US embassy cable - 05KINGSTON1196

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JAMAICA 2005 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED

Identifier: 05KINGSTON1196
Wikileaks: View 05KINGSTON1196 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Kingston
Created: 2005-05-06 20:07:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ECON ETRD KIPR JM
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS KINGSTON 001196 
 
SIPDIS 
 
PLASS USTR 
 
E.O. 12958:  NA 
TAGS: ECON, ETRD, KIPR, JM 
SUBJECT: JAMAICA 2005 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION - DEMARCHE 
DELIVERED 
 
REF: STATE 079084 
 
1. Econoff delivered reftel talking points to Esmond Reid, 
a trade specialist at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 
Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on April 29.  Reid stated that a 
Patent Act that would address the problems identified by 
the Special 301 report has gone through several drafts, 
and is currently being reviewed by the Attorney General's 
office and by several ministries.  Reid didn't know when 
the document would be returned for final drafting, but 
expressed hope that it would go before Parliament for 
consideration before 2006. 
 
2.  Regarding the U.S.-Jamaica bilateral IP agreement 
cited in reftel, Reid said it had been his understanding 
that the agreement, signed in 1994, had been scheduled for 
a review at the ten-year mark.  He said he did not think 
such a review had taken place in 2004, and wondered what 
the procedure would be to begin an official evaluation at 
this time. 
 
TIGHE 

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