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Priority Watch List for IP Protection
May 1 , 2024
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- India has been placed on the Priority Watch List on the US administration’s 2024 Special 301 Report.
- It remains “one of the world’s most challenging” major economies with respect to the protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP).
- Numerous long-standing problems remain with respect to India like
- Inadequate IP enforcement,
- High rates of online piracy,
- An extensive trademark opposition backlog, and
- Insufficient legal means to protect trade secrets.
- Further, India still needs to fully implement the WIPO Internet Treaties and to ensure that copyright statutory licenses do not extend to interactive transmissions.
- Besides India, the other countries included in the list are Argentina, Chile, China, Indonesia, Russia and Venezuela.
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