S 2435 · 99th Congress · Foreign Trade and International Finance
International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act of 1986
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, State Department.(1986-05-16)
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International Intellectual Property Protection and Market Access Act of 1986 - Title I: Actions to Increase International Intellectual Property Protection - Requires the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to publish annually: (1) a list of all foreign countries and instrumentalities that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights to U.S. persons; and (2) a list of the above countries that the USTR identifies as priority foreign countries. Sets forth factors for determining whether a country is a priority foreign country. Requires the President to enter into negotiations with priority foreign countries to establish protection for intellectual property rights for U.S. persons in such countries. Grants the President additional authority to enter into agreements with such countries that reduce or eliminate trade barriers and provide adequate and effective protection of intellectual property. Grants the President the authority to enter into compensation agreements in order to maintain the general level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions. Requires the objectives of such negotiations to be to: (1) improve the protection of intellectual property b…
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