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| http://www.gbm.net/ |
GBM DE PANAMA, P.O.Box EE Ancon, Balboa, R.P.,
Tel:(507) 263-9977, Fax:(507) 269-3604, e-mail:info@pan.gbm.net,
Contact: Gaspar Tarte, GM |
| http://www.rodelag.com/ |
RODELAG, SA, P.O.Box 11604, Panama 6, R.P.,
Tel:(507) 236-2333;(507) 236-2032, Fax:(507) 236-3187, e-mail: rodelag@pananet.com
Contact: Julian Palacios, Purchasing |
| http://www.tecnasa.com |
TECNASA, P.O.
Box 1549 Panama 9A, R.P., Tel:(507) 236-0121;(507) 236-0011,
Fax:(507) 236-3044; (507)
236-1238, e-mail: maued@tecnasa.com,
Contact:Miguel Aued, GM |
| http://www.unisys.com/index.htm |
UNISYS, P.O.
Box 024, Panama 5, R.P.,
Tel: (507) 236-1105;(507) 236-1005, Fax:(507) 236-0181, e-mail:univenta@sinfo.net,
Contact: Tatiana de Varela |
| http://www.adrtec.com |
ADR Technologies, Address: Calle Aquilino De
La Guardia, Edificio BAC/NCR Piso 4, P.O. Box: 5006,Panama 5, Rep. Of
Panama, Phone: (507) 263-9333,Fax: (507) 223-2303, Contact: Adolfo Noriega
III, E-mail: info@adrtec.com |
| http://www.advancecomputers.com |
Advance Computer Services & Solutions,
Inc.,
Address: Plaza Balboa, Vía Israel, Punta Paitilla,
P.O. Box: 1980, Panama 1, Rep. Of Panama,
Phone: (507) 264-5011, Fax: (507) 264-9710,
Contact: Ariel Davis, E-mail: markela@advancecomputers.com |
| http://www.arango.com |
Arango Software International, Address: Ave.
Balboa, Edificio BBVA, Piso 6, P.O. Box: 87-1355, Panama 7, Rep. Of
Panama, Phone: (507) 227-2219, Fax: (507) 227-2960, Contact: Marlen Haayen,
E-mail: marlenh@arango.com |
| http://www.cosisa.com |
COSISA, Address: Centro Comerical, Boulevard
El Dorado, Local No. 5, P.O. Box: 9522 Zona 6 El Dorado, Panama 6, Rep. Of
Panama, Phone: (507) 260-2169, Fax: (507) 260-2341, E-mail: cosisa@cosisa.com |
| http://www.gbm.net |
GBM de Panamá, S.A., Address: Calle Aquilino
De La Guardia y Ave. Rogelio Alfaro, Edificio GBM, Marbella, P.O. Box: GBM
Panamá, P.O. Box EE Balboa, Ancón, Panama, Rep. Of Panama, Phone: (507)
263-9977, Fax: (507) 269-3604, Contact: Gaspar Tarté, E-mail: mercadeopa@gbm.net |
| http://www.infosgroup.com |
Infosgroup, Address: Edificio Plaza Balboa,
Punta Paitilla, Panamá, P.O. Box: 55-0822 Paitilla, Panama, Rep. Of
Panama, Phone: (507) 263-2414, Fax: (507) 263-2412, Contact: Arianne
Perez, E-mail: aperez@infosgroup.com |
| http://www.multimax.net |
Multimax, Address: Centro Comercial Multimax,
Local #10, Via Ricardo J. Alfaro, P.O. Box: 1878, Panama 1, Rep. Of
Panama, Phone: (507) 279-8484, Fax: (507) 279-8485, Contact: Abraham
Bettsak, E-mail: multimax@multimax.net |
| http://www.solusoft.com |
Solusoft, Address: Ave. Federico Boyd y Calle
51. Edificio Scotia Plaza, Piso 7, P.O. Box: 55-2048 Paitilla, Panama,
Rep. Of Panama,
Phone: (507) 263-9077, Fax: (507) 263-9100
Contact: Abdel Saied, E-mail: ventas@solusoft.com |
| http://www.sonitel.com |
Sonitel, Address: Vía Brasil y Ave. 1 C-Sur,
P.O. Box: 4349, Panama 5, Rep. Of Panama,
Phone: (507) 263-9800, Fax: (507) 263-9815,
Contact: Julio Spiegel R., E-mail: sonitel@sonitel.com |
| http://www.tecnasa.com |
Tecnasa, Address: Edificio Tecnasa, Office
Park No. 10, Calle Rubén Darío, Ancón, Panamá, P.O. Box: 1549, Panama
9A, Rep. Of Panama, Phone: (507) 207-9777, Fax: (507) 232-5858, Contact:
Miguel Aued, E-mail: info@tecnasa.com |
| http://www.unisistems.com.pa |
Unisistemas, Address: Avenida Ricardo J.
Alfaro, Urbanización Dos Mares, a un costado de Tesa, P.O. Box: 024,
Panama 5, Rep. Of Panama,Phone: (507) 236-1005, Fax: (507) 236-0181,
Contact: Enoch Delgado, General Manager, E-mail: ventas@unisistems.com.pa |
| http://www.velu.com |
VELU Software, Address: Calle 50, Urbanización
Marbella, No. L-2, P.O. Box: 833-0121 Plaza Panamá, Panama, Rep. Of
Panama, Phone: (507) 264-9034, Fax: (507) 263-7102, Contact: Carlos
Guevara, E-mail: info@velu.com |
| http://www.wizco.com |
Wizco, Address: Edificio Omega, Piso 5, Ave.
Samuel Lewis y Calle 53 Obarrio, P.O. Box: 87-3685, Panama 7, Rep. Of
Panama, Phone: (507) 265-3290, Fax: (507) 265-3409, Contact: Manuel
Lorenzo, E-mail: info@wizco.com |
| http://www.cisco.com/pa/ |
Cisco |
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http://www.microsoft.com/panama/
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Microsoft de Panamá, S.A., Calle 50 y
Ave. Nicanor Obarrio, Plaza Panamá Piso 23, P.O. Box: 922, Panama 3, Rep.
Of Panama, Phone: (507) 210-1270, Fax: (507) 210-1271,
Contact: Luis Carlos Stoute |
| http://www.unisys.com/index.htm |
UNISYS, P.O.
Box 024, Panama 5, R.P.,
Tel: (507) 236-1105;(507) 236-1005, Fax:(507) 236-0181, e-mail:univenta@sinfo.net,
Contact: Tatiana de Varela |
| http://www.xerox.com |
Xerox, Digitales y Documentos de Panama, S.A., Calle
53E, Urb. Marbella 1a. Planta, Panamá, Republica de Panamá, Tel:
507+223+8777, Fax: 507+263+5941, E-mail: SMollinedo@difoto.com.pa |
Please visit:
http://web.ita.doc.gov/.
Although a Free Trade Agreement is in negotiation, duty is
still charged.
For ICT related products, please click here:
http://web.ita.doc.gov/.
Panama is a member of the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), the Geneva Phonograms Convention, the Brussels Satellite
Convention, the Universal Copyright Convention, the Bern Convention for the
Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property, and the International Convention for the
Protection of Plant Varieties. In addition, Panama was one of the first
countries to ratify the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and
Phonograms Treaty, although the government has yet to introduce implementing
legislation to put these treaties fully into force in Panama.
Protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Panama has improved
significantly over the past several years. The government passed an
Anti-Monopoly Law in 1996 mandating the creation of commercial courts to hear
anti-trust, patent, trademark, and copyright cases exclusively. Two
district courts and one superior tribunal began to operate in June 1997 and have
been adjudicating intellectual property disputes. IPR policy and practice
in Panama is the responsibility of an Inter-institutional Committee for
Intellectual Property (CIPI). This committee consists of representatives
of six government agencies and operates under the leadership of the
Vice-Minister of Commerce, who has delegated chairmanship to the head of the
industrial property office. CIPI coordinates enforcement actions and
develops strategies to improve compliance with the law, including organizing
training and public awareness seminars, among other activities. In January
2003, the GOP designated an IPR-specific prosecutor with national level powers,
which will consolidate and simplify prosecution of those cases.
Copyrights
The National Assembly in 1994 passed a comprehensive copyright bill (Law
15), based on a World Intellectual Property Organization model. The law
modernizes copyright protection in Panama, provides for payment of royalties,
facilitates the prosecution of copyright violators, protects computer software,
and makes copyright infringement a felony. Although the lead prosecutor for IPR
cases in the Attorney General's Office has taken a vigorous enforcement stance,
the Copyright Office remains small and relatively passive.
In the near term, the Copyright Office plans to complete the drafting of
long-promised improvements to the Copyright Law to implement the new WIPO
treaties (the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonographs
Treaty) and to establish new offenses, such as those needed for internet-based
copyright violations, to raise the penalties for infractions, and to enhance
border measures. This proposed draft legislation is moving forward with
technical assistance from SIECA (the Central American Economic Integration
System). The legislation is to be introduced in the National Assembly in
2003.
Patents
A new Industrial Property Law (Law 35) went into force in 1996 and
provides 20 years of patent protection from the date of filing.
Pharmaceutical patents are granted for only 15 years, but can be renewed for an
additional ten years, if the patent owner licenses a national company (minimum
of 30% Panamanian ownership) to exploit the patent. The Industrial Property Law
provides specific protection for trade secrets. However, at least one
pharmaceutical company has raised the alarm that these protections are not being
respected by the office of the Ministry of Health that registers generic
medicines, though the Ministry is attempting to address the concerns.
Trademarks
Law 35 also provides trademark protection, simplifying the process of
registering trademarks and making them renewable for ten-year periods. The
law's most important feature is the granting of ex-officio authority to
government agencies to conduct investigations and to seize materials suspected
of being counterfeited. Decrees 123 of November 1996 and 79 of August 1997
specify the procedures to be followed by Customs and CFZ officials in conducting
investigations and confiscating merchandise. In 1997, the Customs
Directorate created a special office for IPR enforcement, followed by a similar
office created by the CFZ in 1998. The Trademark Registration Office has
undertaken significant modernization with a searchable computerized database of
registered trademarks that is open to the public and remotely accessible by
Customs and CFZ officials, among others. This facilitates the inspection
and investigation process considerably and has provided a model for other
countries in the region.
None Noted
None Noted
| http://www.latinol.com |
Latin Online, S.A., Marbella Calle 54, Casa No. 5, P.O. Box: N/A, Panama
City, Panama, Phone:(507) 214-6814
, Fax: (507) 214-6813, Contact: Yaron Rosiner, E-mail: yaron@latinol.com
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http://www.infonetsa.com |
Website
directory for companies in Panama. Information on trade regulations, and general
information on Panama. |
Additional information on how to prepare for and select an
international trade show can be found at
http://www.expocomer.com |
EXPOCOMER - Organized by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
of Panama. Expocomer is the largest, annual horizontal, international exhibition in
Panama. There are 650 booths, 28 country pavilions and 13,000 buyers at this event.
E-mail: expo@expocomer.com. |
|
http://www.tscentral.com/
|
This site provides an extensive trade show
directory with detailed information on 30,000 international and domestic
trade shows, conferences and seminars. You can search by show name, show
type, industry, city, country, and start & end dates of the show. Some
events have the option to have more information sent to the user and have
on-line event registration. |
|
http://www.techweb.com/ |
Techweb’s calendar is focused on information
technology and provides access to information on 2,000 plus technology
related events which may be searched by key word or by industry. There is
detailed information on each event. Additional information concerning
computer related trade shows can be found here. |
Computers & Peripherals
|
HTS Number |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Percent Change
2006 - 2007 |
| In
Actual Dollars |
847330
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UNITS
THEREOF, MAGNETIC OR OPTICAL READERS, TRANSCRIBING MACHINES, ETC., NESOI |
28,665,054 |
35,241,480 |
16,551,996 |
-53.0% |
847149
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UNITS THEREOF PRESENTED IN THE
FORM OF SYSTEMS, N.E.S.O.I. |
10,736,048 |
16,361,666 |
15,598,124 |
-4.7% |
847150
PROCESSING UNITS OTHER THAN THOSE OF 8471.41 AND 8471.49, N.E.S.O.I. |
6,021,449 |
12,039,450 |
14,444,403 |
20.0% |
847130
PORTABLE AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES, WEIGHT NOT MORE THAN 10 KG,
CONSISTING OF AT LEAST A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, KEYBOARD & A DISPLAY |
5,504,185 |
9,045,458 |
13,128,502 |
45.1% |
847180
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING UNITS, N.E.S.O.I. |
2,043,860 |
3,910,924 |
2,656,801 |
-32.1% |
847170
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING STORAGE UNITS, N.E.S.O.I. |
1,737,203 |
1,189,983 |
2,489,442 |
109.2% |
847141
ADP MACHINES COMPRISING IN SAME HOUSING AT LEAST A CENTRAL PROCESSING
UNIT AND AN INPUT AND OUTPUT UNIT, WHETHER OR NOT COMBINED, N.E.S.O.I. |
965,475 |
1,408,968 |
1,803,295 |
28.0% |
847160
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INPUT OR OUTPUT UNITS, WHETHER OR NOT
CONTAINING STORAGE UNITS IN THE SAME HOUSING, N.E.S.O.I. |
8,871,163 |
6,432,062 |
1,729,897 |
-73.1% |
847190
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING UNTS THEREOF; MAGNETIC/OPTICAL READERS, MACH
FOR TRANSCRIBING DATA TO DATA MEDIA IN CODED FORM & MACH FOR PROC DATA,
NESOI |
245,442 |
188,422 |
961,280 |
410.2% |
847110
ANALOG OR HYBRID AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES |
247,986 |
272,870 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| |
65,037,865 |
86,091,283 |
69,363,740 |
-19.4% |
Source: USITC Trade Data Web
Telecommunications Equipment
|
HTS Number |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
Percent Change
2006 - 2007 |
| In
Actual Dollars |
851712
TELEPHONES FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS OR FOR OTHER WIRELESS NETWORKS |
0 |
0 |
14,910,751 |
N/A |
851762
MACHINES FOR THE RECEPTION, CONVERSION AND TRANSMISSION OR REGENERATION
OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, INCLUDING SWITCHING AND ROUTING
APPARATUS |
0 |
0 |
10,450,253 |
N/A |
851770
PARTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS |
0 |
0 |
6,264,549 |
N/A |
851769
OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE RECEPTION, CONVERSION AND TRANSMISSION OR
REGENERATION OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, NESOI |
0 |
0 |
1,468,056 |
N/A |
851718
TELEPHONE SETS, NESOI |
0 |
0 |
1,212,921 |
N/A |
851711
LINE TELEPHONE SETS WITH CORDLESS HANDSETS |
1,025,311 |
867,014 |
1,034,463 |
19.3% |
851761
BASE STATIONS |
0 |
0 |
291,277 |
N/A |
851721
FACSIMILE MACHINES |
27,582 |
108,487 |
0 |
-100.0% |
851730
TELEPHONIC OR TELEGRAPHIC SWITCHING APPARATUS |
454,201 |
409,228 |
0 |
-100.0% |
851780
ELECTRICAL TELEPHONIC AND TELEGRAPHIC LINE APPARATUS, N.E.S.O.I. |
498,966 |
808,277 |
0 |
-100.0% |
851790
PARTS OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR LINE TELEPHONY OR TELEGRAPHY,
INCLUDING PARTS OF SUCH APPARATUS FOR CARRIER-CURRENT LINE SYSTEMS |
3,350,839 |
2,857,304 |
0 |
-100.0% |
851750
ELECTRICAL TELECOMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR CARRIER-CURRENT LINE SYSTEMS
OR FOR DIGITAL LINE SYSTEMS, N.E.S.O.I. |
13,231,984 |
8,669,260 |
0 |
-100.0% |
851719
VIDEOPHONES & OTHER TELEPHONE SETS, N.E.S.O.I. |
571,205 |
714,859 |
0 |
-100.0% |
| |
19,160,088 |
14,434,429 |
35,632,270 |
146.9% |
Source: USITC Trade Data Web
http://www.intracen.org/
Source: The International Trade Centre is the joint agency of the World
Trade Organization and the United Nations.
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Mr. J. Enrique Tellez, Commercial Specialist
CONTACT INFORMATION
- Telephone: 507-207-7000, Direct #: 207-7080
- Facsimile: 507-227-1713
- E-mail address: Enrique.Tellez@mail.doc.gov
- Industry Sectors: Computer Services (CSV), Computer
Software (CSF), Computers/Peripherals (CPT), Telecommunications Eq. (TEL),
Telecommunications Services (TES)
OFFICE INFORMATION
STREET ADDRESS
- American Embassy
- Avenida Balboa Y Calle 39, Edif. Torre Miramar, 5 th floor
- Panama City Panama
- Panama
U.S. MAILING ADDRESS
- American Embassy - Panama City
- Unit 0945
- APO AA 34002
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Revised:
November 08, 2008
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