WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/W/109/Add.5
22 October 1998
(98-4112)
Council for Trade-Related Aspects
of Intellectual Property RightsOriginal:  English
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION
FROM DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS
UNITED STATES
Addendum
The present document reproduces the updated information on the United States' technical and
financial cooperation activities relevant to the implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, which hasbeen received from the Permanent Mission of the United States to the World Trade Organization by
means of a communication, dated 16 September 1998.
The report identifies the activities that have been conducted since 1 September 1997 both on
the part of US Government agencies and US private sector.
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1998.04 USPTO Albania On-site visit re: TRIPS
1998 USPTO Argentina Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.01 USPTO Argentina On-site training for AV rights (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.04 USPTO Argentina TRIPS discussion
1998.04 MPA Argentina Argentine Federal Police. 2nd Technical Judicial Seminar in
Federal Police and in companies copying plants. Certificates
and medals were delivered. Dictated for Police Forces andsponsored by MPA
1998.08 MPA Argentina Police of the Province of Cordoba. Judicial and Investigations
Seminar. Certificates were delivered. Dictated for Police
Forces and sponsored by MPA
1998 USCUST Bahrain Hosted visitors
1998.02 USPTO Bahrain Training in the US Director of Foreign Trade (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.05 USPTO Bahrain IPR/Copyright visit
1998.05 WIPO Belarus 25-27 May 1998: Minsk, Seminar on the Economic Importance
of Intellectual Property
1998.03 MPA
BAFBelgium Audiovisual piracy seminar for L'Ecole de Criminologie et de
Criminalistique, Brussels. 155 police officers
1998.04 USPTO Benin Meeting with Director of Benin's National Copyright Office
1998 USCUST Bolivia Hosted visitors
1998 USPTO Brazil Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.04 FLAPF Brazil Training to 70 police officers from Brazilian National Police
1998.05 WIPO Brazil Seminar on authors' rights for attorneys
1998 MPA
Bull ActBulgaria Seminar on audiovisual piracy given to 30 police officers
1998.02 USPTO Bulgaria Training in the US Officials from Bulgarian Patent Office
(REF:98pto4.3)
1998.03 IFPI Bulgaria Training Seminar for Bulgarian Customs Officers, Sofia,
Bulgaria
1998.03 WCO
Bulgarian
CustomsBulgaria The Role of Customs in the Fight against IPR Piracy, Bistritsa,
Bulgaria
1998.05 USCUST Bulgaria Training in collaboration with WIPOIP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998.06 IFPI Bulgaria The Role of the Enforcement Agencies in Fighting
Unauthorized Production and Distribution of Sound andVideo Recordings, Slunchev Bryag, Bulgaria. Participantsin the seminar were officers from the new anti-piracy unitin the National Service for Combating organized Crime,
officers from the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights
Bureau in the Ministry of Culture, and officers from theMinistry of Industry. The seminar was organized forrepresentatives from the three Ministries, responsible foradministering and controlling the implementation of thenew Decree 21 of 21 January 1998 for amendments and
addenda to Decree 87/1996.
1998.06 IFPI
WIPOBulgaria WIPO National Seminar on enforcement of intellectual
property rights, Sofia
1998.07 MPA
IFPIBulgaria Seminar for police officers, investigators, and officers from
the national and regional services for fighting organizedcrime, customs officers and government officials
1998.04 USPTO Burkina Faso AV Rights Visit
1998.06 IDSA Canada Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Customs on
entertainment software piracy
1998.07 Association of
Judicial
AuthoritiesChile Seminar for customs officials on importation of electronic
games
1998 USPTO China Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998 USLOC China Three week study tour for Chinese IPR delegation.
Sponsored by World Bank. Representatives of NationalCopyright Administration, State Council, Institute of Law,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, judiciary(REF:98loc3.6)
1998 USLOC China Copyright symposium in Senyang, China for local
administrators, lawyers, and corporate representatives.USIA sponsored (REF:98loc3.6)
1998.01 USIA China Visitor programme to US for director of China Film EX/M
Corporation, film director, and president of IP Justice
Division of Beijing Supreme Court
1998.01 USPTO China On-site training (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.01 AOTS
JICAChina 1998.01.12 – 1998.01.30 [Industrial Property Rights
Training Course for Operational Staff (China)] was
attended by 20 participants all from China. The coursecovered lectures and group discussions on IPRs. A studytour to JPO and Honda Co. was also included.
1998.01 AOTS
JICAChina 1998.01.12 – 1998.01.30 [Industrial Property Rights
Training Course for Operational Staff (China)] was
attended by 20 participants all from China. The coursecovered lectures and group discussions on IPRs. A studytour to JPO and Honda Co. was also included.IP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998.03 JPO China 1998.03.08 - 1998.03.19 Delegation members from the CPO,
headed by Deputy Commissioner Ms. Ying, visited the JPO
and Canon Co., Aoki Associates and the IPCC (IntellectualProperty Cooperation Centre) to study IPR management inJapan.
1998.03 USPTO China USIA – Chinese State Administration for Industry and
Commerce
1998.04 USPTO China Speech at the International Symposium (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.05 USPTO China Discussions and training for the Deputy Director of the
Trademark Review and Adjudication Board.
1998.05 USPTO China Meeting with Chinese National Copyright Administration
1998.05 USIA China A US IPR attorney (and former Fullbrighter) will direct a
major countrywide IPR seminar in Shenyang, China in May
1998. USIA is funding his visit along with that of two other
IPR specialists (REF:98USIA2.20)
1998.05 USPTO China Visit to State Intellectual Property Office
1998.06 USPTO China Enforcement training (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.07 BSA
IFPIChina Guangdong Provincial Administration for Industry and
Commerce, Training on Intellectual Property. BSA conducteda half-day training session to about 50 officials from theAdministration for Industry and Commerce ("AIC") offices inGuangdong Province, PRC. Topics covered an introduction to
BSA, 1997 piracy figures, different forms of software piracy,
software license agreements, raid procedures and productidentification. A technical demonstration on how to inspectsoftware in a computer was carried out. The presenters alsoexplained, using a simple network of two machines, aclient/server environment and the points to note when
conducting an end-user raid.
1998.07 BSA
IFPIChina Shanghai Provincial Administration for Industry and
Commerce, Training on Intellectual Property. BSA conducteda half-day training session to about 90 officials. Topics coveredan introduction to BSA, 1997 piracy figures, different forms of
software piracy, software license agreements, raid procedures
and product identification. A technical demonstration on howto inspect software in a computer was carried out. Thepresenters also explained, using a simple network of twomachines, a client/server environment and the points to note
when conducting an end-user raid.
1998.08 USIA China Hosted International Visitor from Ministry of Trade
1998.03 MPA
IFPI
Hong Kong
CustomsChina
Hong Kong
(Special
AdministrativeRegion)46 Officers from Customs IPR department representing 23
Customs districts from across the country. Also two officialsfrom NCAC and National Anti-Porn & Piracy Office. Trainingon VCD identification and DVD information.IP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998.04 USIA China
Hong Kong
(Special Administrative
Region)Visitor programme to US for Head of IP
 Investigation Bureau
1998.05 USIA China
Hong Kong
(Special Administrative
Region)Sponsored IPR programme in Hong Kong featuring
US attorney specializing in IPR issues
1998.05 USCUST China
Hong Kong
(Special Administrative
Region)Hosted visit of IPR Director Calvin Leung; gave
tour of IPR Branch, module; discussed relevant
issues.
1998.06 WIPO China
Hong Kong
(Special
Administrative
Region)1-3 June 1998:
Hong Kong, China, Regional Symposium on
 Industrial Property
1998.02 Local
AMCHAMChina
Hong Kong
(Special Administrative
Region)AMCHAM Intellectual Property Meeting. Private
sector participation with 26 attendees.
1998.02 APIC Chinese Taipei 1998.02.01 – 1998.03.14 ten trainees of [Industrial
Property Rights Training Course for OperationalStaff (Chinese Taipei)] was divided into two groups.One group for patent training and the other for
trademark training.
1998 USLOC Chinese Taipei Participation in copyright seminar in May.
Sponsored by George Washington UniversityInternational Copyright Intellectual PropertyProgramme (REF:98loc3.6)
1998 USPTO Chinese Taipei Review of Draft Laws and Regulations
(REF:98pto4.3)
1998.07 IDSA Chinese Taipei Enforcement training, in Taipei. Participants
included: BOFT and Intellectual Property Protection
Committee (private sector group). About 80
attendees: Bureau of Foreign trade, Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, Institute for InformationIndustry, Ministry of Economic Affairs, InformationProduct Anti-Piracy Alliance of the R.O.C.,National Police Administration, Customs, Ministry
of Finance, Directorate General of Posts, and private
companies DHL and FedEx.
1998 USDA Chinese Taipei International visitor programme for a patent
examiner from the Chinese Taipei.
1998.07 FLAPF Colombia Training in intellectual property imparted to the
Santa Fe de Bogota Federal Police (85 agents)
1998.08 FLAPF Colombia Training in intellectual property imparted to the
Santa Fe de Bogota Federal Police (70 agents)IP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998.09 FLAPF Colombia Training in intellectual property imparted to the Santa Fe de
Bogota civil judges (60 judges)
1998.03 FLAPF Costa Rica Seminar on authors rights and related rights
1998.07 IIPA and
ACAM (localmusic collectionsociety)Costa Rica Seminar on authors rights.  Audience included attorneys, public
prosecutors, judges.
1998.07 MPA and
local AMCHAMCosta Rica Seminar on IPR. Audience included public prosecutors, police
and judges.
1998.06 WIPO Croatia 3 and 5 June 1998:
Croatia Seminar on Copyright
1998.06 WIPO Cuba 21-30 June 1998:
Havana, Training Course on Copyright and
 Neighbouring Rights
1998.02 MPA
CYFACT
BSA
IFPICyprus Seminar on copyright and piracy given to police officers at local
police academy.  A second seminar given in June 1998.
1998.05 USPTO Dominican
RepublicSpeak at University and Business Technology Summit
1998 USPTO Ecuador Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.05 USPTO Ecuador AV Rights Visit
1998.08 FLAPF Ecuador Seminar on intellectual property
1998.04 BSA Egypt Training on licensing, legal, and introduction to hardware and
enforcement for six MOC officials
1998.08 BSA Egypt Training on licensing and basic enforcement for 11 MOC
officials
1998 USCUST El Salvador Hosted visitors
1998.02 FLAPF El Salvador Seminar Intellectual Property
1998.03 IFPI Estonia Training Seminar for Estonian Police, Tax Police and Customs
Officer and Music Industry Representatives, Tallinn, Estonia
1998.01 MPA
ALPA
Comites
d'EnterpriseFrance Seminar on copyright law and piracy in Paris. 80 representatives
of video outlets.
1998.02 MPA
Local
municipalityFrance Seminar on copyright law and piracy in Avignon. Mediathèque
representatives from 20 departments.
1998.03 MPA
National
Federation of
Film
DistributorsFrance Seminar on copyright law and piracy in Paris - 25 magistrates.IP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998.06 MPA
ALPA
National
Institute of
Audiovisual
WorksFrance Seminar on copyright law and piracy in Paris - 20 members of
Institute.
1998.05 WIPO Georgia 12-14  May 1998: Tbilisi, Seminar on Patent Information
1998 MPA
Local PoliceGermany Five seminars on economic crime and audiovisual piracy
training given to units in Neuss, Hessen, and Saxonia
1998.03 MPA
Local PoliceGermany Seminar on audiovisual piracy given to Dortmund-Ost Police.
1998.04 MPA
Local PoliceGermany Seminar on audiovisual piracy given to Munich Customs.
1998.04 MPA
Local PoliceGermany Seminar on audiovisual piracy given to Geesthacht Police
1998.04 MPA
GVUGermany Seminar on intellectual property rights given to graduate law
students
1998.04 MPA
Local PoliceGermany Seminar on audiovisual piracy given to Homberg Police
1998.05 MPA
OPIGreece Seminar on Law 2121/93 given to prosecutors and judges
1998 USPTO Guatemala Conducted review of draft laws of Guatemala
1998.02 FLAPF Guatemala Seminar Intellectual Property
1998.07 WIPO and
local
AMCHAMGuatemala Seminar on IPR and enforcement. Audience included public
prosecutors, judges, police and attorneys
1998.05 MPA
ASVA
PHARE II
FIAPF-
AIDAAHungary Seminar given to 90 police officers, prosecutors, judges and
customs officers in Balatonalmadi
1998.02 USIA India During the New Delhi International Book Fair (2/98) – USIA
sponsored workshops on IPR, Electronic Publishing andCopyright Issues. Presenters: representatives from Sante Fe onLine; Advanced Technology Group, Apple Computer; andJ. Wiley and Sons, Publishers (REF:98USIA2.20)
1998.04 JPO
WIPOIndia The WIPO Asian Regional Symposium on Industrial Property
Strategy for Economic Development was held in India.  In thesymposium, discussions on the appropriate industrial propertystrategy for accelerating technological and economicdevelopment took place.
1998.05 USPTO India Meeting with Chamber of Commerce and Industry
1998.05 USPTO India AV Rights Visit
1998 USPTO Indonesia Conducted review of draft laws of Indonesia
1998.05 USPTO Indonesia TRIPS discussions
1998.06 USPTO Israel Bilateral negotiationsIP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998.01 MPA
IFPI
FAPAV
USDOSItaly Seminar for police officers, judges, and prosecutors in Palermo
and Catania, Sicily
1998.04 MPA
FAPAVItaly Seminar on "The Exploitation of Cinematographic Works and
Audiovisual Piracy", Bocconi University, Milan.
1998.05 USIS Italy Organized a digital video conference on IPR (5/20) between an
USTR official and an Italian journalist, who published an articlewith additional information provided by USIS Rome
1998 USCUST Japan IPR Branch attorney spent a year on Mike Mansfield Foundation
Fellowship in Tokyo, JAPAN Customs where information was
exchanged.
1998 USPTO Jordan Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.04 USPTO Jordan WTO accession issues
1998.03 USCUST Korea Hosted visit of Korean attaché; gave tour of IPR Branch, module;
discussed relevant issues
1998 USPTO Kuwait Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.06 USPTO Kuwait Bilateral negotiations
1998.03 BSA Kuwait Enforcement seminars for Government Ministries and Police
personnel
1998.06 BSA Kuwait End-User Awareness seminars
1998.05 USPTO Kyrgyz
RepublicTraining on US IP system
1998.01 USCUST Lithuania U.S. Customs sent an agent to Lithuania to participate in an IPR
Seminar as an expert on IPR enforcement.  (Funded also by
Department of Commerce, Commercial Law DevelopmentProgramme) (REF:98CUST3.3)
1998.02 USPTO Lithuania On-site training (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.02 IFPI Lithuania Training Seminar for Lithuanian Customs and Tax Officers,
Olecko, Poland
1998 USPTO Macau Conducted review of draft laws of Macau
1998.04 MPA Macau "Intellectual Property Rights" Seminar, plus training on product
identification - 15 officers from Macau attended.
1998.06 MPA Macau Training seminar on IPR including investigation, identification
and seizure of pirated products - 36 marine police officers and 14officers of Economic Services of Macau Government attended.
1998.06 IFPI Macau BSA conducted a product iden tification training session to about
40 officials from Marine Police and the Economic ServicesDepartment of Macau. Topics covered identification of genuineand counterfeit computer software, different forms of softwarepiracy and software licence agreements.
1998 USCUST Malaysia IPR assistance may be provided to Malaysia Customs in the near
future. Discussions are currently under way (REF:98CUST3.3)IP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998 USPTO Mexico Training with CIO's office (REF:98pto4.3)
1998 USPTO Mexico Conducted review of draft laws of Mexico
1998 USCUST Mexico Additional IPR assistance to Mexico Customs is under consideration
(REF:98CUST3.3)
1998 USLOC Mexico Copyright colloquium for members of Mexican judiciary. Summer,
1998. (REF:98loc3).
1998.06 MPA,WIPO
&
Intellectual
PropertyOfficeMongoliaMongolia WIPO sub-regional seminar on enforcement of intellectual property
rights and the TRIPS Agreement. Officials from national intellectual
property offices and customs offices of Mongolia, Bhutan, Cambodia,
Korea, Laos, Nepal & Viet Nam.
1998 USPTO Nicaragua Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.05 FLAPF Nicaragua Workshop Reference Author Rights for Disputing National Assembly
of Nicaragua in Reference to Law Projects
1998 USPTO Oman Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998.03 BSA Oman Enforcement seminars for Government Ministries and Police, Muscat
1998.03 USPTO Panama Enforcement training for Panamanian prosecutor for USIA
programme
1998.06 MPA Panama Seminar on authors' rights and IPRs. Audience included public
prosecutors, police of San Miguelito.
1998 USPTO Paraguay Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:pto4.3)
1998.05 MPA and
Ministry of
Trade andIndustryParaguay Seminar on IPRs. Audience included public prosecutors, judges,
police, and officials from government and law enforcement agencies.
1998.05 FLAPF Paraguay Training to 90 agents from the Paraguay National Police, the Judicial
Police, Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Interior. This training
took place in Asuncion.
1998 USPTO Peru Review of Draft Laws and Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)
1998 JICA
JPOPhilippines The cooperation programme called the Modernization of Industrial
Property Administration of the Philippines, in which a comprehensive
administration system for patent applications will be constructed, is to
be launched around the end of 1998.
1998.09 PTO Philippines Review of draft implementation regulationsIP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998.01 MPA
FOTAPoland Seminar on piracy, DVD/CD-ROM smuggling at Swider,
Warsaw - 50 Customs officers. Second seminar in February1998.
1998.01 MPA
FOTAPoland Seminar on copyright piracy, provincial prosecutor's office, Lodz
- 40 prosecutors.
1998.03 MPA
FOTAPoland Seminar on copyright piracy, provincial police headquarters,
Katowice - 50 police officers.
1998.04 MPA
FOTAPoland Seminar on copyright piracy and smuggling at, Warsaw - 20
Customs officers.
1998.03 BSA Qatar Enforcement seminars for Government Ministries and Police
personnel, Doha
1998.03 USIA Republic of
KoreaVisitor programme to US for manager at  the Korea Software
Industry Association
1998 USLOC Romania Advisor to Romanian Office for Authors' Rights. February,
1998. (REF:98loc3.6)
1998.05 IFPI Romania Training seminar for Romanian enforcement agencies/GRAP,
Bucharest
1998 USPTO Russia Future on-site training Programmes with State Department re:
judiciary and enforcement (tentative) (REF:98pto4.3).
1998.03 USCUST Russia Hosted visit of Russian delegation sponsored by John Marshall
Law School – gave tour of IPR Branch, module; discussedrelevant issues
1998.03 USPTO Russia Training in the US at the John Marshall Law IP Group
(REF:98pto4.3)
1998.05 USPTO Russia IP and TRIPS assistance
1998.05 USPTO Saudi Arabia IP Training
1998 USPTO Singapore Conducted review of draft laws of Singapore
1998 MPA
SAPULocal PoliceSlovakia Nine training seminars given to various local police headquarters
across Slovakia. To provide information on copyright protectionand piracy.
1998.05 USPTO Slovakia Speak at Biodiversity Conference
1998.06 IFPI Slovenia Copyright training seminar, Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. Seminar
for enforcement authorities.
1998.03 MPA
International
Police
AssociationSpain Technical Aspects of Video Piracy seminar given to 300 police
officers
1998.03 MPA
Ministry of
CultureSpain Audiovisual piracy training given to 15-20 judges and
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1998.06 MPA
Spanish Civil GuardSpain Audiovisual piracy training given to 100 police officers
1998.02 USPTO Sri Lanka Training in the US Register of Sri Lanka PTO
(REF:98pto4.3)
1998.05 MPA
Association Of
Judges and
ProsecutorsSwitzerland Seminar on film and music piracy given to judges and
prosecutors
1998.09 USIA Syria A US IPR specialist on copyright issues in the publishing
field will attend the Damascus Book Fair in September1998 under USIA sponsorship (REF:98USIA2.20)
1998 USPTO Thailand Conducted review of draft laws of Thailand.
1998 JICA
JPOThailand 1995-2000 - Cooperation programme to establish the
Industrial Property Information Centre (IPIC) in Thailandstarted in 1995. Under this cooperation programme, thepatent information and know-how of computerization of the
JPO has been provided.
1998.06 DOS
PTO
USTRThailand Hosted two visitors from Intellectual Property Department
in Washington
1998.06 USPTO Thailand Speak at Seminar on IP Treaties and Trade
1998.07 MPA
Thai
Department
of Intellectual
PropertyThailand Copyright enforcement in the US 40 IPR court judges and
prosecutors
1999 JICA
JPOThailand 1995-2000 - Cooperation programme to establish the
Industrial Property Information Centre (IPIC) in Thailandstarted in 1995. Under this cooperation programme, thepatent information and know-how of computerization of the
JPO has been provided.
2000 JICA
JPOThailand 1995-2000 - Cooperation programme to establish the
Industrial Property Information Centre (IPIC) in Thailandstarted in 1995. Under this cooperation programme, the
patent information and know-how of computerization of the
JPO has been provided.
1998.04 USPTO Ukraine On-site CDLP programme
1998 USCUST Venezuela Hosted visitors
1998 USPTO Venezuela Review of Draft Laws-Regulations (REF:98pto4.3)IP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998 USPTO Viet Nam Conducted review of draft laws of Viet Nam
1998.04 USIA Viet Nam A US IPR attorney will spend one month this spring based at the Ho
Chi Minh City College of Law, helping Vietnamese authorities in
bringing the country's IPR laws closer to international standards.(REF:98USIA2.20)
1998 USLOC zRegional Regional seminar on copyright and neighbouring rights co-sponsored
with WIPO (REF:98loc3.6)
1998.05 WIPO zRegional
Africa18-20 May 1998:
Rio de Janeiro, Seminar on Indust rial Property for African Portuguese
Speaking Countries
1998 USCUST zRegional
AsiaAPEC-US Customs will provide TRIPS training to the following APEC
economies in late 1998 and early 1999: Chile, China, Indonesia, PapuaNew Guinea, the Philippines and Thailand (REF:98CUST3.3)
1998.02 JPO zRegional
Asia1998.02.15-1998.02.28 Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia,
India, Viet Nam, PNG [WIPO Traini ng Course for Industrial Property
Administration] was funded by the WIPO Funds-in-Trust/Japan underwhich 12 trainees were received from the countries. The courseprovided the trainees with lectures, group activities and a study tour toIsuzu Motor Ltd.
1998.04 USPTO zRegional
AsiaOn-site regional seminar on the Internet (WIPO) in Singapore
1998.02 IFPI zRegional
Eastern
EuropeTAIEX Workshop on Intellectual Property, Brussels, Belgium.
Implementation of EU and WTO Intellectual Property Rights in theassociated (i.e. Eastern European) countries.
1998.03 IFPI zRegional
Eastern
EuropeRILO (WCO)/Music Industry Meeting, Warsaw, Poland. Training for
representatives of Customs from Central and Eastern Europeancountries.
1998.04 IFPI zRegional
Eastern
EuropeIntellectual Property Rights Protection Seminar, Budapest, Hungary.
The seminar took place at the International Law Enforcement Academy,Budapest for 50 Central and East European law enforcementprofessionals.IP/C/W/109/Add.5
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1998.02 FLAPF zRegional
Latin AmericaWIPO Symposium Reference Author Rights, Broadcasting and New
Technologies for Latin America and the Caribbean.  Held inMexico.
1998.04 FLAPF zRegional
Latin AmericaCentral American seminar on authors' rights and related rights. held
in Honduras.
1998.06 FLAPF zRegional
Latin AmericaCentral American seminar on authors rights and related rights, held
in Nicaragua.
1998.04 USIA zRegional
MidEastTunisia – A leading US IPR specialist will travel to Tunis in April
for a regional IPR conference organized by the Tunisian
Communication Association (ATUCOM), an influential
professional organization of Tunisian media specialists, educators,lawyers and industrialists. The Tunis event is a direct outgrowth ofan earlier USIA-sponsored conference in West Africa in whichATUCOM delegates participated. (REF:98USIA2.20)
1998.02 AOTS
APICzRegional
Other1998.02.23 – 1998.03.20 China, Indonesia, PNG, the Philippines,
Mexico, Chile, Malaysia.  Participants of [Industrial Property RightsTraining Course for Operational Staff] were mainly from the privatesector, e.g. law firm, universities. This course was designed toprovide education to IP practitioners.
1998.01 USIA zRegional
zzOtherAn expert from the USPTO participated in a series of Worldnet
satellite interactives with foreign counterparts from Sri Lanka,United Arab Emirates, Oman, Muscat addressing IPR laws
1998.08 USIA zRegional
zzOtherWorld Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Stockholm,
Sweden. Presentation to participants from 19 emerging territories
from Africa, South Africa, China, South East Asia, India, SouthWest Asia.
1998.01 USCUST zzOther WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANIZATION, Brussels, IPR Branch
Chief Chaired Annual WCO Joint Industry/Government IPR
Working Group, including work on follow-up break-out session
projects (IPR Manual/Training Syllabus; Information Technology,Publicity).
1998.05 USIA zzOther Published an electronic journal, "Economic Perspectives:
Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace" featuring pieces by
the commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, the Library ofCongress register of Copyrights, interviews with senior USTRofficials and a panel discussion with leading US IPR experts.
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