Priority Areas of Cooperation
To develop and implement the initiatives under each strategic goal, and accelerate the progress towards completion of the current Action Plan, the AWGIPC continues to enhance its relationship and active cooperation with IP institutions and agencies of development partners and the private sectors. These include IP Australia (IP AU), European Patent Office (EPO), European IP Office (EUIPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO), Korean IP Office (KIPO), IP Office of New Zealand (IPONZ), China National IP Administration (CNIPA), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), World IP Organisation (WIPO), ASEAN IP Association (AIPA), Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) – under the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the International Trademark Association (INTA).
ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Action Plans are implemented on an on-going basis throughout the duration of the respective action plans.
Key Priorities/Initiatives under the sector:
2015 | Conduct IP Diagnostic of AMS IP System to ascertain issues and the extent of their impact on delivery of IP Services |
2016 | Trademark and Design Diagnostics for all AMS |
Revamped ASEAN IP Portal | |
2017 | Accession to Madrid Protocol |
Publication of the Common Guidelines on Substantive Examination of Trademarks | |
Website for MSMEs on IP Awareness and Training | |
2018 | Accession to Madrid Protocol |
Website for MSMEs on IP Awareness and Training | |
Publication of the Common Guidelines on Industrial Design Examination | |
Creative ASEAN – Furniture Design Competition | |
2019 | Adopt a prioritised approach for ASEAN Patent Examination Co-operation (ASPEC) requests filed for technologies supporting ASEAN Innovation |
Finalise the feasibility study on the ASEAN IP Academy | |
Finalise the Handbook on IP Enforcement Rules and Regulations. | |
Accession to the Madrid Protocol by remaining AMS (Malaysia in 2019; Myanmar beyond 2019) | |
2020 | Complete the Feasibility Study on an ASEAN TM Registration System |
Develop the draft of ASEAN Common Guidelines on Patent Examination | |
Complete the Guidelines on Geographical Indications (GI) Registrations and protection mechanism of GIs in AMS and the impact study of ASEAN GI registration in the ASEAN region | |
2021 | Establish a virtual platform for an ASEAN IP Academy |
Complete the study on the Quality Management System of the AMS in relation to Patent Processes | |
Complete the comparative study on GRTKTCE | |
Complete the draft of ASEAN Common Guidelines on Patent Examination |
