[Draft] Recommendation: Repeal "Foreign Patent Act"

[Sil Dorsett]

The Ministry of World Assembly Affairs previously opposed the original Foreign Patent Act, believing that it unnecessarily burdened nations with patent systems with the mandate that they observe all patents issued by the World Assembly Patent Service, penalized economically or technically disadvantaged nations, and ultimately sanctioned intellectual property theft. The provisions in the Foreign Patent Act effectively made not recognizing patents at all the preferred choice to make. For this, we believe the Foreign Patent Act must be repealed.

For these reasons, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs encourages a vote for this resolution.