皇冠体育app

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-08-14 09:06

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Monday requested the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a dispute settlement panel regarding so-called 皇冠体育app's deficiencies in intellectual property protection.

"The United States and 皇冠体育app have tried, through formal consultations over the last three months, to resolve differences arising from U.S. concerns about inadequate protection of intellectual property rights in 皇冠体育app," said USTR Spokesman Sean Spicer.

"That dialogue has not generated solutions to the issues we have raised, so we are asking the WTO to form a panel to settle this dispute," he added.

"We will pursue this legal dispute in the WTO and will continue to work with 皇冠体育app bilaterally on other important IPR issues," he said.

The U.S. initiated the dispute over so-called 皇冠体育app's deficiencies in intellectual property protection by requesting consultations with 皇冠体育app on April 10, 2007.

Under WTO rules, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) will consider the U.S. request for the establishment of a panel at its next meeting on August 31.