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The 2017 Workplans of the Regional Bureau for Arab Countries and of the Patent Law Division foresee a capacity-building activity relating to patent drafting for Jordan, Iraq and Syria. Accordingly, it is proposed that in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Industrial Property Protection Directorate, WIPO organize a Sub-Regional Patent Drafting Course in order to improve capacities and skills for drafting patent applications in Jordan, Iraq and Syria through targeted participants who would become strategic partners for future national activities.
Since patent drafting skills can be acquired only through practical drafting exercises, the entire Course will consist of two parts: (i) a face-to-face session in Amman, Jordan, from May 14 to 18, 2017; and (ii) a follow-up session, via e-mail communication, from May 21 to July 1, 2017. During the follow-up session, participants will be given patent drafting exercises (homework) to be submitted to the experts via e-mail. In return, they will receive their drafts duly corrected by the experts. Further, the experts will be available for questions from the participants concerning patent drafting, via-e-mail, during the follow-up period. In order to conduct the follow-up session, individual service contracts, with the experts who will participate in the face-to-face session, will be proposed in a separate memorandum.
The following arrangements are proposed:
1. Title: WIPO Sub-Regional Patent Drafting Course
2. Purpose of event: To improve the capacities and skills for drafting patent applications in Jordan, Iraq and Syria through targeted participants who would become strategic partners for future national activities.
3. Venue: Amman, Jordan (for the face-to-face session)
4. Dates: (i) Face-to-face session: May 14 to 18, 2017;
(ii) Follow-up session via e-mail communication: May 21 to July 1, 2017.
5. Organizers: WIPO in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, I |