The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has a long reach over proprietary processes performed in foreign countries. Owners of patents covering, for example, methods for making a chemical material used to make other end products, may find that U.S. district courts are not entirely suitable venues for enforcing those patented rights against competitors that manufacture products entirely outside the United States. The presumption is that U.S. laws, including laws relating to intellectual property, do not apply to actions and actors outside the United States.
Originally published in Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, April 2022.
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