Philippines and South Korea Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Results in U.S. Promise to Improve Trade Relations with the Philippines

On April 6, 1993, the Office of the United States Trade Representative announced that the U.S. has made a commitment to improving the status of the Philippines on its annual list of countries that allegedly do not protect intellectual property rights. Meanwhile, South Korea’s three-month campaign to enforce anti-copyright piracy and counterfeit products with foreign brand names has resulted in the arrests of 240 people…[more]