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ICTSD Programme on IPRs and Sustainable Development<br />
25<br />
Annex A. continued<br />
STRATEGIC<br />
GOALS &<br />
OBJECTIVES<br />
IDENTIFIED NEEDS<br />
FOR TECHNICAL<br />
& FINANCIAL<br />
ASSISTANCE<br />
PROPOSED MAIN<br />
ACTIVITIES TO<br />
ADDRESS NEEDS<br />
LEAD NATIONAL<br />
AGENCIES<br />
PROVISIONAL<br />
TARGET<br />
TIMETABLE<br />
POSSIBLE<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
PARTNERS<br />
Project 3:<br />
Modernizing IP<br />
administration<br />
infrastructure<br />
A. Developing an<br />
optimal business<br />
model for<br />
intellectual property<br />
administration<br />
in <strong>Uganda</strong> by<br />
benchmarking<br />
against international<br />
best practice.<br />
B. Enhanced human<br />
resources at URSB.<br />
C. Computerization<br />
<strong>of</strong> registries for<br />
trademarks,<br />
industrial designs,<br />
copyright and<br />
patents.<br />
• Develop an<br />
optimal business<br />
model for<br />
intellectual<br />
property<br />
administration<br />
in <strong>Uganda</strong> by<br />
benchmarking<br />
against<br />
international best<br />
practice.<br />
• Staff recruitment,<br />
design and<br />
implementation<br />
<strong>of</strong> competencybased<br />
training<br />
programmes,<br />
including patent<br />
search and<br />
substantive<br />
examination (if<br />
warranted)<br />
• Design and<br />
implementation <strong>of</strong><br />
fully computerized<br />
processes,<br />
workflows and<br />
registries for<br />
trademarks,<br />
industrial designs<br />
copyright and<br />
patents.<br />
• <strong>Uganda</strong><br />
Registration<br />
Services Bureau<br />
• <strong>Uganda</strong> National<br />
Science &<br />
Technology<br />
Council<br />
• <strong>Uganda</strong><br />
Industrial<br />
Research<br />
Institute<br />
• IP resource and<br />
management<br />
audit to<br />
define optimal<br />
business<br />
model for<br />
administration<br />
<strong>of</strong> intellectual<br />
property to<br />
commence<br />
in January<br />
2008 to be<br />
completed by<br />
March 2008.<br />
• Establishment<br />
<strong>of</strong> new national<br />
IP <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
initiated by<br />
September<br />
2008<br />
• Implementation<br />
<strong>of</strong> automation<br />
started in<br />
September<br />
2008 and<br />
completed by<br />
September<br />
2010<br />
• Staff<br />
recruitment<br />
and training on<br />
priority skills<br />
commenced<br />
in September<br />
2008 and<br />
completed by<br />
September<br />
2010<br />
• Additional<br />
training<br />
programmes<br />
may be<br />
required from<br />
July 2013<br />
onwards<br />
• European Patent<br />
Office (audit <strong>of</strong><br />
current resources<br />
and design <strong>of</strong><br />
a financially<br />
autonomous IP<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice based on best<br />
practice)<br />
• WIPO<br />
(computerization<br />
<strong>of</strong> IP <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
administration and<br />
registries)<br />
• UK IP Office<br />
(technical cooperation<br />
and<br />
training in IP<br />
administration)<br />
• ARIPO, IP Philippines<br />
and Kenya IP Office<br />
(South-South cooperation<br />
for onthe-job<br />
training and<br />
study tours)
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