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 12 2 STA T .4 2 68PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 40 3—O CT. 13 , 2008 sharingof infor m a t ion is c onsist e nt w ith D e p artment of Ju stice an d other l aw enforcement protocols for handling such informa - tion .( e )CONTE NT S O F T H EJO I NT S T RA TE G I CPL AN. —E ach j oint stra- tegic plan shall include the following

( 1 ) A description of the priorities identified for carr y ing out the o b jecti v es in the joint strategic plan , including activities of the F ederal G overnment relating to intellectual property enforcement. ( 2 ) A description of the means to be employed to achieve the priorities, including the means for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal Government ’ s enforcement efforts against counterfeiting and infringement. ( 3 ) Estimates of the resources necessary to fulfill the prior- ities identified under paragraph (1). ( 4 ) T he performance measures to be used to monitor results under the joint strategic plan during the following year. ( 5 ) An analysis of the threat posed by violations of intellec- tual property rights, including the costs to the economy of the U nited States resulting from violations of intellectual prop- erty laws, and the threats to public health and safety created by counterfeiting and infringement. ( 6 ) An identification of the departments and agencies that will be involved in implementing each priority under paragraph (1). ( 7 ) A strategy for ensuring coordination among the depart- ments and agencies identified under paragraph (6), which will facilitate oversight by the e x ecutive branch of, and account- ability among, the departments and agencies responsible for carrying out the strategy. ( 8 ) Such other information as is necessary to convey the costs imposed on the United States economy by, and the threats to public health and safety created by, counterfeiting and infringement, and those steps that the Federal Government intends to ta k e over the period covered by the succeeding joint strategic plan to reduce those costs and counter those threats. (f) ENHANCING ENFORCE M ENT EFFORTS OF FOREIGN GO V ERN- MENTS.—The joint strategic plan shall include programs to provide training and technical assistance to foreign governments for the purpose of enhancing the efforts of such governments to enforce laws against counterfeiting and infringement. W ith respect to such programs, the joint strategic plan shall— (1) seek to enhance the efficiency and consistency with which Federal resources are expended, and seek to minimi z e duplication, overlap, or inconsistency of efforts (2) identify and give priority to those countries where pro- grams of training and technical assistance can be carried out most effectively and with the greatest benefit to reducing counterfeit and infringing products in the United States market, to protecting the intellectual property rights of United States persons and their licensees, and to protecting the interests of United States persons otherwise harmed by violations of intellectual property rights in those countries; (3) in identifying the priorities under paragraph (2), be guided by the list of countries identified by the United States

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