Chabot, Poe Introduce Anti-Counterfeiting Bill
On March 20, 2012, Reps. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio and Ted Poe, R-Texas, introduced H.R. 4216, the Foreign Counterfeit Protection Act. The bill would allow Customs and Border Protection to exchange important information with rights holders in order to protect intellectual…
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property (IP) rights and to uphold the integrity of trade. H.R. 4216 would improve efforts to identify merchandise or retail packaging that infringes or copyright or bears a counterfeit trademark. The bill has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.