Administration agencies and international transactions

Purpose: This project focuses on administration agencies and international transactions. Administrative agencies adopt and enforce rules and standards for businesses to follow. International business transactions deal with the sale of goods cross-border. Support your response with appropriate cases, laws and other relevant examples by using at least one scholarly source from the Free Legal Research Sites page in addition to your textbook for the scenario. Your paper should be between 2 and 3 pages long, excluding the title page and references page. Medco imported a shipment of surgical instruments used in hip replacements into the United States from China. The instruments contained a mark similar to one used by Medtronic for their surgical instruments. Medtronic has a registered trademark and patent for their devices and filed it with U.S. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized the instruments pursuant to the Tariff Act, which authorizes seizure of any merchandise bearing a counterfeit mark. Medco argued that the mark was not similar and their seller in China had a patent in China. However, the Chinese patent was not registered in the United States. Decide the outcome for the case by providing support from scholarly sources such as the textbook, journal articles, cases, and information from the U.S. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) website. Does the Lanham Act apply to international trade? Locate and explain the ruling of a recent Supreme Court case that addresses whether or not the Lanham Act can be applied to international trade. Discuss the elements of trademark infringement and whether trademark infringement exists in this scenario. What are the dangers of importing counterfeit goods – those goods that violate another party’s patent?