Unión Europea

Estados Unidos de América

Observancia de los derechos de propiedad intelectual

7. With regard to cases that involve the infringement of intellectual property, could the Government of the United States provide data on the number of: - law suits that have been filed including their respective outcome and the average length from the filing of a complaint until the final judgement;

See table 1 in the response to question 1 for the number of law suits that have been filed annually in connection with copyrights, patents and trademarks since 1993. As noted in response to question 1, cases are not tracked individually and so it is not possible to determine the average length from filing to final judgment.