A bill to expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

TL;DR (AI)

• The bill lowers the threshold for suspecting intellectual property rights violations from 'reasonable belief' to 'reasonable suspicion' when determining whether to detain merchandise.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection is authorized to share nonpublic information about suspected intellectual property violations, including packaging and shipping materials, with rights holders and other interested parties.
• The bill expands the sources of information Customs and Border Protection can use to identify suspected intellectual property violations to include online marketplaces, express consignment operators, and freight forwarders.