United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2006-11-08 monographic deposited born digital 57 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-74 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-74 P0b002ee1803862e0 f:d0774 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-74 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-74 GAO-07-74 Accountability Intellectual property Interagency relations International trade regulation Law enforcement National policies Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Risk management Strategic planning Trade policies Policies and procedures Program implementation Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy Other Written Product A63124

U.S. government efforts to protect and enforce intellectual property (IP) rights are crucial to preventing billions of dollars in losses and mitigating health and safety risks from trade in counterfeit and pirated goods. These efforts are coordinated through the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council (NIPLECC), created by Congress in 1999, and the Strategy for Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP), initiated by the Bush administration in 2004. This report describes the evolution of NIPLECC and STOP, assesses the extent to which STOP addresses the desirable characteristics of an effective national strategy, and evaluates the challenges to implementing a strategy for protecting and enforcing IP rights. GAO examined relevant documents, interviewed agency and industry officials, and assessed STOP using criteria previously developed by GAO. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-74/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-74.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-74/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-74.pdf GAO-07-74 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-74 Other Written Product GAO-07-74; Intellectual Property: Strategy for Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP) Requires Changes for Long-Term Success; Accountability Intellectual property Interagency relations International trade regulation Law enforcement National policies Performance measures Program evaluation Program management Risk management Strategic planning Trade policies Policies and procedures Program implementation Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy Title 15 Section 1128 15 U.S.C. 1128 Public Law 106-58 Public Law 108-447