For Special 301 we have terms and definitions in 3 topics. The topics are Anti Piracy, Customs and Shipping.

Special 301 (Anti Piracy)

Special 301 is a provision of U.S. trade law requiring the identification of countries that deny adequate and effective copyright protection and market access to U.S. companies.

Special 301 (Customs)

Since May 1989 the U.S. trade representative (USTR) has implemented the so-called "special 301" intellectual property provision of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. The special 301 authority is designed to formulate an overall strategy on intellectual property and market access, and to enhance the administration's ability to negotiate improvements in foreign intellectual property regimes through bilateral and/or multilateral initiatives. The statute requires the USTR to identify, on an annual basis, those foreign countries which deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or fair and equitable market access for Americans relying on intellectual property protection. Of those trading partners not making significant progress or entering into good faith negotiations, the countries that represent the most egregious cases may be identified as "priority foreign countries." Priority foreign countries are subject to investigation under section 301 conducted on an accelerated time frame.
See also: Concession, Intellectual Property, Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, Section 301, Trade Act of 1988,

Special 301 (Shipping)

The Special 301 statute requires the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to review annually the condition of intellectual property protection among U.S. trading partners. Submissions are accepted from industry after which the USTR, weighing all relevant information, makes a determination as to whether a country presents excessive barriers to trade with the United States by virtue of its inadequate protection of intellectual property. If the USTR makes a positive determination, a country may be named to the list of: (a) Priority Foreign Countries (the most egregious), (b) the Priority Watch List, or (c) the Watch List. Special 301 (a variation of Section 301) was created by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. See: Section 301 Super 301.

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