Notice 18 Aug 2025 compliance, intellectual property, u.s. trade representative, counterfeiting, sports broadcasting, notorious markets, piracy

📜USTR's 2025 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting & Piracy

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) requests comments that identify online and physical markets to be considered for inclusion in the 2025 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy (Notorious Markets List). The Notorious Markets List identifies examples of online and physical markets that reportedly engage in or facilitate substantial copyright piracy or trademark counterfeiting. The `issue focus' for the 2025 Notorious Markets List will examine copyright piracy of sports broadcasts.

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Notice 19 May 2025 regulations, uspto, intellectual property, oecd, counterfeiting, online marketplaces

🛒Request for Comments on Guidelines for Countering Counterfeit Goods

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is working across government and with the private sector to address counterfeiting. As part of this effort, the USPTO seeks feedback from interested parties on their observations and experiences in combatting the trafficking of counterfeit products through online marketplaces. The discussion will focus on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's ("OECD") recent work on Draft Voluntary Guidelines for Countering Illicit Trade in Counterfeit Goods on Online Marketplaces (the "Guidelines"). The USPTO will host a roundtable on the topics listed in this notice on Thursday, June 5, 2025, which will be held at the OECD Washington Center in person and virtually.

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