As part of its ongoing support to the Government of Ukraine in their effort to adopt legislation and implementing measures for intellectual property enforcement as called for in the WTO TRIPS Agreement, the Commercial Law Development Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce held three-day workshop...

CLDP supported the Algerian government's Agency for Technology Transfer (ANVREDET) in an international conference on the theme of research and innovation in the economic world that will be held May 19-21, 2008 in Algiers.

CLDP supported the participation of a Collector of the Model Customs Collectorate in Pakistan in attending the Global Intellectual Property Academy Enforcement Program from June 16-20, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

CLDP and the USPTO organized a Workshop on the Effective Examination of Trademarks for approximately 35 Nigerian and Ghanaian trademark examiners. The workshop, held in Abuja, Nigeria, investigated the tools and rationale needed for comprehensive internationally compliant examination of trademark...

CLDP coordinated with the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a two-day workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, that took place on June 25-26, 2008. The workshop, themed around intellectual property enforcement, received more than 50 participants. It addressed such topics as, the protection of IP Rights as...

CLDP, in close coordination with USAID/Mali, implemented a two-day forum on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). This program exposed participants to the importance of IP protection and its impact on Malian stakeholders. The workshop detailed enforcement aspects by both the judiciary and the customs...

As part of its ongoing support to the Government of Ukraine in their effort to adopt legislation and implementing measures for intellectual property enforcement as called for in the WTO TRIPS Agreement, the CLDP held a two-day workshop for judges representing a number of Ukrainian Oblasts.

CLDP organized the Advanced Course for Judges November 24-28, 2008 in Manila, jointly with the Philippines Patent Office, the Philippine Judicial Academy and the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

CLDP organized two workshops in Manama, Bahrain to introduce Bahraini lawyers and judges to intellectual property rights and the benefits of protection.

CLDP, along with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and in collaboration with ECOWAS, presented a three day regional workshop titled Regional IP Protection: The Border and Beyond.