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October 08, 2004

intellectual property theft crackdown

From the Boston Herald: according to Attorney General John Ashcroft, The Justice Department will launch its most aggressive crackdown on intellectual property theft next week.

Ashcroft told a conference of prosecutors that the department response to intellectual property theft "must be as forceful and aggressive and successful as our response to terrorism and violent crime and drugs and corruption has been.''

He said the department will release a report next week that follows the creation earlier this year of an intellectual property task force. Officials will also announce a tougher response to intellectual property theft, which he said costs the United States $250 billion a year, affecting industries from auto parts manufacturing to pharmaceuticals.
 

Posted by Douglas Sorocco at 07:49 PM.
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