- Country or region
- China
- United States
- Trade topics
- Dispute settlement
- Context
- WTO - EU as third party
Summary of the case
- Complaint by: United States
- Complaint against: China
- Third parties: EU, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Japan, Korea, Republic Of, Mexico, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Thailand, Turkey
The US claims TRIPS inconsistency of certain Chinese measures that limit criminal procedures and penalties to counterfeiting and piracy acts beyond certain thresholds; that allow infringing goods confiscated at customs to enter the channels of commerce; and that deny copyright protection to works with non-permitted content
Relevant WTO provision: Articles 61 and 41.1; 59; 14; 3.1 and 9.1 of the TRIPS Agreement
Status
The first substantive meeting of the Panel with the parties took place on 14-16 April 2008
- Consultations requested: 10 April 2007
- Panel requested: 13 August 2007
- Panel established: 25 September 2007
- Panel report circulated: 21 August 2007