The Office of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) most recent Special 301 report continued to identify India as “one of the world’s most challenging major economies with respect to protection and enforcement of IP.”  The USTR has long argued that India fails to provide adequate patent protection and enforcement.  What exactly are the USTR’s objections? How does this impact India’s trade relations with the United States?  

Expert guest Professor Srividhya Ragavan, Professor of Law and Director of International Programs at Texas A&M University School of Law will shed light on these and other questions.