2010 Special 301 List
The 2010 Special 301 review process examined IPR protection and enforcement in 77 countries. Following extensive research and analysis, USTR designates the 42 countries below as follows:
Priority Watch List: Algeria, Argentina, Canada, Chile, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand, Venezuela.
Watch List: Belarus, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Jamaica, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Spain, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
Section 306 Monitoring: Paraguay.
Status Pending: Israel.
2010 Out-of-Cycle Reviews
An Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) is a tool that USTR uses to encourage progress on IPR issues of concern. It provides an opportunity for heightened engagement with the trading partner on those issues. Successful resolution of specific IPR issues may in some circumstances lead to a change in a country's status on the Special 301 list outside of the typical time frame for the annual Special 301 Report. In 2010, USTR will conduct OCRs of the Philippines and Thailand to monitor progress on IPR protection and enforcement in those countries, and to consider again their Special 301 status.
Format of the Special 301 Report
The Special 301 Report is divided into the following three main sections and two Annexes:
- Section I: Developments in Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Enforcement discusses broad global trends and issues in IPR protection and enforcement that USTR works to address on a daily basis.
- Section II: Country Reports includes descriptions of issues of concern in particular countries.
- Section III: Notorious Markets is a listing of Internet markets and physical markets of concern.
- Annex 1 provides the statutory background for the Special 301 Report.
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