Title 19 — Customs DutiesRelease 119-73not60

§4347 Training with Respect to the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

Title 19 › Chapter 28— TRADE FACILITATION AND TRADE ENFORCEMENT › Subchapter III— IMPORT-RELATED PROTECTION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS › § 4347

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the Commissioner to make sure Customs and Border Protection officers are trained to spot and identify goods coming into the United States that violate intellectual property rights (for example, counterfeit or pirated items). The Commissioner must work with private companies to find ways to train officers and to pick affordable detection technologies and training programs. Within 180 days after February 24, 2016, the Commissioner must write rules letting CBP accept donated hardware, software, equipment, training, and other support from private entities for this work.

Full Legal Text

Title 19, §4347

Customs Duties — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)The Commissioner shall ensure that officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection are trained to effectively detect and identify merchandise destined for the United States that infringes intellectual property rights, including through the use of technologies identified under subsection (c).

(b)The Commissioner shall consult with private sector entities to better identify opportunities for collaboration between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and such entities with respect to training for officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in enforcing intellectual property rights.

(c)In consultation with private sector entities, the Commissioner shall identify—

(1)technologies with the cost-effective capability to detect and identify merchandise at United States ports of entry that infringes intellectual property rights; and

(2)cost-effective programs for training officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to use such technologies.

(d)Not later than the date that is 180 days after February 24, 2016, the Commissioner shall prescribe regulations to enable U.S. Customs and Border Protection to receive donations of hardware, software, equipment, and similar technologies, and to accept training and other support services, from private sector entities, for the purpose of enforcing intellectual property rights.

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Citation

19 U.S.C. § 4347

Title 19 — Customs Duties

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60