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Brunei 

Burma 

Cambodia 

East Timor 

Hong Kong Special Administrative 

Region 

Indonesia 

Iran 

Iraq 

Israel 

Japan 

Jordan 

Kuwait 

Laos 

Lebanon 

Malaysia 

Maldives 

Mongolia 

Nepal 

North Korea 

Oman 

Qatar 

Saudi Arabia 

Singapore 

Sri Lanka 

Syria 

Taiwan 

Thailand 

United Arab Emirates 

Yemen 

Natives of the following Asian 

countries are not eligible for this year’s 

diversity program: China [mainlandborn], India, Pakistan, South Korea, 

Philippines, and Vietnam. Hong Kong 

S.A.R and Taiwan do qualify and are 

listed above. Macau S.A.R. also qualifies 

and is listed below. Persons born in the 

areas administered prior to June 1967 by 

Israel, Jordan and Syria are chargeable, 

respectively, to Israel, Jordan and Syria. 

List of Countries by Region Whose 

Natives Are Eligible for DV–2012 

Europe 

Albania 

Andorra 

Armenia 

Austria 

Azerbaijan 

Belarus 

Belgium 

Bosnia and Herzegovina 

Bulgaria 

Croatia 

Cyprus 

Czech Republic 

Denmark (including components and 

dependent areas overseas) 

Estonia 

Finland 

France (including components and 

dependent areas overseas) 

Georgia 

Germany 

Greece 

Hungary 

Iceland 

Ireland 

Italy 

Kazakhstan 

Kosovo 

Kyrgyzstan 

Latvia 

Liechtenstein 

Lithuania 

Luxembourg 

Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav 

Republic 

Macau Special Administrative Region 

Malta 

Moldova 

Monaco 

Montenegro 

Netherlands (including components and 

dependent areas overseas) 

Northern Ireland 

Norway 

Portugal (including components and 

dependent areas overseas) 

Romania 

Russia 

San Marino 

Serbia 

Slovakia 

Slovenia 

Spain 

Sweden 

Switzerland 

Tajikistan 

Turkey 

Turkmenistan 

Ukraine 

Uzbekistan 

Vatican City 

Natives of the following European 

countries are not eligible for this year’s 

diversity program: Great Britain and 

Poland. Great Britain (United Kingdom) 

includes the following dependent areas: 

Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin 

Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland 

Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, 

St. Helena, and Turks and Caicos 

Islands. Note that for purposes of the 

diversity program only, Northern 

Ireland is treated separately; Northern 

Ireland does qualify and is listed among 

the qualifying areas. 

List of Countries by Region Whose 

Natives Are Eligible for DV–2012 

North America 

The Bahamas 

In North America, natives of Canada 

and Mexico are not eligible for this 

year’s diversity program. 

Oceania 

Australia (including components and 

dependent areas overseas) 

Fiji 

Kiribati 

Marshall Islands 

Micronesia, Federated States of 

Nauru 

New Zealand (including components 

and dependent areas overseas) 

Palau 

Papua New Guinea 

Samoa 

Solomon Islands 

Tonga 

Tuvalu 

Vanuatu 

South America, Central America, and 

the Caribbean 

Antigua and Barbuda 

Argentina 

Barbados 

Belize 

Bolivia 

Chile 

Costa Rica 

Cuba 

Dominica 

Grenada 

Guyana 

Honduras 

Nicaragua 

Panama 

Paraguay 

Saint Kitts and Nevis 

Saint Lucia 

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

Suriname 

Trinidad and Tobago 

Uruguay 

Venezuela 

Countries in this region whose natives 

are not eligible for this year’s diversity 

program: Brazil, Colombia, Dominican 

Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, 

Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, and 

Peru. 

Dated: September 24, 2010. 

Janice Jacobs, 

Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, 

Department of State. 

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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

2010 Special 301 Out of Cycle Review 

of Notorious Markets: Request for 

Public Comment 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for written submissions 

from the public. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 182 of the 

Trade Act of 1974 (Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 

2242) the United States Trade 

Representative (USTR) issues an annual 

review of the global state of intellectual 

property rights (IPR) protection and 

enforcement, conducted by the Office of 

the United States Trade Representative 

(USTR), commonly referred to as the 


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‘‘Special 301 Report’’. Included in this 

report is the ‘‘Notorious Markets’’ list, 

which is a compilation of examples of 

Internet and physical markets that have 

been the subject of enforcement action 

or that may merit further investigation 

for possible intellectual property 

infringements. The list does not 

represent a finding of violation of law, 

but rather is a summary of information 

USTR reviewed during the Special 301 

process that serves to highlight the 

problem of marketplaces that deal in 

infringing goods and help sustain global 

piracy and counterfeiting. 

In an effort to increase public 

awareness and guide related trade 

enforcement actions, USTR plans to 

begin publishing the notorious market 

list separately from the annual Special 

301 report in which it has previously 

been included. USTR is hereby 

requesting written submissions from the 

public identifying potential Internet and 

physical notorious markets that exist 

outside the United States. 

Deadline for interested parties to 

submit written comments: November 5, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments 

should be sent electronically via 

http://www.regulations.gov, docket 

number USTR–2010–0029. Submissions 

should contain the term ‘‘2010 Special 

301 Notorious Markets Review’’ in the 

‘‘Type comment & Upload file’’ field on 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kira 

M. Alvarez, Chief Negotiator and 

Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade 

Representative for Intellectual Property 

Enforcement, Office of the United States 

Trade Representative, at (202) 395– 

4510. Further information about Special 

301 can be found at http://www.ustr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

Global piracy and counterfeiting 

continue to thrive due in part to 

marketplaces that deal in infringing 

goods. The 2010 Special 301 Report 

provides, on pages 43–45, a list of 

markets, including those on the Internet, 

that have been the subject of 

enforcement action, or that may merit 

further investigation for possible IPR 

infringements, or both. The list 

represents a selective summary of 

information reviewed during the Special 

301 process; it is not a finding of 

violations of law. In the report, the 

United States encourages the 

responsible authorities to step up efforts 

to combat piracy and counterfeiting in 

these and similar markets. 

The 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on 

Intellectual Property Enforcement stated 

that USTR, in coordination with the 

office of the Intellectual Property 

Enforcement Coordinator, would initiate 

an interagency process to assess 

opportunities to further publicize and 

potentially expand on the notorious 

markets list in an effort to increase 

public awareness and guide related 

trade enforcement actions. As a result of 

that discussion, USTR has concluded 

that it can further publicize and 

potentially expand on the notorious 

markets list by publishing the notorious 

market list separately from the annual 

Special 301 report in which it has 

previously been included, following a 

separate, dedicated request for 

comments. USTR expects to publish the 

list on the earliest practicable date after 

receipt of public comments. 

2. Public Comments 

a. Written Comments 

The Special 301 Subcommittee invites 

written submissions from the public 

concerning potential examples of 

Internet and physical ‘‘notorious 

markets.’’ Notorious markets are those 

where counterfeit or pirated products 

are prevalent to such a degree that the 

market exemplifies the problem of 

marketplaces that deal in infringing 

goods and help sustain global piracy 

and counterfeiting. 

b. Requirements for Comments 

Interested parties must submit written 

comments by November 5, 2010 at 5 

p.m. 

Written comments should be as 

detailed as possible and should clearly 

identify the reason or reasons why the 

nature or scope of activity associated 

with the identified market or markets 

exemplify the problem of marketplaces 

that deal in infringing goods and help 

sustain global piracy and counterfeiting. 

Comments should also include the 

following information for identifying 

these markets assessing their impact: 

Location; principal owners/operators (if 

known); types of products sold, 

distributed, or otherwise made 

available; any known civil or criminal 

enforcement activity against the market; 

any other efforts to remove/limit 

infringing materials; any positive 

progress made. Any comments that 

include quantitative loss claims should 

be accompanied by the methodology 

used in calculating such estimated 

losses. Comments must be in English. 

All comments should be sent 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, docket number 

USTR–2010–0029. 

To submit comments to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, find the docket by 

entering the number USTR–2010–0029 

in the ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ window at 

the http://www.regulations.gov home 

page and click ‘‘Search.’’ The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice by 

selecting ‘‘Notice’’ under ‘‘Document 

Type’’ on the left side of the searchresults page, and click on the link 

entitled ‘‘Submit a comment.’’ (For 

further information on using the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site, 

please consult the resources provided 

on the Web site by clicking on ‘‘How to 

Use This Site’’ on the left side of the 

home page.) 

The http://www.regulations.gov site 

provides the option of providing 

comments by filling in a ‘‘Type 

comment & Upload file’’ field, or by 

attaching a document. It is USTR’s 

preference that comments be provided 

in an attached document. If a document 

is attached, please type ‘‘2010 Special 

301 Notorious Markets Review’’ in the 

‘‘Type comment & Upload file’’ field. 

USTR prefers submissions in Microsoft 

Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). If 

the submission is in an application 

other than those two, please indicate the 

name of the application in the 

‘‘Comments’’ field. 

3. Inspection of Comments, Notices, and 

Hearing Statements 

USTR will maintain a docket on the 

2010 Special 301 Notorious Markets 

Review, accessible to the public. The 

public file will include all comments 

received which will be placed in the 

docket and open to public inspection 

pursuant to 15 CFR 2006.13, except 

confidential business information 

exempt from public inspection in 

accordance with 15 CFR 2006.15. 

Comments may be viewed on the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site by 

entering docket number USTR–2010– 

0029 in the search field on the home 

page. 

Stanford K. McCoy, 

Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for 

Intellectual Property and Innovation. 

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