WIPO Worldwide AcademyFounded March 1998

Challenges and Opportunities in IP Education, Training and Research

Policy Development

Objective - To provide a forum for sharing information and training:– Government officials & decision-makers – Policy advisors– Judges– Professors – Diplomats

Policy Development

WIPO Academy for the Judiciary

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Policy Advisors/Decision MakersProfessors

Senior LawEnforcement OfficialsAmbassadors

Participants (2002-2005): 2949

Policy Development

Education and Degree Program

Design of curricula Design and implementation of

diploma/degree programs in intellectual property

Design of teaching materials and WIPO Publications

Education and Degree Program

Joint University Degree/Diploma Programs:– Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Intellectual

Property with the University of Turin, Italy

– Masters Program on Human Rights and Intellectual Property Rights Law with the Faculty of Law/Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Lund University, Sweden

Why the Worldwide Academy?

Need to create general awareness of intellectual property for all the actors concerned: Offices, Universities, policy makers, customs officers, private enterprises, especially SMEs, etc…)

Lack of specialized human resources in the field of IP

Academy’s Response

Setting up of 5 Programs:– Professional Development Program– Policy Development Program– Education and Degree Program– Research and Executive Program– Distance Learning Program

Objective - to train professional staff in:

• IP Offices • IGOs

Professional Development

Professional Development

Courses Include:– Legal, administrative & economic

aspects of IP– Patent documentation, search &

examination techniques– Trademark law and administration

Professional Development

– Administration of trademarks– Copyright & related rights– Programs carried out in cooperation

with partner institutions

Copyright and Industrial Property: Beneficiaries

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58%

IndustrialPropertyCopyright

Total participants (2002-2005): 921

Professional Development

Education and Degree Program

– Diploma course on IP with IGNOU, India– Diploma course with UNISA, South

Africa– Diploma course with University of

Bucharest, Romania

Education and Degree Program

Research & Executive Program

IP Research for industry and practitioners– Strengthen leadership quality in the IP

field of individuals and organizations– Foster professional, intellectual and

personal development for more effective management of IP

– High value added, sophisticated and focused programs in IP asset management, IP valuation, patent drafting, etc.

Research & Executive Program

• Cost effective• Flexible • Large audiences• Specialization & customization• State-of-art information• Core faculty of tutors

Distance Learning

Distance Learning

Courses: DL-001: Primer on IP, in English,

French, Spanish, Portuguese DL-101: General Course on IP, in

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish– 8605 students - 2005

– 10067 students - 2004

– 8338 students - 2003

– 4698 students - 2002

Distance Learning

Reaching the unreached

Distance Learning

DL-201: Copyright and Related Rights– 242 in 2005

DL-202: E-Commerce and IP– 171 in 2005

DL-205: Introduction to the UPOV System of Plant Variety Protection under the UPOV Convention– 61 in 2005

Distance Learning

Forthcoming:– Biotechnology and IP– Patent Course– Patent Drafting Course– Patent Information Search– Traditional Knowledge (TK) and IP– Course for SME – Arbitration and Mediation– Course on Licensing

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