Senators Plan To Unveil New IP Bill
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and ranking member Arlen Specter will join Sens. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, on Thursday in unveiling new legislation intended to boost government efforts to crack down on counterfeiting and piracy.
The bill is expected to reflect a compromise of a number of intellectual property rights proposals introduced this session and strengthen federal resources and authorities to combat IP crimes. The four will discuss the bill at a noon press conference.
Bayh and Voinovich introduced a measure early in the 110th Congress aimed at helping the United States work with other countries to identify and track IP criminals by creating a coordinating body with high-level representation by certain agencies and leadership from the Office of Management and Budget.
Leahy offered his own bill that hinged on giving the Justice Department the ability to bring civil actions against infringers and boosting Justice and FBI resources to combat IP theft.
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