Major Achievements of the Intellectual Property Office for the year 2002
(I) Expert Missions
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ACTIVITY
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LOCATION
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DATE
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1
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WIPO Expert Mission on Patent Information Services
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Trinidad and Tobago
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March
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2
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WIPO Expert Mission on Compulsory Licensing
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Trinidad and Tobago
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April
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3
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WIPO Expert Mission on Reprography
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Trinidad and Tobago
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April
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4
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WIPO Mission on Trademark Examination and Opposition
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Trinidad and Tobago
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September
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5
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WIPO Expert Mission on Development of a Collecting Society for Neighbouring Rights
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Trinidad and Tobago
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October
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6
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Expert Mission on the Establishment of a Reprographic Rights Organisation In Trinidad and Tobago
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Trinidad and Tobago
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October
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7
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WIPO Fact Finding mission on Public Education in the Caribbean
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Trinidad and Tobago
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December
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(II) Regional Seminars and Workshops
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ACTIVITY
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LOCATION
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DATE
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1
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WIPO Regional Seminar on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
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Trinidad and Tobago
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February
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2
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UPOV Regional Seminar on the Protection of New Plant Varieties
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Trinidad and Tobago
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May
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3
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WIPO National Seminar and Workshop on the Patent Cooperation Treaty
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Grenada
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July
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4
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WIPO/UNCTAD Workshop on the Caribbean Music Industry
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Cuba
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September
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5
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WIPO Colloquium on the Patent Cooperation Treaty System for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Cuba
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December
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(III) Participation in International and Regional Meetings by Intellectual Property Officers (Local and Foreign)
(a) Regional Meetings
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ACTIVITY
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LOCATION
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DATE
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1
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Meeting of the E-Commerce and Intellectual Property Regional Committee
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Jamaica
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April
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2
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Regional Meeting for Heads of IP Offices in the Caribbean
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Surinam
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June
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3
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Regional Meeting of WIPO and Regional
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Surinam
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June
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4
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Meeting of the CARICOM Standing Committee on IP
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Guyana
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August
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(b) International Meetings
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ACTIVITY
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LOCATION
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DATE
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1
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Meeting of the Standing Committee on the Patent Cooperation Treaty
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Switzerland
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June
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2
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Meeting of the WIPO Governing Bodies
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Switzerland
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September
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3
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Meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee on Trademarks and Geographical Indications
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Switzerland
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November
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4
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17th Meeting of the FTAA Negotiating Group on IP Rights
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Panama
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December
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(IV) Training (Local, Foreign and in-house)
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ACTIVITY
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LOCATION
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DATE
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1
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WIPO DL101 All Senior and Junior Staff
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Distance learning
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Various
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2
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On the job Training to strength the overall capacity of the staff
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In-house
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Continuous
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3
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WIPO Training Course on Trademarks and Service Marks
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Switzerland
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January
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4
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Study visit of the Deputy Registrar of the High Court of Antigua to the Intellectual Property Office
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Local
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April
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5
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WIPO Interregional Intermediate Seminar on Industrial Property
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Switzerland
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June
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6
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Training course on Patent Documentation and Information
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Austria
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June
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7
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WIPO Academy Session on the Enforcement of IPR
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India
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July
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8
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Study Visit of the Executive Director of (JIPO) on General Administration of an IP Office to the (TTIPO)
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Local
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August
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9
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Training Course on Copyright and Related Rights
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Switzerland
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September
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10
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Study Visit of the Chief Technical Examiner to the UK Patent Office
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United Kingdom
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September
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11
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USPTO Conference on Specialized Intellectual Property Courts
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USA
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September
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12
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WIPO Academy Session on Intellectual Property Rights
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Switzerland
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November
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(V) Outreach
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ACTIVITY
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LOCATION
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DATE
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1
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School lectures on Introduction to Intellectual Property
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Various
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Continual
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2
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Distribution of the CDROM on “ At home with Inventions”
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Various
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February
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3
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Presentations on the relevance of Intellectual Property to the Agricultural Society of Trinidad and Tobago, The Cocoa Revitalisation Committee, The National Pan Symposium, The Ministry of Culture.
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Various
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Continual
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4
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World Intellectual Property Day Open day and Exhibition
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IPO
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April
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5
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Working Visits to SME’s and Tertiary Institutions on IP and Training on the use of Patent Information
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Various
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Continual
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(VI) Office Development
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ACTIVITY
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LOCATION
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DATE
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1
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WIPO Expert Mission on the installation and testing of the Caribbean Trademark Automated System and the migration of the current database to the new database used by the new system
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IPO
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March
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2
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Addition of the French Bref and Cosmos to the IP Library
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IPO
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June
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3
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Preliminary Discussion on the proposed Patent Database
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IPO
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August
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4
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Development of the Intellectual Property Reference Library
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IPO
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Continual
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5
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Computer Equipment Purchased for the IP Library
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Various
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October
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6
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Intellectual Property Office Annual Report 2000 laid
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Parliament
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October
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