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02TEGUCIGALPA2548
2002-09-11 13:29:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tegucigalpa
Cable title:  

HONDURAS ON USPTO IPR SEMINARS

Tags:  KIPR HO 
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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002548 

SIPDIS

FOR EB/TPP/MTA/IPC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KIPR HO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS ON USPTO IPR SEMINARS

REFS: A) SECSTATE 135231, B) SECSTATE 164498

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002548

SIPDIS

FOR EB/TPP/MTA/IPC

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KIPR HO
SUBJECT: HONDURAS ON USPTO IPR SEMINARS

REFS: A) SECSTATE 135231, B) SECSTATE 164498


1. Per reftel requests, Post passed information regarding
seminars on specialized intellectual property courts and
enforcement programs hosted by the United States Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO) to Director of Intellectual
Property Camilo Bendeck. According to Bendeck, the Central
American Economic Integration System (SIECA) is funding the
travel expenses for one Honduran prosecutor to attend the
seminar on specialized intellectual property courts from
September 12-13. Attendance at future trainings will depend
on the availability of SIECA funding. Note that SIECA
(located in Guatemala) is funded by USAID's regional G-CAP
program.


2. With respect to the questions posed in ref a,
specialized intellectual property courts do not exist in
Honduras. After a November 2001 meeting with Emboffs,
Attorney General Roy Medina designated one prosecutor to
handle IPR cases exclusively. The prosecutor is currently
assigned to the Office of the Special Prosecutor for
Organized Crime. The creation of a special prosecutor for
intellectual property will be based on the Office of the
Attorney General's budgetary needs. To address the need for
prosecutors schooled in intellectual property matters, the
GOH Office of Intellectual Property is assisting in training
a number of select prosecutors from the organized crime
office.

Pierce