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

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BRIEF OUTLINE OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN DURING THE REPORTING YEAR

  1. Article 67 of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) requires that, "[i]n order to facilitate the implementation of this Agreement, developed country Members shall provide, on request and on mutually agreed terms and conditions, technical and financial cooperation in favour of developing and least-developed country Members". Pursuant to Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement, the Council for TRIPS requests that developed country Members report on their technical and financial cooperation programmes in favour of developing and least-developed country (LDC) Members. The present document provides an update on Canada's activities in respect of technical and financial cooperation in the area of intellectual property (IP) in favour of developing country and LDC Members, covering the 2021-2022 period.
  2. Canada continues to undertake a number of technical cooperation activities in favour of developing and LDC Members at the multilateral, plurilateral, and bilateral levels. At the multilateral level, Canada works in close collaboration with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), as well as with the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group (APEC-IPEG) where Canada participates in the IPEG's semi-annual deliberations aimed at sharing information and best practices on IP rights. In addition, Canada's technical cooperation activities are administered by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), Global Affairs Canada, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and other Government of Canada departments and agencies. Other Canadian institutions that receive funding from the Government of Canada – such as the Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL) and the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society – are also involved in international technical cooperation efforts.
  3. Details of technical cooperation activities are provided in the Annex.
Kelsea.Gillespie@international.gc.ca; David.Norris@international.gc.ca

List of programmes/projects

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# Title of programme or activity Start date Beneficiary Members or observers  
1 CIPO-WIPO Executive Workshop on IP Office Management 16/05/2022
2 Pre-recorded webinars on IP and patents on the website of Trade Facilitation Office (TFO) Canada 01/01/2021
3 Open African Innovation Research network (Open AIR)
4 Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development (EDM) – Strengthen Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) Protection in Viet Nam 01/01/2021 Viet Nam
5 Strengthening cyber policy research centres in the Global South – Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law 01/04/2019 Kenya
6 Initiative for Digital Rights in Latin America (INDELA) 01/01/2019 Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Cuba; Ecuador; Mexico; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Uruguay; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
7 Supplying free copies of Canadian patent documents for developing countries
8 Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CPTL) – guidance, support, knowledge and tools