Cabinet of Ministers Regulations No. 221 of 2005 in Riga on April 5 (Mon. No 17 39) Of the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the World Intellectual Property Organization Memorandum of understanding and its annex are Issued in accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers Act article 14 equipment, first paragraph, point 3-1. the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the world intellectual property org of the Institute's memorandum of understanding (hereinafter referred to as the memorandum) and its annex, the Pro Ject with these rules are adopted and approved. 2. the memorandum and its attachments to the fulfilment of the obligations provided for in the coordinated Patent you board. 3. the memorandum and its annex shall enter into force laid down in article 4 of the memorandum and order. Prime Minister a. Halloween S. Minister of Justice Āboltiņ project is accepted and approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of 5 April 2005, regulations no 221 of the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the World Intellectual Property Organization Memorandum of understanding by the Government of the Republic of Latvia and the World less intellectual property organization (WIPO), hereinafter referred to as "the participants", noting that the Republic of Latvia is a Member State of WIPO and a number of WIPO Member States managed international agreements, taking into account the desire of the Republic of Latvia will continue to develop the legal and technical infrastructure in the field of intellectual property to promote better public inclusion in the global economic community, having regard to the readiness of WIPO to provide assistance to the Government of the Republic of Latvia, to achieve the goals of the WIPO program and budget, in accordance with Convention agreed on the world intellectual property organization, article 4 of the Treaty to sign the following memorandum. 1. objective the objective of the memorandum of understanding, hereinafter referred to as "memorandum" means the Republic of Latvia and the coordination of joint activities of WIPO, which focused on: – the Republic of Latvia in the field of intellectual property legislation, with due regard to the modernisation of other countries ' experiences and policies of the international harmonization — technical base and strengthening human resources development in the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia (industrial property administration) and the Ministry of culture of the Republic of Latvia (Copyright Administration); — streamline regulatory provision rights enforced in the Republic of Latvia of mechanisms to prevent, detect and combat fraud in the field of intellectual property; -the strengthening of the role of intellectual property in scientific, technological and economic areas in the territory of the Republic of Latvia operates in different companies. 2. the participation of the authorities in each case the Government of the Republic of Latvia will determine the appropriate authorities of the Republic of Latvia, institutions or persons who will be involved in activities under this Memorandum. Latvian Patent Board acts as the Coordinator, the representative of the Republic of Latvia. In each case the Director-General of WIPO will determine the appropriate WIPO departments or international office staff will be involved in activities under this memorandum. 3. amendments By both participants in the mutual consent in writing of this memorandum may be amended at any time. 4. Duration and termination This memorandum shall enter into force upon signature and shall remain in force for an indefinite period of time, until one of the players two months earlier before the intention to withdraw notifies the other in writing. If one of the Parties decides to terminate the Memorandum of commitment that the entry into force and resulting from projects or activities and are implemented within the framework of this Memorandum are not affected, unless decided otherwise. The list of provisional measures is set out in annex to this memorandum. Any concrete cooperation projects will be launched with the mutual consent of the parties concerned and executed properly assessing their budgetary and personnel constraints, what are the parties. Signed.........................., 2005 … … …. … …. two originals, each in the Latvian and English languages, all texts which are to be considered as being equally authentic. In the case of different interpretation of the event considered the text in English.  

The Republic of Latvia to the world intellectual property organization on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Latvia, on behalf of the Government and the World Intellectual Property Organization Memorandum of understanding annex list of Provisional measures 1. Intellectual property laws of the modernisation.
1.1. the WIPO expert opinions on legislative projects, consulting the WIPO Headquarters.
2. the rights of forced mechanism of development of the Republic of Latvia.
2.1. consultation in connection with the Treaty on intellectual property aspects related to trade.
2.2. the responsible authorities of the Republic of Latvia with WIPO available materials relating to legislation or enforcement practices.
2.3. Conferences, seminars or organizing the symposium the following target groups: — customs;
— the police;
— the judges;
-the public prosecutor's Office;
— antitrust authorities.
3. training and training in the field of intellectual property.
3.1. organisation of the professional training of public and private sector experts.
3.2. the organisation of the training involved in policy planning.
3.3. training of government officials to WIPO administered programs.
3.4. Conferences, seminars or symposia, to increase the awareness of the General in various professional circles.
3.5. Training methods, curricula, programs, graduate or specialized course and the development of distance education.
3.6 intellectual property rights training for trainers.
4. the WIPO global information network, the development of use.
4.1. the assistance in the provision of hardware and software for industrial property administration and the Copyright Administration Web site.
4.2. training of experts involved in the Patent institutions digital library (PODL) development and operation.
5. copyright and related rights collective management systems development.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA AND THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION

The Government of the Republic of Latvia and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), hereinafter referred to as "the participants", Considering that the Republic of Latvia is a member of WIPO and a party to several multilaterals to administered by WIPO treats, Having regard to the intention of the Republic of Latvia to further develop the legal and technical infrastructure in the field of intellectual property in order to ensur a better integration of the country in the global economics society , Having regard to the readiness of WIPO to render assistance to the Republic of Latvia in achieving its goals within the WIPO program and budget, have decided, in conformity with article 4 of the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization, to sign the following memorandum: 1. Purpose the purpose of this memorandum of Understanding, hereinafter referred as the "memorandum", is the line the joint activities of the Government of the Republic of Latvia and WIPO aimed at modernizing national legislation: — of the Republic of Latvia in the field of intellectual property with due account of the experience gained by other countries and of international harmonization trends; — strengthening the technical basis and developing the human resources of the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia (industrial property administration) and minis try of culture (copyright administration); — upgrading the intellectual property law on enforcement in the Republic of Latvia in order to prevent, identify and repres of infringement in the field of intellectual property; -strengthening the role of intellectual property in the relevant fields of scientific, technological and economic activities carried out in the territory of the Republic of Latvia by various business entities. 2. the Participating agencies of the Government of the Republic of Latvia will determin in each case the respectiv agencies of Latvian, bodies or persons of the Republic of Latvia to be involved in the activities carried out under this memorandum. The Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia will act as coordinator on behalf of the Republic of Latvia. The Director General of WIPO will determin in each case the respectiv entities to the members or staff of the International Bureau of WIPO to be involved in the activities carried out under this memorandum. 3. Amendments to this memorandum may be amended at any time by mutual written consent of both participants. 4. Duration and Termination this memorandum shall come into effect on the date of its signing and shall remain in force for an unlimited period of time unless either of the participants give it to the other a written notice, two months in advance of its intention to terminate. If one of the participants decide to terminate this memorandum, the obligation of the previously entered into force through the projects or activities being implemented under this memorandum shall not be affected thereby, unless otherwise is agreed. The tentative schedule list of fields of activities is given in the Appendix to this memorandum. Any particular cooperation project will be taken up upon mutual consent of the participants concerned and executed with due account of energy and personnel limitations faced by the participants. Signed in.........................., on....................., 2005, in two originals in the Copa in the Latvian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergenc of interpretation, the English text shall prevails.

For the Government of the For the World Intellectual Property Organization Republic of Latvia Annex TO the memorandum OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN the Government OF the REPUBLIC OF Latvia AND the WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION the list of Fields in the tentative schedule of activities 1. Modernization of legislation in the field of intellectual property.
1.1 comments by WIPO experts on draft laws and regulations, in consultation or at WIPO Headquarters.
2. Upgrading of the intellectual property enforcement system in the Republic of Latvia.
2.1 Consultation of immigrants the memorandum on Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights.
2.2 Provision to the relevant bodies of the Republic of Latvia of materials availa ... able at WIPO related to legislation or law enforcement practices.
2.3 Organization of seminars, workshops or symposi for the following target groups: — custom — the police — judiciary — public prosecutor Office, antimonopoly bodies.
3. Training and teaching in the field of intellectual property.
3.1 Organization of professional training for specialists from both public and private sector.
3.2 Organization of training for officials involved in policy-making.
3.3 Training of government officials under programs administered by WIPO.
3.4 the Organization of seminars, work shops or intended to increase the symposi general awareness among various professional circles.
3.5 development of teaching methods, curricula, programs, post-graduate or specialized courses and distance learning.
3.6 the Training of teachers of intellectual property law.
4. Development of the use of the WIPO Global Information network.
4.1 assistance in providing hardware and software support to the website of the Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia.
4.2 the Training of specialists engaged in the development and operation of the Patent Office Digital Library (PODL) and in providing access to PODL through the WIPO Global Information network.
5. the development of the system of collective management of copyright and related rights in the Republic of Latvia.