Consumers International IP Watchlist

The Consumers International IP Watchlist identifies countries whose IP policies and practices are harmful to consumers. This Watch List is used as a counterbalance to the United States' Special 301 Report, which is an annual report highlighting those countries that supposedly do not provide strong enough protection for the interests of US intellectual property owners.

The 2009, 2010 and 2011 IP Watchlist Reports are available now, and the 2012 Watchlist is now under development.

How to contribute?

Please download the 2012 edition of the Watchlist Guidebook, which provides full details of how to contribute to the 2012 IP Watchlist and sets out the conditions of eligibility for funding assistance.

The deadline for all contributions for 2012 is 28 February. If you are not able to prepare a Watchlist report (or even if you are), you can also help by rating the importance of each question.

Draft country reports

Below are the countries for which reports were prepared in previous years or are currently in progress, in the format of the 2012 report. As such, not all of these are current, and they must not be relied upon in their present form. To edit one, log in and click on the report you wish to edit below. If your country is not listed, you can submit a draft country report.