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

Summary

The CBP Commissioner must make sure Customs and Border Protection officers get training to find and identify imported goods that violate intellectual property rights, including training to use new detection technologies. The Commissioner must work with private companies to spot chances to cooperate on training and to find cost-effective technologies and training programs that can detect infringing goods at U.S. ports of entry. No later than 180 days after February 24, 2016, the Commissioner must create rules allowing CBP to accept donations of hardware, software, equipment, and similar technologies, and to take training and other support services from private companies to help enforce intellectual property rights.