[Ip-health] USTR negotiating objectives for IP chapter of Thai FTA

[Mike Palmedo]

 From USTR's letter to the Speaker of the House notifying Congress of
the initiation of FTA talks:

http://www.ustr.gov/releases/2004/02/2004-02-12-letter-thailand-house.pdf

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Our specific objectives for negotiations with Thailand are as follows:

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Intellectual Property Rights:

=ADSeek to establish standards to be applied in Thailand that build on the
foundations
established in the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual
Property Rights and other international intellectual property
agreements, such as
the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Copyright Treaty, the
WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty, and the Patent Cooperation Treaty.

In areas such as patent protection and protection of undisclosed
information, seek
to have Thailand apply levels of protection and practices more in line
with U.S.
law and practices, including appropriate flexibility.

Seek to strengthen Thailand=92s laws and procedures to enforce
intellectual property
rights, such as by ensuring that Thai authorities seize suspected
pirated and
counterfeit goods, equipment used to make such goods or to transmit pirated
goods, and documentary evidence.

Seek to strengthen measures in Thailand that provide for compensation of
right
holders for infringements of intellectual property rights and to provide fo=
r
criminal penalties under Thai law that are sufficient to have a
deterrent effect on
piracy and counterfeiting.

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