• 沒有找到結果。

除以參與會議、提出文件等方式外,我國也進行下列方式的 TRIPS 參與。一是邀 請 TRIPS 官員來台訪問。一是訪問其他會員國。

二位 WTO 智慧財產權顧問 Thu-Lang Tran Wasescha 與 Jayashree Watal 受邀於 2004 年 7 月 30 日至 8 月 3 日在台北舉辦智慧財產權研討會,為我國說明 TRIPS 最新 發展議題,包含智慧財產權與公共衛生、生物科技、CBD 與傳統知識、39.3 條強 制授權與地理標示等。

訪問友邦,通常是與友邦交換或接受新的技術訓練課程。依據 WTO 線上文件檢 索,美國在 IP/C/W/203/Add.337中提及自 1998 年 10 月至 2000 年 9 月曾對我國海關 官員、司法人員、專利審查人員等進行 11 次訓練課程或參訪,並整理如下表:

1998.10 IDSA Chinese Taipei Training for 75 customs officers, prosecutors, and judicial authorities in Taiwan.

1998.11 DOJ Chinese Taipei International Visitor Programme: A public prosecutor focusing on IPR, received briefing on computer crime.

1999.08 US Customs Chinese Taipei Customs provided informal one-day training to Miao-rong Kuo, Specialist, International Trade Commission, Ministry of Economic Affairs in Washington, D.C.

1999.08 USIA DOJ

Chinese Taipei International Visitor Programme: Project Manager at Science & Technology Centre, briefing on cybercrime.

1999.08 IIE USIA

Chinese Taipei Hosted Chief Judge, Kaohsiung District Court for training in IPR.

1999.08 USPTO Chinese Taipei Attorney from USPTO travelled to Taiwan to conduct training in trademark examination and enforcement.

1999.09 DOJ Chinese Taipei International Visitor Programme: Systems Analyst in the Office of the President, briefing on computer security policies.

2000.01 US Customs Chinese Taipei US Customs Service representatives (Office of Regulations & Rulings and LA Strategic Trade Center) provided technical assistance in the form of a two-day training course to approximately 100

attendees at a conference at National Taiwan University. The training included topics on:

Informed compliance, administrative procedures in enforcing IPR, rulings process, IPR seizures and petitioning process, infringement determinations, targeting, IPR civil and criminal statutes and regulations, USCS implementation of the TRIPS Agreement, targeting and IPR interventions. The conference was sponsored by the Taiwan Board of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economic Affairs. The participants consisted of government officials from Customs, Intellectual Property Rights Office, Finance Ministry and private industry.

Subsequent to the training, the Assistant Director General of Customs, Taiwan, met with the US Customs representative (OR&R) on Border Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights and expressed concern over the recent US IPR seizure statistics, in which Taiwan rose to the top country of origin of infringing importations.

2000.01 USPTO Chinese Taipei USPTO briefing of Taiwan's Public Prosecutor.

2000.04 USPTO Chinese Taipei Administrative Patent Judges visit USPTO.

2000.05 USPTO Chinese Taipei Visit by Taiwanese Judges

Consultations with head of Patent Office.

小結

整體而言,我國 TRIPS 之參與具有侷限性的、靜態的、被動的與雙向的特質。

侷限性的是指我們主要關心的議題為對我國法制之諮商、中國法制及地理標示相 關議題。觸角尚未及於其他議題。

靜態的是指較少針對實質問題提出發言或者文件。

被動的是指並未主動提出議案或主動加入集團運作,而僅被動接受邀請參與連署 或者接受答詢。美國與加拿大曾對我國提出連署文件之請求。而我國較主動關心 的議題是中國的智慧財產法制。

雙向的是指我國目前較常進行雙邊諮商。除地理標示議題外,並未在智慧財產權 議題上參與集團運作。雙邊諮商中,與我國聯繫較密切的國家為美國,其次為瑞 士,再其次為韓國、日本、紐西蘭。

上述的參與模式,與 TRIPS 決策在會議前由跨部會任務編組決定有關。因為會議 主軸在會議前已經確定,參與會議的人員,也是在依據預測的會議主題而派遣,

比如對於可能討論到地理標示議題,派遣商標組相關人員與會。是故,與會人員 之層級有限、專業特定,無法對未在任務編組中討論的議題,或者非其專業所及 的議題,於現場做出適切的反應,亦屬當然!