![]() ![]() Key Achievement: Strongest Standards of Protection for Trade Secrets of Any Prior FTA Broad protection against trade secret theft, including against state-owned enterprises.Civil and criminal penalties for satellite and cable signal theft.Meaningful criminal procedures and penalties for unauthorized camcording of movies, which is a significant source of pirated movies online.Express recognition that IP enforcement procedures must be available for the digital environment for trademark and copyright or related rights infringement.Ex officio authority for law enforcement officials to stop suspected counterfeit or pirated goods at every phase of entering, exiting, and transiting through the territory of any Party.Key Achievement: M ost Comprehensive Enforcement Provisions of Any Trade Agreementįor the first time, a trade agreement will require all of the following: Enhance provisions for protecting trademarks, including well-known marks, to help companies that have invested effort and resources into establishing goodwill for their brands.Provide important procedural safeguards for recognition of new geographical indications (GIs), including strong standards for protection against issuances of GIs that would prevent United States producers from using common names, as well as establish a mechanism for consultation between the Parties on future GIs pursuant to international agreements.Establish appropriate copyright safe harbors to provide protection for IP and predictability for legitimate enterprises that do not directly benefit from the infringement, consistent with United States law.Require strong standards against the circumvention of technological protection measures that often protect works such as digital music, movies, and books.Require a minimum copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years, and for those works with a copyright term that is not based on the life of a person, a minimum of 75 years after first authorized publication.Include strong protection for pharmaceutical and agricultural innovators.Continue to provide strong patent protection for innovators by enshrining patentability standards and patent office best practices to ensure that United States innovators, including small- and medium-sized businesses, are able to protect their inventions with patents.Require full national treatment for copyright and related rights so United States creators are not deprived of the same protections that domestic creators receive in a foreign market.Key Highlights: Protections for United States Innovators and Creators The United States, Mexico, and Canada have reached an agreement on a modernized, high-standard Intellectual Property (IP) chapter that provides strong and effective protection and enforcement of IP rights critical to driving innovation, creating economic growth, and supporting American jobs. The new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will support mutually beneficial trade leading to freer markets, fairer trade, and robust economic growth in North America. ![]() The United States, Mexico, and Canada have reached an agreement to modernize the 25-year-old NAFTA into a 21st century, high-standard agreement. ![]()
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