USTR Asks for Comments on 2015 Notorious Markets List

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is asking for input as it builds its 2015 Notorious Markets List (here). The list is an out-of-cycle review based off the annual Special 301 Report. The list identifies “online and physical marketplaces that reportedly engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting,” the USTR notice said. Those commercial areas include foreign trade zones, said USTR. The 2014 Notorious Markets List, which published in March, identified counterfeit marketplaces across the globe (see 1503060033). Comments are due by Oct. 5. USTR prefers comments be submitted through www.regulations.gov, docket number USTR-2015-0016.