The Office of the US Trade Representative announced on Thursday, 25 April 2024, that it has
removed the Dominican Republic from the “watch list” this year for significant progress on addressing concerns with intellectual property enforcement and transparency.
The announcement came with the release of the USTR 2024 Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of US trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights.
The USTR stated:
“The report highlights progress made by our trading partners to resolve and address IP issues of concern to the United States:
USTR removed the Dominican Republic from the Watch List this year for significant progress on addressing concerns with IP enforcement and transparency. Dominican Republic agencies increased enforcement actions and interagency cooperation on combating signal piracy, improved resource allocation for agencies, made publicly available enforcement-related statistics, increased the number of specialized IP prosecutors, increased enforcement actions against counterfeit medicines, and worked with various U.S. agencies to receive training and technical assistance. The Dominican Republic has committed to continue taking enforcement actions to combat copyright infringement, including signal piracy, and to increase capacity through training and engagement with the United States.”
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Noticias SIN
30 April 2024