On July 10, 2019, members of the ISC held its quarterly meeting with the Machinery CEE in conjunction with the CEE’s annual supervisory meeting. J. J. Perez, Director of the Machinery CEE and his supervisory personnel were in attendance at the meeting. Discussed were methods of more effective GEO and anti-counterfeit training for CEE and port personnel. Enforcement results, targeting and analysis information were also exchanged. Feedback was also provided from the training sessions the ISC held at the IPR Branch in DC and the training sessions in Middleburg Heights and Jacksonville. Additional training sessions were conducted at the ports of LA, Long Beach and the LAX Air Cargo Facility. On Feb. 6 and 7 training was conducted at the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Blaine.

Both the ISC and the CBP CEE believe these quarterly meetings and port training sessions are quite effective in improving our joint efforts in protecting the IP Rights of our members.