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Good morning. I'm Julie Myers and it's an honor to welcome you this afternoon

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to our new National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center.

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It's designed to provide one-stop shopping for IPR enforcement

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in a coordinated task force environment to IPR investigations.

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But the center is interagency, and so I'm so delighted this morning

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to welcome many of our partners from other agencies.

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And without these other partners we woudl not be successful.

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In particular I want to welcome and thank employees of the Department of Commerce;

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the Department of Justice, including (unintelligble), who I saw previously;

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our partners from the FBI; our partners from FDA; and the Postal Inspection Service.

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Thank you so much for what you've contributed and what you will contribute to make this center successful.

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You know, there's no question that counterfeiting is a transnational threat that demands an international response.

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And that's why I'm honored this morning to recognize that we actually have representatives from ten different governments around the world

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who are here today partnering with us to make sure that we combat this international threat.

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And there's also no question that one of the key means for success in IPR enforcement is the private sector.

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And it's a delight for me this morning to welcome and thank partners from industries all across the spectrum,

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from cell phone manufacturers to the pharmaceutical industry.

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So it's a delight and a joy to have all of you with us here this morning.

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