Good morning. I'm Julie Myers and it's an honor to welcome you this afternoon
to our new National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center.
It's designed to provide one-stop shopping for IPR enforcement
in a coordinated task force environment to IPR investigations.
But the center is interagency, and so I'm so delighted this morning
to welcome many of our partners from other agencies.
And without these other partners we woudl not be successful.
In particular I want to welcome and thank employees of the Department of Commerce;
the Department of Justice, including (unintelligble), who I saw previously;
our partners from the FBI; our partners from FDA; and the Postal Inspection Service.
Thank you so much for what you've contributed and what you will contribute to make this center successful.
You know, there's no question that counterfeiting is a transnational threat that demands an international response.
And that's why I'm honored this morning to recognize that we actually have representatives from ten different governments around the world
who are here today partnering with us to make sure that we combat this international threat.
And there's also no question that one of the key means for success in IPR enforcement is the private sector.
And it's a delight for me this morning to welcome and thank partners from industries all across the spectrum,
from cell phone manufacturers to the pharmaceutical industry.
So it's a delight and a joy to have all of you with us here this morning.