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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
7%
61%
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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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