Swift Congressional approval of these agreements will help American companies gain greater access to these markets and sell more of their products and services abroad, including high technology and intellectual propertyintensive products.
He called a secret meeting with lawmakers to seek tens of millions of dollars to fund a program aimed at intensive collection of intelligence about the property.
This is simpler, faster and cheaper than the lawyer-intensive process of negotiating bilateral licences for intellectual property, the high cost of which discriminates against small companies, leaves patents unused on the shelf and hampers innovation.