3, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo  100 Japan  
 Telephone: +81 3 3581 1898 
 Telefax:  +81 3 3581 0762    IP/N/7/Rev.3 
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  JAPAN  (cont'd) 
 
Layout-Designs (Topographies) of Integrated Circuits 
  
 Mr. Keisuke Murakami 
 Assistant Director 
 Industrial Electronics Division  Machinery and Information Industries Bureau  Ministry of International Trade and Industry  1-3-1, Kasumigaseki,  Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 
 100 Japan 
  Telephone: +81 3 3501 2788  Telefax:  +81 3 3501 6073  Protection of Undisc losed Information 
  
 Mr. Satoshi Hattori  Assistant Director  Intellectual Property Policy Office  Industrial Policy Bureau 
 Ministry of International Trade and Industry 
 1-3-1, Kasumigaseki,  Chiyoda-ku,  Tokyo  100 Japan   Telephone: +81 3 3501 3752 
 Telefax:  +81 3 3501 6046 
 
Border Measures 
  
 Mr. Seiro Sannomiya  Special Officer for International Cooperation  
 International Affairs and Research Division 
 Customs and Tariff Bureau  Ministry of Finance   3-1-1, Kasumigaseki,  Chiyoda-ku,  Tokyo  100 Japan 
 
 Telephone: +81 3 3581 2852    +81 3 3581 4462  Telefax:  +81 3 5251 2123   IP/N/7/Rev.3 
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  KOREA, REPUBLIC OF 
 Technical Assistance on TRIPS Notifications between WTO Members  
 Mr. Kyonglim Choi 
 Director 
 WTO Division  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade  No. 1815, Government Complex, Sejong-ro, Chongro-ku  Seoul  
 Telephone: +82 2 720 2188 
 Telefax: +82 2 738 9726  E-mail:  WTO@mofat.go.kr  
 
LIECHTENSTEIN  
 
 Office of National Economy  Kirchstrasse 7  9490 Vaduz 
 
 Telephone: +41 75 236 6871  Telefax:  +41 75 236 6889  
 
LUXEMBURG  
 Ministère de l'économie  Service de la propriété intellectuelle  Att.:  M. Serge Allegrezza  Directeur 
 Boulevard Royal 19-21 
 L – 2914 Luxembourg   Telephone: +352 478 41 10  Telefax:  +352 22 26 60 
 E-mail:  Serge.allegrezza@ec.smtp.etat.lu 
 
 
NETHERLANDS 
 
 Mr. B. Tonnaer 
 Ministry of Economic Affairs 
 Directorate-General for Foreign Economic Affairs 
 Bezuidenhoutseweg 30  2500 EC The Hague  
 Telephone: +31 70 379 77 07 
 Telefax:  +31 70 379 72 21  E-mail:  b.tonnaer@minez.nl    IP/N/7/Rev.3 
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  NEW ZEALAND  
 
 The Deputy Director (DP3) 
 Development Cooperation Division  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
 Private Bag 18-901 
 Wellington   Telephone: +64 4 473 2188  Telefax:  +64 4 494 8515 
 
 
NORWAY  
 
 Ms Carola Bjørklund 
 Counsellor, Foreign Ec onomic Affairs Division 
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs  P.O. Box 8114 Dep.  N - 0032 Oslo   Telephone: +47 2224 3654 
 Telefax:  +47 2224 9580 
 
Technical Assistance on TRIPS Notifications between WTO Members  
 Mr. Jostein Sandvik 
 Senior Legal Adviser 
 Norwegian Patent Office  P.O. Box 8160 Dep.  Københavngaten 10  N-0033 Oslo  
 Telephone: +47 22 38 73 00 
 Telefax: +47 22 38 73 01  E-mail:  jsa@patentstyret.no  
 
PORTUGAL  
Trademarks, Geographical Indicati ons, Industrial Designs, Patents, Layout-Designs (Topographies) of 
Integrated Circuits 
 
 Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial 
 Campo das Cebolas 
 1100 Lisboa   Telephone: +351 1 888 11 01  Telefax:  +351 1 886 00 66 
 E-mail:  inpi@mail.telepac.pt 
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  PORTUGAL  (cont'd)  
 
Copyright and Related Rights 
 
 Gabinete do Direito de Autor 
 Av. Eng. Duarte Pacheco nº 19 – 5º Esq. 
 1070 Lisboa   Telephone: +351 1 381 30 10  Telefax:  +351 1 381 30 19 
 
Border Measures 
 
 Direcção de Serviços de Regulação Aduaneira  Direcção-Geral das Alfândegas 
 Rua da Alfândega nº 5 
 1194 Lisboa Codex   Telephone: +351 1 886 81 85    +351 1 886 05 37  Telefax:  +351 1 888 09 79   SLOVENIA  
 
 Ministry of Science and Technology  Slovenska cesta 50 
 1000 Ljubljana   Telephone: +386 61 131 11 07  Telefax:  +386 61 132 41 40  
 
SPAIN 
 
Principal contact point (general responsibilit y for notifications under the TRIPS Agreement)  
  Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda 
 Secretaría de Estado de Comercio, Turismo y Pequeña y Mediana Empresa  Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior  Subdirección General de Política Comercial de la Unión Europea 
 Paseo de la Castellana nº 162  28071 Madrid 
  
 Telephone: +34 91 349 36 70  Telefax:  +34 91 349 37 90   IP/N/7/Rev.3 
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  SPAIN (cont'd) 
 
Additional contact point (Part II, Sections 2 to 8, and Parts IV to VII of the TRIPS Agreement)  
 
 Ministerio de Industria y Energía 
 Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas 
 Departamento de Coordinación Jurí dica y Relaciones Internacionales 
 C/Panamá nº 1  28071 Madrid  
 Telephone:  +34 91 349 55 04 
    +34 91 349 55 80  Telefax:   +34 91 349 53 73  
 
SWEDEN  
 
 Kommerskollegium  (National Board of Trade)  TRIPS Contact Point  Box 6803 
 S – 113 86 Stockholm 
  Telephone:  +46 8 690 48 00  Telefax:   +46 8 30 67 59  
 Contact official:  Mr. Håkan Sterner 
    Telephone: +46 8 690 48 46     E - m a i l :   h a k a n.sterner@kommers.se 
  
SWITZERLAND  
 
Contact point for general matters  
 
Secrétariat d'Etat à l'économie Secteur de la promotion économique 
Palais fédéral Est 
3003 Berne 
 
Telephone:  +41 31 324 08 13 Telefax:   +41 31 322 86 30 
 
Contact official:   M. Hans-Peter Egler 
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  SWITZERLAND  (cont'd) 
 
Contact point for issues related to intellectual property rights  
 
Institut fédéral de la propriété intellectuelle 
Droit et Affaires internationales 
Stauffacherstrasse 65/59g  3003 Berne 
 
Telephone:   +41 31 377 72 25 
Telefax:   +41 31 377 79 04 
 
Contact official:  M. Mathias Schaeli  
 Contact point for issues related to border measures  
 Direction générale des douanes 
 Division principale droit et redevances  Monbijoustrasse 40  3003 Berne 
 
Telephone:   +41 31 322 65 98 Telefax:   +41 31 323 94 90   
 
Contact official:  M. Jörg Haudenschild 
 
 
UNITED KINGDOM  
 Main contact point  
 Mr. Phillip Thorpe 
 United Kingdom Patent Office   Room 3B30  Concept House  Cardiff Road 
 Newport 
 South Wales NP9 1RH   Telephone:  +44 1 633 814 734  Telefax:   +44 1 633 814 922  E-mail:   phil.thorpe@ukpats.org.uk 
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  UNITED KINGDOM (cont'd) 
 
Second contact point  
 
 Mr. Edward Smith 
 United Kingdom Patent Office 
 Room 3B37  Concept House  Cardiff Road  Newport 
 South Wales NP9 1RH 
  Telephone:  +44 1 633 814 553  Telefax:   +44 1 633 814 922  
 
UNITED STATES 
 
 Tanuja Garde  Deputy Assistant USTR for IP and Innovation  Office of the United States Trade Representative 
 Executive Office of the President 
 600, 17th Street, NW  Washington, D.C. 20508   Telephone:  +1 202 395 03 80 
 Telefax:   +1 202 395 39 11 
  
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