http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Fact_Sheets/2008/asset_upload_file302_14991.pdf

Latest report from an initiative launched in 2001 to mitigate disagreements and promote economic growth in trade relations between the U.S. and Japan. Topics covered in this report include intellectual property, foreign trade policy, pharmaceuticals, privatization of public entities and telecommunications. From the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2008/2008_Special_301_Report/asset_upload_file553_14869.pdf

Annual report on the vigor with which copyright and intellectual property rights are protected by countries of the world. The 2008 report designates 46 countries for priority watch or monitoring status, with special concern for China and Russia for weak IPR protection and enforcement. From the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/pr/press_releases/2008/02/012008-nipleccrprt.pdf

Annual report on federal efforts to prevent copyright piracy and violation of other intellectual property rights. From the Justice Department and the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council.

http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/anrep_e/anrep07_e.pdf

Reports on multilateral trade developments including trade in goods and services, trade-rerlated aspects of copyright and intellectual property rights and the progress of the Doha Round of trade negotiations. From the World Trade Organization

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33810.pdf

Various types of Internet functionality, such as hyperlinking, thumbnails, and caching, pose challenges for judicial interpretation when courts try to relate them to a copyright holder's traditional right to control reproduction and distribution of protected works. Does basic operation of the Internet constitute or facilitate copyright infringement. This study looks at recent court cases to seeek an emerging judicial consensus. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.ustr.gov/assets/Document_Library/Reports_Publications/2007/2007_Special_301_Review/asset_upload_file643_11122.pdf

Latest annual review of the global state of intellectual property rights protection and enforcement by the U.S. government. Designates 43 countries for monitoring or watch list status because of weak intellectual property rights protection or enforcement. Top priority is reducing rampant counterfeiting and piracy in China and Russia. From the International Trade Commission.

http://www.ftc.gov/reports/innovation/P040101PromotingInnovationandCompetitionrpt0704.pdf

Discusses the relationship between intellectual property rights and antitrust legislation, especially in cases where monopoly power over a market is alleged. Sythesizes the views of more than 300 panelists at a series of hearings on Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy. From the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department.

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/dcom/olia/copyright/oir_report_on_inadvertent_sharing_v1012.pdf

Analyzes five popular filesharing programs and determines that they have deployed at least five features that cause users to share files inadvertently. Also argues that the filesharing programs infringe copyrights and threaten the security of personal, corporate and governmental data. From the Patent and Trademark Office.

http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RL33887_20070221.pdf

Reviews the nature of the exemptions, what legal basis exists for the periodic review and designation of exemptions, summarizes the exemptions granted and rejected in 2006, and describes public reactions to the 2006 exemptions. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33750.pdf

Examines the controversy surrounding access to certain life-sustaining medicines in developing countries suffering from HIV/AIDs epidemics, the intellectual property rights of pharmaceutical companies in developed countries, and the licensing role of the World Trade Organization. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0749.pdf

Reviews the process of bringing new drugs to market, presents data on the decreasing number of new drug applications and increasing cost of research, and offers experts views on why these trends are occurring. From the Government Accountability Office.