HR 4374
101th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Patents
Restrictive trade practices
Standards
Trade negotiations
To amend the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 and the Trade Act of 1974 in order to achieve the international harmonization of patent laws.
Introduced: March 22, 1990
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 26, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Mar 22, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 22, 1990
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 to declare that the international trade negotiating objectives of the United States include a harmonized patent system for trading nations in international courts.
Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to define conditions under which a foreign country shall be deemed to deny adequate substantive standards for the protection of intellectual property rights.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1