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05TAIPEI134
2005-01-13 23:25:00
UNCLASSIFIED
American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
Cable title:
SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW NOTIFICATION -
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UNCLAS TAIPEI 000134
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 ECON IPR
SUBJECT: SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW NOTIFICATION -
TAIWAN
REF: SECSTATE 7689
UNCLAS TAIPEI 000134
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 ECON IPR
SUBJECT: SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW NOTIFICATION -
TAIWAN
REF: SECSTATE 7689
1. Econ Chief met January 13 with Taiwan Intellectual
Property Office Deputy Director General Jack Lu to deliver
reftel points and delivered the same message in a call to
Ministry of Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Steve Chen.
Chen and Lu welcomed the news that Taiwan would be downgraded
from the Special 301 Priority Watch List to the Watch List,
but they both expressed disappointment that Taiwan will
remain on the Special 301 list.
2. Lu noted that Taiwan officials will continue to take
additional steps to further the protection of intellectual
property, including a planned crackdown on copyright and
trademark pirates scheduled for the Chinese New Year holiday,
a recent meeting to develop a work-plan for combating
internet piracy, continuing plans to create a specialized IP
Court, and plans to create an internet academy to train
enforcement officials on ways to combat internet piracy. Lu
noted that he had met with representatives from three major
rights-holders groups in the last week (the Motion Picture
Association, the Business Software Alliance, and the
International Federation of Phonographic Industries) and that
TIPO would continue to work closely with these groups to
improve IPR protection in Taiwan.
3. Lu then asked what steps would be necessary to support
Taiwan's removal from the Special 301 Watch List. Econ Chief
responded that the US Government and rights-holder groups
still have concerns about Taiwan's protection of
pharmaceutical data, the continued operation of Peer to Peer
(P2P) services Kuro and EZPeer, and the slow progress of
cases through the judicial system, among other issues. He
encouraged Taiwan to continue to take steps to deal with
these problems in order create the kind of environment for
intellectual property protection that will encourage
innovation in Taiwan.
PAAL
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 ECON IPR
SUBJECT: SPECIAL 301 OUT-OF-CYCLE REVIEW NOTIFICATION -
TAIWAN
REF: SECSTATE 7689
1. Econ Chief met January 13 with Taiwan Intellectual
Property Office Deputy Director General Jack Lu to deliver
reftel points and delivered the same message in a call to
Ministry of Economic Affairs Deputy Minister Steve Chen.
Chen and Lu welcomed the news that Taiwan would be downgraded
from the Special 301 Priority Watch List to the Watch List,
but they both expressed disappointment that Taiwan will
remain on the Special 301 list.
2. Lu noted that Taiwan officials will continue to take
additional steps to further the protection of intellectual
property, including a planned crackdown on copyright and
trademark pirates scheduled for the Chinese New Year holiday,
a recent meeting to develop a work-plan for combating
internet piracy, continuing plans to create a specialized IP
Court, and plans to create an internet academy to train
enforcement officials on ways to combat internet piracy. Lu
noted that he had met with representatives from three major
rights-holders groups in the last week (the Motion Picture
Association, the Business Software Alliance, and the
International Federation of Phonographic Industries) and that
TIPO would continue to work closely with these groups to
improve IPR protection in Taiwan.
3. Lu then asked what steps would be necessary to support
Taiwan's removal from the Special 301 Watch List. Econ Chief
responded that the US Government and rights-holder groups
still have concerns about Taiwan's protection of
pharmaceutical data, the continued operation of Peer to Peer
(P2P) services Kuro and EZPeer, and the slow progress of
cases through the judicial system, among other issues. He
encouraged Taiwan to continue to take steps to deal with
these problems in order create the kind of environment for
intellectual property protection that will encourage
innovation in Taiwan.
PAAL