[Ecommerce] USDOJ: Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales
announces IP legislation
Michelle Childs
michelle.childs@cptech.org
Thu Nov 10 10:49:03 2005
With the caveat that I have not seen the full text of the proposal, it
sounds very like the new proposals from the EU Commission the "IPR
Enforcement Directive" (IPRED). This new directive,
which many of us have begun referring to as IPRED2, seeks to
introduce criminal sanctions for "infringement of intellectual
property on a commercial scale." and includes restitution provisions. A
number of EU groups are working on this ( including cptech).
You can see some back ground on this website:
http://fsfeurope.org/projects/ipred2/ipred2.en.html
It might be worth interested groups comparing notes on this issue.
Michelle
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> Subject: ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES ANNOUNCES INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY LEGISLATION
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> THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2005
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> ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES ANNOUNCES
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> INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGISLATION
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> WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, while
> speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Anti-Counterfeiting and
Piracy
> Summit, highlighted the Justice Department's efforts to protect
> intellectual
> property rights, and announced a comprehensive legislative proposal
entitled
> the "Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2005," which would
> strengthen
> penalties for repeat copyright criminals, expand criminal intellectual
property protection, and add critical investigative tools for both criminal
> and civil enforcement.
>
> "This is a comprehensive legislative package designed by the
> Department of Justice to help overhaul and update America's intellectual
property statutes," said Attorney General Gonzales. "This legislation is a
> reflection of the sustained commitment on the part of the Bush
> Administration, including the Department of Justice, to ensure that we
are
> doing everything we can do to combat this problem."
>
> If enacted, the proposed Intellectual Property Protection
> Act of
> 2005 would enhance the Department's ability to pursue crimes and protect
the
> intellectual property rights of citizens and industries. The Act
includes
> provisions to:
>
> * Implement broad forfeiture reforms to ensure the ability to
forfeit property, including illicit proceeds, derived from or used in
> the commission of criminal intellectual property offenses;
> * Criminalize intellectual property theft motivated by any
type of commercial advantage or private financial gain; and *
Strengthen restitution provisions for victim companies and rights
holders in order to maximize protection for those who suffer
> most from these crimes.
>
>
>
> The proposed legislation is part of the Department's ongoing
> commitment to combat counterfeiting and piracy. In October 2004, the
Bush
> Administration announced the Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP)
Initiative, a government-wide program designed to combat global
> piracy and
> counterfeiting. Under STOP, the Department of Justice and eight other
federal agencies have collaborated on a series of domestic and
> international
> initiatives to secure trade, protect consumers, and enforce intellectual
property rights. Through enforcement, prevention, education,
> awareness, and
> legislation, STOP agencies have brought a coordinated and comprehensive
approach to this important endeavor.
>
> As part of the STOP initiative, the Department created the Task
> Force on Intellectual Property in 2004. In October 2004, the Task Force
issued a comprehensive report with recommendations to increase the
Department's effectiveness in protecting intellectual property rights and
> enforcing federal intellectual property laws. In February 2005,
Attorney
> General Gonzales renewed the Department's commitment to the Task Force,
announcing that the Department would implement all of the IP Task Force
report's recommendations and would continue its aggressive strategy.
>
> The Department of Justice continues to pursue and prosecute
> persons
> and organizations involved in piracy and counterfeiting. Last week, the
Department indicted four individuals from one of the largest counterfeit
goods operations in New England. Federal and State agents seized more
than
> 30,000 counterfeit luxury goods and uncovered materials to
> manufacture at
> least 20,000 more items. In June, the Department led Operation Site
Down,
> an international online piracy investigation involving more than 90
searches
> in twelve countries. The operation dismantled many of the leading
organizations that illegally distributed and traded copyrighted
> software,
> movies, music, and games on the Internet. These cases, and others like
them, represent the Department's commitment to protecting intellectual
property rights.
>
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