The investigation and prosecution of those who participate in the illegal sale and distribution of counterfeit goods and copyright works.

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 Suffolk County District Attorney's (DA) Office will support its project titled, 'Combating Counterfeit Goods.' The DA's Office will investigate and prosecute those who participate in the illegal activity of transporting, selling, and distributing counterfeit goods. In addition, the DA will continue to seek cooperation with federal law enforcement agencies and will engage the US Attorney's Office in prosecutions, as necessary. The DA will assign two attorneys and a deputy bureau chief to the program for a percentage of their time to focus strictly on trademark and copyright infringement cases; seek stiff sentencing; demand restitution to retrieve lost revenue as a condition of sentencing; and shut down illegal enterprises.

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