Technical Cooperation Activities under TRIPS Art. 67. - View details of the document

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IP/C/W/644/REV.1

1. Submitting Member or Intergovernmental Organization

Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

2. Report Information

              1. GCC is an intergovernmental organization with membership of the following States: United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Bahrain, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, State of Qatar, and State of Kuwait.
              2. Pursuant to Article (20) of the GCC Economic Agreement which states that "member States shall develop programmes encouraging talented individuals and supporting innovation and invention; cooperate in the field of intellectual property and develop regulations and procedures ensuring protection of intellectual property rights; and coordinate their relevant policies towards other countries, regional blocs and international and regional organizations", the GCC Secretariat General directs most of its technical cooperation activities to its member States.
              3. This document presents a report on main technical cooperation activities undertaken by the Secretariat General of the GCC from 14 October 2017 to 10 October 2018, which are relevant to intellectual property issues, following the invitation of the Chairman of the WTO Council for TRIPS to provide updated information on such activities.
              4. The most part of the technical assistance activities undertaken by the GCC Secretariat General during the above-mentioned period are on patent-related aspects, arbitration in the field of IP, litigation on intellectual property rights, strengthening of innovation and enhancing awareness about IP issues. These activities are organized in the form of workshops on-job training, secondment and through supporting the participation in conferences or in international IP exhibitions. These activities are listed in the Annex.

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List of programmes/projects

# Title of programme or activity Start date Beneficiary Members or observers  
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