This program is authorized by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Intellectual Property Enforcement) (Pub. L. No. 113-6, 127 Stat. 198, 253) 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 Theft 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 Los Angeles City Attorney's Office (LACA) proposes to continue targeting chronic counterfeit locations using innovative civil enforcement actions known as counterfeit abatements. The LACA's Counterfeit Abatement Prosecution Program targets the places where counterfeit goods are manufactured, sold, and stored using Unfair Competition Law actions.
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