Expand the sharing of information with respect to suspected violations of intellectual property rights in trade.

Summary

Changes how Customs and Border Protection (CBP) may share nonpublic information about suspected intellectual property (IP) violations. It raises the legal threshold for sharing from a vague "suspects" standard to an explicit "has a reasonable suspicion" standard, adds marketplace and shipment-generated data as a permitted category of nonpublic information, and lets CBP share such information with "any other party with an interest in the merchandise" as the Commissioner deems appropriate.

• Raises the threshold for CBP to share nonpublic suspected-IP information to "has a reasonable suspicion."
• Explicitly permits sharing of nonpublic data generated by online marketplaces, consignment operators, freight forwarders, and similar entities when CBP has that data.
• Expands potential recipients to include "any other party with an interest in the merchandise," at the Commissioner's discretion.
• Amendment targets 19 U.S.C. § 1628a and is limited to information-sharing rules; it does not appropriate funds or set new reporting duties.
• Increases private-sector data flow to rights holders and other interested parties while imposing a clearer suspicion standard on CBP.
• Gives the CBP Commissioner discretion over which additional parties may receive nonpublic information.
• Does not create new penalties, deadlines, or procedural mechanisms beyond information sharing.
• Could affect online marketplaces, importers, freight forwarders, sellers, and rights holders by changing access to CBP-held nonpublic information.