ENFORCEMENT

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Services, the Department of Agriculture, the Office of
Management and Budget, the Office of the U.S. Trade
Representative, and the Copyright Office. *
In preparing this Joint Strategic Plan, the Office of
the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator and
the members of the U.S. Interagency Strategy Planning
Committees on IP Enforcement drew on their respective
experience on IP enforcement. The U.S. Interagency
Strategic Planning Committees on IP Enforcement are
comprised of, and supported by, experts in intellectual
property laws and enforcement matters, including the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Computer
Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the
Department of Justice; Customs and Border Protection
(CBP); Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) within
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the Office
of International IP Enforcement of the Department
of State, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO), among other offices and agencies.
The Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement
Coordinator and the interagency committees have also
developed the Joint Strategic Plan by receiving input, as
appropriate, from a wide variety of stakeholders across
the Federal Government, along with input received
from state and local governments; industry; nongovernmental
organizations; educational institutions;
trade organizations; public interest groups; and others.
For example, the Office of the Intellectual Property
Enforcement Coordinator and members of the U.S.
Interagency Strategic Planning Committees on IP
Enforcement have consulted with U.S. officials at various
U.S. embassies, consulates, and posts around the world
who may have extensive experience with intellectual
property matters, or are active in supporting contacts
with U.S. industries, or maintain regular dialogues
with foreign government officials at key ministries and
agencies. Such U.S. officials include, for example, Heads
of Mission (e.g., Ambassadors and Chargés d’Affaires)
and other senior Foreign Service Officers, as well as the
agency representatives at post (e.g., Intellectual Property
Law Enforcement Coordinators (IPLECs); Intellectual
Property Attachés; CBP Attachés; and ICE/HSI Attachés).
*
For full membership of the U.S. Interagency Strategy Planning Committees
on IP Enforcement, see page [4].
†
See, e.g., PRO-IP Act §§ 303(a)(1), (4)-(7) and (f), as examples of
statutorily mandated international considerations and engagement.
‡
See PRO-IP Act § 303(a)(7)(C) & 303 (c)(2).
§
Public comments and submissions in response to the Federal
Register Notice are accessible at https://www.regulations.gov/
document?D=OMB-2015-0003-0001.
Pursuant to Section 303 of the PRO-IP Act, the Office
of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator,
as well as members of the U.S. Interagency Strategic
Planning Committees on IP Enforcement, also consulted
and engaged with foreign governments, international
organizations, and law enforcement bodies the world
over to understand, for example, the global dimensions
around the “financing, production, trafficking or sale of
counterfeit and infringing goods,” and the opportunities
to enhance the effectiveness of intellectual property
enforcement in a global market. †
The Joint Strategic Plan has also been developed
by consulting with “companies, industry associations,
labor unions, and other interested groups” and “private
sector experts in intellectual property enforcement,”
as set forth in the PRO-IP Act. ‡ The consultation
included formal comments submitted to the Office
of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
in response to its notice in the Federal Register
on September 1, 2015, that informed the Federal
Government’s intellectual property enforcement
strategy. § Lastly, the U.S. Interagency Strategic Planning
Committees on IP Enforcement relied on domestic and
international reports and studies and congressional
testimony and consultations with Members of Congress
and their staff during the preparation of this Joint
Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement.
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