To Make Technical Corrections in United States Customs Service Regulations Regarding the Importation of Goods Bearing Foreign Owned Trademarks or Trade Names, And for Other Purposes

By Department of Commerce

Book Id: WPLBN0000703335
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 27.00 MB.
Reproduction Date: 2000

Title:	To Make Technical Corrections in United States Customs Service Regulations Regarding the Importation of Goods Bearing Foreign Owned Trademarks or Trade Names, And for Other Purposes
Author:	Department of Commerce
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Department of Commerce and Labor Document, Commerce.
Collections:	Department of Commerce Collection
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


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Excerpt
Excerpt: The Administration has significant concerns about S. 2359, which we consider to be a highly controversial provision related to U.S. Customs ', enforcement of trademarks and the ' . longstanding debate over permitting imports of grey-market goods. Under U.S. Customs Service regulations, certain U.S. trademarks are not enforced at the border, i.e, importation is permitted without the authorization of the trademark owner. Currently, this exception covers U.S. trademarks if there is common ownership or control between a foreign owner of the trademark registered in another country and the U.S. owner of the U.S. registered trademark. This bill would broaden that exception. Some have questioned the consistency of the current regulations with U. S . obligations under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994. Exempting additional, but not all, trademarks from enforcement would exacerbate this problem.