§4344 National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center

Summary

Creates a National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center inside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to appoint an Assistant Director to run it. The Assistant Director must lead work to find people and groups that make, smuggle, or sell fake or stolen goods; train and help other U.S. and foreign law enforcement on how to investigate these crimes and measure training results; work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to stop infringing goods from coming in or going out; help stop illegal shipments bound for the United States; collect and organize information from government and non‑government sources; share information with other federal agencies when needed; build risk‑based alert systems with CBP to target repeat offenders; help U.S. attorneys with investigations and prosecutions; and do any other duties the Secretary assigns. The Assistant Director must work with agencies such as U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Justice, the Department of Commerce (including the Patent and Trademark Office), the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and any federal, state, local, or international law enforcement or other entities the ICE Director chooses. The Assistant Director must also do outreach with the private sector, with help from CBP and other agencies, to learn how infringements happen and to share information and best practices to fight them.