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The globalization of the economy has resulted in an increase in R&D and business activities, and the protection of Intellectual Property (IP) has become an extremely important issue worldwide.
Improving the trade and investment environment in developing countries by reinforcing the protection of intellectual property in these countries results in not only the protection of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of Japanese enterprises doing business in these countries but also in the development of the countries themselves.
In order to uphold the provisions stipulated in the TRIPS Agreement*, the minimum legal systems to protect intellectual property have been established in developing countries. However, it is important to extend further assistance to developing countries so as to expand the scope of their laws and regulations and strengthen their supervisory systems in terms of protecting intellectual property.
In recent years, a multiplicity of assistance is being given to developing countries, where remarkable economic development is taking place, For example, there is assistance being given to develop human resources in line with the growing number of examiners, assistance to combat counterfeit products that obstruct economic activities and undermine safety and security in the countries, and assistance to promote mutual cooperation among the countries in terms of developing more efficient examination processes for patent applications that are becoming more globalized. However, there are a growing number of concerns about this assistance.
In response to these concerns, the JPO, in cooperation with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), has been active in providing support through the WIPO Funds-in-Trust/Japan** and through other means of support in the areas of human resource development, technical cooperation, and others to developing countries mainly in Asia and emerging countries for the purpose of reinforcing intellectual property protection.
Leaflet (PDF:836KB) on Assistance to Developing Countries
[Last updated 9 October 2015]
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