USTR opens comment period to inform annual Special 301 IP report

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is soliciting comments to inform its annual Special 301 report on intellectual property protections. The congressionally mandated report identifies “countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property (IP) rights or deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. persons who rely on IP protection,” as USTR said in a Dec. 6 Federal Register notice . “Based on this review, the U.S. Trade Representative determines which, if any, of these countries to...