under its copyright law, and relaxed local content requirements for the broadcasting of new services. Nevertheless, the U.S. remains concerned about parallel importation, rental rights and other copyright issues.
Chile: The U.S. seeks for Chile to bring its inadequate intellectual property laws into conformity with TRIPS and NAFTA.
Colombia: The Colombian Government has passed, as a member of the Andean Pact, three decisions on intellectual property, which improve protection over previous decisions but still do not provide adequate and effective protection in all areas, particularly in the patent area. Also, while Colombia has a modern copyright law it has had difficulty in enforcing existing copyright laws.
Cyprus: The U.S. expects that the Government of Cyprus will vigorously enforce its new copyright law and stamp out widespread piracy of video and audio recordings and unauthorized book publishing.
Egypt: Egypt will shortly issue a Prime Ministerial decree to resolve our remaining concerns with copyright protection. Additionally, Egypt has drafted an excellent draft patent law which we expect to be promptly enacted absent any delay in protection for any types of products. An October out-of-cycle review will monitor progress on these issues.
El Salvador: The U.S. is keeping El Salvador on the watch list and conducting an out-of-cycle review. Significant progress made by enacting the Copyright law in 1993 has been negated by postponing its implementation.
Greece: The U.S. is keeping Greece on the watch list and conducting an out-of-cycle review because of lack of enforcement of the February 1993 copyright law. Motion picture and sound recording piracy, including unauthorized broadcasts by the numerous pirate stations in Greece, remain major areas of concern.
Guatemala: Guatemala does not adequately protect pharmaceuticals and the copyright law needs to be updated. A major problem is the interception and unauthorized retransmission of U.S. satellite-carried programming by cable and multichannel microwave distribution systems. In addition, Guatemala does not provide effective trademark protection, especially for famous marks.
Indonesia: The U.S. is concerned about deficiencies in Indonesia's patent law and regulations, including: a short term of protection (14 years), provisions on compulsory licensing, and a provision allowing the unauthorized importation of 50 specific pharmaceuticals. In addition, Indonesia should improve enforcement of its copyright law. Infringement of textile designs is becoming a significant problem.
Italy: Video and software piracy remains a major problem in Italy despite newly vigorous enforcement efforts. The USG will closely monitor the new government's efforts to improve enforcement against piracy in Italy.
