U.S. Calls for Proof of China's IPR Enforcement Efforts at WTO

摘要

In an attempt to monitor international trade, the U.S. has asked China for detailed information regarding its efforts to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR) laws. A provision of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights requires this information exchange when a WTO member country has doubts about another member's IPR laws enforcement. The information the U.S may receive from China could be used in a WTO dispute settlement case against China over its inability to adequately protect copyrights and other IPRs. China has until Jan. 23, 2006 to respond to the request.