AIPLA ANNUAL MEETING Joint Committee Meeting (Corporate Practice) (International & Foreign Law)

Timothy Trainer Global Intellectual Property Strategy Center, P.C. IPR Border Enforcement U.S. Practice

Copr T.Trainer Organizational Structure Previously: Department of the Treasury –U.S. Customs Service Now: Department of Homeland Security –Bureau of Customs and Border Protection –Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”)

Copr T.Trainer Recordation Trademark owners –First, register trademarks (US PTO) –Second, “record” with Customs Actions against goods bearing counterfeit marks and confusingly similar marks Registered, but not recorded with Customs –Actions against goods bearing counterfeit marks

Copr T.Trainer Recordation Copyright owners –First, obtain copyright “registration” from the Copyright Office –Second, “record” with Customs Actions against pirated copies of protected works If not recorded with Customs, no action

Copr T.Trainer Enforcement Authority Trademark and Copyright protected from infringing: –Imports –Exports –Goods in-transit

Copr T.Trainer Enforcement Authority Patents –Customs enforcement of ITC orders (exclusion and seizure orders) –Court orders Trade Dress –Customs enforcement based on court decision recognizing such rights and ordering customs to take action

Copr T.Trainer Selected Legal Citations Trademarks –15 U.S.C. § 1124 –18 U.S.C. § 2320 –19 U.S.C. §§ 1526(e), 1595a(c), (d) Copyrights –17 U.S.C. §§ 506, 509, 602, 603 –18 U.S.C. §§ 2318, 2319 –19 U.S.C. § 1595a(c), (d)

Copr T.Trainer Selected Legal Citations Patents –19 U.S.C. § 1337 Trade Dress –15 U.S.C. § 1125 –19 U.S.C. § 1595a(c)(2)(D)

Copr T.Trainer Selected Legal Citations Customs Regulations –19 C.F.R. Part 12—ITC Orders –19 C.F.R. Part 133—Trademarks, Trade Names and Copyrights

Copr T.Trainer Useful Websites ment/ipr/ (Customs IPR page) ment/ipr/ ment/ipr/seizure/ (seizure stats) ment/ipr/seizure/ (Customs IPR database search) controls/counterfeit_piracy/index_en.htm (European Union main page) controls/counterfeit_piracy/index_en.htm oxes_responsibilities_epipr.htm (World Customs Organization) oxes_responsibilities_epipr.htm

Copr T.Trainer Thank you. Contact details: Tel Questions?