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U.S. industry groups criticize India’s National IP Policy in ‘Special 301’ comments

February 13, 2017 at 8:34 AM
A slew of industry groups from the United States, in comments submitted for the annual Special 301 report the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative produces on intellectual property issues, have lobbed criticism at India and its recently announced National Intellectual Property Rights Policy for being too vague. Citing what they call a lack of substantive improvement in India’s IP landscape, the U.S. groups recommended that India undergo an out-of-cycle review by USTR, which last probed the issue in 2014...


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