In the December/January issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer reports on recent U.S. trade agreements with Columbia, Korea, and Panama. The U.S. has sought broad protection for intellectual property in their agreements.
But US corporations are now disrupting trade of electronic goods through patent enforcement rather than licensing. An example of this is Apple, which is using alleged patent infringement to prevent the importation of smartphones, with its primary targets being Samsung and Google.
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