§8114 Reporting

Summary

Not later than December 31 of each calendar year beginning in 2009, the IPEC must send an annual report to Congress and make it available to the public under subsections (b) and (g) of section 8113. The report covers the advisory committee’s work during the previous fiscal year. The report must describe progress on the strategic plan and priorities under section 8113(e)(1); efforts to get federal, state, and local governments to give higher priority to intellectual property enforcement; work with other countries to investigate, arrest, and prosecute people or groups that fund, make, move, or sell counterfeit or infringing goods; how agencies share information and work together; an assessment of federal successes and problems (including agencies on the committee under section 8111(b)(3)); any recommended changes to laws, rules, or funding, including cutting duplicate programs; steps to help other countries build IP enforcement capacity and share information; progress under trade agreements and treaties to protect U.S. persons’ IP rights and their licensees; efforts to reduce duplicate work, materials, facilities, and procedures across federal agencies; and recommendations on making federal spending and use of staff, materials, technology, and facilities more efficient and consistent.