The U.S. Trade Representative added the Czech Republic to the age...
The U.S. Trade Representative added the Czech Republic to the agency’s Special 301 Watch List of countries deemed havens for intellectual property infringers. “We remain concerned at the continuing lack of effective enforcement measures against traders openly selling pirated…
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and counterfeit goods in the notorious border markets,” USTR Susan Schwab said. But she said the Czech government is developing antipiracy tools. The listing came at the end of a USTR out-of-cycle review of the Czech Republic. The country didn’t appear on the regular or priority watch lists in 2007’s Special 301 Report, released in April. The RIAA thanked Schwab for the designation. “The government of the Czech Republic has thus far failed to rein in the blatant lawlessness exhibited at its many border markets,” said Neil Turkewitz, executive vice president-international.