(i) mechanisms to eliminate frivolous 
claims and to deter the filing of frivolous 
claims; 
(ii) procedures to ensure the efficient 
selection of arbitrators and the expeditious 
disposition of claims; 
(iii) procedures to enhance opportuni-
ties for public input into the formulation of 
government positions; and 
(iv) providing for an appellate body or 
similar mechanism to provide coherence to 
the interpretations of investment provisions 
in trade agreements; and 
(H) ensuring the fullest measure of trans-
parency in the dispute settlement mechanism, 
to the extent consistent with the need to protect 
information that is classified or business con-
fidential, by— 
(i) ensuring that all requests for dis-
pute settlement are promptly made public; 
(ii) ensuring that— 
(I) all proceedings, submissions, 
findings, and decisions are promptly 
made public; and 
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(II) all hearings are open to the 
public; and 
(iii) establishing a mechanism for ac-
ceptance of amicus curiae submissions 
from businesses, unions, and nongovern-
mental organizations. 
(5) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.—The principal 
negotiating objectives of the United States regarding 
trade-related intellectual property are— 
(A) to further promote adequate and effec-
tive protection of intellectual property rights, 
including through— 
(i)(I) ensuring accelerated and full 
implementation of the Agreement on 
Trade-Related 
Aspects 
of 
Intellectual 
Property Rights referred to in section 
101(d)(15) of the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments Act (19 U.S.C. 3511(d)(15)), par-
ticularly with respect to meeting enforce-
ment obligations under that agreement; 
and 
(II) ensuring that the provisions of 
any trade agreement governing intellectual 
property rights that is entered into by the 
United States reflect a standard of protec-
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tion similar to that found in United States 
law; 
(ii) providing strong protection for 
new and emerging technologies and new 
methods of transmitting and distributing 
products embodying intellectual property, 
including in a manner that facilitates le-
gitimate digital trade; 
(iii) preventing or eliminating dis-
crimination with respect to matters affect-
ing the availability, acquisition, scope, 
maintenance, use, and enforcement of in-
tellectual property rights; 
(iv) ensuring that standards of protec-
tion and enforcement keep pace with tech-
nological developments, and in particular 
ensuring that rightholders have the legal 
and technological means to control the use 
of their works through the Internet and 
other global communication media, and to 
prevent the unauthorized use of their 
works; 
(v) providing strong enforcement of 
intellectual 
property 
rights, 
including 
through accessible, expeditious, and effec-
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