Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1128 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 1128 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 106-58, title VI, Sec. 653, Sept. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 480;
Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec.
4741(b)(1)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-586; Pub. L. 108-
447, div. B, title II, Sec. 210, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2884.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in subsec. (f), is Pub. L. 106-58, Sept.
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 430, known as the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2000. Section 610 of the Act is not
classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Tables.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2000, and not as part of the
Trademark Act of 1946, also known as the Lanham Act, which
comprises this chapter.
AMENDMENTS
2004 - Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 108-447 added par. (7).
1999 - Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 106-113 substituted "Under
Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the
United States Patent and Trademark Office" for "Assistant Secretary
of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1999 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 106-113 effective 4 months after Nov. 29,
1999, see section 1000(a)(9) [title IV, Sec. 4731] of Pub. L. 106-
113, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 35, Patents.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of
the United States Customs Service of the Department of the
Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury
relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for
treatment of related references, see sections 203(1), 551(d),
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department
of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as
modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
COORDINATOR FOR INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ENFORCEMENT
Pub. L. 108-447, div. B, title II, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2872,
provided in part: "That there shall be at the head of the National
Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council a
Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement:
Provided further, That the Coordinator for International
Intellectual Property Enforcement shall be appointed by the
President: Provided further, That no person shall serve as the
Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement
while serving in any other position in the Federal Government:
Provided further, That the co-chairs of the National Intellectual
Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council, as designated by
Public Law 106-58 [see subsec. (a) of this section], shall report
to the Coordinator for International Intellectual Property
Enforcement on matters concerning the National Intellectual
Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council: Provided further,
That the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement
Coordination Council shall -
"(1) establish policies, objectives, and priorities concerning
international intellectual property protection and intellectual
property law enforcement;
"(2) promulgate a strategy for protecting American intellectual
property overseas; and
"(3) coordinate and oversee implementation by agencies with
responsibilities for intellectual property protection and
intellectual property law enforcement of the policies,
objectives, and priorities established under paragraph (1) and
the fulfillment of the responsibilities assigned to such agencies
in the strategy described in paragraph (2):
Provided further, That the Coordinator for International
Intellectual Property Enforcement shall develop for each fiscal
year, with the advice of the members of the National Intellectual
Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council and any other
departments and agencies with responsibilities for intellectual
property protection and intellectual property law enforcement, a
budget proposal to implement the strategy described in paragraph
(2) and for the operations of the National Intellectual Property
Law Enforcement Coordination Council, and shall transmit such
budget proposal to the President and to the Congress: Provided
further, That the Coordinator for International Intellectual
Property Enforcement may select, appoint, employ, and fix
compensation of such officers and employees as may be necessary to
carry out the functions of the National Intellectual Property Law
Enforcement Coordination Council: Provided further, That the
Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement may
direct, with the concurrence of the Secretary of a department or
head of an agency, the temporary reassignment within the Federal
Government of personnel employed by such department or agency."
(!1) So in original. Probably should be capitalized.