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U.S. Trade Representative Releases Special 301 Report on Global IPR

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- At the end of last month, the U.S. Trade Representative, Ron Kirk, issued the 2010 Special 301 Report, which according to the USTR website "reflects the Administration's resolve to encourage and maintain effective [Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)] protection and enforcement worldwide" by identifying "a wide range of serious concerns, ranging from troubling 'indigenous innovation' policies that may unfairly disadvantage U.S. rightsholders in China, to the continuing challenges of Internet piracy in countries such as Canada and Spain, to the ongoing systemic IPR enforcement challenges in many countries around the world." The Report is promulgated pursuant...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on May 20, 2010 (boomark / email).