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of provisions on intellectual property in various U.S. trade statutes. This statutory development began almost a decade ago with an amendment to section 301 in Senator Danforth's reciprocity bill which was enacted as part of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984. The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988's special 301 provisions continued this Congressional priority, and its implementation has contributed positively to U.S. efforts to ensure adequate and effective intellectual property protection.

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Some of these recent examples of strengthened intellectual property protection include: 1989 The People's Republic of China commits to provide copyright protection for computer software (May) Colombia resolves royalty remission problem concerning motion pictures (May) Taiwan agrees to expeditiously resolve copyright problems concerning motion pictures (May) Saudi Arabia adopts a patent law (May) Bilateral Agreement on Copyright signed with Indonesia (April) Positive Uruguay Round mid-term review decision on intellectual property (April) Agreement reached to establish bilateral copyright relations with Taiwan (January) Chile submits proposed patent law amendments, including product patent protection for pharmaceuticals Indonesia submits a patent law, including product protection for pharmaceuticals 1988 Republic of Korea establishes intellectual property enforcement task force Japan patent office introduces accelerated examination and appeal procedure Patent secrecy agreement with Japan Intellectual property annexes to Science and Technology agreements with Japan, the Soviet Union and Poland Brazil extends copyright protection to computer software Canada improves copyright law, enhancing penalties 1987 Republic of Korea upgrades patent law, revises its copyright laws, passes computer program protection act, and accedes to Universal Copyright Convention and Geneva Phonograms Convention Indonesia adopts copyright law

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