Despite a recent campaign to shed its ignominious title as one of the world’s worst countries for intellectual property (IP) violations, Thailand has been placed once more atop a US list of the world’s worst IP violators.
Report 301 from the US Trade Representative (USTR) has Thailand leading an international “priority watch list” for violators of IP rights. This marks the seventh consecutive year that Thailand has ranked near the top of the list.
Sharing this unflattering real estate are nine other countries, including Chile, India, Pakistan and Russia.
The Bangkok Post reports that the US government has called on Thailand to impose harsher penalties for IP violators, and to take legislative action to tighten its anti-piracy laws.
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