"STOP!" DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TAIWAN LOBBIES ON

UNCLAS TAIPEI 003264

SIPDIS

STATE FOR EAP/RSP/TC AND EB/TPP/MTA/IPC, STATE PASS AIT/W
AND USTR, USTR FOR KI AND FREEMAN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KIPR KPAO ECON ETRD TW
SUBJECT: "STOP!" DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TAIWAN LOBBIES ON
SPECIAL 301

REF: SECSTATE 214134


1. Econoff delivered ref demarche to the Deputy Director
General of the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO),
Jack Lu. Lu and his staff had just returned from training in
Washington with USPTO and had already been extensively
briefed on the STOP! initiative. Lu expressed Taiwan's
willingness to fully participate in any US initiatives to
prevent intellectual property piracy and touted Taiwan's
recent gains in protecting IP, including the passage of
amendments to the copyright law and the November 1
"legalization" of the ad hoc intellectual property special
task force. He was concerned, however, that the provision in
the initiative that called for publishing the names of
companies and individuals involved in piracy in USTR's
Special 301 report might violate privacy rights.


2. While in Washington, Lu, accompanied by Section Chiefs
Margaret Chen and Bennet Chen, met with USTR and trade
associations concerned with IPR to lobby for Taiwan's removal
from the Special 301 list. Lu said his meetings with the
International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA) and
USTR had been "very positive and very productive", and while
no one had been willing to commit to completely removing
Taiwan from the Special 301 list, he was optimistic that
Taiwan's recent measures to improve the local IPR environment
would be recognized and rewarded.
PAAL