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Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement<br />
SECTION 4<br />
property policy, through its teams of policy experts<br />
in all areas of IP, including patents, trademarks,<br />
copyrights, trade secrets and enforcement. 14 OPIA<br />
coordinates policy positions taken by the USPTO<br />
for the Office of the Under Secretary and Director,<br />
working with other components of the USPTO as<br />
relevant. OPIA provides leadership and expertise in<br />
international negotiations for the United States on nontrade<br />
related intellectual property matters, including<br />
at the World Intellectual Property Organization, and<br />
serves as advisors to USTR in trade negotiations.<br />
It also provides intellectual property training and<br />
education through its Global Intellectual Property<br />
Academy, economic research through its Office of<br />
Chief Economist, and legislative development through<br />
its Office of Governmental Affairs. These efforts are<br />
further advanced by its Intellectual Property Attaché<br />
Program, which stations IP experts in U.S. embassies,<br />
consulates and missions around the world who work<br />
to improve IP systems internationally for the benefit of<br />
U.S. stakeholders. 15<br />
The Office of Policy and International Affairs, within<br />
the Copyright Office, assists the head of the Copyright<br />
Office (the Register of Copyrights) with domestic and<br />
international policy analyses, legislative support, and<br />
trade negotiations. It also represents the Copyright<br />
Office at meetings of government officials concerned<br />
with the international aspects of copyright protection. 16<br />
International cooperation on enforcement between<br />
the specialized U.S. offices focused on IP and their<br />
foreign counterparts is an important component of<br />
U.S. enforcement strategy, whether it be to share and<br />
promote best practices for IP enforcement or to support<br />
foreign IPOs’ efforts to serve as catalysts for policy<br />
review across their governments to help make IPRrelated<br />
improvements in enforcement as warranted.<br />
Coordination at the policy and law enforcement<br />
operational levels—combined with specialized offices<br />
working in tandem with other government offices with<br />
broader mandates—ensures a comprehensive, coherent<br />
government approach to effective IP enforcement<br />
domestically and abroad. Opportunities exist to promote,<br />
expand and further support these models in the United<br />
States, as well as in other countries. By promoting and<br />
supporting modern governmental frameworks for IPR<br />
enforcement, the United States and other countries may<br />
more effectively work to minimize weaknesses in the<br />
global IP enforcement regime, increase the effectiveness<br />
of IPR enforcement activities, and remain responsive to<br />
rapidly changing environments and criminal tactics.<br />
ACTION NO. 4.1: Promote domestic support<br />
of “Whole of Government” and “Specialized<br />
Office” approaches to IPR protection and<br />
enforcement. The U.S. Interagency Strategic<br />
Planning Committees on IP Enforcement will<br />
explore opportunities for enhanced support and<br />
expanded adoption of the discussed “Whole<br />
of Government” and “Specialized Office”<br />
approaches to IPR protection and enforcement<br />
both within the Federal Government and by<br />
State governments. The U.S. Interagency Strategic<br />
Planning Committees on IP Enforcement will<br />
identify opportunities to promote, enhance<br />
support for, and/or expand these organizational<br />
models domestically. In identifying such<br />
opportunities, due consideration will be given to<br />
steps requisite to implement the recommended<br />
approach, and what Federal or state resources<br />
are available to support successful deployment of<br />
the “Whole of Government” model.<br />
ACTION NO. 4.2: Promote and support<br />
foreign governments’ adoption of “Whole<br />
of Government” and “Specialized Office”<br />
approaches to IPR protection and enforcement.<br />
IPEC will coordinate with the other offices<br />
and agencies of the Federal government who<br />
serve on the U.S. Interagency Strategic Planning<br />
Committees on IP Enforcement to identify<br />
opportunities to actively promote abroad,<br />
where appropriate, the “Whole of Government”<br />
and “Specialized Office” approaches to<br />
IPR protection and enforcement, exploring<br />
appropriate opportunities for enhanced support<br />
and expanded adoption by trading partners.<br />
The Committees will consider opportunities to<br />
work with foreign governments as well as with<br />
regional, international, and non-governmental<br />
organizations (NGOs), and industry associations<br />
to promote these approaches as best practices<br />
for the enforcement of IPR worldwide.<br />
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