(Archived document, may contain errors) 761 March 29,1990 NEW THREATS n3.-AL PROPERTYRIGHTS INTRODUCTION A key issue in international trade talks will be how nations should protect intellectual p roperty -patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets.The so-called Uruguay Round of trade negotiations, named after the 1986 open ing conference held in Puntal del Este, Uruguay, by the General Agreement onTariffs and Trade (GAlT), are underway in Geneva and will end this year.