As the IP Key SEA Phase II Action is designed to facilitate bilateral trade agreement negotiations and IP Dialogues, the project continues to provide technical expertise and assistance geared towards strengthening knowledge-based policy making in the SEA countries through the conduct of IP studies and other forms of assistance as may be needed. This activity covers initiatives identified with trade agreement partner countries in SEA, such as reports, studies, seminars, or meetings, among others, which can be useful in ensuring positive results from the negotiations and dialogues.

This activity will consist of carrying out a study that will propose changes to the Peruvian legislation on copyright, based on EU legislation, so that it could serve the authorities to effectively combat copyright infringements in the digital environment.

The study will consider recent legislative changes in other countries, with a specific focus on examples like Uruguay. The study will take into account the recent legislative changes made in Uruguay, which allow authorities to take proactive measures to effectively combat infringements of copyright and related rights.

The objective of this activity is to share best practices in the enforcement of copyright infringements, especially those involving cooperation between local authorities defending IP rights, and even cases where there is cooperation between different countries.

As a follow-up to previous activities, it will provide an opportunity for enforcement authorities in Chile, Paraguay, and Brazil to share their experiences with each other regarding practices and tools used to effectively detect and combat IPR infringements in online environments.

The activity consists of a 1-day hybrid seminar in Sao Paulo, where most companies and platforms have their operations in Brazil, gathering enforcement authorities in Brazil, representatives of e-commerce and EU companies/rights holders.

The seminar will focus in particular on the sale of counterfeit goods on the internet and best practices related to it.

This seminar consists on a 3-day in-person seminar to be organised jointly by WIPO, USPTO, the Japan Patent Office and the Directorate General of Intellectual Property of Costa Rica. The activity will train prosecutors, customs, and police investigators from Central America and Mexico on effectively dealing with IP crime.

The seminar will be divided into four parts, focusing in particular on:

• Prosecuting IP crime
• Investigating IP crimes
• IP enforcement at the border
• Right Holders Exhibition.

This forum consists on a 2-day seminar in Ecuador, gathering around 50 judges and district attorneys from CAN countries with the participation of experts from the EU Observatory and judicial experts from EU Member States.

The seminar will focus on injunctions and recent jurisprudence and will also include a presentation from the EU Judges Network (purpose, role and activities of the networks).

The aim of this activity, with the support of INTERPOL, is to support different authorities in the region to carry out operational actions to combat the trade of products that infringe IP laws, pharmaceutical crimes and digital piracy.

This activity marks an evolution from previous activities for customs officials that aimed to enhance their understanding of the challenges of today’s international piracy and counterfeit trafficking. In particular, this activity aims to bolster the region through tangible operations against intellectual property crimes.

During the seminar, presentations and discussions will focus on the most recent techniques and good practices available to law enforcement authorities related to evidence collection, case management, and remedies and orders sought. This will be an interactive, hands-on training activity.

Furthermore, one of the judges participating in this seminar will be invited to the Enforcement forum for the Andean Community judges and prosecutors (Activity 6), where more advanced topics will be addressed, with the objective of sharing that knowledge with their colleagues.

Over 100 intellectual property (IP) examiners and officials from 16 Latin American nations met online on 12-13 March 2024 to participate in a training session on industrial design examination. Organised with the AL-INVEST Verde DPI cooperation project, the event aimed to strengthen the skills of IP registrars with a focus on industrial design examiners.

This activity is designed to provide the target audience with complete information about the conduct of both studies, their content and the way in which they were carried out. In addition to the presentation, an academic event will be held, with topics related to both studies: designs and community branding.