Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
05SANSALVADOR2068
2005-07-20 15:39:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy San Salvador
Cable title:  

EL SALVADOR: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

Tags:  ECON KIPR OTRA ES 
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UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 002068 

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 4332/ITA/MAC/MSIEGELMAN
3134/ITA/USFCS/OIO/WH/DDEVITO/BARTHUR
USDA FOR ATALLEY AND ESCARBROUGH

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON KIPR OTRA ES
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

REF: STATE 131291

UNCLAS SAN SALVADOR 002068

SIPDIS

USDOC FOR 4332/ITA/MAC/MSIEGELMAN
3134/ITA/USFCS/OIO/WH/DDEVITO/BARTHUR
USDA FOR ATALLEY AND ESCARBROUGH

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ECON KIPR OTRA ES
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

REF: STATE 131291


1. Econ staff visited an upscale supermarket in San Salvador
to identify examples of foods for sale using names included
in the list in Reftel para. 5. The following were
identified: Mozzarella (made in El Salvador),Pecorino
(Guatemala),Parmigiano (Guatemala and United States),
Manchego (Costa Rica),Mortadella (El Salvador) and
Prosciutto (El Salvador).


2. Public access is available to the National Registry's
trademark database; however, each search costs $20. Econoff
spoke with several local intellectual property attorneys who
indicated that many of the geographical indications listed
in Reftel para. 5 may have been registered prior to 2002
when El Salvador updated its trademark law to meet TRIPS
standards.

Barclay