Global business leaders make their important decisions after taking into consideration not only variable market factors such as customer preference and demand, competition, and local economic ecosystem, but also factors that can enable or disable, accelerate or decelerate, and protect or expose their intellectual property in local markets around the world. These include international treaties and trade agreements, laws, and governmental, intergovernmental, and other agencies that help to enforce intellectual property rights (IPR).1 This chapter provides a brief overview of the most relevant U.S. trade agreements and global treaties for protection of intellectual property throughout the world, as well as the challenges ...
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