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Training and Awareness-raising Activities

WIPO training and awareness-raising activities in the field of building respect for IP and respective cooperation with intergovernmental and non governmental organizations.

2024

Dates Venue Title
February 20 to 22, 2024 Liège, Belgium European Observatory Public Sector Representatives Meeting
March 12 to 14, 2024 Detroit, United States of America 7th  Annual Brand Protection Strategy Summit
March 26 and 27, 2024 Lusaka, Zambia National Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights for Law Enforcement Officials and Members of the Judiciary
April 4 and 5, 20024 Paris, France OECD Working Party on Countering Illicit Trade: First Plenary Meeting
April 18 and 19, 2024 Amsterdam, The Netherlands REACT Annual General Meeting
May 1 to 16, 2024 Cairo, Egypt (hybrid) Workshop on the Judicial Adjudication and Criminal Prosecution of Trademark Matters in Egypt
May 6 and 7, 2024 Jakarta, Indonesia Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Forum
May 18 to 22, 2024 Atlanta, United States of America  International Trademark Association (INTA) 2024 Annual Meeting
June 5 and 6, 2024 Nairobi, Kenya 2nd  International Symposium on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement (ISIPPE-1)

2023

Dates Venue Title
February 14 to 16, 2023 Stockholm, Sweden EUIPO Observatory Public Sector Representatives Meeting and Seminar
February 15 and 16, 2023 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-KMOJ Sub-Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement for Prosecutors
February 28, 2023 Online   Regional Webinar on The Calculation of Damages for IP Infringements (Hungary)
March 5 to 7, 2023 Cairo, Egypt Arab Regional Conference on Intellectual Property (IP) Trends in the Traditional and Digital Environments
March 7, 2023 Geneva, Switzerland (Hybrid) Coordination Meeting of IGOs Working in the Area of Building Respect for Intellectual Property
March 16 and 17, 2023 Paris, France OECD Taskforce on Countering Illicit Trade:  Eleventh Meeting
March 22, 2023 Geneva, Switzerland (Hybrid) WIPO ALERT – Sixth Stake holders’ Meeting
April 20 2023

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

REACT Annual General Meeting

April 26 and 27, 2023 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-MCST Regional High-Level Meeting on Copyright Enforcement in the Digital Environment
May 24, 2023  Online Digital Piracy and the Advertising Industry in Mexico: the WIPO ALERT Database
June 13 to 15, 2023 Nairobi, Kenya 1st International Symposium on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement (ISIPPE-1) PDF, title goes here
June 14 and 15, 2023 Sofia, Bulgaria EUIPO International IP Enforcement Summit
June 20 and 21, 2023 Online WIPO-IPC Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Law Enforcement Officials and Members of Judiciary (Islamic Republic of Iran)
July 5, 2023  Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid) Private Sector Associations Meeting on Intellectual Property Enforcement
July 24 and 25, 2023 Batumi, Georgia Seventh International Conference Georgia against Counterfeiting and Piracy PDF, title goes here
September 25 to 27, 2023 Oslo, Norway 16th International Law Enforcement Crime Conference 
September 26 and 27, 2023 Astana, Kazakhstan Sub-Regional Workshop on Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement for Law Enforcement Officials 
September 28 and 29, 2023 New Delhi, India FICCI MASCRADE 2023 – Movement against Smuggled and Counterfeit Trade
October 2 and 3, 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia WIPO-JPO-SAIP Sub-Regional Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property for Law Enforcement Officials from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 
October 3, 2023 Washington, United States of America United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Roundtable: Future strategies in anti‑counterfeiting and anti-piracy
October 9 to 13, 2023 Manila, Philippines Citizen Journalism and IP for Schools Project
October 10 to 13, 2023 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Sub-regional Workshop WIPO-OAPI-UEMOA-INPI-MCIPPME on Intellectual Property Adjudication for Judges from OAPI Member States and other francophone African countries 
October 18, 2023 Seville, Spain EUIPO Observatory Public Sector Representatives Meeting
October 19, 2023 Seville, Spain EUIPO Conference on IP in the Digital Context: Protection and Awareness – Challenges for Future Generations
October 24, 2023 Geneva, Switzerland Annual Bilateral Meeting of the International Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (IGBA)
October 24, 2023 Milan, Italy IFPI Global Content Protection and Enforcement Summit
November 7 and 8, 2023 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina National Workshop on Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement
November 13, 2023 Tegucigalpa, Honduras National Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Prosecutors, Police and Customs Officials
November 14 to 16, 2023 Asuncion, Paraguay Sub-regional Workshop on the Enforcement of IP Rights for Police Investigators and Prosecutors in MERCOSUR Countries
November 16 and 17, 2023 Chiang Mai, Thailand REACT Asia – Conference and Product Identification Workshop – “Investigations & Enforcement: Best Practices in Asia”
November 21 and 22, 2023 Brussels, Belgium 20th WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting

2022

Dates Venue Title
February 10 and 11, 2022 Paris, France UNIFAB 26th European Intellectual Property Forum
February 22 to 24, 2022 Cape Town, South Africa Still Growing Respect for IP in Africa
February 22 to 24, 2022 Cape Town, South Africa (Hybrid) National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Senior Law Enforcement Officials and Public Prosecutors
March 2 to 3, 2022 Online Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Judges in Saudi Arabia 
April 4, 2022 Online WIPO ALERT – Fifth Stakeholders’ Meeting
May 16 to 17, 2022 Online Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Law Enforcement Officials in Palestine
May 20, 2022 Online Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property and Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in the Digital Environment for Law Enforcement Officials (Kazakhstan)
June 20 to 24 Dakar, Sénégal Citizen Journalism and IP for Schools Project  PDF, title goes here(1) - PDF, title goes here(2)
June 21, 2022 Hybrid Coordination Meeting of IGOs Working in the Area of Building Respect for Intellectual Property
June 27 to 28, 2022  Nouakchott, Mauritania WIPO-Mauritania Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Officials
July 25 to 26, 2022 Batumi, Georgia 6th Annual International Conference against Counterfeiting and Piracy - PDF, title goes here
September 15 to 16, 2022 The Hague, NL European Intellectual Property Prosecutors Network (EIPPN) Workshop
September 19, 2022 Seoul, Rep. Korea INTERPOL-IIPIC Workshop on Online Piracy
September 20 to 21, 2022 Seoul, Rep. Korea INTERPOL IP Crime Conference
September 28 to 29, 2022 Alicante, Spain Plenary Meeting of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (EUIPO)
September 29 to 30, 2022 Banjul, Gambia National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Members of the Judiciary, Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Officials 
October 3, 2022 Geneva and online Private Sector Associations Meeting on Intellectual Property Enforcement 
October 12 and 13, 2022 Tbilisi, Georgia The Role of IP Offices in the National Innovation Ecosystem PDF, title goes here
October 27 and 28, 2022

Manila, Philippines

WIPO-JPO-IPOPHL Sub-Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement in the Digital Environment for Government and Law Enforcement Officials

November 8 and 9, 2022 Praia, Cabo Verde National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Law Enforcement Officials and Members of the Judiciary
November 25, 2022

Mexico

Online seminar: Latest developments in IP protection around the world PDF, title goes here
November 30, 2022

Mexico City, Mexico (online)

Seminar on “The latest developments in IP protection around the world”

December 14, 2022

Milan, Italy

Conference on "IP Assets and Edge Technologies:  Towards a Common Transatlantic Approach on Promoting Tech Exchanges while Avoiding IP Theft"

2021

Dates Venue Title
March 3 and 4, 2021 Online WIPO ALERT – Fourth Stakeholders’ Meeting
March 16, 2021 Online WIPO-Oman Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Law Enforcement Officials
March 17, 2021 Online WIPO-Oman Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Law Enforcement Officials
May 5, 2021 Online Coordination Meeting of IGOs Working in the Area of Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP)
May 19 and 20, 2021 Online Bi-national (Madagascar and Mali) webinar for judges on the application of intellectual property rights
May 24 to 26, 2021 Online Introduction à la Propriété intellectuelle: Séminaire au profit de l’Institut Diplomatique et des Relations internationales du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères de la République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire

June 29 to July 1, 2021

Online

WIPO-Algeria Online Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Officials

August 23 and 24, 2021

Online WIPO/KMOJ/PCIP Online Sub-Regional Workshop on IP Enforcement

August 26 to 28, 2021

Online Ninth International Forum Anti-Counterfeit
September 8 and 9, 2021  Online USDOJ-OAPI-WIPO Virtual Train-the-Trainers Intellectual Property Enforcement Workshop for OAPI Police Instructors and Prosecutors PDF, title goes here
September 29 and 30, 2021 Online Plenary Meeting of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (EUIPO)
October 12, 2021 Online Stakeholder Dialogue on the EU Toolbox against Counterfeiting:  Workshop on Domain Names
October 25 and 26, 2021 Online Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Law Enforcement Officials PDF, Webinar Program Kuwait
November 15 and 16, 2021 Online Webinar - Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Law Enforcement Officials and Members of the Judiciary
December 1 and 2, 2021           Online  

WIPO-JPO-DGIP Virtual National Workshop on Building Respect for IP in the Digital Environment for Public Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Officials of Indonesia

December 7, 2021 Online

Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Judges, Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Officials

2020

Dates Venue Title
January 29, 2020 Brussels, Belgium EUIPO Observatory Coordination Group on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
March 3, 2020 Geneva, Switzerland Coordination Meeting of IGOs Working in the Area of Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP)
March 23, 2020 Online OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade Meeting on Illicit Trade in Fake Pharmaceuticals
April 16, 2020 Online WIPO-AIPPI Joint Webinar Session
April 21, 2020 Online REACT Annual Meeting
April 23, 2020 Online OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade Webinar on Illicit Trade at the Time of Crisis:  Current Challenges and Long-term Impacts
May 14, 2020 Online Meeting with Students from Texas A&M University’s School of Law on IP Enforcement and Building Respect for IP
May 19 and 20, 2020 Online European Intellectual Property Prosecutors Network (EIPPN) Workshop
June 29, 2020 Online Online Discussion on Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement and Building Respect for IP
June 30, 2020 Online WIPO-MCST Webinar on Copyright Enforcement PDF, title goes here
September 8 to 10, 2020 Online 10th World Customs Organisation’s (WCO) Knowledge Academy for Customs and Trade (KACT)
October 21 and 22, 2020 Online WIPO-Dubai Police Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Police Officials
November 3 and 4, 2020 Online Webinar on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Public Prosecutors and  Enforcement officials from the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property
December 3, 2020 Online National Workshop on the Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights for Judges and Prosecutors in Paraguay

2019

Dates Venue Title
February 12 and 13, 2019 Bucharest, Romania EUIPO Observatory Public Sector Representatives’ Meeting
February 14, 2019 Bucharest, Romania EUIPO Observatory Conference on IP in Education
February 27, 2019 Kampala, Uganda WIPO Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Law Enforcement Officials
February 28 and March 1, 2019 Kampala, Uganda WIPO Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Members of the Judiciary
March 18 and 19, 2019 Paris, France Seventh Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade
March 25, 2019 Brussels, Belgium Meeting of the Working Group under the Memorandum of Understanding on Online Advertising and IPR
March 25 to 29, 2019 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-MCST Interregional Workshop on Copyright Enforcement
March 28, 2019 Amsterdam, Netherlands REACT Annual Meeting
March 28, 2019 Brussels, Belgium Tenth Meeting of the Expert Group on IPR Enforcement
April 2 and 3, 2019 Algiers, Algeria Regional Seminar for the Heads of IP Offices on Building Respect for Industrial Property through Awareness Raising
April 23 and 24, 2019 Moscow, Russian Federation Second International Conference "Digital Transformation; focus on IP"
April 25 and 26, 2019 Panama City, Panama Sub-regional Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights for Law Enforcement Agencies
April 29 and 30, 2019 Havana, Cuba Roundtable Discussions on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights
May 1, 2019 Kingston, Jamaica WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Law Enforcement Officials
May 2 and 3, 2019 Kingston, Jamaica WIPO National Workshop on Enforcement of IP Rights for Members of the Judiciary
May 7 and 8, 2019 St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda WIPO National Workshop for Law Enforcement Officials
May 8, 2019 St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda WIPO National Workshop on Enforcement of IP Rights for Members of the Judiciary
May 20 to 22, 2019 Gaborone, Botswana Regional Workshop for Police Instructors and Prosecutors:  Train the Trainers Intellectual Property Enforcement PDF, Regional Workshop for Police Instructors and Prosecutors:  Train the Trainers Intellectual Property Enforcement
June 5 and 6, 2019 Chisinau, Moldova WIPO Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement
June 12 and 13, 2019 Paris, France EUIPO International Forum on IP Enforcement
June 19, 2019 Vilnius, Lithuania Workshop on the Implementation of Article 78 of Law No. VIII-1185 of May 18, 1999, on Copyright and Related Rights (as amended)
June 26 and 27, 2019 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WIPO-MCST-MyIPO Interregional Meeting on Voluntary Measures to Implement the “Follow the Money” Approach Against Copyright Piracy
July 2, 2019 Geneva, Switzerland Coordination Meeting of IGOs in the Area of Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP)
August 14 to 17, 2019 Johannesburg, South Africa WIPO Citizen Journalism and IP for Schools Project
September 11 and 12, 2019 Tashkent, Uzbekistan WIPO Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP
September 17 and 18, 2019 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia WIPO National Colloquium on Building Respect for IP For Judges
September 23 and 24, 2019 Jurmala, Latvia WIPO-LPO National Annual Training for Judges on Intellectual Property (IP) Rights Protection
September 24, 2019 Seoul, Republic of Korea International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference
September 25 and 26, 2019 Alicante, Spain Plenary Meeting of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (EUIPO)
September 27, 2019 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-KMOJ Sub-Regional Workshop on Enforcement of IP Rights
September 30, 2019 Brussels, Belgium 16th WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting
October 15 and 16, 2019 Casablanca, Morocco WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Attorneys
October 16 and 17, 2019 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Regional Seminar on Copyright Protection in the Internet:  Problems and Prospects
October 17, 2019 Casablanca, Morocco WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Members of the Judiciary
October 22 and 23, 2019 Cape Town, South Africa INTERPOL’s International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference
October 24, 2019 Cape Town, South Africa INTA “Online to Offline Effective Anticounterfeiting Measures in South Africa”
November 4 2019 Singapore, Singapore AVIA Asia Video Summit
November 5 to 10, 2019 Shanghai, China Second China International Import Expo
November 6, 2019

Shanghai, China

Second Forum on the Fight Against IPR Infringement and Counterfeiting
November 6 and 7, 2019 Dubai, United Arab Emirates WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Police Officials (Dubai Police General Headquarters)
November 12 and 13, 2019 Yerevan, Armenia Seventh International Forum Anti-Counterfeiting
November 26, 2019 Kyiv, Ukraine Awareness Raising for Journalists in the Area of Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP)
December 3 and 4, 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia WIPO-EIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP)
December 3 to 5, 2019 Tokyo, Japan WIPO-JPO Advanced Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
December 11, 2019 Geneva WIPO ALERT Database Project – Third Stakeholders’ Meeting

2018

Dates Venue Title
January 16, 2018 Brussels, Belgium EUIPO Observatory Coordination Group on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
January 22 to 26, 2018 Casablanca, Morocco
Yaoundé, Cameroon
Sub-regional workshop for training with respect to Intellectual Property for Member States of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI) and the Kingdom of Morocco
February 20, 2018 Sofia, Bulgaria EUIPO Observatory Conference on IP in Education
February 21 and 22, 2018 Sofia, Bulgaria EUIPO Observatory Public Sector Representatives Meeting
March 5 to 9, 2018 Tbilisi, Georgia Training of Trainers of the Georgian Intellectual Property (IP) Academy – Module 4: Training on Trademarks and Trademark Enforcement
March 12 to 23, 2018 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on IP for Government Officials
March 13, 2018 Geneva, Switzerland Coordination Meeting of IGOs Working in the Area of Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP)
March 15 and 16, 2018 Paris, France 6th OECD Taskforce on Countering Illicit Trade Meeting
March 22, 2018 Brussels, Belgium WCO 37th Session of the Enforcement Committee (EC)
March 27 to 29, 2018 Cape Town, South Africa WIPO-CIPC Training Course for Law Enforcement Officials
April 3 to 5, 2018 Nelspruit, South Africa WIPO-CIPC Training Course for Law Enforcement Officials
April 5 and 6, 2018 Paris, France UNIFAB 23rd European Intellectual Property Forum
April 12, 2018 Amsterdam, Netherlands REACT Annual Meeting
April 17 and 18, 2018 Alicante, Spain European Intellectual Property Prosecutors Network (EIPPN) Workshop
April 19, 2018 Alicante, Spain EU-China Intellectual Property Prosecutors Best Practice Group
April 23, 2018 Windhoek, Namibia WIPO-BIPA Workshop on IP Value Promotion for Media Practitioners
April 24, 2018 Windhoek, Namibia WIPO-BIPA Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Senior Customs Officials
April 24, 2018 Windhoek, Namibia IP Day Celebration at the University of Namibia
April 25, 2018 Windhoek, Namibia WIPO-BIPA Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights for the Senior Law Enforcement Officials at the Namibian Police College
April 26, 2018 Windhoek, Namibia WIPO-BIPA Workshop on World Intellectual Property Day – Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity
April 27, 2018 Windhoek, Namibia WIPO-BIPA Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Magistrates and Prosecutors
April 30 to May 4, 2018 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-MCST-KCOPA Interregional Workshop on Copyright Enforcement
May 3, 2018 Baku, Azerbaijan Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP
May 9 and 10, 2018 Riga, Latvia Regional Seminar on the Development and Implementation of National IP Strategies
May 19 to 23, 2018 Seattle, Washington, United States of America INTA 140th Annual Meeting
June 6 and 7, 2018 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova WIPO-AGEPI Regional Seminar on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement
June 27 and 28, 2018 Alger, Algeria WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Law Enforcement Officials
June 27 and 28, 2018 Gaborone, Botswana WIPO-CIPA Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Senior Police Officers and Public Prosecutors
June 29, 2018 Gaborone, Botswana WIPO-CIPA Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Magistrates
July 2 and 3, 2018 Harare, Zimbabwe Training of Trainers Workshop on the Teaching of Intellectual Property (IP) in Police Colleges of the ARIPO Member States
July 12 and 13, 2018 Batumi, Georgia International Conference on “Georgia Against Counterfeiting and Piracy”
July 26 and 27, 2018 Castries, St Lucia Sub-regional Colloquium on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for the Judiciary
July 30, 2018 Bogata, Colombia INTA Colloquium on the Andean Industrial Property Regime and Recent Developments in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the Andean Community
July 30 and 31, 2018 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago National Workshop Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Law Enforcement Officials
July 31, 2018 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago National Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Magistrates
July 31 and August 1, 2018 Bogota, Colombia Regional Seminar on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property for Judges and Officials with Jurisdictional Powers
September 11 and 12, 2018 Jūrmala, Latvia National Annual Training for Judges in the Field of Intellectual Property
September 25 and 26, 2018 Dubai, United Arab Emirates INTERPOL’s International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference
October 8 and 9, 2018 Dubai, United Arab Emirates WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) in the Digital Environment for Police Officials (Dubai Police)
October 10 and 11, 2018 Dubai, United Arab Emirates WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) in the Fields of Trademarks and Copyright for Enforcement Officials, Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA)
October 22, 2018 Tirana, Albania Workshop on Building Respect for Copyright for Judges, Prosecutors and Lawyers
October 23 to 25, 2018 Sandton, South Africa International Conference “Respect for IP – Growing from the Tip of Africa”
October 31 and November 1, 2018 Astana, Kazakhstan Sub-Regional Seminar on IP Enforcement for Judges and Counteract the Trafficking of Counterfeit Products.  Methodology for Assessing the Damage Caused
November 1 and 2, 2018 New Delhi, India FICCI MASCRADE 2018 – Movement Against Smuggling and Counterfeit Trade
November 8, 2018 Geneva, Switzerland

Bilateral Meeting between WIPO and the International Council of Biotechnology Associations (ICBA) on Recent Developments at WIPO Regarding Intellectual Property and Public Policy Issues

November 13 to 15, 2018 Lusaka, Zambia

National Strategy on Building Respect for IP – Stakeholder Meetings and Preparatory Discussion

November 21 and 22, 2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for Copyright and Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in the Digital Environment
November 27 to 29, 2018 Tokyo, Japan Advanced Training Course on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Judges
December 6 and 7, 2018 Brussels, Belgium

15th WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting

December 7, 2018 WIPO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland Building Respect for IP (BRIP) Database Project – Second Stakeholder Meeting

2017

Dates Venue Title
January 17, 2017 The Hague, The Netherlands EUIPO Observatory Coordination Group on Infringement of IP Rights
January 18, 2017 Amsterdam, The Netherlands IPR Business Partnership Strategic Meeting
January 25 to 27, 2017 Kigali, Rwanda WIPO Sub-Regional Colloquium on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for the Judiciary
February 1 to 3, 2017 Durban, Republic of South Africa WIPO/CIPC Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Senior Law Enforcement Officials and Public Prosecutors
February 6 to 8, 2017 Cape Town, Republic of South Africa WIPO/CIPC Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Senior Law Enforcement Officials and Public Prosecutors
February 19 to 21, 2017 The Hague, Netherlands Hague Conference on Private International Law, Second Meeting of the Special Commission on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements    
February 28 to March 1, 2017 Valletta, Malta EUIPO Observatory Public Sector Representatives Meeting
March 2, 2017 Valletta, Malta EUIPO Observatory Conference on IP Enforcement
March 9, 2017 Geneva, Switzerland Coordination Meeting of IGOs Working in the Area of Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP)
March 20 to 31, 2017 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on IP for Government Officials
March 22, 2017 Santiago de Chile, Chile WIPO-INAPI Summer School on IP
March 22 to 24, 2017 London, United Kingdom CTO Commonwealth Cybersecurity Forum 2017
March 23, 2017 Strasbourg, France CEIPI Advanced Program for Chinese Judges on Intellectual Property Court Practice
March 23 and 24, 2017 Santiago de Chile, Chile Second Sectorial Roundtable Meeting of the Latin American Alliance Against Illicit Trade
March 28 and 29, 2017 Paris, France 5th OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade Meeting
March 29, 2017 Goes, Netherlands Visit to REACT Facilities for the Disposal of IP Infringing Goods
March 30 and 31, 2017 Amsterdam, Netherlands The Anti-Counterfeiting Network (REACT) General Assembly and Seminar
April 11 and 12, 2017 Vilnius, Lithuania Conference on “Intellectual Property and Education”, organized by the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
April 12 to 20, 2017 Tokyo, Japan WIPO/JPO Training Course on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
May 11 and 12, 2017 Alicante, Spain EUIPO Observatory Seminar for Judges
May 23 and 24, 2017 Algiers, Algeria WIPO-INAPI National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of the Judiciary
May 25, 2017 Bucharest, Romania WIPO-OSIM National Seminar on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Relating to the Automotive Spare Parts
June 22 and 23, 2017 Berlin, Germany EUIPO International IP Enforcement Summit
June 29, 2017 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property
June 29 and 30, 2017 Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines WIPO Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Law Enforcement Officials
June 30, 2017 Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines WIPO Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Magistrates
July 3 and 4, 2017 Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis WIPO Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Law Enforcement Officials
July 4, 2017 Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis WIPO Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Magistrates
July 17 to 19, 2017 WIPO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland Panel of Judges for the Development of a Generic Distance Learning Course on Intellectual Property for the Judiciary
July 20 and 21, 2017 Batumi, Georgia Georgia Against Counterfeiting and Piracy
August 22 to 24, 2017 New Delhi, India CIPAM National Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
August 28 and 29, 2017 New York, United States of America 2017 INTERPOL’s International Law Enforcement IP Crime Conference
September 18 to 21, 2017 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-MCST-KCOPA Interregional Workshop on Copyright Enforcement
September 19 and 20, 2017 Antwerp, Belgium EUROPOL International Property Crime Conference on Innovative Strategies for Effective Enforcement
September 27 and 28, 2017 Alicante, Spain Plenary Meeting of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights
September 29, 2017 WIPO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland Building Respect for IP (BRIP) Database Project – Stakeholder Meeting
October 17 and 18, 2017 Tokyo, Japan WIPO-JPO Regional Colloquium for Judges in Higher Courts on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
October 18 and 19, 2017 Minsk, Belarus WIPO-NCIP National Workshop on Building Respect for IP and Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in the Digital Environment
October 19 and 20, 2017 Casablanca, Morocco WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of the Judiciary
October 24 and 25, 2017 Dushanbe, Tajikistan Sub-Regional Seminar on Building Respect for IP
November 1, 2017 Pretoria, South Africa WIPO/CIPC Workshop on the South African IP Training Manual on Investigation and Prosecution of IP Crime for Senior Law Enforcement Officials
November 6 and 7, 2017 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 7th Regional Intellectual Property (IP) Crime Conference
November 9 and 10, 2017 Lima, Peru IBEPI-INDECOPI-WIPO Ibero-American Workshop on the Enforcement of Rights Relating to Distinctive Signs
November 13 and 14, 2017 Asunción, Paraguay WIPO-DINAPI National Workshop on IP Enforcement
November 13 and 14, 2017 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan WIPO Sub-Regional Workshop on the Enforcement for Intellectual Property Rights for Customs Officials
November 13 and 14, 2017 The Hague, Netherlands Hague Conference on Private International Law, Third Meeting of the Special Commission on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgements
November 15 and 16, 2017 Brussels, Belgium 14th WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting
November 21 to 23, 2017 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of the Judiciary
November 28 to 30, 2017 Kuwait City, Kuwait WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of the Judiciary
December 12 and 13, 2017 Tbilisi, Georgia WIPO National Workshop on IP Enforcement for Customs and Investigation Service Officials
December 12 and 13, 2017 Shanghai, China 14th Shanghai International Intellectual Property Forum
December 13 and 14, 2017 Baku, Azerbaijan WIPO Sub-Regional Seminar on Building Respect for Copyright and Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy in the Digital Environment

2016

Dates Venue Title
January 14, 2016 Brussels, Belgium EU Observatory on Infringement of IP Rights Coordination Group Meeting
January 15, 2016   New Delhi, India   FICCI International Conference on Illicit Trade – Threat to National Security and Economy
March 7 and 8, 2016 Alicante, Spain EU Observatory – Workshop on IP in Education
March 14 and 15, 2016 Alicante, Spain European Intellectual Property Prosecutors Network Workshop
March 15, 2016 Geneva, Switzerland      WIPO-Marques Annual Meeting
March 15-17, 2016 The Hague, Netherlands Meeting of the Council on General Affairs and Policy of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH)
March 16, 2016 Alicante, Spain OHIM-Europol-Eurojust Knowledge and Awareness Building Conference on the Counterfeiting of Foodstuffs, Beverages and Agricultural Products
March 18, 2016 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-WTO Advanced Course of Intellectual Property for Government Officials
April 11, 2016 Geneva, Switzerland Coordination Meeting with IGOs Working in the Area of Building Respect for IP
April 13 and 14, 2016 Vilnius, Lithuania Regional Conference on Intellectual Property and Sports
April 18 and 19, 2016 Paris, France 4th OECD Task Force on Countering Illicit Trade Meeting
May 16 and 17, 2016 Muscat, Oman National Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Law Enforcement Officials
May 17 and 18, 2016 Casablanca, Morocco WIPO-JPO-OMPIC Interregional Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights for Customs Officials
May 31 – June 2, 2016  Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Workshop on building respect for intellectual property and combating intellectual property infringements for law enforcement authorities (customs, police, public prosecutor’s office and market inspectors)
May 31 – June 2, 2016 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire Workshop on building respect for intellectual property and combating intellectual property infringements for judges and judicial officers
June 8 and 9, 2016 Tirana, Albania WIPO National Workshop for Law Enforcement Officials on Building Respect for Intellectual Property
June 13–14, 2016  Geneva, Switzerland  WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property
June 23 and 24, 2016 Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan Combating the Spread of Pirated Products: Experience and Prospects
July 7 and 8, 2016 Astana, Kazakhstan    Conference on Copyright and Related Rights, organized by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan
July 7 and 8, 2016 Roseau, Dominica Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Law Enforcement Officials
July 11 and 12, 2016 Castries, Saint Lucia Workshop on Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Law Enforcement Officials and the Judiciary
August 16 to 18, 2016 Pretoria, South Africa WIPO/CIPC Workshop to Launch the South African IP Training Manual on Building Respect for IP for Senior Law Enforcement Officials and Training Institutions
August 29 to 31, 2016 Geneva, Switzerland Study Visit of Journalists from Chile and Peru
September 20 and 21, 2016 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP)
September 21 and 22, 2016 Amman, Jordan Sub-Regional Colloquium on Building Respect for Intellectual Property
September 21 and 22, 2016 Dikli, Latvia National Annual Training for Judges in the Field of Intellectual Property
September 23, 2016 Paris, France Gathering Evidence in Patent Proceedings :  A Comparison of Japan, France, Germany and the UK
September 28 and 29, 2016 Alicante, Spain Plenary Meeting of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights
October 18 and 19, 2016 Kiev, Ukraine Regional Workshops on IP for SMEs and Building Respect for IPRs
October 25 and 26, 2016 Alicante, Spain EU Observatory – Workshop on IP in Education
November 2, 2016 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova WIPO National Training Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights for Law Enforcement Agencies
November 3 and 4, 2016 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova Sub-Regional Workshop on Intellectual Property for Judges
November 14 and 15, 2016 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago Colloquium for the Judiciary on Digital Piracy and Copyright Enforcement
November 17 and 18, 2016 Shanghai, China International Conference on Building Respect for Intellectual Property - Stimulating Innovation and Creativity
November 22, 2016 Geneva, Switzerland WTO Informal meeting of IGOs on Electronic Commerce and Digital Trade
November 28, 2016 Brussels, Belgium 13th WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting
November 28 to December 1, 2016 Windhoek, Namibia Commonwealth Africa Parliamentary Cybercrime and Cybersecurity Conference
November 29 and 30, 2016 Antananarivo, Madagascar Sub-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Judges and Court Officers of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros
December 1, 2016 Antananarivo, Madagascar Sub-Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Law Enforcement Officers (Police and Customs) of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros
December 5 to 9, 2016 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-MCST-KCC Interregional Workshop on Copyright Enforcement
December 7 and 8, 2016 Dubai, United Arab Emirates National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property (IP) for Members of the Judiciary

2015

Dates Venue Title
January 16, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-ILA Seminar on IP and Private International Law
March 10, 2015 Strasbourg, France CEIPI Series on Institutional Perspectives on IP
March 16 and 17, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on Intellectual Property for Government Officials
March 19, 2015 Amsterdam, Netherlands IPR Business Partnership Meeting + REACT General Assembly
March 24, 2015 The Hague, Netherlands Hague Conference on Private International Law, Meeting of the Council of General Affairs and Policy
March 25, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland European Observatory Coordination Group Meeting
March 30-31, 2015 Paris, France OECD Taskforce on Charting Illicit Trade: 3rd Meeting
April 21-22, 2015 Riga, Latvia European Observatory Sector Representatives' Meeting
April 22, 2015 Moscow, Russian Federation International Academic and Practical Conference on Current Issues concerning Case Law in the Field of Industrial Property
April 23, 2015 Riga, Latvia Conference on IP Enforcement
April 23-24, 2015 Kiev, Ukraine International Forum on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy
May 5-6, 2015 Alicante, Spain OHIM Seminar for Judges of Community Trade Mark and Design Courts: Civil versus Criminal Proceedings, including a Focus on Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime
May 5-7, 2015 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 4th Arab Forum on Anti-Commercial Fraud, Counterfeiting and IPRs
May 6-7, 2015 Banjul, Gambia National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Judges, Prosecutors and Law Enforcement Officials
May 26-27, 2015 Cairo Egypt WIPO-LAS Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP
May 27-30, 2015 St. Petersburg, Russian Federation St. Petersburg International Legal Forum
June 1-2, 2015 Alicante, Spain Cooperation Workshop Establishing a European IP Prosecutors Network (EIPPN)
June 3-5, 2015 Alicante, Spain EU-Observatory-Europol-Eurojust Knowledge and Awareness Building Conference on Counterfeiting of Cosmetics, Perfumes and Luxury Goods
June 4, 2015 Sofia, Bulgaria WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Law Enforcement Officials
June 8 to 12, 2015 Harare, Zimbabwe Training of Trainers Workshop on the Teaching of Intellectual Property (IP) in Police Academies of the ARIPO Member States
June 17, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland Conference on Jurisdiction & Dispute Resolution in the Internet Era:  Governance and Good Practices, organized by the University of Geneva
June 22 to July 3, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-University of Geneva Summer School on Intellectual Property
June 30 to July 1, 2105 Cotonou, Benin National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Customs Officials
June 30 to July 2, 2015 Cotonou, Benin National Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Members of the Judiciary
September 14 to 19, 2015 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-MCST-KCC Interregional Workshop on Copyright Enforcement
September 15-16, 2015 Pretoria, South Africa WIPO-CIPC Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Prosecutors and Senior Police Officers of Selected Countries of Southern Africa
September 16, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland Government Relations Program - International Trademark Association (INTA)
September 30 to October 1, 2015 Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for IP Law Enforcement Officials
October 21-22, 2015 Alicante, Spain Plenary Meeting of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights
October 21-22, 2015 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Sub-Regional Workshop on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
October 28, 2015 Brussels, Belgium 12th WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting
October 28-29, 2015 Bangkok, Thailand WIPO-KIPO-DIP Regional Colloquium on Intellectual Property Enforcement for Judges
November 2-3, 2015 Belmopan, Belize National Workshop on Enforcement of IP Rights for the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Officials
November 4-5, 2015 Milan, Italy Conference “Internet and Copyright Law:  a European Perspective”
November 6-7, 2015 Kingston, Jamaica National Workshop on Enforcement of IP Rights for the Judiciary and Law Enforcement Officials
November 20, 2015 Munich, Germany Meeting of the International Law Association – Intellectual Property and Private International Law Committee
November 30, 2015 Geneva, Switzerland Fourth Meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable on Technical Assistance Against Counterfeit Medicines
November 30, 2015 Paris, France OECD Expert Meeting: “Counterfeit and Pirated Trade:  The Current Picture
November 30-December 10, 2015 Tokyo, Japan Training Course on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
December 8, 2015 Mexico City, Mexico 86th Session of the Mexican Inter-Institutional Committee for the Promotion and Protection of Copyright and Industrial Property and National Forum for Strengthening Intellectual Property
December 10 and 11, 2015 San Salvador, El Salvador WIPO-POLICOM Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Prosecutors and Police Officers
December 15, 2015 Vilnius, Lithuania Seminar on the Efficiency of the Copyright Enforcement Measures organized by the Ministry of Culture of Lithuania

2014

Dates Venue Title
January 22-24, 2014 Manila, Philippines Advisory Mission to Develop a Master Plan/Strategy on IP Promotion and Awareness Campaigns
January 29, 2014 Brussels, Belgium EU Observatory Coordination Group on Infringements of IP Rights
March 10, 2014 Amsterdam, Netherlands Visit to REACT Facilities for Disposal for IP Infringing Goods
March 10-21, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-WTO Advanced Course on IP for Government Officials
March 26, 2014 Accra, Ghana WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Law Enforcement Agencies
March 26-28, 2014 Alicante, Spain EUROPOL-EU Observatory Knowledge Building Conference on IP Crimes in Sport
March 27-28, 2014 Accra, Ghana WIPO National Colloquium on Building Respect for IP for the Judiciary
March 27, 2014 Amsterdam, Netherlands IPR Business Partnership Meeting and REACT General Assembly
March 31, 2014 Geneva, Room XII, Palais des Nations, United Nations Office United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) Falsified Medicines: A Complex Problem
April 2-3, 2014 Athens, Greece EU Observatory Public Sector Representatives Meeting
April 7-8, 2014 Lyon, France Meeting of the Steering Group of the Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy
April 9, 2014 Kampala, Uganda WIPO Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Law Enforcement Agencies
April 10-11, 2014 Kampala, Uganda WIPO Workshop on Building Respect for Intellectual Property for Members of the Judiciary
April 28-29, 2014 Brussels, Belgium 10th World Customs Organization (WCO) Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting
May 21-22, 2014 Astana, Kazakhstan International Forum Anti-Counterfeiting
May 26, 2014 Lyon, France Fourth Session INTERPOL trafficking in Illicit Goods and Counterfeited Mentoring Programme, Middle East and North Africa
May 28, 2014 Paris, France OECD Roundtable on Counterfeit and Pirated Trade: Assessment of Methodologies
June 11-12, 2014 London, United Kingdom OHIM-UK IPO-European Commission International IP Enforcement Summit
June 16-18, 2014 Geneva Study visit for the Qatari Judiciary Delegation to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Headquarters
June 16-27, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO-WTO Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property
June 17-18, 2014 Alger, Algérie Atelier sous-régional sur la promotion du respect de la propriété intellectuelle à l’attention des magistrats des pays du Maghreb (Algérie, Libye, Maroc, Mauritanie, Tunisie)
July 1, 2014 Brussels, Belgium EU Observatory Coordination Group on Infringements of IPRs
July 3, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland  WIPO-UNIGE (University of Geneva) Summer School ( Topic 33)
July 9-11, 2014 Harare, Zimbabwe Training Workshop for Heads of Police Colleges of ARIPO Member States
August 20-22, 2014 New Delhi, India Training Workshop on the Enforcement of IPRs for CBI Investigators and State Police Officers
September 8, 2014 Brussels, Belgium Third Meeting of the Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable on Technical Assistance Against Counterfeit Medicines
September 8 and 9, 2014 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam National Workshop on Building Respect for IP Rights for Law Enforcement Officials
September 9, 2014 Kiev, Ukraine WIPO Workshop on the Enforcement of IPRs for Judges and Prosecutors
September 23-25, 2014 Hanoi, Viet Nam 2014 International Law Enforcement IP Crime , co-hosted by INTERPOL and the Vietnam National Police in partnership with Underwriters Laboratories
October 1, 2014 London, United Kingdom Conference on Copyright and Technology
October 2, 2014 Hamburg, Germany Conference on “Enhancing and Protecting Brand Value in the Global Marketplace,” Center for Transnational IP, Media and Technology Law and Policy, Bucerius Law School
October 13-17, 2014 Seoul, Republic of Korea WIPO-MCST-KCC Interregional Workshop on Copyright Enforcement
October 20-21, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland International Series 2014:  Geneva Systems, Challenges, Solutions: Trade, Intellectual Property, Courts, and Governance organized by Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) in cooperation with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), World Trade Organization (WTO) and The European Patent Office (EPO)
October 21, 2014 Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain INTERPOL Sub-Regional Seminar for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries on Countering Illicit Trade
October 29-30, 2014 Pretoria, South Africa WIPO/CIPC Regional Colloquium on Building Respect for IP for Members of the Judiciary of the Common Law SADC Countries
November 3-4, 2014 Belgrade, Serbia Development of a National Strategy for Building Respect for IP
November 4, 2014 Skopje, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Inaugural Lecture on IP Enforcement at the Master Degree Program of Centre d’Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) at the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University
November 5-7, 2014 Alicante, Spain Joint Knowledge and Awareness Building Conference OHIM/Europol/Eurojust “Conference on Infringements of IP Rights on the Internet”
November 6, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland “Jurisdiction in the Internet Era” organized by Geneva Internet Platform
November 6-7, 2014 Chisinau, Republic of Moldova WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for IP for Members of the Judiciary
November 11, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland Visit to the WIPO Headquarters by Judges from the Supreme Court of the Philippines
November 17-18, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland ITU Conference on “Combating Counterfeit and Substandard ICT Devices”
November 18, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland Study Visit of the representatives of Tajikistan
November 19, 2014 Dublin, Ireland Global Conference - Ten Years of Combatting Pharmaceutical Crime:  Review and Prospects (INTERPOL)
November 24-25, 2014 Colombo, Sri Lanka WIPO Regional Colloquium on Building Respect for IP for Judges in the SAARC Region
December 1-12, 2014 Tokyo, Japan WIPO Training Course on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, jointly organized with the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
December 10-12, 2014 Vienna, Austria WTO Regional Workshop for Central & Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Caucasus Countries (CEECAC) on Enforcement of IP Rights
December 12, 2014 Geneva, Switzerland WIPO/GIPC Seminar on the Commercial Use of Intellectual Property in Countries in Transition
December 17, 2014 Bangkok, Thailand UNEP South Asia Ozone Meeting

2013

Dates Venue Title
January 22, 2013 Ankara, Turkey Meeting with Turkish Patent Institute and Turkish Directorate General for Copyright in preparation for IP Day celebrations in the framework of the 7th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy
January 29-31, 2013 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Mission on Building Respect for IP – Project Proposal for the Enforcement of IP Rights
February 13-14, 2013 Male, Maldives WIPO Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP, in cooperation with the Maldives Ministry of Economic Development and with the assistance of the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
February 14-15, 2013 Vienna, Austria United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Conference on the Illicit Trafficking in Fraudulent Medicines
March 3-5, 2013 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Third Arab Forum on Anti-Commercial Fraud, Counterfeiting and IP Rights
March 7-8, 2013 Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda Workshop for Law Enforcement Agencies and High-Level Roundtable Discussions on Building Respect for IP Rights
March 11-12, 2013 St. George's, Grenada Workshop for Law Enforcement Agencies and High-Level Roundtable Discussions on Building Respect for IP Rights
March 14-15, 2013 Bridgetown, Barbados Workshop for Law Enforcement Agencies and High-Level Roundtable Discussions on Building Respect for IP Rights
March 18-22, 2013 WIPO, Geneva Study Visit for Legal Drafters
March 25-27, 2013 WIPO, Geneva South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Study Visit
April 24-26, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey 7th Global Congress on Combating Counterfeiting and Piracy
May 6-7, 2013 Brussels, Belgium 8th WCO Counterfeiting and Piracy (CAP) Group Meeting
June 4-11, 2013 Seoul, Republic of Korea Interregional Workshop on Copyright Enforcement, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Copyright Commission
June 5-6, 2013 San José, Costa Rica Assistance in Developing a National Strategy for Building Respect for IP
June 12, 2013 Istanbul, Turkey National Workshop for Judges and Prosecutors on Building Respect for IP, organized by the High Council for Judges in cooperation with the Directorate General for Copyright and the Turkish Patent Institute
June 13, 2013 WIPO, Geneva IPR Business Partnership Group Meeting
June 19-20, 2013 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Assistance in developing a national strategy for Building Respect for IP
June 25-27, 2013 Amman, Jordan WIPO Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP, in cooperation with the Industrial Property Protection Directorate of Jordan
September 5-6, 2013 Tashkent, Uzbekistan WIPO Sub-Regional Seminar on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, in cooperation with the Agency on Intellectual Property of the Republic of Uzbekistan
September 11-12, 2013 Belgrade, Serbia WIPO Regional Meeting on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, jointly organized with the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia
September 19-20, 2013 New Delhi, India FICCI CASCADE Conference on Trade in Counterfeit, Pirated & Smuggled Goods
October 10-11, 2013 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia WIPO Workshop on Building Respect for IP, in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO)
October 16-17, 2013 San José, Costa Rica WIPO Regional Seminar on Building Respect for IP in Central America, in cooperation with the Industrial Property Office of Costa Rica (el Registro Nacional de Costa Rica)
October 25-26, 2013 Paris, France Meeting of the International Law Association – Intellectual Property and Private International Law Committee
October 28-29, 2013 Alicante, Spain Plenary Meeting of the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights
October 30-31, 2013 Windhoek, Namibia WIPO Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP, in cooperation with the Trade and Commerce Department, Ministry of Trade and Industry of Namibia and with the assistance of the Japan Patent Office (JPO)
November 11-13, 2013 New Delhi, India International Conference on "Evolving Common Strategies to Combat Corruption and Crime", organized by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
November 20-22, 2013 Douala, Cameroon WIPO Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP for magistrates of the member states of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), in cooperation with OAPI, the French National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI) and the Government of the Republic of Cameroon
November 21-22, 2013 Bangkok, Thailand WIPO Regional Workshop on the Environmentally Safe Disposal of Intellectual Property Infringing Goods, jointly organized with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), the Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
November 25-27, 2013 Dakar, Senegal WIPO Sub-Regional Workshop on Building Respect for IP for magistrates of the member states of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), in cooperation with OAPI, the French National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI), and the Government of the Republic of Senegal
November 26-27, 2013 Doha, Qatar WIPO National Workshop on Building Respect for IP, in cooperation with the Intellectual Property Center of Qatar, Ministry of Justice
December 3-6, 2013 Washington D.C., United States of America WIPO Judicial Colloquium on Intellectual Property Rights, in cooperation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
December 2-13, 2013 Tokyo, Japan WIPO Training Course on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, jointly organized with the Japan Patent Office (JPO)