><snip> it would be possible to do research and development in other countries.
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>You would be surprised how many countries are signatories to the Act.
Well? How many are? From the Wikipedia article, I get the impression that it is a U.S. federal law, not an international treaty.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)