U.S. Removes Taiwan from Priority Watch List

       The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on Jan. 18 that as a result of its Intellectual Property Rights Out-of-Cycle Review, Taiwan would be moved from the Priority Watch List to the Watch List in recognition of the progress that the island has made in IPR protection.

　　The review report noted Taiwan's efforts in such areas as the revision of IRP-related laws and regulations and strengthened enforcement. The U.S. will continue to work with the Taiwan authorities to prevent the unfair commercial use of pharmaceutical test data and the piracy of copyrighted works over the internet, and to continue strengthening enforcement aimed at reducing piracy and counterfeiting. The U.S. will also closely watch Taiwan's efforts and results in monitoring the export of copyrighted material, especially computer software, to assure that these efforts are at least as effective as the island's Export Monitoring System. For the full text of the USTR report, please visit its website: http://www.ustr.gov.

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