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WIPO Director General Underlines Strategic Importance of Intellectual Property for Lusophone Countries

Geneva, May 5, 2006
Press Updates UPD/2006/273

The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Dr. Kamil Idris, underlined the strategic importance of intellectual property (IP) to Lusophone countries and pledged the Organization's continued support of the Portuguese language as a vehicle for the dissemination of scientific and technical information within the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) during a visit to Lisbon on April 28, 2006. During his visit, the Director General addressed the Ministerial Conference on Industrial Property for Portuguese-Speaking Countries organized by the Government of Portugal with the support of WIPO to mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the CPLP. The Ministerial Conference was organized with a view to developing and articulating strategies for the use of the IP system in Lusophone countries and to reinforce the use of Portuguese as a technological and economic support language within the knowledge and information society.

In addressing the Ministerial Conference, Dr. Idris said "Intellectual property has proved to be one of the most favorable instruments for ensuring the economic and technical prosperity of the industrialized countries and developing countries recognize more and more that it is essential to the achievement of their social and economic objectives." He added, "the achievement of these objectives, through the instrument of intellectual property, involves the establishment of a legal framework taking into account States' specific features and needs …" He said that WIPO has made the development issue a priority and that "the implementation of a cooperation program resolutely directed towards development requires the specific features of beneficiary States to be taken into account, as well as large-scale involvement of national partners and political will on the part of decision-makers."

The Director General paid tribute to the success of the CPLP in "increasing the cultural exchange and dissemination of intellectual and artistic creation in Portuguese-speaking areas, through the use of all means of communication and of national cooperation mechanisms." Dr. Idris outlined a number of existing and new initiatives to support and promote the use of the Portuguese language in the Organization's work. He pledged WIPO's continued support of the work of the CPLP and referred in particular to the recent cooperation agreement signed with the CPLP to enhance and strengthen the IP system in Portuguese-speaking countries to improve their competitiveness in the global marketplace. Dr. Idris further applauded the contributions by the Governments of Brazil and Portugal as WIPO partners in support of the economic, social and cultural development of the member states of the CPLP and the ever increasing use of the Portuguese language.

On the sidelines of the Conference, the Director General held informal talks on ways to enhance strategic use of IP for development with Ministers from Lusophone countries and other senior Government officials, including, H.E. Manuel Pinho, Minister of Economy Portugal, H.E. João Pereira da Silva, Minister of Economy, Cape Verde, H.E. Pascoal Domingos Baticã, Minister of Industry, Guinea Bissau, H.E. Mr. Ovidio de Jesus Amaral, Minister of Transports and Communications, East Timor, H.E. António Castro Guerra, Secretary of State for Industry and Innovation, Portugal, H.E. João Gomes Cravinho, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Portugal, H.E. Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe Gomes de Mattos, President of the National Intellectual Property Institute, Brazil, Ms. Antónia Bandeira, Director General, Angolan Institute of Industrial Property, Dr. Abenilde Tomé Pires dos Santos, Executive Director of the National Industrial Property Service, Sao Tomé and Principe, and Mr. José Meque, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Mozambique.

CPLP members which span four continents and represent more than 200 million people, include Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, Sao Tome-and-Principe and East Timor.

For further information, please contact the Media Relations and Public Affairs Section by e-mail: publicinf@wipo.int.

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