Is it proper for *any* government to publish a "unofficial comments" as official report?

[Alex Gakuru]

In principle, notwistanding such a report's contents? Or now governments
work through RFCs? :-)
- - - -

USTR Releases List Of Possibly IP Infringing Markets, Published on 20
December 2011

By William New <http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/author/william/>,
Intellectual Property Watch

The United States Trade Representative’s office today released its second
report in a year on markets it has labeled “notorious” based on unofficial
comments it has received. The report identifies physical and internet-based
marketplaces around the world that may be hotbeds for the sale of
intellectual property infringing goods.

Among the alleged major problem markets are several in China, though USTR
said some Chinese companies like search engine Baidu have been removed from
the list for the efforts they have made to address piracy. A range of other
countries, from Russia to Canada, are mentioned as well.

“The Notorious Markets List identifies selected markets, including ones on
the Internet, that are reportedly engaged in piracy and counterfeiting,
according to information submitted to the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR) in response to a request for comments,” USTR said.
“These are marketplaces that have been the subject of enforcement action or
that may merit further investigation for possible intellectual property
rights infringements.”

.....
http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/12/20/ustr-releases-list-of-possibly-ip-infringing-markets/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ncuc.org/pipermail/ncuc-discuss/attachments/20111221/4244001a/attachment.html>