USTR Seeking Comments on 'Notorious Markets'
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on its "Out of Cycle Review" of the notorious market list, it said in a Federal Register notice. The review results in the publication of examples of Internet and physical markets that have…
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been the subject of enforcement action or that may merit further investigation for possible intellectual property infringements, it said. The Notorious Markets List does not represent a finding of violation of law, but is a summary of information that highlights the problem of marketplaces that deal in infringing goods and which help sustain global piracy and counterfeiting, USTR said. It said potentially helpful information could include: location; principal owners/operators; types of products sold or made available; information on the volume of Internet traffic associated with a website (such as a recent Alexa ranking); any known civil or criminal enforcement activity against the market; and other efforts to remove/limit infringing materials (e.g., a website's responsiveness to requests to remove or disable access to allegedly infringing material. Comments and potential examples of Internet and physical "notorious markets" are due Sept. 14 via http://www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2012-0011. Further information: Paula Karol Pinha, 202-395-5419, or at http://www.ustr.gov.