Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07DHAKA703
2007-04-30 09:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:  

BANGLADESH SPECIAL 301 2007

Tags:  ECON ETRD KPIR BG 
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R 300902Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3935
INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 9866
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 1625
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 9063
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RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 7902
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL CALCUTTA
C O N F I D E N T I A L DHAKA 000703 

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2017
TAGS: ECON ETRD KPIR BG
SUBJECT: BANGLADESH SPECIAL 301 2007

REF: SECSTATE 56065

Classified By: DCM GEETA PASI FOR REASON 1.4(d)

C O N F I D E N T I A L DHAKA 000703

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/30/2017
TAGS: ECON ETRD KPIR BG
SUBJECT: BANGLADESH SPECIAL 301 2007

REF: SECSTATE 56065

Classified By: DCM GEETA PASI FOR REASON 1.4(d)


1. (U) POSITIVE RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE. Econoff delivered
reftel demarche to Abida Islam, Director of America and
Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 30. Ms.
Islam acknowledged the expressed USG intent to increase
engagement on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) issues and
agreed with Econoff's suggestion to convene a meeting of GOB
IPR stakeholders with Econoff and IPR industry
representatives in the near future.


2. (C) BROADER GOB REACTION ON SPECIAL 301. In a previous
conversation with Econoff, Mesbah Uddin, Registrar of the
Department of Patents, Designs and Trademarks said he was
actually hoping for Bangladesh to be listed on the Special
301 watch lists. Uddin said that if Bangladesh were listed
it would draw attention to the IPR situation in Bangladesh
and might result in his office getting the resources needed
to take action.


3. (C) COMMENT. GOB resources tend to be allocated on a
'first-crisis, first-served basis', as reflected in the
Registrar's statement, but there does seem to be unity of
desire at least between the IPR industry and the IPR sectors
of the GOB (specifically Patents, Designs and Trademarks as
well as Copyrights) to address the issue. The IPR industry
representatives may even have some resources to contribute
similar to the information already provided in the Special
301 process. The next step is to coordinate effective
enforcement of IPR by the law enforcement agencies.
BUTENIS