The U.S. initiated a Special 301 investigation of Ukraine...
The U.S. initiated a Special 301 investigation of Ukraine over concerns about the country’s treatment of intellectual property rights, Acting U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro said Thursday. Ukraine was named a priority foreign country in USTR’s Special 301 report, an…
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annual look at intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. It cited problems with Ukraine’s use of pirated software, online piracy enforcement and opaque and unfair administration and operation of copyright collecting societies. The USTR will hold a public hearing on July 18 as part of the investigation, and will publish a future Federal Register notice with procedures for participating. Sapiro said the U.S. will consult with Ukraine’s government on the “serious concerns” the U.S. has with intellectual property rights in the country. Priority foreign countries are trading partners whose “onerous or egregious acts, policies, or practices” have the greatest adverse impact on relevant U.S. products, while also not entering into negotiations or making significant progress in negotiations to address those problems. Ukraine was the first priority foreign country the U.S. has named in seven years. RIAA wants the Ukrainian government to “move quickly to address the causes that lead to this investigation in the first place and avert possible sanctions,” Executive Vice President-International Neil Turkewitz said separately.