What is Section 337?

Section 337 got its name because it first appeared in Section 337 of US Tariff Law 1930. Since then, the United States 1988 Comprehensive Tariff and Competition Law has modified it to make it easier to use, and extended its binding scope to the template right of semiconductor chips. The United States Uruguay Round Agreement Act 1995 revised it again to make it conform to WTO rules. Section 337 is mainly used to oppose unfair competition in import trade, especially to protect the rights and interests of American intellectual property owners from alleged infringement of imported products.

Section 337 of the United States is the abbreviation of Section 337 of the United States Customs Tax Law 1930, and is now compiled in Section 337 of the United States Code 19. The predecessor of "Article 337" is Article 3 16 of 1922 Customs and Tax Law, and it is named according to Article 337 of 1930 revised American Customs Law. Since then, American trade legislation has constantly revised and developed this clause. The most influential factors in determining the substantive structure and procedural operation of the current Section 337 are the Comprehensive Trade and Competition ActNo. 1988 of Title 28 of the United States Code and the amendment to the Uruguay Round Agreement ActNo. 1995. This clause has become one of the important trade protection measures in the United States.