US embassy cable - 05SANSALVADOR2068

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EL SALVADOR: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS

Identifier: 05SANSALVADOR2068
Wikileaks: View 05SANSALVADOR2068 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy San Salvador
Created: 2005-07-20 15:39:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ECON KIPR OTRA ES
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 SAN SALVADOR 002068 
 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOC FOR 4332/ITA/MAC/MSIEGELMAN 
3134/ITA/USFCS/OIO/WH/DDEVITO/BARTHUR 
USDA FOR ATALLEY AND ESCARBROUGH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON, KIPR, OTRA, ES 
SUBJECT: EL SALVADOR: LOCAL USE OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS 
 
REF: STATE 131291 
 
1. Econ staff visited an upscale supermarket in San Salvador 
to identify examples of foods for sale using names included 
in the list in Reftel para. 5. The following were 
identified: Mozzarella (made in El Salvador), Pecorino 
(Guatemala), Parmigiano (Guatemala and United States), 
Manchego (Costa Rica), Mortadella (El Salvador) and 
Prosciutto (El Salvador). 
 
2. Public access is available to the National Registry's 
trademark database; however, each search costs $20. Econoff 
spoke with several local intellectual property attorneys who 
indicated that many of the geographical indications listed 
in Reftel para. 5 may have been registered prior to 2002 
when El Salvador updated its trademark law to meet TRIPS 
standards. 
 
Barclay 

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