U.S.-China WTO Case Filed. Now What?
Members of the China Copyright Alliance lauded Monday's announcement by U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab that the U.S. would file two requests for World Trade Organization consultations with China due to the country's lax enforcement of intellectual property rights and barriers it imposes on trade in music, movies and books.
The Alliance consists of the Art Copyright Coalition, Association of American Publishers, Independent Film & Television Alliance, International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America. Technology Daily's PM edition has details of Schwab's announcement.
So what happens now? According to the Jurist, the pair of cases enters a 60-day consultation period during which the U.S. and China will try to resolve their differences through negotiation. If the bilateral negotiations reach an impasse, WTO hearings will decide the outcome.
The China Hearsay blog, written by intellectual property attorney Stan Abrams, offers a detailed review of the WTO complaints and what they mean. Abrams works for Lehman, Lee & Xu, a Chinese law firm in Beijing.
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