[Ip-health] Summary of Dept. of Commerce international meetings with trade partners on IP

[Mike Palmedo]

http://www.stopfakes.gov/pdf/2008_NIPLECC_Report_and_Appendices_Final.pdf

REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS ON COORDINATION OF INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT AND PROTECTION

THE NATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ENFORCEMENT COORDINATION COUNCIL

JANUARY 2008

Appendices: International Trade Administration
[Department of Commerce]

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Engagement with Trading Partners

ITA officials and staff meet frequently with our trading partners to
help advance U.S. IP interests overseas. For example, in FY2007, ITA
engaged the following countries:

- Brazil, to encourage negotiations with interested stakeholders
regarding compulsory licenses for pharmaceuticals and express concerns
about the lack of data exclusivity for pharmaceutical and agricultural
test data;

- Canada, to stress the importance of effective border enforcement,
encourage legislation outlawing camcording in movie theatres and
ratification and implementation of the WCT and WPPT, and encourage
participation in the IP working group of the Security and Prosperity
Partnership;

- Chile, to suggest revisions to draft copyright reform legislation;

- China, to improve its enforcement against pirated and counterfeit
goods, and enhance access to its internal market for U.S. industry;

- Czech Republic, to improve enforcement against counterfeit and pirated
goods at markets on the German and Austrian borders particularly
concerning optical disk piracy;

- Egypt, to encourage improvement in enforcement and protection of IP in
the pharmaceutical sector;

- Guatemala, to discuss ongoing enforcement efforts and the environment
for innovative pharmaceutical companies;

- India, to encourage the Government of India to implement protection
for pharmaceutical and agricultural test data, to improve enforcement
against counterfeiting and piracy, to update copyright legislation for
the digital age and to implement optical disc regulations;

- Indonesia, to encourage sustained enforcement in the area of digital
piracy;

- Israel, to further discussion on Israel=92s protection for innovative
pharmaceutical companies, and maintain national treatment in its
copyright regime;

- Japan, to re-launch and enhance the Joint DOC/METI Initiative,
recommitting efforts on patent harmonization, investigating a
standardized patent application, and cooperation on IP enforcement in
third countries;

- Latvia, to further enhance coordination with Latvian representatives
in implementing the IP activity plan;

- Lebanon, to enhance and improve IP enforcement particularly as to
copyright piracy and provide an adequate environment for innovative
pharmaceutical companies;

- Malaysia, to continue enforcement activities against optical disk piracy;

- Mexico, to encourage participation in the SPP IP Working Group and
improve the environment for protection of test data for pharmaceutical
and agricultural chemical products;

- Pakistan, to address implementation of a data protection regime, to
seek codification of a patent linkage system, and to improve enforcement
against rampant book piracy;

- Paraguay, to seek continuation of the IP Memorandum of Understanding
with the United States;

- Peru, to increase and improve IP enforcement and to see that Peru
meets its commitments under the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement;

- Philippines, to continue to push for improved enforcement and
deterrent police actions and sentences for IP crimes;

- Russia, to help conclude a bilateral WTO accession agreement, which
included an IP side letter containing specific commitments from the
Russian Government to improve its IP regime;

- Saudi Arabia, to work closely with Saudi Arabia to address outstanding
IP issues;

- South Korea, to support negotiation of the U.S. Korea Free Trade
Agreement;

- Spain, to discuss copyright concerns and amendment of its copyright
legislation;

- Thailand, to improve enforcement against IP infringement and encourage
transparency when issuing compulsory licenses for pharmaceutical
products and encourage fair and transparent negotiation with interested
stakeholders in advance of issuing any compulsory licenses;

- Turkey, to address copyright piracy and particularly book and software
piracy within the government sector;

- Ukraine, to encourage improvements of enforcement against optical disk
transshipment, improve border protection, and address retail copyright
infringement.

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Mike Palmedo
Research Coordinator
Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
American University, Washington College of Law
4910 Massachutsetts Ave., NW Washington, DC 20016
T - 202-274-4442 | F 202-274-0659
mpalmedo@wcl.american.edu