The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (NIPRCC) is a U.S. government center overseen by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The NIPRCC coordinates the U.S. government's enforcement of intellectual property laws.
The NIPRCC was created in 2000, under the then-U.S. Customs Service as part of the implementation of the Clinton Administration's 1998 International Crime Control Strategy. The International Crime Control Strategy was developed to address the national security threat of international crime as determined by Presidential Decision Directive (PDD) 42 in 1995.
The NIPRCC hosts representatives from multiple government agencies that run in the center's activities. In alphabetical order, these entities include:
U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionDefense Criminal Investigative ServiceUnited States Department of Commerce (DOC)U.S. International Trade AdministrationFederal Bureau of InvestigationU.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal InvestigationsU.S. General Services Administration's Office of Inspector GeneralU.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementINTERPOLNaval Criminal Investigative ServiceU.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeU.S. Postal Inspection ServiceU.S. Department of State's Office of International Intellectual Property EnforcementPilot programs are in place where representatives of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Government of Mexico Tax Administration Service serve in the center in order to coordinate U.S. enforcement efforts with that of Canada and Mexico.
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