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The Director, Trade, Customs and Monetary Affairs of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), requested the legislative assistance of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). On September 26, 2011, the Director General sent to COMESA Secretariat comments on COMESA IP Model Policy and IP Model Law, prepared by the Patent and Innovation Division, Legislative and Policy Advice Section, and in an earlier exchange of correspondence, WIPO had expressed its readiness to host a visit of COMESA officials for a broader briefing on intellectual property and formal consultations to |