Intellectual Property Crime Enforcement Program

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 grantee will continue to dedicate one Intellectual Property Crime Assistant State's Attorney (IPC ASA) assigned to the Financial Crimes/Public Corruption Unit. The IPC ASA will also work closely with the Regional Organized Crime (ROC) Task Force that currently has over 150 members of law enforcement, financial institutions, and private industries that focus on investigating and prosecuting individuals and criminal enterprises that prey on the economic stream in local, state, national, and international jurisdictions. By collaborating and coordinating with federal, state, and local authorities through the ROC Task Force, the IPC ASA will identify IP issues, effectively assist with the investigation of these crimes, and lend assistance and expertise to other law enforcement agencies in their own enforcement of IP crimes. The IPC ASA will identify cases that require an IP expert witness and prosecute any IP cases that are charged.

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