Intellectual Property Rights:An Eminent Domain Approach for India and the U.S.

Intellectual property rights (IPR) are a significant point of contention between India and the United States. India is on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) IPR priority watch list, indicated in the Special 301 Report for 2014, which signals heightened scrutiny and, from India's perspective, the threat of sanctions. The USTR has announced an Out-of-Cycle Review of India's IPR regime in the fall of 2014; this could be a prelude to specific actions.