“Stopping the flow of fake goods is a priority for the U.S. government. U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security, has a multi-layered approach to IPR enforcement that includes seizing fake goods at the border, pushing the border outward through audits of infringing importers, risk modeling, and cooperation with our international trading partners. CBP partners with industry and other government agencies to enhance these efforts. In the international arena, CBP collaborates with international organizations and foreign governments to enhance IPR border enforcement efforts globally. Domestically, CBP coordinates enforcement efforts with U.S. government trade policy and law enforcement agencies, and works closely both with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to carry out investigative IPR enforcement actions, and with the trade community. CBP conducts industry outreach by partnering with rights owners and industry organizations both to collaborate on IPR education, and share information on trends, and where appropriate, on individual cases of suspected IPR infringement. Members of the public may inform CBP of potential intellectual property rights violations via CBP’s on-line trade violation reporting mechanism called e-Allegations. The public may access e-Allegations and additional relevant information at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/e_allegations/. CBP also maintains an on-line recordation system, Intellectual Property Rights e-Recordation, which allows rights owners to electronically record their trademarks and copyrights with CBP, and facilitates IPR seizures by making IPR recordation information readily available to CBP personnel. CBP’s on-line recordation system is available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/trade_programs/e_allegations/.”
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