The AWGIPC hopes to implement the AIPRAP 2025 with cooperation from all stakeholders, academia, business and dialogue partners. Finding the right resources and working with other ASEAN sectoral bodies are also important. With Intellectual Property as a tool of development being at the core of ASEAN’s economic integration, the implementation of the AIPRAP 2025 remains a top priority.

The ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) was formed 1996 as a sectoral group responsible for IP issues in the region comprising IP offices of the ASEAN Member States. Other task force groups or sub committees formed by the AWGIPC are responsible to implement deliverables under the AIPRAP 2025 set out as follows:

1. Task Force on Trademarks (TMTF) (2014)
   • TMTF is focused on delivering regional initiatives on trademarks that have been identified as priorities and include the feasibility studies on the establishment of a regional trademark registration system, as well as the updating of the ASEAN Common Guidelines on Substantive Trademark Examination which is currently being used as a reference by the IP Offices in the Region.
   • With the task force, there will be greater involvement from the offices which will ensure the implementation of AWGIPC’s initiatives on the working level.
2. the ASEAN Task Force on Patent Examination Cooperation (ASPEC) (2011)
   • ASPEC was establish in 2011 to deliver priority regional initiatives on Patents. One of its main achievement is the successful launch of the Patent Cooperation Treaty-ASPEC (PCT-ASPEC) and the ASPEC Acceleration for Industry 4.0 Infrastructure and Manufacturing (ASPEC-AIM) during IP Week @SG2019 in Singapore.
   • ASPEC is a regional patent work sharing program for 9 ASEAN Member States. Applicants may use the search and examination reports of participating IP offices to accelerate the patenting process in any of the participating IP offices.
   • ASPEC-AIM has a committed turnaround time of 6 months to receive the first office action if an ASPEC request is made for Industry 4.0 patent applications.
   • PCT-ASPEC has the additional choice of relying on a Patent Corporation reports issued from an ASEAN International Searching Authority or International Preliminary Examination Authority (ISA/IPEA).
3. The ASEAN Network of IP Enforcement Experts (ANIEE) (2017) is a network of enforcement experts comprises of AMS IP officials, investigators and prosecutors dedicated to the delivery of the IP enforcement deliverables under the AIPRAP 2025 including the enforcement of IP laws and digital protection.
4. The ASEAN Intellectual Property Academy Working Group was establish in 2020 to establish the ASEAN IP Academy (which is a 2021 key priority deliverable) and to report to the AWGIPC on its progress.

Traditionally, the AWGIPC would have three sectoral meetings in a year, usually in the months of March, July and November whereas the other task force groups will have less than or just two meetings in each year. AWGIPC is presently chaired by Deputy Director General Dr Le Ngoc Lam from The National Office of Intellectual Property of Vietnam.