organized by the World Intellectuel Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Gambia and with the financial assistance of the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA); Contents : The elements of industrial property; The legal forms and conditions of the protection of inventions : patents; General introduction to trademarks; The Madrid Agreement; The role of patents in an industrial development strategy; Commercial use of industrial designs; importance for developing countries; Technological information contained in patent documents; Licensing of patents : methods and arrangements for the commercial transfer and acquisition of technology; The Paris Convention for the protection of industrial property : main features and revision; The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and its importance to developing countries; The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and its development cooperation program; ZIKONDA, Anderson R. Regional cooperation in the field of patents and industrial designs : ARIPO;.