REC PROJECT BRIEF DESCRIPTION STATUS OF PROJECT OBJECTIVES MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OUTPUTS IMPLEMENTATION 4, 10 and The project was aimed to implementation since Contribute to the business Guidelines and Conference “IP Product support local July 2010. development of local procedures for quality on Branding communities in three communities by developing control and certification 'Intellectual for selected countries, Completed by the end strategic alliances of were developed. Property Business namely Panama, of 2013. producers/farmers Fifteen capacity-building and Product Thailand and Uganda, in associations, SMEs and activities were carried out Branding in the design and public institutions, to build in Panama, Thailand and for Developing implementation of product brands through the Uganda. Business Countries strategies for the strategic use of IP rights. and Local and appropriate use of IP in An Experts Meeting and Community Developed product branding, Raise awareness on the Conference on and “IP Countries focusing in particular on impact of product branding Branding for Business and held (LDCs)” geographical indications on the business development Local Community in Seoul and trademarks. of local communities and Development” was held in from local SMEs, in the framework Seoul in April 2013. April 24 to of sustainable development 26, 2013 () priorities. New IP titles were registered: 3 collective Improve the capacities of 1 trademark, 1 national institutions, including certification, 1 appellation IP Offices, to handle of origin and 1 efficiently the procedures for geographical indication. registration and examination of trademarks and geographical indications. 35, on The project consists of a Under implementation Promote better Country studies on Brazil, Country “Project 37 Intellectual series of studies on the since July 2010. understanding of the Chile, Thailand and studies on Property relationship between IP effects of IP Uruguay (CDIP/11/INF/3, Brazil,
REC PROJECT BRIEF DESCRIPTION STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT OBJECTIVES MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS OUTPUTS 4, 10 “IP and Product Branding for Business in Developing Countries and Developed Countries (LDCs)” The project was aimed to support local communities in three selected countries, namely Panama, Thailand and Uganda, in the design and implementation of strategies for the appropriate use of IP in product branding, focusing in particular on geographical indications and trademarks. implementation since July 2010. Completed by the end of 2013. Contribute to the business development of local communities by developing strategic alliances of producers/farmers associations, SMEs and public institutions, to build product brands through the strategic use of IP rights. Raise awareness on the impact of product branding on the business development of local communities and local SMEs, in the framework of sustainable development priorities. Improve the capacities of national institutions, including IP Offices, to handle efficiently the procedures for registration and examination of trademarks and geographical indications. Guidelines and procedures for quality control and certification were developed. Fifteen capacity-building activities were carried out in Panama, Thailand and Uganda. An Experts Meeting and Conference on “IP and Branding for Business and Local Community Development” was held in Seoul in April 2013. New IP titles were registered: 3 collective 1 trademark, 1 certification, 1 appellation of origin and 1 geographical indication. Conference on 'Intellectual Property and Product Branding for Business and Local Community held in Seoul from April 24 to 26, 2013 () 35, 37 “Project on Intellectual Property The project consists of a series of studies on the relationship between IP Under implementation since July 2010. Promote better understanding of the effects of IP Country studies on Brazil, Chile, Thailand and Uruguay (CDIP/11/INF/3, Country studies on Brazil,
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