India continues to figure in the US’ Priority Watch List that identifies trade barriers to US companies due to intellectual property (IP) laws of other countries.
The United States Trade Representative on Friday said that India remains on the list this year for “longstanding challenges in its IP framework and lack of sufficient measurable improvements, particularly with respect to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and enforcement, as well as for new issues that have negatively affected US right holders over the past year”.