Factual overview on technical & financial cooperation for LDCs related to the TRIPS Agreement

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1 Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Supplementary Contribution to the WTO Global Trust Fund Factual overview on technical & financial cooperation for LDCs related to the TRIPS Agreement Identifying and responding to individual priority needs of LDCs Final Report, May 2013 Prepared by:

2 i Acknowledgments This report was prepared with the financial support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. The author wishes to acknowledge the kind assistance of the Intellectual Property Division of the WTO Secretariat in facilitating its preparation and in compiling the information contained in it. The consultant bears the sole responsibility for the contents of the report. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency or the WTO Secretariat. Any errors or omissions are the responsibility of the author.

3 ii List of Acronyms and Abbreviations AANZFTA ACA2K AfT AIPT APEC-IPEG ARIPO ASEAN ASEC BDS BRELA BSDA BSIP BUMDA CBD CDIP CEMAPI CIDA CIPO DDIP DFID DPDT DTIS DUS EAC ECAP ECOWAS EIF ECSP EPA EPO EU FAO FAPI GATT GDP ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement African Copyright and Access to Knowledge Project Aid for Trade African IP Trust Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Intellectual Property Rights Expert's Group African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation Association of Southeast Asian Nations Applied Services Economic Centre Business Development Services Business Registrations and Licensing Agency (Tanzania) Industrial Property Office and National Copyright Office (Senegal) Bangladeshi-Swiss Intellectual Property Project Malian Copyright Bureau Centre for Biological Diversity Committee on Development and Intellectual Property Malian Centre for the Promotion of Industrial Property Canadian International Development Agency Canadian Intellectual Property Office Development Dimension of Intellectual Property UK Department for International Development Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (Bangladesh) Diagnostic Trade Integration Study Distinctness, Uniformity and Stability East African Community ASEAN Project on the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Economic Community of West African States Enhanced Integrated Framework Environmental Change and Security Project Economic Partnership Agreements European Patent Office European Union Food and Agriculture Organisation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Gross Domestic Product

4 iii GI GSPOA ICTSD IGC IGO IMP INLD INPI INPI PT ITC IPAS IPI IP IPONZ IPR ITTC JICA LDC LIPP LYIP MBIE MGDS MoU MIPO MTI MTS NDP OAPI OECD PARCA PIIPA PIS PNDPI PRH PRSP PRV R&D Geographical Indication Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Public Health, Innovation and Intellectual Property International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Intergovernmental Committee Intergovernmental Organisation Interface Public-Members National Institute of Books and Recordings (Mozambique) French Industrial Property Institute Portuguese Industrial Property Office International Trade Centre Industrial Property Automated System Industrial Property Office (Mozambique) Intellectual Property Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand Intellectual Property Rights Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation Japan International Cooperation Agency Least Developed Country Swiss-Lao Intellectual Property Project Light Years IP Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (New Zealand) Memorandum of Understanding Malawi Intellectual Property Office Ministry of Trade and Investment (Sierra Leone) Multilateral Trading System National Development Plan African Intellectuel Property Organisation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Patents and Companies Registration Agency (Zambia) Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors Patent Information System National Intellectual Property Development Plan (Senegal) National Board of Patents and Registration (Finland) Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Swedish Patent and Registration Office Research and Development

5 iv RDB SADC SIDA SMEs STI STIP TECTAM TIPASIC TISC TPRB TPR TPRD TPRM TK TRIPS TRTA UNCTAD UNDP UNECA UNESCO UNIDO USPTO UPOV URSB USAID WCO WHO WIPO WTO Rwanda Development Board Southern African Development Agency Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Science, Technology and Innovation Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Technical Expert Committee on TRIPS and Access to Medicines Tanzanian Intellectual Property Advisory Services and Information Centre Technology and Innovation Support Centres Trade Policy Review Body Trade Policy Review Trade Policies Review Division Trade Policy Review Mechanism Traditional Knowledge Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Trade Related Technical Assistance United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Programme United Nations Economic Commission for Africa United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation United Nations Industrial Development Organisation United States Patent and Trademark Office International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants Uganda Registration Services Bureau United States Agency for International Development World Customs Organisation World Health Organisation World Intellectual Property Organisation World Trade Organisation

6 v Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY INTRODUCTION Background Objectives Scope of work METHODOLOGY Designing the information resource Taxonomy of technical and financial co-operation related to TRIPS Data sources and availability... 8 Needs communicated by LDCs... 8 WTO Trade Policy Reviews... 8 WTO accession protocols for LDCs... 9 WTO TRIPS Article 67 notifications... 9 WTO seminars and symposium Enhanced Integrated Framework - Diagnostic Trade Integration Study Other publicly available databases, publications and sources Limitations STATE OF PLAY WITH IP SYSTEMS IN LDC MEMBERS National level policies & measures in LDC members Policy framework Legal framework IP administration IP enforcement Using IP as a development tool Regional level policies & measures relevant to LDC members African Regional Intellectual Property Organisation Organisation Africaine Propriété Intellectuelle East African Community Association of Southeast Asian Nations IDENTIFYING LDC NEEDS Priority needs communicated by LDCs to date Sierra Leone Uganda Bangladesh Rwanda Tanzania Senegal Mali Madagascar Ongoing and planned communication of needs by LDCs Malawi Nepal Cambodia Lesotho TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL CO-OPERATION PROGRAMMES FOR LDCS Overview and key trends Bilateral programmes European Union European Union... 58

7 vi Finland France Germany Italy Portugal Sweden United Kingdom Bilateral programmes other WTO member countries Australia Canada Japan New Zealand Norway Switzerland United States of America South-South programmes International Organisations African Regional Intellectual Property Office European Patent Office Food & Agricultural Organisation Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Organisation Africaine Propriété Intellectuelle United Nations Conference on Trade and Development International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants South Centre World Bank World Customs Organisation World Health Organisation World Intellectual Property Organisation WTO and Enhanced Integrated Framework Trilateral Cooperation WHO-WIPO-WTO International Non-Governmental Organisations International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development Light Years IP Public Interest Intellectual Property Advisors CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS Encouraging more LDCs to communicate their needs Strengthening the process of needs communication More efficient mechanisms to match demand and supply Improving usability of information sharing databases ANNEX A RESOURCES FOR THE COMMUNICATION OF NEEDS ANNEX B NATIONAL IP OFFICES IN LDC WTO MEMBERS ANNEX C STATISTICAL DATA ON IP ADMINISTRATION ANNEX D MEMBERSHIP OF MAJOR INTERNATIONAL IP TREATIES BY LDC WTO MEMBERS ANNEX E IP LEGISLATION IN LDC WTO MEMBERS ANNEX F TECHNICAL & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO LDCS ANNEX G SUPPLY OF ASSISTANCE TO LDCS BY CO-OPERATION PARTNERS

8 vii List of tables, figures and text boxes Table 1. The LDC members of the WTO Table 2. Further information resources Table 3. Case studies on IP-related policy frameworks in LDC members Table 4. Case studies on IP-related legal frameworks in LDC members Table 5. Case studies on IP administration in LDC members Table 6. Case studies on IP enforcement in LDC members Table 7. Case studies using IP as a development tool in LDC members Figure 1. Section 2 outline Figure 2. Section 5 outline Figure 3. Number of LDC members reported as direct beneficiaries of assistance Figure 4. Number of co-operation partners providing assistance to LDC members Figure 5. Section 6 outline Text box 1. Key find Text box 2 Text box 3 Text box 4. Key aspects of sequencing of implementation of LDC national IP programmes. Text box 5. Examples of WIPO activities with LDCs in 2012