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Viewing cable 07BUENOSAIRES1877, ARGENTINE AMCHAM'S ANNUAL IPR CONFERENCE MAKES A SPLASH

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BUENOSAIRES1877 2007-09-20 12:02 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Buenos Aires
VZCZCXYZ0005
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBU #1877/01 2631202
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 201202Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9287
INFO RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHINGTON DC
RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 6579
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 6776
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 0790
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 6449
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ SEP SAO PAULO 3545
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO 2377
UNCLAS BUENOS AIRES 001877 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR EB/TPP/IPE JBOGER, RWALLACE AND RWATTS 
PASS USTR FOR JENNIFER CHOE GROVES, KATHARINE DUCKWORTH 
DOC/ITA/MAC/OIPR FOR CATHERINE PETERS 
PASS USPTO TO JURBAN AND LOC STEPP 
TREASURY FOR ROSELLEN ALBANO 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KIPR ECON AR
SUBJECT: ARGENTINE AMCHAM'S ANNUAL IPR CONFERENCE MAKES A SPLASH 
 
Refs:   Buenos Aires 1720 
        Buenos Aires 927 
 
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Summary 
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1. (SBU) The American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina hosted a 
successful intellectual property rights conference on September 11, 
with international participation and significant press coverage. 
Government officials from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and the U.S. 
spoke about their national programs to combat intellectual property 
(IP) violations, and business representatives stressed the negative 
impact of IP violations on Argentina's investment climate and tax 
collections. The event attracted considerable press attention, 
including a front-page, above-the-fold article in a leading daily, 
and was extremely well-attended.  Ambassador gave opening remarks, 
and a pro-IP editorial with his byline was published in the 
country's leading newspaper the day before the conference to 
highlight the importance of IPR protection.  End Summary. 
 
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Conference: Foreign Programs, Domestic Effects 
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2. (U) The American Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AmCham) hosted 
its second annual intellectual property rights (IPR) conference on 
September 11.  The event was well-attended: despite a steady rain 
that day, organizers had to bring out more chairs early in the 
morning to accommodate 80 attendees and participants.  The 
Ambassador offered opening remarks, stressing the creativity of the 
Argentine people and the importance of innovation for economic 
growth.  AmCham also invited GoA participants of a recent 
Post-sponsored IP law enforcement event (Ref A) free of charge.  A 
federal prosecutor, two city of Buenos Aires prosecutors, and a 
Customs trademark fraud official attended. 
 
3. (U) The 2006 conference focused solely on Argentina, but this 
year's had a decidedly international flavor.  The first panel 
featured government officials from Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and the 
United States discussing government programs to reduce piracy. 
Argentina's neighbors Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay have all 
establshed anti-piracy IP working groups to coordinate the 
regulatory and enforcement activities of several government 
agencies.  The Brazilian efforts are clearly the most advanced of 
the three, with its National Council for Combating Piracy in 
existence since 2001, a 99-step anti-piracy plan, and a mandate 
which covers enforcement, training, education, incentives to consume 
legitimate goods, and better intra-governmental links.  Paraguay's 
IP working group focuses mainly on improved enforcement, and was 
created in the face of daunting obstacles.  Their speaker, the 
Director of Customs, noted that a prosecutor was assassinated after 
ordering the seizure of nine million pirated optical discs.  Uruguay 
has an inter-agency group which focuses on developing IP policy, and 
a public/private working group formed in 2005 to advise the policy 
group.  (Uruguay is also the only one of the four - including 
Argentina - countries not presently on USTR's Special 301 Watch 
List, having been upgraded in 2006 after nine years on the list.) 
USPTO's regional IPR officer summarized the Stop Fakes program. 
Argentina's representative on the panel, the President of the 
National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI, USPTO-equivalent), 
spoke of his organization's efforts and successes in improving 
patent and trademark application processes. 
 
4. (U) A business panel included representatives of U.S. firms Nike, 
Microsoft, 3M and Ford.  Pablo Sonne, the President of the lone 
Argentine-based firm on the panel, clothing company Rever Pass, 
estimated that 7-10% of his firm's annual sales were lost to 
counterfeit knock-offs.  He stressed the importance of intellectual 
property protection for becoming a country which exports more than 
primary products, adding that "lack of investment in IP prevents a 
country from evolving."  Other benefits of an improved IPR regime 
were cited, as the Ford rep noted that 20% of car accidents in 
Argentina caused by mechanical failures were proven to be due to 
fake parts, and the Microsoft rep cited the worldwide correlation 
between high per-capita GDP and strong IP protection. 
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Headliner Ambassador Editorial and Conference Coverage 
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5. (U) An editorial bylined by the Ambassador was prominently placed 
the day before by Clarin, the daily with the widest circulation in 
Argentina (400,000), and AmCham distributed a copy of it to each 
conference attendee.  Participants praised the editorial for its 
focus on the positive aspects of protecting Argentine creativity. 
The conference itself received broader coverage than AmCham 
expected, with a front- page, above-the-fold) feature in 
daily-of-record La Nacion, which expanded into a long article and 
color photo dominating that day's Economy section. 
 
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Comment 
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6. (SBU) The most telling aspect of the conference was the stark 
contrast between Argentina and its MERCOSUR partners, Brazil and 
Uruguay.  With 12 consecutive years on USTR's Special 301 Priority 
Watch List (PWL), Argentina's inability to improve its IPR regime 
compares unfavorably to Uruguay, which graduated from the Watch List 
(WL) in 2006, and Brazil, which was upgraded from PWL to WL in 2007. 
 While these neighbors have found the political will to commit 
public resources and energy to IP working groups, Argentina has yet 
to adequately promote inter-government agency and public/private 
sector IP enforcement coordination.  Post's own sponsorship of a 
mid-level inter-government agency IP enforcement workshop (Ref A) 
was one step in this direction, and in accordance with our Mission's 
strategic IPR plan (ref B), we will continue to work with our GoA 
counterparts to encourage higher level GoA engagement on IP themes. 
 
WAYNE