Sec. 2. Exchange of information related to trade enforcement
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Section 1905 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by striking Whoever and inserting
(a); and In general.— Whoever by adding at the end the following: It shall not be a violation of this section for an officer or employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, upon detention and thereafter, to provide to the owner of a copyright or a registered mark, or to any person who may be injured by a violation of section 1201 of title 17— any information appearing on the merchandise, including its retail packaging, a sample of the merchandise and its retail packaging, or digital images of the merchandise and its retail packaging, as it was presented to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, without redaction, whether imported into or exported from the United States, or attempted to be exported from the United States, for purposes of determining whether the merchandise or its retail packaging infringes the copyright, bears or consists of a counterfeit mark of the registered mark, or is in violation of section 1201 of title 17, as the case may be. It shall not be a violation of this section for an officer or employee of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, after seizing merchandise pursuant to a determination that the merchandise is in violation of section 1201 of title 17, to provide, to persons injured by the violation, information with respect to the merchandise, including, but not limited to, the following: The date of importation. The port of entry. The description of the merchandise from the entry. The quantity involved. The country of origin of the merchandise. The name and address of the foreign manufacturer. The name and address of the exporter. The name and address of the importer. Photographic or digital images of the merchandise. As used in this section— the term registered mark has the meaning given that term in section 45 of the Lanham Act ( 15 U.S.C. 1127 ); the term Lanham Act has the meaning given that term in section 2320(f) of this title; the term counterfeit mark has the meaning given that term in section 2320(f) of this title; and the term without redaction means, with respect to merchandise, without removing, revising, or otherwise obscuring any information, codes, marks, numbers, or any other markings that appear on the merchandise or its retail packaging. Subsections (b), (c), and
(d)apply only with respect to tangible goods presented to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for importation into, or exportation from, the United States. .
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