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   over 41,460 hits on those modules since being placed on the USPTO.gov site in early 2010.

In addition, the USPTO's Office of Policy and International Affairs provides capacity building in countries around the world, and has concluded agreements with 20 national, regional, and international IPR organizations, such as the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO), Japan Patent Office (JPO), European Patent Office (EPO), German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), Government Agencies of the People's Republic of China, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). These partnerships help establish a framework for joint development of informational, educational IP content, technical cooperation, and classification activities.

The Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration (ITA) collaborates with the private sector to develop programs to heighten the awareness of the dangers of counterfeit products and of the economic value of IPR to national economies. Additionally, ITA develops and shares small business tools to help domestic and foreign businesses understand IPR. ITA, working closely with other U.S. Government agencies and foreign partners, developed and made available IPR training materials in English, Spanish, and French. Under the auspices of the Transatlantic IPR Working Group, ITA worked closely with the European Union's Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry to establish a Transatlantic IPR Portal so the resources of our respective governments are quickly and easily accessible to the public. All of the ITA-developed resources, including the Transatlantic IPR Portal, as well as information and links to the other programs identified in this Annex, are accessible via www.STOPfakes.gov.

In 2013, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), through the National IPR Coordination Center (IPR Center) and in conjunction with INTERPOL, conducted law enforcement training programs in India, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, Singapore and Thailand, and in France for countries from Southeast Asia. ICE-HSI trained officials and police officers from Mexico, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Fiji, Singapore, Algeria, Morocco, Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The IPR Center also conducted advanced training programs at the International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEAs) in Botswana, El Salvador, Hungary, and Peru for participants from 26 countries.

The Department of State provides training funds each year to U.S. Government agencies that provide IPR enforcement training and technical assistance to foreign governments. The agencies that provide such training include the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), USPTO, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and ICE. In 2013, the Department   61