SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED

UNCLAS MADRID 001807 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EB/TPP/IPE (JURBAN, JBOGER) AND EUR/WE (ESAMSON) STATE PASS USTR (JGROVES, CWILSON) STATE PASS COMMERCE (ITA - DCALVERT) STATE PASS USPTO (MSHAPIRO) STATE PASS U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE (MSKELTON) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV ADCO SP SUBJECT: SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED REF: (A) 9/12/07 SCHONANDER-URBAN E-MAIL (B) SECSTATE 107629 ¶1. This message is sensitive but unclassified. ¶2. Per ref B instructions, Embassy delivered the Special 301 demarche to Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Subdirector General for EU Trade Policy, Inigo Febrel Melgarejo, on 9/5/07; Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade Deputy Head of Services for the Information Society, Salvador Soriano Maldonado, on 9/10/07; and, Ministry of Culture Subdirector General for Intellectual Property, Pedro Colmenares, on 9/12/07. ¶3. The Ministry of Industry's Salvador Soriano told EconOffs about the planned Madrid November 7/8 Intellectual Property conference - see ref A. Clearly, this conference is going to be a centerpiece of GOS efforts to demonstrate its seriousness on IPR matters, particularly on internet-related copyright issues. The Ministry of Culture's Pedro Colmenares was skeptical regarding the possibility of much action during an election year (parliamentary elections must be held by March 2008 at the latest). AGUIRRE