The U.S. Trade Representative “should stop its transformation into a...
The U.S. Trade Representative “should stop its transformation into a law enforcement agency,” Public Knowledge said in a filing to the office. The public interest group said its comments respond to plans by the agency to publish a list of…
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notorious markets in its intellectual property report. “If the list is intended as a preliminary step to further legal action, the USTR must first acknowledge this.” Then it must “clearly articulate exactly what the foreign company is accused of.” The agency also should state whether it believes that violators “are direct or secondary infringers, and it should cite the statutes these companies run afoul of,” PK said. It can be appropriate for the U.S. government to negotiate with other countries to get them to acknowledge American intellectual property rights, the filing said. But the government should “bear in mind the need for a balanced system that does not merely grant rents to certain industries to the detriment of others."