Us Code § 4345 - Joint strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights
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§ 4345. Joint strategic plan for the enforcement of intellectual property rights
The Commissioner and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall include in the joint strategic plan required by section 4314 of this title—
(1) a description of the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security to enforce intellectual property rights;
(2) a list of the 10 United States ports of entry at which U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized the most merchandise, both by volume and by value, that infringes intellectual property rights during the most recent 2-year period for which data are available; and
(3) a recommendation for the optimal allocation of personnel, resources, and technology to ensure that U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are adequately enforcing intellectual property rights.
(Pub. L. 114–125, title III, §306, Feb. 24, 2016, 130 Stat. 152.)
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