Indonesia improved its intellectual property rights (IPR) enforce...
Indonesia improved its intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement, moving off the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Special 301 Priority Watch List for regimes with egregious IPR records and onto USTR’s normal watch list for countries with inadequate IPR protection. USTR…
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this week completed its out-of-cycle review for Indonesia. Indonesia enforced rules aimed at fighting illegal optical disc plants with better licensing and raids on facilities and outlets suspected of piracy, USTR said. The ministry-level National Intellectual Property Task Force launched to coordinate IPR enforcement among agencies and raise public awareness. Indonesia isn’t out of the woods, USTR warned, saying it could land back on the “priority” list without “sustained efforts and continued progress on key IPR issues.” Indonesia has been on the Special 301 since 2001.