organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Zambia and with the financial assistance of the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA); Contents : The elements of industrial property; General introduction to trademarks; The legal forms and conditions of the protection of inventions : patents; Commercial use of industrial designs : importance for developing countries; The role of patents in an industrial development strategy; 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 Madrid Agreement; The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and its development cooperation program; Industrial property : the Zambian experience;.