Course Basics
- Venue - WIPO & WTO, Geneva
- Date - March 11-22
- Duration - 2 weeks
- Language - English
- Open to - 20 senior government officials familiar with the basics of IP through WTO or WIPO Distance Learning programs
- Application Form
WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials
WIPO and the World Trade Organization (WTO) organize jointly a two-week advanced course for senior government officials working in the intellectual property (IP) field, especially those in from developing countries and countries with economies in transition.
Content and Structure
- overview of international law and policy in IP;
- IP and economic development;
- visit to WIPO Library and meeting with WIPO officials;
- copyright, the current international landscape: legal, policy and development dimensions;
- copyright flexibility;
- trademarks and industrial designs, the current international landscape: legal, policy and development dimensions;
- geographical indications, the current international landscape, legal, policy and development dimensions;
- patents, the current international landscape, legal, policy and development dimensions;
- IP and public health: the current international landscape;
- options and strategies under the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPS) for access to medicines: the current state of play of implementation;
- WTO Dispute Settlement and the TRIPS Agreement;
- protection of plant varieties in the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants;
- IP and competition policy;
- IP and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore: the current international landscape and future directions;
- relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the protection of traditional knowledge and folklore: recent developments in the WTO;
- IP, electronic commerce, internet domain name disputes and the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre;
- IP and transfer of technology and licensing;
- enforcement of IP: legal, policy and development dimensions;
- IP and climate change;
- primary sources, and information resources in the field of IP.
