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Viewing cable 02HOCHIMINHCITY602, INSPECTORATE SHATTERS HARD ROCK CAFE - BUT THE

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02HOCHIMINHCITY602 2002-06-17 08:59 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

170859Z Jun 02

2002HOCHI00602 - UNCLASSIFIED
 
 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ6137

PAGE 01        HO CHI  00602  171002Z 
ACTION EAP-00   

INFO  LOG-00   AGRE-00  AID-00   CEA-01   CIAE-00  CTME-00  DINT-00  
      DODE-00  ITCE-00  DOTE-00  SRPP-00  EB-00    EXME-00  E-00     
      FAAE-00  FBIE-00  UTED-00  VC-00    FRB-00   H-01     TEDE-00  
      INR-00   ITC-01   LAB-01   LOC-01   L-00     VCE-00   AC-01    
      NSAE-00  NSCE-00  OES-01   OMB-01   OPIC-01  PA-00    PRS-00   
      ACE-00   SP-00    SSO-00   SS-00    STR-00   TEST-00  TRSE-00  
      USIE-00  EPAE-00  DRL-02   G-00     NFAT-00  SAS-00     /011W
                  ------------------BE1B62  171002Z /38    
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 6428
INFO AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 
USDOC WASHDC
UNCLAS HO CHI MINH CITY 000602 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PASS TO USTR FOR EBRYAN 
USDOC FOR 3132/OIO/EAP/KELLEHER 
USDOC FOR 1431/MAC/AP/HPPHO 
 
E.O. 12958:    N/A 
TAGS: ECON ETRD KIPR VM IPROP
SUBJECT:  INSPECTORATE SHATTERS HARD ROCK CAFE - BUT THE 
PHOENIX RISES AGAIN 
 
REF: HO CHI MINH CITY 538 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        HO CHI  00602  171002Z 
1. ALTHOUGH HCMC VIDEO STALLS ARE STILL FILLED WITH CHEAP 
VERSIONS OF HOLLYWOOD FAVORITES, LOCAL IPR AUTHORITIES ARE 
FINALLY FORCING ONE TRADEMARK-STEALING ESTABLISHMENT, "THE 
HARD ROCK CAFE," TO CHANGE ITS NAME - MAYBE.  THIS COMES 
AFTER THE RIGHT-HOLDER HAD BEEN WORKING WITH A LOCAL LAW 
FIRM FOR MORE THAN A YEAR TO GET THE PLACED CLOSED DOWN. 
THE ATTORNEY INVOLVED IN THE CASE BELIEVED THAT POST QUERIES 
ABOUT THE CASE AND THE RECENT VISIT BY USG REPS (REFTEL) 
FOCUSING ON IPR ISSUES SPURRED LOCAL AUTHORITIES INTO 
ACTION. 
 
2. LAST WEEK SAIGON'S LOCAL VERSION OF "THE HARD ROCK CAFE" 
WAS VISITED BY THE INSPECTORATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT (DOSTE), ONE OF THE 
MYRIAD AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR IPR ENFORCEMENT IN HCMC. 
THE AUTHORITIES REMOVED AND DESTROYED THE ESTABLISHMENT'S 
"HARD ROCK CAFE" OUTDOOR SIGNAGE - ONE NEON SIGN WAS 
DESTROYED UNDER THE BOOT OF THE COMPLAINING LAWYER INVITED 
TO THE SCENE - AND ORDERED REMOVAL OF ALL HARD ROCK CAFE- 
LABELED DECOR FROM THE PREMISES. 
 
3.  THE PROBLEM APPEARS FAR FROM SETTLED, HOWEVER.  THE 
COMPLAINING ATTORNEYS SENT A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR TO THE 
SCENE LAST NIGHT AND FOUND THE SIGNS STILL GONE, BUT THAT 
EVERYTHING ELSE WAS BUSINESS AS USUAL.  THE LOGO 
MERCHANDISE, T-SHIRTS, KEY RINGS, ETC. WHICH HAD 
MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED BEFORE THE RAID, WERE BACK ON SALE. 
THE STAFF STILL ANSWERS THE PHONE "HARD ROCK CAF." THE 
INTERIOR DECOR HAS NOT CHANGED, AND HARD ROCK CAFE-LABELED 
MENUS ARE STILL IN USE. 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 03        HO CHI  00602  171002Z 
4.  THE LOCAL ATTORNEY PLANS ANOTHER MEETING WITH DOSTE 
OFFICIALS TO ONCE AGAIN PRESS FOR MORE SERIOUS ACTION.  THE 
ATTORNEY ADVISES THAT THE STORY (WITH ALL OF ITS IRONIC 
TWISTS) IS BEING PICKED UP BY THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST 
AND THE BBC.  POST WILL FOLLOW UP WITH DOSTE TO EXPRESS 
CONTINUED INTEREST IN THE CASE. 
 
YAMAUCHI 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED