2011 Special 301 Report Ambassador Ronald Kirk Office of the United States Trade Representative ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is responsible for the preparation of this report. U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk gratefully acknowledges in particular the contributions of Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro; USTR General Counsel Timothy Reif; Chief of Staff Lisa Garcia; Assistant USTR for Public/Media Affairs Carol Guthrie, Special Assistant Stephen Ostrowski and all USTR staff who contributed to the drafting and review of this report. Thanks are extended to partner agencies, including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Justice, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, and State, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office. In preparing the report, substantial information was solicited from U.S. Embassies around the world and from interested stakeholders. The draft of this report was circulated through the Special 301 Subcommittee of the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee. April 2011 Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................................................... 1 SECTION I. DEVELOPMENTS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS.................................................................... 5 PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT .................................................................................................................... 5 Initiative for Special 301 Action Plans ............................................................................................................ 5 Positive Developments................................................................................................................................... 5 Initiatives to Strengthen IPR Protection and Enforcement Internationally ................................................... 6 Best Practices by Trading Partners – IPR Enforcement .................................................................................. 7 Capacity Building Efforts ................................................................................................................................ 8 Trends in Trademark Counterfeiting and Copyright Piracy ........................................................................... 9 Piracy Over the Internet and Digital Piracy .................................................................................................. 11 Trademarks and Domain Name Disputes .................................................................................................... 12 Government Use of Software ...................................................................................................................... 12 Intellectual Property and Health Policy ....................................................................................................... 13 Supporting Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Innovation through Improved Market Access ................ 13 Implementation of the WTO TRIPS Agreement ........................................................................................... 15 WTO Dispute Settlement ............................................................................................................................. 15 SECTION II. COUNTRY REPORTS ....................................................................................................................... 19 PRIORITY WATCH LIST .................................................................................................................................. 19 China ........................................................................................................................................................ 19 Russia ....................................................................................................................................................... 25 Algeria ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 Argentina ................................................................................................................................................. 27 Canada ..................................................................................................................................................... 27 Chile ......................................................................................................................................................... 28 India ......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Indonesia .................................................................................................................................................. 29 Israel ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 Pakistan .................................................................................................................................................... 30 Thailand.................................................................................................................................................... 30 Venezuela ................................................................................................................................................. 31 WATCH LIST .................................................................................................................................................. 31 Belarus ..................................................................................................................................................... 31 Bolivia ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 Brazil......................................................................................................................................................... 32 Brunei ....................................................................................................................................................... 32 Colombia .................................................................................................................................................. 33 Costa Rica ................................................................................................................................................. 33 Dominican Republic ................................................................................................................................. 34 Ecuador .................................................................................................................................................... 34 i Egypt ........................................................................................................................................................ 34 Finland ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 Greece ...................................................................................................................................................... 35 Guatemala ................................................................................................................................................ 35 Italy .......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Jamaica ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 Kuwait ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 Malaysia ................................................................................................................................................... 37 Mexico ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 Norway ..................................................................................................................................................... 38 Peru .......................................................................................................................................................... 38 Philippines ................................................................................................................................................ 39 Romania ................................................................................................................................................... 39 Spain ......................................................................................................................................................... 39 Tajikistan .................................................................................................................................................. 40 Turkey .....................................................................................................................................................