USTR removes Uzbekistan, the Dominican Republic from Special 301 IP watch list

Uzbekistan and the Dominican Republican have been dropped from the “watch list” of countries the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says maintain lax intellectual property protections and enforcement practices, according to the agency’s annual Special 301 Report published on Thursday. The congressionally mandated annual report highlights the progress both countries have made addressing IP issues. In the case of the Dominican Republic, USTR says the country’s agencies have stepped up enforcement activities around signal piracy, increased the number of...