The full JSP tag should be something like this, mind the pageEncoding too:
<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%>
Some old browsers mess up with the encoding too. you can use the HTML tag
Also the file should be recorded in UTF-8 format, if you are using Eclipse left-click on the file->Properties->Check out ->Text file encoding.