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November 17, 2008
IIPA submitted comments to the Expert Committee on Intellectual
Property (IP) regarding certain aspects of Japanese copyright
legislation in the digital era.
September 26, 2008
IIPA submitted
detailed comments regarding copyright protection and market access
issues in China to the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee.
September 22, 2008
IIPA
issues statement on the negotiations for an Anti-Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement (ACTA).
September 10, 2008
IIPA
applauds Baucus Hatch introduction of International Intellectual
Property Protection and Enforcement Improvement Act of 2008.
September 8, 2008
IIPA submits
comments in Taiwan out-of-cycle review proceeding, recommending that
it remain on the Watch List.
August 6, 2008
IIPA comments on
proposed amendments to the Korean Copyright Act.
August 4, 2008
IIPA submits comments
regarding Vietnam's bid to be recognized as a GSP beneficiary
country.
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November 5, 2008
IIPA
submits letter on key IP issues for the
2009 National Trade Estimate Report (NTE).
June 17, 2008
IIPA's chart of USTR’s April 2008
"Special 301" decisions has been
updated to incorporate final 2007 country data on
business software piracy received from the Business Software
Alliance (BSA); click
here to review the list of USTR's 2008 decisions and the
updated data. To view regional data charts,
click here.
April 25, 2008
IIPA issues statement on USTR's 2008 Special 301 decisions, noting
special concerns with China, Russia and Canada.
February 11, 2008
IIPA submits its
report on copyright issues (piracy, enforcement, law reform, market
access) in 51 countries to USTR as part of its 2008 Special 301
annual review of countries' intellectual property rights (click
here for IIPA's press release).
WIPO
Click here
to view IIPA's summary of the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) &
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT), and to view the list of the
countries that have joined these treaties.
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October 20, 2008
IIPA
files comments on the annual review of
country eligibility for benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity
Act (AGOA).
July 29, 2008
IIPA files
comments to the USITC on the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA) and
copyright-related developments in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and
Bolivia.
November 15, 2007
IIPA
files comments to the TPSC on the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act and the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.
October 18, 2007
IIPA's Eric Smith testifies on
"International Piracy: The Challenges of Protecting
Intellectual Property in the 21st Century," before the House
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
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