USTR Asks for Comments on 2017 Notorious Markets List

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is asking for input as it builds its 2017 Notorious Markets List. The list is an out-of-cycle review based on the annual Special 301 Report. The list identifies “online and physical marketplaces that reportedly engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting,” the USTR notice said. Those commercial areas include foreign trade zones, USTR said. The 2016 Notorious Markets List, published in December, identified counterfeit marketplaces across the globe (see 1612210072). Comments are due by midnight Oct. 2.