According to the US Federal Register, it appears the US Trade Representative will proceed with an Out of Cycle Review (OCR) for India to unilaterally ‘grade’ India’s IPR regime as they had announced earlier this year. This throws up two quick points that need mentioning/repeating: 1. The USTR Special 301 annual process is a degrading political pressure mechanism with no credibility. The above link states: “… in order to assess progress on engagement with the Government of India on intellectual property rights...
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