CBP Posts IPR Enforcement Guide & Contact Info

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reposted its guide on how businesses and rights owners can partner with CBP to increase enforcement and protection of their intellectual property rights at the border. This guide, which contains no changes from when it was issued in 2011, provides information on enforcement, recording intellectual property with CBP via e-Recordation, use of e-Allegations to submit allegations of infringing shipments or conduct to CBP, information sharing, and contacting CBP. CBP has also separately posted a contact information sheet for reporting IPR violations, consulting a CBP IPR attorney, or obtaining guidance on CBP's IPR policy and programs. IPR guide is available here. Contact sheet for IPR resources is available here.