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Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator<br />
5<br />
For examples of the IPR Center’s recent notable<br />
accomplishments, see Office of the Intellectual Property<br />
Enforcement Coordinator, “Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2015<br />
Under Section 304 of the PRO IP Act of 2008,” (April 29, 2016),<br />
accessed from https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/<br />
omb/IPEC/fy2015ipecannualreportchairmangoodlatteletter.pdf.<br />
6<br />
See, e.g., U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Global Intellectual<br />
Property Center, “Infinite Possibilities, U.S. Chamber<br />
International IP Index” (February 10, 2016), accessed from<br />
http://www.theglobalipcenter.com/wp-content/themes/gipc/<br />
map-index/assets/pdf/2016/GIPC_IP_Index_4th_Edition.pdf.<br />
7<br />
The IPR Center is a notable example of an organizational<br />
structure and entity that, in addition to embodying the “Whole<br />
of Government” approach (by bringing together 23 different<br />
agencies and components), has developed highly specialized<br />
expertise and experience in IPR enforcement tactics by its<br />
dedication to IPR-related crimes.<br />
8<br />
United States Department of Justice, “About the Computer<br />
Crime & Intellectual Property Section,” accessed from http://<br />
www.justice.gov/criminal-ccips.<br />
9<br />
See United States Department of Justice, “PRO IP Act Annual<br />
Report FY 2015,” at p. 10, accessed from https://www.justice.<br />
gov/iptf/file/876191/download.<br />
10<br />
See United States Department of Justice, “Regional<br />
Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordinator (IPLEC)”<br />
(vacancy announcement), accessed from https://www.justice.<br />
gov/legal-careers/job/intellectual-property-law-enforcementcoordinator-iplec-2.<br />
As of this Plan’s publication, there are five<br />
IPLEC positions; the IPLECs are posted to U.S. embassies in<br />
Bangkok, Thailand; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bucharest, Romania; Sao Paula,<br />
Brazil; and Hong Kong, China.<br />
11<br />
See United States Department of State, “Intellectual Property<br />
Enforcement,” accessed from http://www.state.gov/e/eb/tpp/ipe/.<br />
12<br />
See United States Department of Commerce, International<br />
Trade Administration, “Office of Intellectual Property Rights,”<br />
accessed from http://trade.gov/mas/ian/oipr/index.asp.<br />
13<br />
35 U.S.C. § 2(b)(9) (PTO “shall advise Federal departments and<br />
agencies on matters of intellectual property policy in the United<br />
States and intellectual property protection in other countries.”).<br />
14<br />
See United States Patent and Trademark Office, “Intellectual<br />
Property (IP) Policy,” accessed from http://www.uspto.gov/<br />
intellectual-property-ip-policy.<br />
15<br />
As of this Plan’s publication, there are 14 IP attaché positions<br />
located throughout the world. Most of the attachés have<br />
regional responsibilities; there are three attachés for China; and<br />
there are separate attachés for the World Trade Organization<br />
and for the United Nations’ World Intellectual Property<br />
Organization. See United States Patent and Trademark Office,<br />
“Intellectual Property (IP) Attaché Program,” accessed from<br />
https://www.uspto.gov/ipattache.<br />
16<br />
See United States Copyright Office, “Office of Policy and<br />
International Affairs,” accessed from http://copyright.gov/<br />
about/offices/.<br />
17<br />
See the Annual Reports for the Office of the Intellectual<br />
Property Enforcement Coordinator for Fiscal Years 2014<br />
and 2015, required under Section 304 of the PRO-IP<br />
Act of 2008 (15 U.S.C. § 8114), accessed from https://<br />
www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/IPEC/<br />
fy2014ipecannualreportchairmangoodlatteletter.pdf and<br />
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/IPEC/<br />
fy2015ipecannualreportchairmangoodlatteletter.pdf.<br />
18<br />
Operation Pangea “target[s] the advertisement, sale, and<br />
supply of counterfeit and illicit medicines and medical devices<br />
that threaten worldwide public health and safety.” National<br />
Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, “Operation<br />
Pangea Fact Sheet” (July 2011), accessed from https://www.<br />
iprcenter.gov/reports/fact-sheets/Operation%20Pangea%20<br />
Fact%20Sheet%20FINAL%20-%20IPR%20DIRECTOR%20<br />
APPROVAL.pdf. See also INTERPOL, “Operations” (Operation<br />
Pangea is “an international week of action tackling the online<br />
sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines” that “brings together<br />
customs, health regulators, national police and the private<br />
sector from countries around the world”), accessed from http://<br />
www.interpol.int/Crime-areas/Pharmaceutical-crime/Operations/<br />
Operation-Pangea.In June 2015, 236 agencies from 115<br />
countries participated in Operation Pangea VIII. Id.<br />
19<br />
Operation Opson V took place in March 2016 with the<br />
participation of 57 countries. The effort yielded more than 10,000<br />
tons and 1 million liters of hazardous food and drink. INTERPOL,<br />
“Largest-ever seizures of fake food and drink in INTERPOL-<br />
Europol operation” (March 30, 2016), accessed from http://www.<br />
interpol.int/News-and-media/News/2016/N2016-039.<br />
20 As the USIPR website explains, the Global Intellectual<br />
Property Education Database (USIPR) is:<br />
“maintained by agencies of the United States Government<br />
who provide training and technical assistance relating to<br />
protecting intellectual property rights. The database is a<br />
tool designed to permit the US Government Agencies to<br />
deposit international and domestic intellectual property<br />
enforcement training materials or catalogs in a shared<br />
database so that all federal agencies have access to them<br />
to provide greater consistency and to avoid duplication<br />
and waste of resources. These shared goals and others are<br />
included in the 2010 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual<br />
Property Enforcement, June 2010.”<br />
United States Patent and Trademark Office, “Welcome<br />
to IPR Training Activity Database,” accessed from http://<br />
usipr.uspto.gov/Search.aspx. See also United States Patent<br />
and Trademark Office, “About USIPR” (“The USIPR Training<br />
Program Database is comprised of U.S. government agencies<br />
that provide IPR-related informational programs, training, and<br />
technical assistance to foreign officials and policy makers. Many<br />
Programs are offered to help developing countries comply with<br />
their obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO)<br />
Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property,<br />
commonly known as ‘TRIPs.’ These programs also help the<br />
United States meet its TRIPs obligation to provide technical<br />
assistance to developing and least developed members of the<br />
WTO.”), accessed from http://usipr.uspto.gov/About.aspx.<br />
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