US slams India and China again

China, India and Canada have all been roundly criticised by the US Trade Representative (USTR) in its latest ‘Special 301’ report on intellectual property (IP) rights. China was placed on the ‘priority watch list’ for the 14th consecutive year. Meanwhile, India remains on the priority watch list for “longstanding challenges in its IP framework and lack of sufficient measurable improvements, particularly with respect to patents”, such as the “potential threat of compulsory licensing and patent revocations”, and narrow patentability standards.