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WIPO Sub-Regional Seminar on the Role of Intellectual Property in Cultural and Economic Development for South Pacific Countries

Meeting codeWIPO/IP/APA/98
Date and venueSeptember 23 to September 25, 1998 (Apia, Samoa) Onsite
Topic(s)Economic Development, Intellectual Property-related Seminars, Workshops and Seminars

Meeting documents

CodeTitle(s)File(s)
WIPO/IP/APA/98/INF/1EnglishProvisional Program
WIPO/IP/APA/98/INF/2EnglishProvisional List of Participants
WIPO/IP/APA/98/INF/3EnglishSpeakers
WIPO/IP/APA/98/1EnglishOverview of the Protection of Industrial Property
WIPO/IP/APA/98/2EnglishOverview of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
WIPO/IP/APA/98/4EnglishWIPO and its Cooperation for Development Program for Developing Countries
WIPO/IP/APA/98/6AEnglishInternational Protection of Industrial Property (Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs): Treaties Administered by WIPO. A. The Paris Convention
WIPO/IP/APA/98/6BEnglishInternational Protection of Industrial Property (Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs): Treaties Administered by WIPO. B. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
WIPO/IP/APA/98/7EnglishInternational Protection of Copyright and Neighboring RIghts: Treaties Administered by WIPO
WIPO/IP/APA/98/8EnglishThe Economic Importance of Industrial Property
WIPO/IP/APA/98/9EnglishOverview of the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
WIPO/IP/APA/98/10EnglishThe Role of Copyright and Neighboring Rights in Cultural and Economic Development: An Overview and the Experience of Japan
WIPO/IP/APA/98/11EnglishThe Importance of Collective Management of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
WIPO/IP/APA/98/12EnglishThe Administration of an Industrial Property Office and its Services
WIPO/IP/APA/98/13EnglishNew Technology and Recent Developments of the Protection of Copyright and Neighboring Rights
WIPO/IP/APA/98/14AEnglishThe Protection of Folklore: Some National Experience
WIPO/IP/APA/98/14BEnglishThe Protection of Folklore: Some National Experience
WIPO/IP/APA/98/14CEnglishThe Protection of Folklore: Some National Experience and the Attempts at International Level