Austin City Intellectual Property Crime Enforcement Project

This program is authorized by the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011, Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 1121-1017, div. B, secs. 1101-1104) and Pub. L. No. 111-117, 123 Stat. 3034, 3134, and informed by section 401 of Public Law 110-403, which authorizes the Department to provide funding to support state and local intellectual property enforcement efforts. The Intellectual Property Crime Enforcement Program is designed to provide national support and improve the capacity of state, local, and tribal criminal justice systems to address intellectual property criminal enforcement, including prosecution, prevention, training, and technical assistance. This program is generally informed by section 401 of Public law 110-403, which authorizes the Department to provide funding to support state and local intellectual property crime enforcement efforts.

The grantee will use funds to implement the City of Austin Intellectual Property Crime Enforcement (IPCE) Program with the primary goal of focusing on criminal investigation, prosecution, prevention, and education as each relate to intellectual property enforcement. This goal will be accomplished by achieving several objectives: to ensure proper programmatic and financial management; to expand the duties of an existing task force; to purchase minimal surveillance equipment and supplies, and evidence storage supplies necessary to conduct investigations; to ensure the resolution of potential conflicts between law enforcement during investigative operations; to locally enforce criminal laws related to intellectual property crime; and to educate the public, law enforcement, and security personnel in an effort to prevent, deter, and identify criminal violations of intellectual property laws.

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