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1 Serving industry and the public

2 The role of the EPO in improving the protection of Intellectual Property in developing countries Fabio Corsi EPO, International Cooperation Project for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2004

3 A strategic perspective Under which conditions, global rules and practices can Intellectual Property Rights better serve the interests of developing countries? 3

4 Organisation European Organisation European Executive body Administrative Council Legislative body Search, Examination and Grant of patents; Opposition and Appeal administration Information Budget Approval of President s actions in the execution of the budget Modification of Rules and of Regulation related to fees The Council is composed of delegates of member states 4

administration Information Budget Approval of President s actions in the execution of the

5 Member states 5

6 Organigram of the European President s Council Secretary Control President A. Pompidou (FR) Pension Reserve Funds Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President G. Minnoye P. Kyriakides P. Messerli C. Edfjäll M. Desantes (BE) (CY) (CH) (SE) (ES) Directorate- Directorate- Directorate- Directorate- Directorate- General 1 General 2 General 3 General 4 General 5 Search Examination - Opposition Appeal Administration, info Legal and International affairs Permanent Staff: 5821 (June 2004) 6

7 International the EPO European...the Conference requests the European Organisation to make use, taking due account of the efforts made by other intergovernmental organisations, of all possibilities available to it to help the developing countries in the field of patent law, irrespective of their geographical location, in particular as concerns documentation, the training of staff and all other means likely to bring these countries closer to the highly developed countries.... to promote technological progress in developing countries. Munich s Diplomatic Conference,

organisations, of all possibilities available to it to help the developing countries in the field of patent law, irrespective of their

8 The cooperation projects Bilateral cooperation: Latin America Asia Central Asia and ern Europe (CIS countries and Mongolia) China Projects that are cofinanced by the European Community : ECAP II (South Asia) Ukraine Turkey CARDS (Former Yugoslav countries and Albania) Eurasian China Cooperation with other international organisations: Trilateral (EPO, USPTO, JPTO) WIPO; OHIM 8

ECAP II (South Asia) Ukraine Turkey CARDS (Former Yugoslav countries and Albania) Eurasian

9 Directorate for International Cooperation 9

10 Project for Africa and Middle (PAME) 10

11 PAME: strategy 1. Improve the istitutional and administrative structures of IP offices 2. South-south synergies 3. Development of human resources 4. Support to regional training 5. Diffusion of patent information 6. Modernisation of IP s 7. Implication and coordination of the various partners 8. Link IP to the economic and industrial development 11

South-south synergies 3. Development of human resources 4.

12 Modernisation projects Electronic capturing of patent data ARIPO, OMPIC; South Africa OAPI: EPOscan Jordan Electronic publication of patent data CD-ROMs, Automation of administrative procedures ARIPO, South Africa 12

Electronic publication of patent data CD-ROMs, esp@cenet

13 Support to innovation and training National / Regional development strategy : Key role of national / regional offices in the active promotion of technology transfer and innovation Broad diffusion of the technical information contained in patents; Training in search and exploitation of said information; Development of documentation and search tools; OAPI regional centre; International Academy of the EPO, training in Europe; Cooperation with INPI; WIPO; CEIPI 13

contained in patents; Training in search and exploitation of said information; Development of documentation and

14 Meetings and events Fora: Casablanca, 2001 Johannesburg, 2003 Dakar, June 2005 Conferences: Beyrut, 2002; Cairo, 2004 Roving seminars, round tables: ARIPO, OAPI, 2004; Angola and Mozambique, 2004 EIPO, December

round tables: ARIPO, 1991-2003 OAPI, 2004; Angola and Mozambique,

15 Thank you for your attention Fabio Corsi EPO, International Cooperation Project for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 2004

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OHIM SEARCH TOOLS: TMVIEW, DSVIEW AND TMCLASS Making trade mark and design information readily available for users Mariano Riccheri Moscow, 24 September 2015 INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AREA European Cooperation: