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15 U.S.C. § 8112 — Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
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**(a) Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (in this subchapter referred to as the “IPEC”) to serve within the Executive Office of the President. As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, any nomination of the IPEC submitted to the Senate for confirmation, and referred to a committee, shall be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
**(b) Duties of IPEC**
(1) **In general** — The IPEC shall—
(A) chair the interagency intellectual property enforcement advisory committee established under subsection (b)(3)(A);
(B) coordinate the development of the Joint Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement by the advisory committee under [section 8113 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8113&num=0&edition=prelim);
(C) assist, at the request of the departments and agencies listed in subsection (b)(3)(A), in the implementation of the Joint Strategic Plan;
(D) facilitate the issuance of policy guidance to departments and agencies on basic issues of policy and interpretation, to the extent necessary to assure the coordination of intellectual property enforcement policy and consistency with other law;
(E) report to the President and report to Congress, to the extent consistent with law, regarding domestic and international intellectual property enforcement programs;
(F) report to Congress, as provided in [section 8114 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8114&num=0&edition=prelim), on the implementation of the Joint Strategic Plan, and make recommendations, if any and as appropriate, to Congress fo
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**(a) Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator** The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (in this subchapter referred to as the “IPEC”) to serve within the Executive Office of the President. As an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate, any nomination of the IPEC submitted to the Senate for confirmation, and referred to a committee, shall be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
**(b) Duties of IPEC**
(1) **In general** — The IPEC shall—
(A) chair the interagency intellectual property enforcement advisory committee established under subsection (b)(3)(A);
(B) coordinate the development of the Joint Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement by the advisory committee under [section 8113 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8113&num=0&edition=prelim);
(C) assist, at the request of the departments and agencies listed in subsection (b)(3)(A), in the implementation of the Joint Strategic Plan;
(D) facilitate the issuance of policy guidance to departments and agencies on basic issues of policy and interpretation, to the extent necessary to assure the coordination of intellectual property enforcement policy and consistency with other law;
(E) report to the President and report to Congress, to the extent consistent with law, regarding domestic and international intellectual property enforcement programs;
(F) report to Congress, as provided in [section 8114 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8114&num=0&edition=prelim), on the implementation of the Joint Strategic Plan, and make recommendations, if any and as appropriate, to Congress for improvements in Federal intellectual property laws and enforcement efforts; and
(G) carry out such other functions as the President may direct.
(2) **Limitation on authority** — The IPEC may not control or direct any law enforcement agency, including the Department of Justice, in the exercise of its investigative or prosecutorial authority.
(3) **Advisory committee**
(A) *Establishment* — There is established an interagency intellectual property enforcement advisory committee composed of the IPEC, who shall chair the committee, and the following members:
(i) Senate-confirmed representatives of the following departments and agencies who are involved in intellectual property enforcement, and who are, or are appointed by, the respective heads of those departments and agencies:
(I) The Office of Management and Budget.
(II) Relevant units within the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Criminal Division.
(III) The United States Patent and Trademark Office and other relevant units of the Department of Commerce.
(IV) The Office of the United States Trade Representative.
(V) The Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, and the Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement.
(VI) The Department of Homeland Security, United States Customs and Border Protection, and United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
(VII) The Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services.
(VIII) The Department of Agriculture.
(IX) Any such other agencies as the President determines to be substantially involved in the efforts of the Federal Government to combat counterfeiting and infringement.
(ii) The Register of Copyrights, or a senior representative of the United States Copyright Office appointed by the Register of Copyrights.
(B) *Functions* — The advisory committee established under subparagraph (A) shall develop the Joint Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement under [section 8113 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8113&num=0&edition=prelim).
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For purposes of this subchapter, the term “intellectual property enforcement” means matters relating to the enforcement of laws protecting copyrights, patents, trademarks, other forms of intellectual property, and trade secrets, both in the United States and abroad, including in particular matters relating to combating counterfeit and infringing goods.
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In this Act, the term “United States person” means—
(1) any United States resident or national,
(2) any domestic concern (including any permanent domestic establishment of any foreign concern), and
(3) any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (including any permanent foreign establishment) of any domestic concern that is controlled in fact by such domestic concern,
except that such term does not include an individual who resides outside the United States and is employed by an individual or entity other than an individual or entity described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
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**(a) Purpose** The objectives of the Joint Strategic Plan against counterfeiting and infringement that is referred to in [section 8111(b)(1)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section8111/b/1/B&num=0&edition=prelim) (in this section referred to as the “joint strategic plan”) are the following:
(1) Reducing counterfeit and infringing goods in the domestic and international supply chain.
(2) Identifying and addressing structural weaknesses, systemic flaws, or other unjustified impediments to effective enforcement action against the financing, production, trafficking, or sale of counterfeit or infringing goods, including identifying duplicative efforts to enforce, investigate, and prosecute intellectual property crimes across the Federal agencies and Departments that comprise the Advisory Committee and recommending how such duplicative efforts may be minimized. Such recommendations may include recommendations on how to reduce duplication in personnel, materials, technologies, and facilities utilized by the agencies and Departments responsible for the enforcement, investigation, or prosecution of intellectual property crimes.
(3) Ensuring that information is identified and shared among the relevant departments and agencies, to the extent permitted by law, including requirements relating to confidentiality and privacy, and to the extent that such sharing of information is consistent with Department of Justice and other law enforcement protocols for handling such information, to aid in the objective of arresting and prosecuting individuals and entities that are knowingly involved in the financing, production, trafficking, or sale of counterfeit or infringing goods.
(4) Disrupting and eliminating domestic and internation
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 8112
able at law or in equity by any party against the
United States, its departments, agencies, or entities,
its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
BARACK OBAMA.
§ 8112. Definition
For purposes of this subchapter, the term ‘‘in-
tellectual property enforcement’’ means matters
relating to the enforcement of laws protecting
copyrights, patents, trademarks, other forms of
intellectual property, and trade secrets, both in
the United States and abroad, including in par-
ticular matters relating to combating counter-
feit and infringing goods.
(Pub. L. 110–403, title III, § 302, Oct. 13, 2008, 122
Stat. 4266.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the origi-
nal ‘‘this title’’, meaning title III of Pub. L. 110–403,
Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4264, which is classified prin-
cipally to this subchapter. For complete classification
of title III to the Code, see Tables.
§ 8113. Joint Strategic Plan
(a) Purpose
The objectives of the Joint Strategic Plan
against counterfeiting and infringement that is
referred to in section 8111(b)(1)(B) of this title
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘joint stra-
tegic plan’’) are the following:
(1) Reducing counterfeit and infringing
goods in the domestic and international sup-
ply chain.
(2) Identifying and addressing structural
weaknesses, systemic flaws, or other unjusti-
fied impediments to effective enforcement ac-
tion against the financing, production, traf-
ficking, or sale of counterfeit or infringing
goods, including identifying duplicative ef-
forts to enforce, investigate, and prosecute in-
tellectual property crimes across the Federal
agencies and Departments that comprise the
Advisory Committee and recomme
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