CBP Blockchain Test Set for Next Month; Advisory Group Seeks IP Seizure Data
Customs and Border Protection should provide more information through its automated commercial environment (ACE) system to importers about detention and seizures involving intellectual property rights, said the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee IP Rights Working Group in draft recommendations released…
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before COAC’s Wednesday meeting. The agency should improve intelligence sharing with industry on violations. The working group suggested CBP improve its e-recordation system to help keep track of trademarks and copyrights. Meanwhile, the next test of blockchain technology involving IPR is "anticipated to occur September," followed by an assessment, CBP said in an issue paper on emerging technologies.