Copyright Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
January 26, 2009
Hatch, Baucus Legislation Seeks to Protect U.S. Intellectual Property Rights Abroad
International Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Act of 2008
S.3464, 11/10/2008
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and senior panel member Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) have unveiled legislation that will reduce the theft of U.S. intellectual property around the world—including the piracy of American films, the counterfeiting of American-designed products and other violations of U.S. intellectual property rights (“IPR”) worldwide.
The International Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Act of 2008 requires the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) to spur countries that violate U.S. intellectual property rights to take specific steps to stop IP violations, provides funds to increase USTR’s capability to work with developing countries to improve IP protection and enforcement,…
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