CLDP co-organized a four-day regional workshop entitled The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Kenya: An Interagency Approach in Nairobi, Kenya from May 17-20, 2011 on best practices in interagency collaboration on IPR protection and enforcement.

Through a workshop in Bamako, Mali, May 17-18, 2011 CLDP exposed 175 enforcement officials and private sector representatives to the importance of intellectual property (IP) protection, its impact on the countrys economies and the international standards of protection to be attained, as well as...

Judges from the Economic Courts of Egypt spent time in Washington, D.C. and New York City, New York, meeting with Judges and private sector attorneys working in Federal, State and International Courts

CLDP has been working with the business group Coalition Against Counterfeit and Illicit Trade (CACIT) and other members of the nascent IP interagency initiative to develop and implement an outreach and advocacy program with the twin goals of improving recognition and protection of the brands of...

CLDP and the Department of Justice, jointly with the Republic of Botswana Administration of Justice (AOJ), sponsored the three-day Regional Workshop on Intellectual Property Enforcement in the Southern Africa Region: The Adjudication of Cases. The program, held in Gaborone, Botswana, featured...

Strengthening the rules, regulations, and policies around intellectual property (IP) is a primary focus of CLDPs technical assistance to foreign governments. Intellectual property protection plays a vital role in promoting innovation and small and medium-sized enterprise development, while also supporting knowledge-based industries that drive GDP growth, employment, and foreign direct investment.