Identifier
Created
Classification
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10ASHGABAT206
2010-02-12 12:23:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL 301 ASHGABAT INPUT
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UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000206
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB/TPP/IPE, INL
DEPT PASS TO USTR JGROVES
COMMERCE FOR DSTARKS/EHOUSE;
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL 301 ASHGABAT INPUT
REF: STATE 3361
UNCLAS ASHGABAT 000206
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB/TPP/IPE, INL
DEPT PASS TO USTR JGROVES
COMMERCE FOR DSTARKS/EHOUSE;
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL 301 ASHGABAT INPUT
REF: STATE 3361
1. The Government of Turkmenistan was informed about the
2010 Special 301 review process by means of diplomatic note
delivered on February 12. Post recommends keeping
Turkmenistan on the 2010 Special 301 Watch List and suggests
including the following paragraphs on Turkmenistan in the
2010 Special 301 Report:
2. Turkmenistan has been on the Watch List since 2000, and
it will remain on the Watch List in 2010 due to its lack of
progress on IPR issues during the past year. Turkmenistan
has numerous remaining steps to take in order to fulfill its
IPR obligations under the 1993 U.S.- Turkmenistan Trade
Agreement. Specifically, Turkmenistan is neither a member of
the Berne Convention nor the Geneva Phonograms Convention,
and it has yet to sign the WIPO Internet Treaties. Although
the Civil and Criminal Codes provide some degree of IPR
protection and punishment for copyright violations and the
Civil Code provides for confiscation of counterfeit goods by
a court decision, Turkmenistan has yet to adopt explicit and
comprehensive administrative and civil procedures and
criminal penalties for IPR violations. Turkmenistan has not
adopted a separate Copyright Law and consequently does not
provide any protection to foreign sound recordings or
preexisting works. IPR enforcement is inadequate because the
Customs Code does not provide ex officio authority to seize
suspected infringing material at the border. There are no
known civil ex parte search procedures.
3. The United States urges Turkmenistan to join appropriate
international agreements and adopt the national legal reforms
that will bring Turkmenistan into compliance with its
obligations under the bilateral 1993 U.S.-Turkmenistan
Agreement, and to undertake enforcement activities that will
help strengthen its IPR regime.
CURRAN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN; EEB/TPP/IPE, INL
DEPT PASS TO USTR JGROVES
COMMERCE FOR DSTARKS/EHOUSE;
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON ETRD KIPR TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL 301 ASHGABAT INPUT
REF: STATE 3361
1. The Government of Turkmenistan was informed about the
2010 Special 301 review process by means of diplomatic note
delivered on February 12. Post recommends keeping
Turkmenistan on the 2010 Special 301 Watch List and suggests
including the following paragraphs on Turkmenistan in the
2010 Special 301 Report:
2. Turkmenistan has been on the Watch List since 2000, and
it will remain on the Watch List in 2010 due to its lack of
progress on IPR issues during the past year. Turkmenistan
has numerous remaining steps to take in order to fulfill its
IPR obligations under the 1993 U.S.- Turkmenistan Trade
Agreement. Specifically, Turkmenistan is neither a member of
the Berne Convention nor the Geneva Phonograms Convention,
and it has yet to sign the WIPO Internet Treaties. Although
the Civil and Criminal Codes provide some degree of IPR
protection and punishment for copyright violations and the
Civil Code provides for confiscation of counterfeit goods by
a court decision, Turkmenistan has yet to adopt explicit and
comprehensive administrative and civil procedures and
criminal penalties for IPR violations. Turkmenistan has not
adopted a separate Copyright Law and consequently does not
provide any protection to foreign sound recordings or
preexisting works. IPR enforcement is inadequate because the
Customs Code does not provide ex officio authority to seize
suspected infringing material at the border. There are no
known civil ex parte search procedures.
3. The United States urges Turkmenistan to join appropriate
international agreements and adopt the national legal reforms
that will bring Turkmenistan into compliance with its
obligations under the bilateral 1993 U.S.-Turkmenistan
Agreement, and to undertake enforcement activities that will
help strengthen its IPR regime.
CURRAN