Cablegate: Program Reporting: Speaker On Intellectual Property

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121951Z Dec 05

UNCLAS LIMA 005252

SIPDIS

STATE FOR IIP/G/WHA (CBARONE), IIP/T/ES (GCHRISTISON), INFO
WHA/PDA (MDCONNERS/GADAMS/SLEBENS/), WHA/PD (GGALLEGOS), WHA/AND
(JMONSERRAT)

E.O.12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PE
SUBJECT: PROGRAM REPORTING: SPEAKER ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
RIGHTS -- TRACKER 25094

1. Armando Irizarry, Counsel for Intellectual Property Rights
at the Federal Trade Commission's Office of Policy and
Coordination, visited Lima under PAS auspices from November 2-3,
2005. Mr. Irizarry's schedule included meetings with key IPR
players from the public and private sectors, a videoconference,
participation in the American Chamber of Commerce's (AmCham) IPR
conference and press interviews. Mr. Irizarry's message was
consistent: IPR enforcement is critical to create an attractive
investment climate and requires a coordinated government effort.
He also focused on U.S. IPR best practices and the importance of
IPR protection with regards to the U.S. Andean Free Trade
Agreement.

2. During his visit, Mr. Irizarry met with GOP officials at the
National Institute for the Defense of Competition and
Intellectual Property (INDECOPI); lunched with members of the
Motion Picture Association; and spoke at the Amcham's tenth
annual conference on Intellectual Property Rights titled
"Opportunities and Development: Intellectual Property and FTA."
Approximately 300 people attended the event, a mix of prominent
business leaders, young entrepreneurs and Peruvian government
officials. RPP, Peru's leading national radio station,
interviewed Mr. Irizarry live and Centrist Daily Peru 21 (Lima
circulation 40,000) published a one-page article in its November
4th edition titled "U.S. Demands Peru to intensify enforcement
actions to fight against piracy."

Mr. Irizarry's message reached two key audiences, business
leaders, and through extensive press coverage and
videoconference, the general public. Both groups received a
clear signal of the importance of patents and IPR protection to
the USG, from a noted USG expert. This message is especially
timely as Peru and the U.S. enter the final stages of FTA
negotiations with IPR protection being one of the most sensitive
chapters.

3. U.S. support: Program was funded with FY06 I bucks. Post
wishes to thank IIP/T/ES, Gretchen Christison for recruiting an
excellent speaker and for her close coordination with post.

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