USTR continues to place India in IPR Priority Watch List SECTIONS Share Synopsis India remained one of the most challenging economies for IP enforcement and protection and the country’s overall IP enforcement was inadequate, it said, while adding that while the country’s enforcement of IP in the online sphere has gradually improved, a lack of concrete benefits for innovators and creators persists, which continues to undermine their efforts. Agencies India continues to be on the ‘Priority Watch List’ of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) for lack of adequate intellectual property (IP) rights protection and enforcement, the USTR said in its Annual Special 301 Report that identifies trade barriers to American companies due to IP laws of other countries.