RESOLVED, that IPO opposes in principle legislation providing that it shall not be an act of infringement in the United States to use, offer to sell, or sell within the United States, or import into the United States, any patented invention that was first sold abroad by or under authority of the owner of the patent, and specifically, IPO opposes the amendment to section 271 of title 35, United States Code, proposed in S.2328, 108thCongress, 2nd Session.