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Enforcement Coordinator at 

intellectualproperty@omb.eop.gov using 

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Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual 

Property Enforcement’’ to arrange for an 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Levock, 202–395–3826, Office of the 

U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement 

Coordinator, at intellectualproperty@

omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Since 

January 2017, President Trump and his 

Administration have worked to promote 

strong intellectual property rights 

protection and enforcement, both 

domestically and abroad. As part of an 

integrated approach, the Trump 

Administration views our intellectual 

property strategy, policy and 

enforcement efforts, together, as key to 

helping secure the future of our 

innovative economy and to maintaining 

our competitive advantage. As the 

Administration continues to build on 

past strategic efforts in all areas of 

intellectual property policy (including 

patents, copyrights, trademarks and 

trade secrets), both domestically and 

abroad, the Administration also 

recognizes that for the United States to 

maintain its future economic 

competitiveness, we need to think 

strategically and shift the paradigm to 

one where we not only place America 

First, but regard America’s inventive 

and creative capacity as something that 

we must protect, promote and prioritize. 

As explained in the Annual 

Intellectual Property Report to Congress 

(https://www.whitehouse.gov/wpcontent/uploads/2017/11/2018Annual_

IPEC_Report_to_Congress.pdf), the 

Trump Administration has taken 

significant actions to promote and 

protect intellectual property. The 

Administration’s four-part strategic 

approach includes engagement with our 

trading partners; effective use of all our 

legal authorities, including our trade 

tools; expanded law enforcement action 

and cooperation; and engagement and 

partnership with the private sector and 

other stakeholders. The goal is to ensure 

a level playing field for American 

innovators and creators, where their 

innovations and creations are respected 

and protected, and for systems to be in 

place that allow American businesses to 

operate in a free, fair and open 

marketplace. 

As the United States government 

works to advance American economic 

interests overseas, a significant 

component of our enforcement and 

protection efforts includes addressing 

trade enforcement, market access, 

competition, digital trade, cybersecurity, 

and rule of law concerns in the 

intellectual property space around the 

world. American innovators and 

creators must be able to operate in 

foreign markets that provide them with 

clear paths to secure and use their IP. 

Countries and foreign companies should 

not be allowed to profit from the theft 

or misappropriation of American 

intellectual property through actions 

including trade secret theft, IP 

infringement, piracy, forced technology 

transfers or localization requirements. 

Additionally, American brand holders 

must have full and fair opportunity to 

market and sell their products and use 

their properly registered trademarks 

across the globe, without undue 

restrictions. 

To that end, and as set forth by the 

PRO IP Act (15 U.S.C. 8113), the 

objectives of the Joint Strategic Plan 

include: 

• Reducing the supply of infringing 

goods, domestically and internationally; 

• Identifying weaknesses, duplication 

of efforts, waste, and other unjustified 

impediments to effective enforcement 

actions; 

• Promoting information sharing 

between participating agencies to the 

extent permissible by law; 

• Disrupting and eliminating 

infringement networks in the U.S. and 

in other countries; 

• Strengthening the capacity of other 

countries to protect and enforce 

intellectual property rights; 

• Reducing the number of countries 

that fail to enforce intellectual property 

rights effectively; 

• Assisting other countries to more 

effectively enforce intellectual property 

rights; 

• Protecting intellectual property 

rights in other countries by: 

Æ Working with other countries to 

reduce intellectual property crimes in 

other countries; 

Æ Improving information sharing 

between U.S. and foreign law 

enforcement agencies; and 

Æ Establishing procedures for 

consulting with interested groups 

within other countries; 

• Establishing effective and efficient 

training programs and other forms of 

technical assistance to enhance the 

enforcement efforts of foreign 

governments through: 

Æ Minimizing the duplication of U.S. 

Government training and assistance 

efforts; 

Æ Prioritizing deployment of U.S. 

Government resources to those 

countries where programs can be carried 

out most effectively with the greatest 

impact on reducing the number of 

infringing products imported into the 

United States, while also protecting the 

intellectual property rights of U.S. rights 

holders and the interests of U.S. persons 

otherwise harmed by infringements in 

other countries. 

IPEC welcomes input and 

recommendations from the public for 

improving the U.S. Government’s 

intellectual property enforcement 

efforts. 

In submitting comments for the 

development of the fourth Joint 

Strategic Plan, comments should be 

organized along the lines of the 

Administration’s four-part strategic 

approach to promote and protect 

intellectual property (as discussed 

above and in IPEC’s Annual Intellectual 

Property Report to Congress): 

• Engagement with our trading partners 

• Effective use of all our legal 

authorities, including our trade tools 

• Expanded law enforcement action and 

cooperation 

• Engagement and partnership with the 

private sector and other stakeholders. 

Vishal J. Amin, 

United States Intellectual Property 

Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of 

the President. 

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Type of Meeting: Part—Open. 

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Purpose of Meeting: NSF reverse site 

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Crystal Robinson, 

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Partnerships for International Research 

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NSF Room C3080 

Friday, October 12, 2018 

8:00 a.m. Panelists arrive. Coffee/light 

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Research 

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Students (e.g. involvement in project, 

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Project Management and 

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Evaluation & Assessment 

Institutional Support 

International Partnerships 

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Panel Discussion (CLOSED) 

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2:30 p.m. PIRE PI and presenters are 

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Weld Residual Stress Finite Element 

Analysis Validation 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

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ACTION: Draft NUREG; request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is requesting public 

comment on a draft NUREG entitled, 

‘‘Weld Residual Stress Finite Element 

Analysis Validation: Part II— 

Acceptance and Guidelines.’’ This 

report proposes a methodology by 

which analysts can increase confidence 

in modeling capabilities for regulatory 

applications involving weld residual 

stress calculation. Specifically, the NRC 

staff posed four questions for 

consideration by the public (see 

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DATES: Submit comments by November 

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date will be considered if it is practical 

to do so, but the Commission is able to 

ensure consideration only for comments 

received before this date. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

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for Docket ID NRC–2018–0168. Address 

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• Mail comments to: May Ma, Office 

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A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

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For additional direction on obtaining 

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Submitting Comments’’ in the 

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this document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Washington, DC 20555–0001. 

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I. Obtaining Information and 

Submitting Comments 

A. Obtaining Information 

Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018– 

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action by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

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for Docket ID NRC–2018–0168. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

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Please include Docket ID NRC–2018– 

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identifying or contact information that 

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The NRC will post all comment 

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comment submissions into ADAMS. 

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If you are requesting or aggregating 

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