IPAA Submission on "Special 301" I/P Countries

The Special 301 provisions of 19 U.S.C. § 2242 call upon the United States Trade Representative to identify countries which, inter alia, "deny adequate and effective protection" to U.S. intellectual property or deny "fair and equitable market access" to U.S. persons who rely on intellectual property protection. On January 3, 2005, the USTR invited submissions from the public on policies and practices that should be considered in connection with designating countries as Priority Foreign Countries under this statute. On February 11, 2005, the International Intellectual Property Alliance submitted their comments.

Click here for a "Chart of Countries' Special 301 Placement (1989-2004)" and the "2005 SPECIAL 301 Recommenddations" from the IIPA. Click on the links below for what the IIPA has to say about your countries intellectual property enforcement problems:

Priority Foreign Country
Pakistan
Russian
Federation
Ukraine

Priority Watch List
Argentina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
Colombia
Dominican
Republic
Egypt
India
Indonesia
Kuwait
Lebanon
People's Republic of
China
Philippines
South
Korea
Thailand

Watch List
Bolivia
C.I.S. (5) (including
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan)
Ecuador
Hungary
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mexico
New
Zealand
Peru
Poland
Romania
Saudi
Arabia
Serbia
& Montenegro
Taiwan
Turkey
Venezuela

306
Monitoring
Paraguay

FTA
Dispute Settlement
Jordan
Singapore

Special
Mention
Bahamas
Bangladesh
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Burma
Cambodia
Canada
C.I.S. (2): Azerbaijan, Georgia
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Greece
Hong
Kong
Iceland
Kenya
Laos
Macedonia
Nigeria
Serbia and
Montenegro
South Africa
Spain
Switzerland
Vietnam

The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) is a private sector coalition formed in 1984 to represent the U.S. copyright-based industries in bilateral and multilateral efforts to improve international protection of copyrighted materials. IIPA is comprised of six trade associations, each representing a significant segment of the U.S. copyright community.