Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act

Bill: 110-hr-3578
Sponsor: Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-27]
Introduced: 2007-09-18 in the House
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Arrest
Artists
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Copyright
Counterfeiting
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Criminal justice information
Customs administration
Executive reorganization
Federal employees
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free trade
Government Operations and Politics
Intellectual property
International Affairs
International cooperation
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Law
Patent infringement
Patents
Performance measurement
Prosecution
Searches and seizures
Small business
Standards
Strategic planning
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Trademarks
Transfer of employees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: 
Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act - Amends the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000 to repeal provisions establishing the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council.

Establishes the Intellectual Property Enforcement Network (IPEN), consisting of specified representatives of various government agencies, to: (1) establish policies, objectives, and priorities concerning international intellectual property protection and law enforcement; (2) coordinate and facilitate implementation of such policies, objectives, and priorities; and (3) protect U.S. intellectual property rights overseas, including by creating an international task force.

Requires the agencies in IPEN to: (1) share the information they collect; (2) coordinate civil and criminal actions related to intellectual property rights; (3) establish formal processes for consulting and working with state and local government agencies and consulting with companies, writers, artists, labor unions, and other interested persons and groups; and (4) consult with the Register of Copyrights on law enforcement matters.

Urges the President and relevant agency officers, when meeting with certain foreign countries, to stress the importance of establishing and participating in the international task force.

Requires the Director of the Office of Mangement and Budget and the Coordinator of IPEN to submit to the President and the relevant congressional committees a strategic plan, which includes the goals, objectives, and priorities of IPEN.

Calls for other government intellectual property initiatives to be consolidated into the work of IPEN to prevent duplication.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-12
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
action_date: 2007-09-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-09-18
text: Introduced in House