With the increased recognition of Intellectual Property as a powerful tool for development, the need to harness, protect, and promote the creativity of ASEAN nationals to secure the future of the region and promote economic integration became a must.
The ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) was established in 1996 with the mandate to develop, coordinate and implement all IP related regional programmes and activities in ASEAN.
Since 2004, the work of this group was based on the ASEAN IPR Action Plan 2004-2010, formulated in order to achieve the following objectives:
Extract from the ASEAN IPR Action Plan 2011-2015
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